Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
Also known as: Baphomets Fluch: Der schlafende Drache | Broken Sword: Il Sonno del Drago | Les Chevaliers de Baphomet : Le Manuscrit de Voynich | Broken Sword: Nenereru Ryuu no Densetsu | Broken Sword 3 | Broken Sword: El Sueño del Dragón | BS3 | Broken Sword III - The Sleeping Dragon
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon moves away from the 2D point-and-click concept from the earlier games and features a full 3D world, with a camera that does not rotate, but uses fixed cinematic perspectives, combined with full 5.1 sound. For the Windows version the game is no longer controlled through the mouse, but now through the keyboard, for the movement of the characters as well as all the actions. The player alternately controls George or Nico. Next to typical adventure gameplay such as exploration, conversations, and searching and combining items, there are also a few action sequences. The characters can duck, sneak, hang from ledges and move crates to reach higher areas.
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Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon moves away from the 2D point-and-click concept from the earlier games and features a full 3D world, with a camera that does not rotate, but uses fixed cinematic perspectives, combined with full 5.1 sound. For the Windows version the game is no longer controlled through the mouse, but now through the keyboard, for the movement of the characters as well as all the actions. The player alternately controls George or Nico. Next to typical adventure gameplay such as exploration, conversations, and searching and combining items, there are also a few action sequences. The characters can duck, sneak, hang from ledges and move crates to reach higher areas.
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About This Game
Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon is an adventure quest game developed by Revolution Software, it is the third installment in the series.
###Plot
A murder happened in Paris. The victim is an underground hacker that goes by the name of Vernon Blier. It is later revealed that he was hired by the head of a Neo-Templar order called Susarro to decrypt an ancient manuscript which contains a key to world domination. George and Nicole begin their search for answers in different places - while George looks for something in Kongo, Nicole tries to find clues in Paris. In their quest, they visit Glastonbury, a castle in the Carpathian Mountains, the caves of Kongo and even the Egyptian pyramids.
###Gameplay
Broken Sword 3 is the first title in the series to not feature a point-and-click interface. A direct control system is used instead. There is an action rose in the bottom right corner of the screen. The actions that can be done at the moment are shown there and can be executed using a corresponding key.
During gameplay, the players have to search for items that will help them in their advancement in the in-game world. A number of puzzles are present in the game.
The main characters can also engage in branching dialogues with other non-playable characters to find clues on what needs to be done to progress further.
