Circle of Blood is the first part in the Broken Sword series. It is a third-person point-and-click adventure entirely in 2D. The player controls George Stobbart, 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.

The game is entirely in 2D and gameplay is in typical point-and-click fashion. The player moves the character around using the mouse, examines the environment, talks to other people and collect 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 has been divided into eleven chapters and takes place in locations such as Paris, Ireland, Syria, Spain and Scotland.

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Alternate Titles

"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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User Reviews

A strangely ordinary adventure	Sam Jeffreys (3021)
Learn about the Templars while searching for the café bomber	Black Wolf (37274)
Mediocre in every way	Unicorn B. Lynx (53164)
The great game that might have been.	PCGamer77 (3051)
Jones!? You've got some nerve...	MAT (34836)
Shadow of the Templars is best described as a "diet coke" of the Adventure genre, only with much better aftertaste.	Gonchi (3510)
one fine adventure game... and it's not from lucasarts !	Xa4 (257)	unrated
One of the last true adventures of the 90s	Depthlord(Es) (950)
Absolutely Wonderful!!!	Sylven (8)
I didnt want the story to end. Its like Indiana Jones in cartoon.	Shayne Bates (13)	unrated

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The Press Says

Adventure Classic Gaming	Nov 24, 1997	5 out of 5	100
Adventure Corner	Mar 25, 2008		100
Adventure Lantern	Mar, 2006	95 out of 100	95
Coming Soon Magazine	Nov, 1996	93 out of 100	93
GameSpot	Oct 03, 1996	9.2 out of 10	92
Adventure Europe	Apr 30, 2005	90 out of 100	90
PC Player (Denmark)	1996	88 out of 100	88
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Dec, 1996	83 out of 100	83
PC Player (Germany)	Sep, 1996		80
GamesAreFun.com (GAF)	Feb 08, 2004	5 out of 10	50