Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars "Any%" in 1h 44m 07s | Speedrun [DOS]
4Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars (1996) by Revolution | Speedrun
Played by MilkToast
Timestamps:
Paris 00:00:00
Hotel 00:10:20
Ireland Lochmarne 00:19:30
Paris 00:34:10
Paris Sewers 00:47:30
Syria Marib 00:52:20
Spain Villa de Vasconcellos 01:07:10
Train 01:34:00
Final 01:38:00
Ending 01:44:00
About the game:
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (also known as Circle of Blood in the United States)[1] is a 1996 point-and-click adventure game, and the first in the Broken Sword series, developed by Revolution Software. The player assumes the role of George Stobbart, an American tourist in Paris, as he attempts to unravel a conspiracy. The game takes place in both real and fictional locations in Europe and the Middle East.
In 1992, Charles Cecil began researching the Knights Templar for the game after he, Noirin Carmody and Sean Brennan conceived Broken Sword. It was built with Revolution's Virtual Theatre engine. This was also used for the company's previous two games. Cecil co-wrote and directed the game, while Eoghan Cahill and Neil Breen drew the backgrounds in pencil and digitally colored them in Photoshop. The game has a serious tone, but features humor and graphics in the style of classic animated films.
Critics lauded Broken Sword's story, puzzles, voice acting, writing, gameplay, and music. The game received numerous award nominations and wins. It achieved commercial success as well, with one million copies sold by 2001. Topping several lists, it is known as one of the greatest examples of adventure gaming. Many developers of later games have cited Broken Sword as an influence.
(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Sword:_The_Shadow_of_the_Templars)
About the run:
Broken Sword Shadow of the Templars (a.k.a Baphomets Fluch) is an A+ point and click adventure from Revolution. I needed more attempts then thought in the first place to set a decent time. Stil I am a couple of minutes behind the current WR, due to smaller mistakes, slow execution and the inconsisten speed in this game. Its a more "easy" game to run, because of its slow pace and minor use of rng, but beware that you have to left click like crazy for almost 2 hours straight :)
Play on ScummVM 2.1.0 OpenGL (original version from GOG)
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