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Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse |OT| Paris in the spring
- Thread starter Tizoc
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It'll still be available when I'll want to play it, why would I buy it now?
This. There's no real need to pre-order a game unless it's really limited.
Not sure whether they released a review print.
It's actually 8% of the whole game. 3 out of 20 scenes. So it's at least 11 hours for the whole game I'd guess. The Walking Dead was just as long for me.
Augemitbutter
Member
nice. i hope it's good and it does well.
same. and all my hate for that pic.
Will be picking it up for the Vita whenever it comes out.
same. and all my hate for that pic.
Gangxxter
Member
First review by German magazine GamersGlobal: 8/10 (they call it a score trend because it's only the first half of the game, they'll update the score once the second episode is out)
Btw, the percentage value you see on your savegames is based on both halves of the game and not only the first episode. Beta is 8 % of the entire game, which takes about 1-1,5 hours to complete. That would make up a total playtime of 12-18 hours. But if you take your time and click every hotspot 2-3 times to listen to really all lines and talk to each character countless times to hear everything, you need easily over two hours for the Beta (it took me 2h15m). You have to know, for each hotspot they have recorded at least 2 different lines.
http://tonyrevdev.tumblr.com/post/68796084594/hey-tony-quick-question-when-i-save-the-game-the
EDIT: Oh and backers, check your backer panel, lots of digital rewards have been added now!
GillianSeed79
Member
Is it bad that this is like one of my most anticipated games of the year? Dumb question. So, is this episodic? If so, is there any way to buy the entire season? I gave enough hints to my family to just buy me steam gift cards for Christmas this year, so I can't wait. I'll be LTTP, but, hell yeah, a new Broken Sword game sounds awesome. Do they have the original voice actors for this?
Triggerhappytel
Member
Got an email this morning:
Tizoc
Member
You can get the season pass from gog.com for $20 atm, which gives you Episodes 1 and 2.
Also nothing wrong with being hype for this game. I only wayched the intro of the game from one or two 'let's plays' and ya know how Broken Sword 1 started?
Same thing here!
The Season pass is also on Steam but is more than gog.com's offering.
MikeHattsu
Member
Can't wait for tomorrow. Going to play it on PC here.
Not bad at all for an adventure game.
Very glad to know.I was kinda worried that they would not make an extra effect like they always do because of low budget compared to other kickstarter projects.
Yes!
Acquiescence
Member
Rolf Saxon is back as George Stobbart, as if they could replace him with anyone else. He's as integral to the Broken Sword experience as Michael Ironside is to Splint... oh wait. Never mind.
Nico seemingly has a different voice actress every game.
Hm didn't read up about the game, is it back to P&C style? I stopped playing for extremely fast the mix of direct control and P&C was just horrible IMO ( I may gibe it another try as long as there aren't infuriating QTE like in 3, oh and people just have to play 3 to see some really bad boob movement on Nico).
Art style looks again more in line with 1+2. Will probably buy it sometimes if the reception is decent.
Art style looks again more in line with 1+2. Will probably buy it sometimes if the reception is decent.
Adam Scott Aukerman
Member
Does anyone know if they've discussed when we'll get the director's commentaries for Broken Sword 1-4?
Breakfast at Noon
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they said on twitter it will make it to vita before xmas and ps4 not long after.
also saidports of the first 4 will be coming to ps4 next year.
greatness awaits
doube dip if all on vita as well as ps4.
also saidports of the first 4 will be coming to ps4 next year.
greatness awaits
doube dip if all on vita as well as ps4.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
The only va for nico I really liked was the one who did the second game.
Tizoc
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they said on twitter it will make it to vita before xmas and ps4 not long after.
also saidports of the first 4 will be coming to ps4 next year.
greatness awaits
doube dip if all on vita as well as ps4.
Hold da phone.
Hold
da
phooooooooooone.
Got a link for the game coming to PS4? Cuz I'd love for it to be on PS3 as well.
...and can the first 3 games be released on Vita as well if not PS3? Cuz I would LOVE to play the games on the go on dat OLED.
Breakfast at Noon
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i can not link on vita. but it was a resonse to my question. they also asked what double dipping was lol. just search @revbot @djwallett for response.
"hopefully next year for ps4 and shortly aftr dec the 4th for vita.
"maybe next year but bs5 should be certain though" on aiking for all bs games.
"hopefully next year for ps4 and shortly aftr dec the 4th for vita.
"maybe next year but bs5 should be certain though" on aiking for all bs games.
MikeHattsu
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Would they even be able to release 3 and 4 without remaking the games from scratch? They don't own the engines for those 2? 1 and 2 would be quite easy for them to release though.
they said on twitter it will make it to vita before xmas and ps4 not long after.
also saidports of the first 4 will be coming to ps4 next year.
greatness awaits
doube dip if all on vita as well as ps4.
