# Broken Sword 2.5

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-sword-2-5/466196>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 2, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-sword-2-5/466196 "2008-10-02T16:56:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-sword-2-5/466196/1 "2008-10-02T16:56:56Z")

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For the point and click adventure fans, Broken Sword 2.5 is now available as a free download [here](http://www.brokensword25.com/news/news.htm).

It is a 650MB download and the cartoonish graphics look gorgeous. When my download is finished I will have a play and see how it is.

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**Author:** ![Koldanar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@Koldanar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koldanar)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-sword-2-5/466196/2 "2008-10-02T16:58:30Z")

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I think you may have meant this to be in the Cafe, since I do not see any BBQ’ing going on. Now if only I could figure how to report this…

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**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-sword-2-5/466196/3 "2008-10-02T17:05:15Z")

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Off to the Game Room.

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**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-sword-2-5/466196/4 "2008-10-02T20:03:25Z")

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It’s wonderful. The Broken Sword series should have been huge. Smart, hip and funny, with fantastic and beautifully voiced dialogue: George Stobbart’s deadpan narration is a hoot. Most of the enjoyment is in interacting with the various completely bonkers incidental characters: look out for the guy who goes to work in a thong bikini.

The third installment, “The Sleeping Dragon”, made a not wholly successful transition to a Tomb Raider style 3D, but is still a blast for the characters and dialogue: “The door was locked. It wasn’t opening time yet.”