Secrets Of The Ark: Broken Sword IV
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In Secrets Of The Ark: A Broken Sword Game you'll continue the adventures of a heroic archaeologist. After reluctantly battling dragons, Mayan gods and becoming a Knight of a long lost Holy Order, George Stobbart settled down to a desk job. When a mysterious woman enters his life, it puts him on the trail of an artifact of great and terrible power known as "The Angel of Death." This weapon is hidden in the legendary Ark of the Covenant, and Stobb... » full description
In Secrets Of The Ark: A Broken Sword Game you'll continue the adventures of a heroic archaeologist. After reluctantly battling dragons, Mayan gods and becoming a Knight of a long lost Holy Order, George Stobbart settled down to a desk job. When a mysterious woman enters his life, it puts him on the trail of an artifact of great and terrible power known as "The Angel of Death." This weapon is hidden in the legendary Ark of the Covenant, and Stobbart is on its trail. Jump into the dark world of conspiracy theories, daring adventure and ancient societies, in the fourth installment of the Broken Sword franchise. « short desciption
User Reviews
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Review Date: 2009-09-22
Having recently discovered the Broken Sword games, and gone through three of them already, I was really excited to play the 4th one, especially hearing that it was an improvement over the disappointing 3rd run. However, like a previous customer, I was unable to get this game to run. It's completely unplayable. I have a brand new PC, and even the 3 year old low res movie files at the beginning stutter, even after applying the "fix" that the game suggests in case they are slow. The framerate in the game and on the menus is so slow, that it was near impossible for me to even click EXIT to quit the game!
User: Chris Tilton
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Summary: Broken Game 47
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 0
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Review Date: 2008-08-06
I was excited to play this game.. and its terrible.. the movement is Slow .. tons of BUGS.. its like pulling teeth to play.. and its a shame.. cause this could have been a great game..THUMBS Down
User: Mrs. Coffee
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Summary: Broken Sword ..Broken Game
Helpful Votes: 1
Total Votes: 1
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Review Date: 2008-03-10
Unfortunately this substandard game will go down in history as the piece of software that killed the brokensword franchise. Listing its defects is describing most adventure games these days: badly thought-out puzzles, sleepy progression in the game (zzzz), a hard to follow story, dubious character motivation etc. Nothing wrong with the graphics, game run fine, no bugs that I noticed. Just a massively boring game where you have to force yourself to go ahead. I tried to keep up for a few sessions and eventually capitulated and moved on to a better game (culpa innata)
User: LL
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Summary: killed a franchise
Helpful Votes: 1
Total Votes: 1
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Review Date: 2007-12-20
When I had finished this game, I was not very happy, I found the game a bit empty, compeared to the other three games. I am a big fan of the BrokenSword serie, and have had alot of fun playing them.
This game is fun, George still got his funny coments. It could have been a super game if the creators of it had put in more work, there are places where you feel you you don't know whats going on and the whole situation feels stupid.
But it is fun, you will enjoy, but it is not as good as the three before it.
User: Synnøve Liljevoll
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Summary: Broken Sword IV
Helpful Votes: 2
Total Votes: 2
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Review Date: 2007-12-17
What a disappointment! On my old computer, which met all of the specs asked for, this thing crawled along and was unplayable. I was very excited when I got my new computer, so I could finally play the sequel to one of my favorite computer games. I installed it, only to discover this does not support Nvidia GeForce 8800 video cards, among others. I did some internet searching, and discovered this is a common problem for people. There is a patch for the European version of the game that corrects this problem, but no patch for this version. It is the same game with a different title, but you still can't use the Angel of Death (European version of this game) patch to fix this. It's frustrating, because you would think The Adventure Company itself would care enough about its own product to put out a patch, but apparently not.
User: D. Bliss
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Summary: A buggy mess
Helpful Votes: 3
Total Votes: 3
Product Details
- Virtual Actor System enables the player to read character emotions and develop close relationships with the diverse cast of characters
- Globe-trotting adventure with featuring rich and varied environments from around the world for players to explore
- Challenging logic puzzles test your wits
- Gripping story mixes fact & fiction with traces of conspiracy theory to create an immersive new legend
- Authentic ancient artifacts and historical references blur the boundary between fact and fiction