If this is true,PS 4 have the potential to become the dream console for adventure game lovers. The last console with sufficient adventure games is Wii I think.
Acquiescence
Member
they said on twitter it will make it to vita before xmas and ps4 not long after.
also saidports of the first 4 will be coming to ps4 next year.
greatness awaits
doube dip if all on vita as well as ps4.
THE FUCK?! YES!!!!!!!!!!!1!1!!!!!1111
That's the best Broken Sword-related news I could ever hope to hear.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Excited for this
CecilRousso
Member
It took me 47 minutes to beat the beta/demo according to Steam. And then I skipped some conversation topics because I got a bit impatient.
The animations were uneven, sometimes very stiff, sometimes really really good. And there were some strange pauses in the conversations.
Everything else, and I really mean everything, was really really good.
The animations were uneven, sometimes very stiff, sometimes really really good. And there were some strange pauses in the conversations.
Everything else, and I really mean everything, was really really good.
Acquiescence
Member
Can anyone find the tweet? Because I can't.
Edit - Ah, never mind, found it. Announced way back on the 8th of November :/
Sir_Crocodile
Member
If they port the directors cut to the ps4 I hope they fix the initial george dialogue
Tizoc
Member
I'd much rather they do it like Monkey Island did by having both the original and remakes.
Though this might make dealing with save data a problem.
Acquiescence
Member
They should, but they won't. I still can't believe how much they screwed up the intro of BS1 with the Director's Cut.
QuicheFontaine
Member
Pre-ordered this so hard last week.
Man, these last few days seem to be draggggging. Come out already!
Man, these last few days seem to be draggggging. Come out already!
Gangxxter
Member
Woah, woah, hold it, that's a bold statement you make there.
Indeed Revolution said "maybe" on Twitter, but I highly doubt they'll release all BS games on PS4.
I'm pretty sure they'll look into a PS4 port of BS5 first and I'm confident it'll be released next year on PS4. MAYBE they'll also re-release BS 1&2 but I highly doubt it. About BS 3&4, well 3 is highly unlikely, but would be possible (they used the RenderWare engine for this game). BS4 is pretty much a given that it won't come to PS4 because they don't have the source code for this game. It was developed by an external studio (Sumo Digital) back then.
Today Charles Cecil sent out another Dev Diary via mail to backers and he said, we should make some noise with the hashtag #BrokenSword5 on Twitter. So tweet away guys
In the recent newsletter they say that you can choose between a GoG and a Steam code. I thought Tony said we were getting both?
Edit: Just saw that he clarified his statement. We need to choose indeed. Now someone needs to tell me how I get my save file from the Steam beta to the GoG game.
Edit: Just saw that he clarified his statement. We need to choose indeed. Now someone needs to tell me how I get my save file from the Steam beta to the GoG game.
Only if you backed it.
MikeHattsu
Member
No RenderWare support for PS4 though since it became a 'dead' engine sometime after EA bought Criterion. If they had the means to port BS3, then I would have thought they'd release it on Mac, iPhone and Android already?
Most modern games store save files in the same place regardless of where you bought it.
I don't think beta save files carry over into the full game though.
Backers over a certain amount were actually supposed to get a beta, not a demo. Didn't happen, obviously.
I agree that the demo should be available for everyone. But since it's not, this will work: BS5 plays identically to BS1, only at 720p instead of 640x480. Also, without the hand-drawn art.
Honestly, just matching BS1 means this could be one of the best adventure games in years. I'm pretty excited for the 4th.
I agree that the demo should be available for everyone. But since it's not, this will work: BS5 plays identically to BS1, only at 720p instead of 640x480. Also, without the hand-drawn art.
Honestly, just matching BS1 means this could be one of the best adventure games in years. I'm pretty excited for the 4th.
Gangxxter
Member
Don't worry, they should work without a problem. Savegames are stored on Windows in your Documents folder and I'm pretty sure the GOG version uses the same directory.
I'll get the Steam version because I'll get a DRM-free DVD version next year anyway. Also there will be Steam achievements for this game.
EDIT:
You're right. They've stated numerous times that it's very difficult to port the 3D games to other platforms and that it's probably not worth the effort.
They carry over, confirmed by Tony.
They are aware of this and will most likely release a real Demo for everyone some time after the release.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
So when they say Wednesday, what time on Wednesday we talking? Midnight? It's nice to be excited for a game that I paid for a year ago
peanutbutterlatte
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If the game doesn't run on my laptop I'll definitely be shedding tears.
peanutbutterlatte
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For those worried that the game is only in 720p, from the newest developer diary:
Sweet.
Woooo I have a crappy old laptop so it's really reassuring they've tried to include as many as possible
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