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Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
Also known as: Circle of Blood
 
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"An explosion in a quiet cafe in Paris puts an end to American George Stobbart's vacation. After his encounter with the French police and a bold journalist named Nico Collard, George will find himself (with Nico's help) investigating the mystery of the explosion and the conspiracy behind it all."


Developer Revolution
Publisher(s) Virgin
1996
Platform PC , Mac, GameBoy Advance, Retro
Perspective Third-Person
Presentation 2D or 2.5D
Control Point-and-click
Gameplay Quest, Investigative
Graphic Style Comic cartoon
Media CD
Red flags Game-over events
Genre Drama, Mystery
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#4: Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars top 20
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is #4 in the Top 20 Adventure Games of All-Time.
April 2, 2004
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars review
Broken Sword (Circle of Blood in the US) might sound like a fighting game at first, but is in fact an adventure gaming masterpiece.
Score: *****
May 19, 2002


Content Ratings
EU rating (PEGI)
US rating (ESRB)

Related Games
Other games in the 'Broken Sword' series
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut (DS)
Broken Sword: The Angel of Death
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror

Other games by Revolution
Beneath a Steel Sky 2
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut (DS)
Beneath a Steel Sky - Remastered
Broken Sword: The Angel of Death
Secrets of the Ark
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
Gold and Glory: The Road to El Dorado
In Cold Blood
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror
Circle of Blood
Beneath a Steel Sky
Lure of the Temptress
Technical Information
Version info
Also known as Circle of Blood. Released on Game Boy Advance in 2002 by bam! Entertainment.

System requirements
486 66 MHz Pentium or above processor
4X CD-ROM drive
16 MB RAM
VESA 2.0 compatible SVGA graphics card
Soundblaster compatible soundcards

Known issues
Is now supported by the ScummVM emulator.


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