Video game · 2013

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse

Released 4 December 2013 on PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android and 4 more

Developer: Revolution Software
Publisher: Revolution Software
Made in: York, United Kingdom
Genre: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Themes: Fantasy, Historical
Series: Broken Sword

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About Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse

Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse is a classical point & click adventure. It abandons 3D graphics and direct control which were used in the two predecessors and returns to the style of the first two games. The only major technical differences are a higher resolution and that the characters are modelled instead of drawn. The game uses an intelligent mouse cursor: a right click on a hotspot results in looking at the item and a left click triggers an item-specific action. Of course this is the main ingredient of the puzzles: collecting items and using them on other items in order to solve problems. On some occasions there are also logic puzzles from a zoomed-in view on an object, e.g.

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Release dates

Android	4 December 2013
iOS	4 December 2013
Linux	4 December 2013
Mac	4 December 2013
PC	4 December 2013
PlayStation Vita	18 December 2013
PlayStation 4	4 September 2015
Xbox One	4 September 2015
Nintendo Switch	21 September 2018