Two absolute classics of the point and click genre make their way to Evercade in Broken Sword Collection, the 44th release in the main range of console games for the retro platform.

Yes, that’s right; both Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars and Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror appear here in their PlayStation versions, rather than their original PC form.

That’s a shame, because these ports, while admirable (and very popular!) were always inferior versions of the original games; the animation feels jittery, and the spoken dialogue is also delayed while loading, for just a few examples of the issues here.

There’s also problems with the frame rate in general which affect some puzzles, making more than one maddeningly tight in terms of the speed required to complete them.

Blaze added in mouse support for the Evercade following the release of Broken Sword Xoll, so if you are playing on the Evercade VS or Alpha, it’s well worth connecting a mouse to play these two games. It’s not a complete solution to the problems I mentioned, but it definitely helps.

In any case, both of these Broken Sword titles, issues aside, are substantial experiences that’ll last you for quite some time. Even though they suffer a bit from the quirks of the classic point and click genre, with some weird logic to a few puzzles, the writing in general is fantastic, the presentation is superb and the story is excellent. The same goes for both games.

So, if you can overlook the flaws with these particular versions, you’ll find a really meaty and satisfyingly cerebral pair of titles in the Broken Sword Collection, which you can really sink your teeth into.

You can buy Broken Sword Collection from Amazon.

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