Broken Sword - Parvizal’s Stone announced, Broken Sword 1 remake also in development
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Years after the release of its last installment,Broken Swordis back in full force - with a remake ofBroken Sword 1in development, as well as the sixth title in the series,Broken Sword - Parzival’s Stone.
Developed by Revolution Software, the first title in the point-and-click adventure series,Broken Sword - The Shadow of the Templars(orCircle of Bloodin the United States) released all the way back in 1996 on PC, Mac, and PlayStation. All these years later, it’s being given new life in a modern-day remake, and while no new content is being added to it, Charles Cecil - the co-founder of Revolution Software - tells TRG that other valuable improvements will be made.
For a start, the remake (titledBroken Sword - The Shadow of the Templars: Reforged) aims to stick to the original game’s “traditional hand-drawn” art style. As well as a whole host of bug fixes (Cecil admits that the original release “was done quickly”), veteran fans can look forward to experiencing some lines of dialogue and animations that were made for the original title but never used.
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“The big question, of course, is how relevant is point-and-click? Is it relevant to a younger audience? Or is it just a nostalgia thing?” Cecil questions.
He continues: “Of course, the big money is in first-person shooters and third-person, and they’re kind of brilliant, [but] they’re all quite similar in feeling, and with this big move towards cozy games and everything, my feeling is that it really is time to reinvent.”
As forBroken Sword - Parzival’s Stone, Cecil teased that like previous entries in theBroken Swordseries, the story will center around “some historical conspiracy that’s resonated through to this day”.
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Bothupcoming gamesare set to release on PC, consoles and mobile, andBroken Sword - The Shadow of the Templars: Reforgedwill land at some point in early 2024.Broken Sword - Parzival’s Stonehas not been given a release window yet, however.
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Catherine is a News Writer for TechRadar Gaming. Armed with a journalism degree from The University of Sheffield, she was sucked into the games media industry after spending far too much time on her university newspaper writing about Pokémon and cool indie games, and realising that was a very cool job, actually. She previously spent 19 months working at GAMINGbible as a full-time journalist. She loves all things Nintendo, and will never stop talking about Xenoblade Chronicles.
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