Broken Sword 5 - the Serpent's Curse

Great game, one of the best episodes of the series! Detailed graphics, funny, yet thrilling story, just what you would expect from the fifth sequel :-).

It's not to bad worth a play

Interesting puzzles.

It's a decent point-and-click adventure game. The story is kinda mid with a few interesting moments, the characters are mostly forgettable, and some of the puzzles are borderline impossible without outside help (I'm looking at you desk puzzle). Would I suggest it? If you are a fan of the Broken Sword series, then yes. But if you are a newcomer to the series, go and play either the 1st or 2nd game first as your enjoyment of them will determine if this game is worth considering buying. Overall, I'd say buy it on a sale. The story, the puzzles, and the characters and their dialogue are the main focuses of games like this, and unfortunately it's a rather average game, a servicable 5/10. It's not bad, but it's also not good. If you want to take my word for it, I never laughed once at any joke or supposedly funny moment in this game, meanwhile with 1 and 2 I did laugh several times.

Recommend.

Любимые персонажи, захватывающая история, что ещё надо для того, чтобы провести несколько приятных вечеров? Отличное продолжение классической серии. Графика вызывает ностальгию по первым двум частям, и при этом не кажется старой даже в 2026 году. Загадки разного уровня: от абсолютно простых, до таких, которые даже квестоводы со стажем не смогут сходу решить без подсказок. К игроку относятся щадяще, без тупиков и внезапных смертей - можно играть без стресса. И, конечно же, отличный повышающий настроение юмор. Жалею только об одном: пропустил игру в момент выхода.

Where do I begin? The puzzles were rushed, too unintuitive, and complement the storyline as much as the BBQ sauce goes with ice cream. Storyline is so weak and derivative, that it seems to be made up of the trailers of previous installements and Da Vinci movies. As someone who went through the whole series, to me it seems like whoever came up with this decided that anything more thoughtprovoking would confuse the paying sheep, or was too entitled to grasp what it means to do a good job and be original. Somehow they managed to make a point-and-click interface buggy (struggle to click that return arrow in the lower right, mouse disappearing below the X axis, skipping takes time). Why they needed 3D instead of good ol' sprites is beyond me, it looks weird when they reach out into a static background to fetch an object and then it appears into their hands. I guess making an effort was a thing when they didn't have the money. At least they didn't do that full 3D nonsence that was impossible to play. Kudos. The series peaked at the second installment.