Broken Sword (for DS and Wii)

magintz · Wed 18/03/2009 22:14:44

For those of you who weren't aware Broken Sword 1 (Shadow of the Templars) is coming to the Nintendo DS and Wii this Friday. The announcement was made just before Christmas and is now the release date is finally upon us. For those of you who are interested here is the official press release snippet

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"SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 18, 2008 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced a publishing agreement to release the special edition of Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars on Wiiâ,,¢ and Nintendo DSâ,,¢ systems.

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Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut is scheduled for release on Wii and Nintendo DS in March 2009. "

Link to full article here

So I know what I'll be getting on Friday, 20th March! My DS is feeling very lonely since I completed Chrono Trigger and as it's a director's cut it features new story elements, settings and puzzles.

Edit: All you people who live in the states will have to wait for next Tuesday for this (24th March).

ManicMatt · Wed 18/03/2009 22:32:46

Oh poo, I knew a I'd miss a new release to order in my shop with my internet down at work.

And Ubisoft belong to the smallest distributor out of the major three so I never called them this week. Oops.

Cryxo · Thu 19/03/2009 19:32:41

That is great actually!

Thanks for that. I just got Broken Sword 2 on GOG.com this morning, and I am loving it.
So I am looking forward to the first.

Snake · Thu 19/03/2009 21:13:32

Jesus, I thought the subject line read, "By the Sword (for DS and Wii)"...!

That's great, maybe we'll see some more adventures on the Wii.

magintz · Fri 20/03/2009 15:33:25

I've got ScummVM on my DS and have recently played through Beneath a Steel Sky and Flight of the Amazon Queen both worked extremely well on the DS and were great fun to play when out and about. As for Broken Sword, I hope this is a sign of more good things to come.

magintz · Sun 22/03/2009 00:45:52

I've been playing this a little today (only about half an hour) and can say I'm really enjoying it. The first part of the story is a completely new story about Nico trying to piece together the clues in a murder.

My biggest thing to say about this is the interface, which is fantastic and, in my opinion, is so well suited to the DS and an adventure game. You drag your cursor around the screen using the DS stylus, as you get closer to an interactable item or character a small friendly flashing circle appears to let you know when you're getting close to something. Moving the stylus over this circle it will get brighter and display context sensitive actions for the object much like a verb coin; such as look, pick-up or interact with.

Dialogue uses a similar system to the PC version with images of people and objects displayed on screen to ask about.

All in all I have to say I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far

Sslaxx · Sun 22/03/2009 19:03:21

Glad to hear about this one! Played Broken Sword (the first game) on PC (via ScummVM) and (the abridged version) on the GBA - classic gaming memories!

Takyon · Sun 22/03/2009 22:58:32

I don't think I could bring myself to play BS on a wii. DS possibly though. Maybe if it's a success the profits will persuade them to make BS5, hopefully lol.

Coincidentally I started playing BS1 again the other week and I'm now playing BS2 and I'm sure they must be some of the best games ever created.

Sslaxx · Sun 22/03/2009 23:51:14

Revolution went bust a few years back. The owner's keeping the website up, and essentially is a one-man band.

Takyon · Mon 23/03/2009 00:00:22

Wow I never knew that. Damn no chance of bs5 then. Who made this new ds one then?

magintz · Mon 23/03/2009 22:17:59

Umm, Revolution made the game. I didn't think they went bust although I believe the game is published by Ubisoft and I'll assume they're the big fish with the wads of cash that got this made.

Takyon · Mon 23/03/2009 23:30:25

Lol yeah I see what you mean. Well I hope one day they'll make another broken sword, unlikely as it may seem.

midasmax · Thu 26/03/2009 16:21:52

Revolution Software is currently, as you've pointed out, a one man band. However, it hasn't stopped Charles Cecil from progressing in development. What he does now is something along the lines of work-for-hire, and basically, gets team members as and when he needs them on a project/contract basis.

He did mention on this month's gamesTM magazine that the possibility about a sequel to Revolution's other Adventure Game marvel, Beneath a Steel Sky though.

If I could get hold of a scanner, possibly next week when i'm at college, I'd upload it to this post. However, here's a short abstract,

GamesTM: Now that you've reignited your partnership with Gibbons, does this make the Beneath A Steel Sky sequel any more likely?
CC: Absolutely, although I have kept in touch with Dave since the original BASS, and we have often talked about a sequel. Dave has been great to work with again. All we need to do now is find some time when we are both reasonably free...

He also goes on to mention that he believes that the Renaissance of Adventure Games is beginning because of the Wii.

Sam. · Thu 26/03/2009 18:02:38

Quote from: J-MAN on Mon 23/03/2009 23:30:25
Lol yeah I see what you mean. Well I hope one day they'll make another broken sword, unlikely as it may seem.

why is that unlikely? There was a 3 year gap between 3 and 4, so that puts the development cycle starting about now, doesn't it?

Is this DS version the same as was on the gameboy? or is it a whole new game?

midasmax · Thu 26/03/2009 18:27:41

It's basically BS1, but it adds an arch with regards to Nico which occurs before the start of BS1. Also, I believe they've added facial animations, some new cutscenes and changes to the original BS1 story arc.

Takyon · Thu 26/03/2009 18:28:09

Quote from: Zooty on Thu 26/03/2009 18:02:38
Quote from: J-MAN on Mon 23/03/2009 23:30:25
Lol yeah I see what you mean. Well I hope one day they'll make another broken sword, unlikely as it may seem.

why is that unlikely? There was a 3 year gap between 3 and 4, so that puts the development cycle starting about now, doesn't it?

Is this DS version the same as was on the gameboy? or is it a whole new game?

Unlikely because he's now a one man band

Sam. · Thu 26/03/2009 18:49:02

could he not hire new staff for the new game? Perhaps I've missed understood but I thought he was hiring on a per-game basis as opposed to keeping a team together full time.

Takyon · Thu 26/03/2009 18:53:54

Quote from: Zooty on Thu 26/03/2009 18:49:02
could he not hire new staff for the new game? Perhaps I've missed understood but I thought he was hiring on a per-game basis as opposed to keeping a team together full time.

Yes he could but I posted before that information was posted so I had no idea about it, I was under the impression Revolution had finished altogether.

magintz · Fri 27/03/2009 10:24:00

The one downside is they've compleley cut voice acting from it

Sam. · Fri 27/03/2009 10:31:27

Even from the wii version?

That sucks.