Broken Sword, 2.5 Releasing.

[DanielH]

Clicky Linky

Here instead.

So... eight years' work culminating into today. I know it's not AGS, but is anyone else camping out waiting for the download?

[Ryan Timothy B]

I get a server error.

[DanielH]

Me too... The site has gone down since I posted. Weird...

[miguel]

Yeah, it happened to me also, when you first posted I got in and saw something like "Broken Sword 2.5 released today", and then, a while ago it went KAPUT!
I hope I can get it today.

[Vel]

I'm 99% percent sure they won't bother to do an English version soon, like that zak fangame.

[DanielH]

I'm 99% percent sure they won't bother to do an English version soon, like that zak fangame.

The release has english subtitles, but they swore they'd release an english voice add-on pack some time after the main release... dunno, maybe they won't. I wouldn't mind that much though, as long as It's got the subtitles. It's not like it's a bad thing, at least it has english subtitles, they could have just released a german game.

EDIT: Meant to say, the download isn't on the site yet, but yesterday (from what I could decipher on the forums My german is non-existant) They maintained that today is the day, probably in the evening.

[DanielH]

(apologises for double post in advance)

Bump for Update! The whole site was being redesigned, THAT'S why it was down Download it! DO IT.

Here!

[TerranRich]

One can redesign a site without bringing the whole thing down. :

Thanks!

[mkennedy]

How big is the file exactly?

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

An early mistake I've noticed with it is that George no longer speaks in the past tense for descriptions, and some of the puzzles have a rather...mature and not very Broken Sword-ish edge to them.  The game itself is pretty competently made, though I think that with most amateur games that use 3d, the 3d character models are pretty poor compared to the rest of the game.

[DanielH]

How big is the file exactly?

A large-ish 698 Mb. I couldn't download it at all last night, too many others downloading slows it down.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Well, I played through it.  Fairly good-sized game, but it has some of the worst puzzle design I've ever seen.  The gameplay resorts to solve a puzzle to lumber into another puzzle to another that are clearly there for padding, and several of them are just ridiculous:

Spoiler

oh no, I need a magnifying glass to read this small text on the stained-glass window!  Never fear, a group of tourists have suddenly appeared outside, and one of them have dropped a magnifying glass, yay!  But wait -- I can't pick it up for some reason, so the only solution, CLEARLY is to sit at the nearby cafe and order a coffee so the tourists leave!

[close]

'Logic' like this pervades the game, sadly:

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I can't enter this building without a flashlight, but wait -- a bum in a seedy alley is playing with one!  I'll just trade some panties for it and discover the batteries are dead, forcing me to open a FUSE BOX it wouldn't let me near previously to find a replacement pair.  Yes, a fuse box...a box for fuses.

[close]

I applaud their effort overall, but I think they could've done with a few competent puzzles instead of a ton of really silly ones.

[Nostradamus]

For some reason I can't save my place in the game.
Any help?
Cos this looks really good but I can't play it if I can't savegame.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Move your mouse to the top of the screen?

[Domino]

I tried the other night to download this but gave up. I have High Speed DSL and it was telling me that it would take over 5 hours to download.

I shall try again soon.

[TerranRich]

I have a feeling that my game will end up being as large as Broken Sword 2.5, if not larger.

[Nostradamus]

No shit, progzmax 

I click on any of those squares where the game should be saved, but it doesn't save ! 

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Weird.  Are you using Vista?  Not that I made the game or anything, but it works fine for me in xp.

[Frodo]

It works fine for me in Vista.   8)

[Nostradamus]

I have XP