Broken Sword Parzival's Stone | Shadow of the Templars: Reforged | Xbox Showcase - Gamescom 2023

I know we are not important, but those graphics sucks ... reforged looks much much more eye pleasing and more your style ... this nope somehow

The 3D characters look awful and just don't go well with the whole series' look... and the voice of George is not correct :(

Would be great to get an update on this game

any news about Broken Sword Parzival's Stone ?

In which timeline? It's very confusing for me is it a sequel is this a prequel is this a reboot? I love broken sword, but since part 4 I don't know if this is a sequel Or a reboot Part 5 was not a sequel 🙈

Guys, i like the backgrounds but i'm not sure about the whole 3d characters.
Why have you decided to go down this path when 5 was sooooo amazing, it had the soul of 1 & 2.

On Switch 2?

So it’s like number one again? Why can’t they make a new one?

This is great. It’s like a mixture of the original and new technology. But I don’t like that they’ve changed the voices. Also why isn’t this a new game? Why remake the first one again?

Why the ugly 3D models? They ruin the whole atmosphere. Please revert to the original style! It’s the same mistake that happened with the legendary Monkey Island series—going from a great hand-drawn look to a soulless 3D game nobody wanted to play.

Hopefully they will make the music too loud and the dialogue inaudible - just like old times 😂

thank you for the great stories❤

Can't WAITTTTTT <3 Wait Nico VA change? I love her French accent from previous series.

One of my favourite game series ever. So happy you are still making these games. Can not wait for this

Noch ein paar naechte schlafen dan gehts los.

Just drop the 3D Models and this is good to go. Just make it like BS 1+2 and we are set. Some games doesn't need 3D and all that imho

Any plans to remaster BS3 & 4? I would love to be able to play them on iPad

I really hope George and Nico end up wearing new outfits on the final release. I've always liked how you could distinguish the previous games based on the clothes they wore.

It already been over a year since this trailer. Why hasn't Parzival's Stone come out yet? Why not a little preview or something?

Classic point-and-click adventure series Broken Sword is set for a two-pronged return after a decade away; boutique U.K. studio Revolution Software has announced that it is working on a sixth title, Broken Sword — Parzival’s Stone, as well as a full 4K remaster of the 1996 original, The Shadow of the Templars.

Both games are in development for console, mobile, and Windows PC. Broken Sword — Shadow of the Templars: Reforged is set for release in early 2024, while Parzival’s Stone is undated, but further off.

The Broken Sword games are light, conspiratorial adventures with a historical bent, very much in the vein of the LucasArts classics of the early 1990s like The Secret of Monkey Island, but with gentler humor and (arguably) more logical puzzle design. The games follow American patent lawyer George Stobbart and French journalist Nico Collard as they trot the globe, solving riddles, investigating conspiracies, and uncovering ancient secrets.

Parzival’s Stone will reintroduce 3D graphics to the series, after a return to the original 2D in 2013’s fifth, Kickstarter-funded game, The Serpent’s Curse. But series creator Charles Cecil has dubbed the new graphical style “Super 2D” as it attempts to recreate the look of the original games by applying hand-drawn textures to the 3D geometry. It will have a classic, point-and-click adventure game interface.

Parzival’s Stone will send George and Nico on a quest for the mythical Holy Grail — “but not as one might expect,” according to the press release. Their quest will take them to Montségur in the South of France, former stronghold of the Cathar Christian sect, and pit them against tech entrepreneurs, government agencies, and energy corporations in a story that also involves Nazi treasure hunters (but of course) and quantum physics.

"Paris in the Summer" always springs to mind when I hear Georges voice....😊


While waiting for the new Broken Sword, there are other games out there.

A recent one I completed is TRUBRBROOK.

The main protagonist is very Stobbart.

Change the graphic please. And do it in Italian version t. if you follow Broken Sword 1 lines you can't fail. Best game ever

3D is where this game went bad. The Cartoon style originals will always be superior

Not a huge fan of 3D graphics for these games. However I cannot wait for it to come out and play it.

