Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror

Overview

Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror is a 2D adventure game played from a third-person perspective. Via a point-and-click interface, the player guides protagonist George Stobbart through the game's world and interacts with the environment by selecting from multiple commands, while Nicole Collard is also a playable character in selected portions of the game. The player controls George's movements and can engage in dialogue with other characters through conversation trees to gain hints of what needs to be done to solve the puzzles or to progress the plot. He also have to collect objects that can be used with either other collectible objects, parts of the scenery or with other people in order to solve puzzles and progress in the game. By right-clicking on an object, the player gets a description and clues. The player character's death is possible if he makes a wrong decision.

Developed by

Revolution Software

Published by

Crave Entertainment, Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment

Facts

Game modes

Single player

Player perspectives

Third person, Side view

Themes

Fantasy, Thriller, Historical, Drama, Mystery

Series

Broken Sword

Release dates

• PC (Microsoft Windows): Oct 17, 1997
• PlayStation: Nov 14, 1997