Description

George Stobbart is an American tourist spending his autumn vacation in Paris. He barely escapes a bombing of a café and decides to investigate the clues left behind by the killer. This eventually leads him to a mystery dating back to the legend of the Knights Templar.

Circle of Blood is the first part in the Broken Sword series. It is a third-person puzzle-solving point-and-click adventure game with 2D cartoon-like graphics. The player moves the character around using the mouse, examines the environment, talks to other people and collects items stored in an inventory. These items need to be used or combined with other items to solve puzzles. George gets help from Nicole Collard, a French journalist. The story is divided into eleven chapters and takes place in locations such as Paris, Ireland, Syria, and others.

Alternate Titles

  • "断剑:圣殿骑士的阴影" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
  • "Сломанный Меч: Тень Тамплиеров " -- Russian spelling
  • "Slomannyj Mech: Ten' Tamplierov" -- Russian title
  • "Les Chevaliers de Baphomet" -- French title
  • "BS1" -- Common abbreviation
  • "Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars" -- US GBA/PSX title
  • "Broken Sword: La leyenda de los Templarios" -- Spanish title
  • "Broken Sword: Il Segreto dei Templari" -- Italian title
  • "Baphomets Fluch" -- German title

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Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars Game Boy Advance $1.99  
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars PlayStation $3.99  
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Circle of Blood    
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User Reviews

An extremely well-executed adventure for the Game Boy Advance. Game Boy Advance Ruben van der Leun (11)
Learn about the Templars while searching for the café bomber Windows *Katakis* (37454)
A strangely ordinary adventure Windows hydra9 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3855)
Mediocre in every way Windows YID YANG Bronze Star Contributing Member (162395)
One word.....BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Windows Grant McLellan (546)
Jones!? You've got some nerve... Windows MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (53452)
The great game that might have been. Windows PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3027)
Shadow of the Templars is best described as a "diet coke" of the Adventure genre, only with much better aftertaste. Windows Gonchi (3675)
one fine adventure game... and it's not from lucasarts ! Windows Xa4 Bronze Star Contributing Member (274)
One of the last true adventures of the 90s Windows Depth Lord (946)

The Press Says

Adventurespiele Windows Jun 07, 2005 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Aventura y Cía DOS Aug 14, 2001 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Playback Windows 2006 9 out of 10 90
Quandary Windows Nov, 1996 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
RPGFan PlayStation Mar 11, 1999 84 out of 100 84
neXGam Game Boy Advance 2002 8.3 out of 10 83
PC Gameplay (Benelux) Windows Dec, 1996 83 out of 100 83
Just Adventure Windows Feb 06, 2003 B+ 83
PC Player (Germany) Windows Sep, 1996 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
IGN Game Boy Advance Apr 09, 2002 7.5 out of 10 75

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Trivia

Animation

The game's animations and artwork were done by former animators and artists from Bluth Studios, makers of The Secret of NIMH, An American Tale, The Land Before Time, and the Dragon's Lair and Space Ace interactive arcade laser games.

Engine

The Game Boy Advance version does not use the Virtual Theatre game engine.

Extras

Some versions of the game came with the Knights Templar book Savage Warrior written by Steve Jackson.

Installation

The DOS/Windows installation program instead of showing a progress bar during the copying phase runs a Breakout variant. The paddle is controlled with the mouse.

Music

The game contains over two hours of original music from Britain’s composer Barrington Pheloung, also known for his TV theme music on Central Independent Television’s renowned Inspector Morse detective series starring John Thaw and Kevin Whately.

Information also contributed by Garcia, Rola and Sciere


This entry was contributed by Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (10796), Sciere Bronze Star Contributing Member (206030), Kabushi (105226), Ummagumma (73), Scaryfun (11063), Grant McLellan (546) and MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (53452)
 

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