Windows

Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon

Description

No less than six years have gone by before the third installment in the Broken Sword series saw the light of day. The first two games (The Shadow of the Templars and The Smoking Mirror) delved into the Knights Templar and Mayan mythology. This time, George Stobbart and Nico Collard are after the Voynich Manuscript to unravel its mysteries.

The Sleeping Dragon moves away from the 2D point-and-click concept from the earlier games and features a full 3D world, with a camera that does not rotate, but uses fixed cinematic perspectives, combined with full 5.1 sound. For the Windows version the game is no longer controlled through the mouse, but now through the keyboard, for the movement of the characters as well as all the actions. The player alternately controls George or Nico. Next to typical adventure gameplay such as exploration, conversations, and searching and combining items, there are also a few action sequences. The characters can duck, sneak, hang from ledges and move crates to reach higher areas.

The locations visited throughout the game include The Congo, Paris, England, Czech Republic and Egypt.

Alternate Titles

• "断剑：沉睡之龙" -- Chinese title (Simplified)
• "Сломанный Меч 3: Спящий Дракон" -- Russian spelling
• "Slomannyj Mech 3: Spjaschij Drakon" -- Russian title
• "Les Chevaliers de Baphomet: Le manuscrit de Voynich" -- French title
• "BS3" -- Common abbreviation
• "Broken Sword: Nenereru Ryuu no Densetsu" -- Japanese title
• "Broken Sword: Il Sonno del Drago" -- Italian title
• "Broken Sword: El sueño del dragón" -- Spanish title
• "Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon" -- GOG.com release
• "Broken Sword 3" -- Common title
• "Baphomets Fluch: Der schlafende Drache" -- German title

Part of the Following Groups

• Broken Sword series
• Graphics Engine: RenderWare
• Technology: amBX

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User Reviews

George and Nico together again -- what a great team!	Jeanne (58546)
A partly successful attempt to breath new life into the adventure genre	Cadorna (190)	unrated
Amazing experience, from the beginning to the very (cool) end	Mark Papadakis (31)
An excellent job from Revolution Software to try to awake the long lost adventure game spirit!!!	ggfournar (6)
A broken sword fixes the adventure Genre	Isdaron (695)

The Press Says

Entertainmentopia	Apr 08, 2004	A-	91
ESC Magazine	Mar 11, 2004	9 out of 10	90
Adventure-Treff	Nov 16, 2003	86 out of 100	86
VicioJuegos.com	Dec 24, 2003	86 out of 100	86
Adventure Corner	Nov 16, 2003	85 out of 100	85
Game Captain	Nov 26, 2003	85 out of 100	85
Adventure Classic Gaming	May 23, 2009		80
Quandary	Dec, 2003		80
Adventure Gamers	Dec 15, 2003		80
PC Games (Germany)	Dec 08, 2003	79 out of 100	79

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Trivia

The actress who played Nico, Sarah Crook did not actually audition for the role. She was one of the supervisors of the audition, and asked Charles Cecil if she could try out for the role after a string of applicants Cecil regarded as unsuitable.