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Title: Misleading
Review: An avid PC point 'n' click fan, I was thrilled to find something that had been successfully converted to a GBA game. Reviews spoke of decent graphics and great transition of the puzzles for which p'n'c-ers are notorious. Sadly, it just didn't seem so. The graphics and entire gameplay reminded me of a text adventure and the first real puzzle didn't come about until I was halfway into the game. The only real similarity seemed to be in the use of items in conjunction with the environment. Gameplay wasn't intuitive as one was given multiple clues at a time, yet expected to follow only a specific one-- Both Spain and Syria are mentioned at one point; however, if you decide to hoof it to Spain, the game's over for you. Syria doesn't appear on the map, you lose without even the dignity of a "Game Over" screen.Essentially, "Broken Sword" seems to hold a lot of promise in terms of plot and adventure; but, as a hasty transition to the GBA system, it's just lost all its glitter.
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