Broken Sword: Reforged

Broken Sword: Reforged is a detective story adventure game developed by Revolution Software – a long-standing studio based in York, UK. The game is a remake of Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (released in 1996) for two mobile operating systems, Android and iOS, released in 2025. Previously, Revolution released a remake version on PC and Nintendo Switch called Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: Reforged. The versions of the Broken Sword brand have received many positive reviews from critics. Specifically, with 86 metacritic points and 5 awards from gaming events in Europe.

Introduce about Broken Sword: Reforged

Story in Broken Sword: Reforged

In Broken Sword: Reforged, you will play as an American named George Stobbart, who is enjoying a trip to Paris, France. While relaxing at a cafe, a mysterious clown appears and causes a terrible explosion. This incident accidentally causes George Stobbart to be caught up in mysterious events. During the investigation, George Stobbart meets Nicole Collard (Nico), a French journalist who is collecting information related to a series of assassinations. From there, George and Nico begin their journey to discover the mystery that originated from the bombing at the cafe.

George and Nico gradually discover a mysterious organization called the Knights Templar. This organization is searching for an ancient treasure called the “Broken Sword”. The Broken Sword is confirmed to be able to bring immense power to the Knights Templar, and they will use that power to seize power. From here, George and Nico’s mission is to find the location of the Broken Sword and prevent the Knights Templar from reaching it.

My review

Overall, Broken Sword: Reforged offers a deep story. With the artistic pen of Revolution Software’s storyteller, the story in the game is told very coherently and engagingly. Throughout the game, countless humorous details are added to the story, making Broken Sword: Reforged highly entertaining.

Gameplay

Broken Sword: Reforged has a fairly simple point and click gameplay. You will interact with everything in the game world through touch. The game mainly focuses on investigating information and solving puzzles. To complete the level, you need to interact with the characters to collect clues, then find items and use them to unlock the next path. At many points in the game, puzzles will be given and you will need to use your brain to solve them.

Graphics – the highlight of Broken Sword: Reforged

Broken Sword: Reforged has a classic hand-drawn 2D graphic style. This is a style that is rarely used in games, because it is very laborious to hand-draw thousands of frames for character movements. Games that use this style are usually platformers, typically the classic 2D game series from Disney, or more recently Cuphead from StudioMDHR. These games often have a small number of repetitive animations, making hand-drawing simpler. However, this is not the case with Broken Sword: Reforged.

Broken Sword: Reforged’s gameplay lasts more than 6 hours, and with such a long time, it takes a lot of hand-drawn frames to depict the movements of the characters. Although there is a lot of drawing, the developer’s artists are not sloppy in their drawing. The characters in the game move very smoothly, like in Disney animated films. In particular, even with the same pose, the animation of the character interacting with an object is unique. The investment in images has given players a vivid experience like watching an old animated film.

Perspective drawings

The scenery and environment in Broken Sword: Reforged are artistic paintings. The details in the landscape paintings are meticulously drawn. Even though only using colors without applying any advanced graphics techniques, players can still feel the texture of the objects in the game. The environment in Broken Sword: Reforged is quite diverse, from the magnificent city of Paris to dark and mysterious ancient ruins,… The environmental drawings are arranged in contrasting, light and dark color blocks, highlighting the context of the place the player is exploring.

Sound

Unlike the complexity of the graphics, the sound of Broken Sword: Reforged is relatively simple. The sound effects in the game are quite complete, and do a good job in creating the classic cartoon style of the developer.

The music is a plus point in Broken Sword: Reforged. The music in the game is made up of many different instruments, with styles depending on where the player is. All of those songs bring a gentle and catchy listening experience throughout the game.

The voice acting for the characters of Broken Sword: Reforged is done very well. The characters have expressive voices, local qualities and unique personalities, making the story experience extremely vivid.

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Broken Sword: Reforged focuses heavily on the reading – listening – watching and learning experience. The game does not have intense action or fighting scenes. However, this is the highlight of the game. If you are a fan of detective and puzzle games, Broken Sword: Reforged with its deep storyline, artistic graphics and sound, deserves a place in your experience.