Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged

Steam Deck Verified

Revolution Software Ltd · Point & Click · Sep 19, 2024

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $16.78.

94%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 150 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 130 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
88% of themes are praise12% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
- Great characters with (in the German dub) some of my favorite voice work.
150 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
At the same time, some of the visual and UI updates do work rather well, and it offers the option to switch between the Reforged and the original graphics (though UI elements remain in the updated form).
130 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
- As great as music, envionmental sounds and voice work are, there were some clear audio quality and mixing issues.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The inventory system has been tweaked, making it more intuitive to use, and some puzzles that may have seemed obscure in the original have been redesigned for a smoother experience.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
In fact when you launch the game, no joke, it takes about 5 seconds to get to actual gameplay almost like it’s coming out of sleep mode.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
I played it both on PC and Steam Deck and on both devices the experience was seamless with excellent performance.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters150 reviews
Graphics130 reviews
Audio54 reviews
Interface34 reviews
Gameplay25 reviews
Steam Deck11 reviews
Controls7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty11 reviews
73%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $16.78.

7 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
26
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.