Broken Sword 4 thoughts (spoilers!)
Okay, so I spent a year trying to get my amazingly shit computer to work properly. Thanks to some help from John, I finally got to play it. At first, it was confusing that George wasn't with Nico, but after a short while newbie Anna Maria got a little annoying.
Thankfully, she disapears, George stops being unfunny, and Nico comes back. The classic Broken Sword gameplay works like a charm for the rest of the game. Even when they split, they're still better than Shitface McGee A.K.A. Anna Maria.
The storyline is even well worth it. Sure, Anna spends the whole time switching sides and making 'subtle' nuances and being rubbish, but the story centering around the Ark and the Mafia and the Vatican and it all fits together so well.
However, while it's nice to tie up the Anna Maria storyline, I don't think she was even needed. At all. George could be investigating someone and finds the manuscript that starts the whole thing off. And thats it.
It's good. It's really good. But it doesn't beat BS1. And the entire reason is Anna Maria. It's a shame, because BS3 had an ending which felt like it could finish the series, as did one and two. Number 4 however, had that huge thing happen, and then immediately just cut to credits, without any proper end.
Seriously guys, COME ON!
I really hope that it isn't the final installment, and that we will finally have a happy ending for George and Nico. How hard can it be?
Thankfully, she disapears, George stops being unfunny, and Nico comes back. The classic Broken Sword gameplay works like a charm for the rest of the game. Even when they split, they're still better than Shitface McGee A.K.A. Anna Maria.
The storyline is even well worth it. Sure, Anna spends the whole time switching sides and making 'subtle' nuances and being rubbish, but the story centering around the Ark and the Mafia and the Vatican and it all fits together so well.
However, while it's nice to tie up the Anna Maria storyline, I don't think she was even needed. At all. George could be investigating someone and finds the manuscript that starts the whole thing off. And thats it.
It's good. It's really good. But it doesn't beat BS1. And the entire reason is Anna Maria. It's a shame, because BS3 had an ending which felt like it could finish the series, as did one and two. Number 4 however, had that huge thing happen, and then immediately just cut to credits, without any proper end.
Seriously guys, COME ON!
I really hope that it isn't the final installment, and that we will finally have a happy ending for George and Nico. How hard can it be?