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Broken Sword 3 - Adventure Gaming Contemporized?

Posted by simoniker on from the i-bent-my-sword dept.

Courtesy of Gamespy, we can now see new screenshots for Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon, the THQ-published sequel to the two previous acclaimed graphical adventures. As this Gamespot preview makes clear, this sequel is an attempt to take the puzzle-solving of the graphical adventure and apply it to a 3D action title. All this ties in well to Slashdot Games' earlier discussions on whether adventure games were 'dead', or just metamorphosed into a more contemporary form. In related news, the game's developer, Revolution Software, has made available for free download Lure Of The Temptress, the 1992-published graphical adventure classic which was their first ever game.

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  1. Talk about fun. by Neck_of_the_Woods · · Score: 3, Funny

    Most of the time in the old days, the puzzle was trying to get conventional memory high enough to run one of these SOBs.

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  2. Makes me wonder... by NetDanzr · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Broken Sword was always about the production. I still remember the first one - the puzzle elements were pretty weak, but the production was awesome. The music, animation, voiceovers and even such small perks like allowing you to play a breakout game while installing Broken Sword made it one of my most favorite games. In addition, I had (and still have) a huge crush on Nico. The second game was more of the same, and quite frankly, it was getting old. I'm wondering whether switching to a 3D engine would resurrect the game...

  3. Beneath a Steel Sky by Tomcat666 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    To add to the article, the ScummVM Team got the source code of Beneath a Steel Sky from Revolution, so we'll soon see a version of ScummVM supporting this game to the fullest!

    Kudos to Revolution for opening the source at least to the guys at ScummVM!

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  4. Adventure Gaming Dead? Bah. by Prien715 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't understand the adventure gaming is dead claim.

    Zelda -- Wind waker came out recently. Absolutely spectacular game, great reviews, good sales. Have you been living under a rock?

    Grand Theft Auto -- Brings the adventure genre to the urban environment. You complete quests in return from items and to unlock new areas. I suppose it could be classified as a driving game, but if you're playing GTA cause you like racing, you've got problems.

    Adventure gaming isn't dead, it's just changed forms. The only kind of adventure game that I can think of that's dead is the kind with no action element. And I can deal with that.

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