OMG OMG OMG !

Gotta thank @Welonz for helping me discover this beautiful game

Parzival's stone looks completely rubbish. The cartoon setup of the original broken sword seemed in someway more of a real world than this 3d nonsense. Charles Cecil is a genius. He should want to leave a true legacy. He has what sounds like a great story about the Cathars - all he needs is Rolf Saxon and original animation style. If there is not the funds start a GOFUNDME. But basically the morale of the story is BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME!

More drink over here
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Ouch, I do not appreciate those new models. It seems to me like remaking the mistakes of 3 after a successful 5 and reforging of 1. I still want these games to be coming, they’ve been with me from my early teens to my forties, but not like this.

The voices aren't matching - sounds like George was recorded in a bathroom.

I remember playing this game back in the '90s as a kid. Don't ever stop making this game Don't ever stop making beautiful stories like this. Playing this game is always an adventure and I can't wait for it to be a VR experience I want to team up with George and Nico in their next adventure

Is it considered good form to incite hatred against minorities or why does the term gypsy crop up twice in conversations? Once when George climbs out of the drain and speaks to the concierge, he says he gave his jacket to a wandering gypsy woman and later in the hospital when a patient complains that he was thrown out of the room like a gypsy. I wouldn't have expected that you would have dared to do that with other minorities? I expect an answer

This is very exciting! The backgrounds for the new game look stunning! (I just completed Reforge and it was wonderful!)

5 was epic...great games.

Queremos el Broken sword 6 en 2D con dibujos.
Igual que el 1 y el 2 🥺

Me parece increible que vuelvan a revivir la saga Broken Sword!! Por ahora lo unico que en mi opinion no me termina de llenar como fan, es la representacion de los personajes. Un cambio ha mas fiel a lo que fueron en su dia pero con la tecnologia actual creo que les aria ganar muchos puntos. El resto tocara verlo cuando salga a la venta.

It's good that the development, which has been going on for quite a long time, was officially confirmed, since the name of this part was walking around the Internet long before the official announcement.

And I myself am also interested in finding out about the current fate of the sixth part of the broken sword. Considering that with Reforged there were probably about two postponements of the release date, then it is worth waiting for Parzival Stone in the fall of 2025, and maybe everything will be released much earlier.

But Revolution software and the whole team are quite careful people in terms of information. I am most interested in the question: Have everyone already recorded the dialogues with Rolf Saxon or was this trailer a concept?

takes out greasy tissue and shows it to everyone. What do you make of this?

Still... absolutly no news about 6 besides this trailer... :/

OMG !! I was looking for the 1st Broken sword, It's been a while I want to play it again !! I just learned, 15 min ago, the game will be reforged and out in 20 days !! Soooo happy !! I have played the 2 first broken sword games on PS1, and they are such masterpieces for me ! Can't wait to play again ! Also, please keep the hand painted animation and graphics, much better than the 3D ^^
Thank you very much !! The best announcement for me this year ! :D

Nico's voice is off, way off. Please bring back Hazel Ellerby.

Énorme!! 😮🤗

Énorme!! 😮🤗

Pretty please use the old art styles from the original games for PS, they are timeless and wonderful. Not sure if the 3D stuff is just simpler, but the decision to "adapt with the times" has never really been particularly successful with this series, and I think it's telling that the style used in 1 & 2 are still adored to this day.

Absolutely cannot wait for this. It was a huge part of my childhood and a great escape from the emotional and physical abuse. Always managing to make me laugh, keeping me hooked. I replay this game all the time currently replaying 1 and 5. I'm 31 now and can't believe it's coming back. George's voice is so nostalgic. In accidenta cita est in ori mundi

A new Broken Sword game and a Remaster of the og?!! HELL YEAH!!!

Very glad to see that a new Broken Sword game is on the way!

Surely not George's original VA? Sounds bad in this

Broken Sword 6 is a day one must buy but the remake can go and do one. How many times are they going to remake the same game 🤷

When is the new game coming out ?!? Any updates ?