Posted February 15, 2009
Better than Circle of Blood (AKA Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars). Usually logical puzzles, with a few regrettable exceptions. Mostly free of "oops, you made a mistake, go load a save" moments, but again, with a few frustrating exceptions. The ending doesn't quite live up to the story as a whole, but it's good enough. It's clear that an entire scene disappeared between writing and publishing, meaning you leap into the endgame to discover several serious plot advancements for which you had no clue at all. Still, there is enough good here that I recommend it to adventure game fans looking for a fix. Dabblers in adventure games might want to give it a miss. (Beneath a Steel Sky, which is free here at gog.com, is slightly better.)