In his review of the 2010 adventure game Deponia, Declan Skews of Video Games Interactive said that the game drew inspiration from Broken Sword. Although the partnership was short-lived, it contributed to Henderson’s growing reputation in the sword-making business. Before dying from his wounds, Khan, implicated to belong to the Hashshashin sect opposing the Templars, explains that he and George were on the same side. Enhanced Audio: Immerse your ears in the enhanced audio as Revolution delivers the finest, most stunning version of George and Nico's original adventure to date, including the incredible soundtrack from world-acclaimed composer Barrington Pheloung. Also at the Gamescom 2023 Microsoft event a new game in the series was announced, entitled Parzival's Stone.

Yes, almost three decades on from the series’ original outing, Revolution Software is re-drawing backgrounds, re-animating sprites and honing many other aspects of the original game to deliver this adventure classic in full 4K, with upscaled audio lifting the quality of the speech to match the new refined visuals.While Nico does not appear as a playable character in the original version of The Shadow of the Templars, she does become playable in the Director's Cut. The Crusades were a series of religious wars which established Christian kingdoms in the Muslim-dominated eastern Mediterranean. not by LucasArts", [66] and was included in Universe Publishing's 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, a book by video game designer and programmer Peter Molyneux and longtime Edge editor Tony Mott published in 2010. One by one, the men tortured by the Medieval Inquisition, gave false confessions to stop their suffering. The extended version created several new puzzles, reimagined the presentation with comic book styled approach for text and conversation, and incorporated new story elements concerning Nicole Collard's involvement in the original plot, while changing several puzzles and removing "death" sequences.

Theatre director Edward Hall rehearsed the assembled actors and took no more than a week to record the entire game, according to an interview given by Rolf Saxon in 2011. Anderson found that the game's combination of real history and "highly-creative" storytelling "add[s] spice to an already-entertaining adventure.

As a series' first, Revolution was not the only developer, but was co-developed by Revolution and Sumo Digital.

Joe Antol of Adventure Classic Gaming wrote that the involvement of the Knights Templar generated a "unique experience of creative storytelling. Holding this piece in your hand will leave no doubt that this magnificent sword could have defended the Holy Land. Under this new entity, Henderson continued to manufacture and distribute fraternal swords and regalia. In May 2009, Cecil stated that he was in discussion with the production company Radar Pictures, known for films such as The Last Samurai and The Chronicles of Riddick, and that he was re-writing the game into a film.Génération 4 awarded it "Best Adventure 1997", [50] and it received the award for "Best Quest" from the magazine Quest. In Hoc Signo Vinces,” Latin for “In this sign, you shall conquer,” is a phrase with historical significance that has been associated with Christianity and the Knights Templar.