Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

George Stobbart is an American tourist spending his autumn vacation in Paris. He barely escapes a bombing of a café and decides to investigate the clues left behind by the killer. This eventually leads him to a mystery dating back to the legend of the Knights Templar.

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is the first part in the Broken Sword series. It is a third-person puzzle-solving point-and-click adventure game with 2D cartoon-like graphics. The player moves the character around using the mouse, examines the environment, talks to other people and collects items stored in an inventory. These items need to be used or combined with other items to solve puzzles. George gets help from Nicole Collard, a French journalist. The story is divided into eleven chapters and takes place in locations such as Paris, Ireland, Syria, and others.

Followed By Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror
Remade By Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut
Series Broken Sword (1)
Added March 8, 2020
Published By THQ
Sony Computer Entertainment
Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Developed By Revolution Software
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George seems to be enjoying his holidays. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Helping the waitress after the explosion. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Looking for some clues. (DOS) from mobygames.com
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Keeping up to date about clues and findings with Nico. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Following the culprit through the sewers (DOS) from mobygames.com
Talking to an eye-witness that saw the murderer get away (DOS) from mobygames.com
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Studying the manuscript with Nico in her apartment (DOS) from mobygames.com
Map of Paris, new locations will become available as the clues present themselves (DOS) from mobygames.com
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Inside the castle in Lochmarne (DOS) from mobygames.com
Inside of the hospital (in a grand historic building) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Mountfacon, once a place of executions and now a charming little area with typically Parisian cafes... (DOS) from mobygames.com
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Marib, a little town in Syria (DOS) from mobygames.com
This ordinary carpet seller in facts acts as a gatekeeper for the Alamut club... (DOS) from mobygames.com
...in fact, George just taxes a "taxi" from the club to the Bull's Head cliff and I'm not sure the club has any real secret - still, the real Alamut was a fortress of the Hashishin. (DOS) from mobygames.com
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A stained glass image in the church, showing the death of Jacob de Molay. (DOS) from mobygames.com
A statue of Baphomet, an idol allegedly worshipped by the Knights Templar, was found under this rather ordinary building. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Actually, the mysterious medieval items in this game are mostly used like that - to be able to see some hidden clue. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Finally, the trail leads George and Nico to Bannockburn in Scotland... (DOS) from mobygames.com
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You were just drinking your cup of coffee when the cafe went KABOOM!!! (Windows) from mobygames.com
After you've been dragged into a near-death situation, you're up to start investigation on your own. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Hmm... seems like killer didn't escape over the roofs. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Every hero wouldn't be complete if he wasn't on a conquest to woman's heart, so... this is gonna be your better half throughout this game... and the sequels. (Windows) from mobygames.com
So, murderer escaped through the sewers... leaving all these fancy trails behind. (Windows) from mobygames.com
In such situations, it's best to introduce youreself as a detective. (Windows) from mobygames.com
At the police station. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Searching the room of an assassin. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Our hero, hidden in a closet, while killer's at tip of hand. (Windows) from mobygames.com
"Don't try this at home kids! It's high, and it's dangerous." (Windows) from mobygames.com
Perfectly disguised as a doctor... with only a lack of knowledge. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The tripod robbery. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Overtelling your heroic deeds. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Map of Paris, with marked places where you can go and where you were. (Windows) from mobygames.com
In front of an archeological museum. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Spanish adventures with the templars won't be easy at first... but will at second. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Irish conversations... this games contains so much different accents, pretty cool! (Windows) from mobygames.com
George may not be Indy, but he's not some pushover, either. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Going down the dig site in some castle in Ireland (animations usually looks like shown here). (Windows) from mobygames.com
You'll most probably be more time in danger then not. (Windows) from mobygames.com
"Hey!? How's my hair now?" (Windows) from mobygames.com
Whow, somebody take his gun! (Windows) from mobygames.com
Dynamic duo... soon to be discovered... or better yet, uncovered. (Windows) from mobygames.com
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Trailer

Year of Release:
1996

Genre(s):
Traditional

Graphic Style:
2D

Camera View:
Third-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

Setting/Theme:
Mystery Romance

Other Tags:
Speech

Free to Play:
Yes

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