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GamerZines | Broken Sword: The Serpent's Curse – Episode 1 Review

GamerZines writes:

Touchscreen devices have helped drive a resurgence in the popularity of the point-and-click genre in the past few years and both Broken Sword: Shadows of the Templars and Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror were at the centre of that revival. The thing is, Revolution Software didn't just release ports of their classic titles, they brought out remastered editions which added new acts, puzzles, cutscenes and dialogue to titles which many already consider to be the pinnacle of the adventure game genre.

So with nearly $800,000 worth of Kickstarter money behind them, it would be fair to say that gamers across PC, mobiles and tablets were keeping their fingers crossed that the first brand new entry in the Broken Sword series in years, <em>The Serpent's Curse: Episode 1, would be be the experience they were looking for and for the most part at least, George and Nico's return meets those lofty expectations.

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New Games with Gold for February 2022

On the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, join in an epic adventure in Broken Sword 5: The Serpent’s Curse, and speed run to a tight soundtrack in Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield. And for our classic lineup via Backward Compatibility, use your wits and the water to fight your enemies in Hydrophobia, and test your strategic skills in Band of Bugs.

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darthv721450d ago

Hydrphobia... never heard of that one but it looks interesting.

Teflon021450d ago

I tried when it was given on ps plus like 8 years ago for the same reason. I promise you, it's not worth your time

darthv721450d ago

thanks for the info.

gee... I guess my not knowing about this really struck a nerve with some people.

CobraKai1450d ago

@darth
Or maybe it’s that you found it interesting. I remember seeing this on 360 and thinking the same tho.

isarai1450d ago

It has interesting water physics, but past that it's very meh.

robothouserock1450d ago

This site is toxic for anything besides lurking. I've been coming here for years and this is probably my first comment in five years.

Atom6661450d ago

I downvoted you to help you feel welcomed.

robothouserock1450d ago

Been on this site for ten years or so, but thanks!

x_xavier_x1450d ago (Edited 1450d ago )

I'm pretty sure that they down-voted you because you said that the game "looks interesting". Didn't you know, there's no positivity allowed on N4G... particularly when talking about anything related to Xbox.

itsmebryan1450d ago

It's sad but, true. It's not just Xbox related. I said "Ghost wire looks interesting. I hope it's good" and got a bunch of downvoted. Smh

Kran1450d ago

Sorry to break it to you.

Its not.

porkChop1450d ago

I bought it on Steam for $1.50 and I still felt ripped off.

Gamer791449d ago

It's not bad, a bit janky though.

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Thegr811450d ago

I’m sorry but this is pathetically bad. I defend Xbox sometimes but what is this crap??? Lol

roadkillers1450d ago

“Just get Gamepass and stfu” - my sentiments exactly. What’s the point of game for gold now.

gerbintosh1450d ago

Can't have GWG looking good when they are pushing game pass. Eventually people will get tired of the garbage games and switch

babadivad1449d ago

The only good thing about Games with Gold is you own the games forever even if you discontinue paying for live. You don't have to worry about it being cycled out like you do with GP. You actually own it.

dilbig51449d ago

@babadivad

You only keep the 360 games.

peppeaccardo1450d ago

Plain and simple this is how they push people into Gamepass ... one turd after another on GWG !!

porkChop1450d ago

Broken Sword is cool, but the rest are pretty garbage offerings.

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Orchard1450d ago

Another terrible month.

They should either improve it or just kill it already and tell people GamePass is where you go to get games via subscription.

gangsta_red1450d ago (Edited 1450d ago )

GWG hasn't been a factor since GP has been available, it's almost insulting now

Teflon021450d ago

Just cancel it at this point, don't think anyone will even care, saves ms money and everyone basically uses gamepass now anyways

sparky771450d ago

Exactly just let it die and save some money for Game Pass deals.

It shocks me every month that they can still find games that I have never heard of before.

jznrpg1449d ago

Or they could offer better games

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The Best Point and Click Games on Nintendo Switch

Looking for point and click adventure games on Nintendo Switch? Here are 10 of the best.

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The Best Couples in Video Game History

From Nathan Drake and Elena Fisher in Uncharted, to Professor Layton and Claire, here are 15 of the best video games couples.

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bluefox7552528d ago

UC4 was a great relationship story, even if that wasn't it's primary focus. Anyone who's been in a long term relationship knows that it can be like a rollercoaster with the highs and lows, UC4 illustrated this brilliantly.

Fist4achin2528d ago

A list for Valentine's day. What about Garcia Hotspur and Paula from Shadows of the Damned? He traversed hell for her despite her having a previous affair with a devil.

How about Dante and Beatrice from Dante's inferno? Dante also went through hell and faced off against Lucifer himself.

These guys definitely carried quite the burden for love.

SuperSonic912528d ago

Uncharted 2 is still a masterpiece in storytelling of love triangles.
Nate, Elena, Chloe and Harry Flynn.
WoW!
Unbeatable!

bluefox7552528d ago

That would be a love square. Though Flynn wasn't REALLY part of it, so triangle would still be apt.

DefenderOfDoom22528d ago

15 pages ??? ZERGNET websites are the circus freakshow of the Internet .