Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

The last months of the year, at the end of the millennium. American tourist George Stobbart is thrilled to be in Paris. Sitting outside a charming café, enjoying a café au lait, George is startled by a clown who drops his accordion on a bar stool.

Moments later there is a massive blast and the café is destroyed. George narrowly escapes serious injury. Determined to discover the motives of the deadly clown and bring him to justice, George teams up with Parisian photo-journalist Nico Collard. Soon, they find themselves being drawn into a gripping adventure.

Known for combining scripts laced with sharp wit and logical but challenging puzzles, Broken Sword is a celebrated franchise within the adventure genre, having first released back in 1996. The original release became an instant classic, having sold half a million copies on PlayStation alone, and was voted one of the best PlayStation games ever by Official PlayStation Magazine readers. A re-released Director’s Cut of the original game went on to enjoy similar success 15 years later, amassing over 5 million downloads.

Broken Sword remains one of the genre’s most acclaimed series, featuring in top adventure game lists to this day.