PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation
3.97 from 392 ratings
1742 members have it in their collection · 8 playing now · 982 backlogged · 71 wish listed
How long? · with extras 7h · 100% 11h (from 3 logged playthroughs)
Review Gunkaloo 4/5 · Feb 14, 2024
Very enjoyable and short (good thing) animated game. Same pitfalls as most point-and-click: Pixel hunting and crazy puzzles (2 times to do something.) kept it from 90%.
Status Sheldipez Jan 26, 2022
Played through the PS1 emulated version to completion as I have been messing with an emulator that supports RetroAchievements.
It's been ages since I touched the playstation version and to make things worse there was some emulation issues that caused bugs (I had to slow down emulator speed as it was causing timing issues preventing certain puzzle solutions).
Unlike …
Played through the PS1 emulated version to completion as I have been messing with an emulator that supports RetroAchievements.
It's been ages since I touched the playstation version and to make things worse there was some emulation issues that caused bugs (I had to slow down emulator speed as it was causing timing issues preventing certain puzzle solutions).
Unlike the Director's Cut version of the first Broken Sword (which is not recommended) the remastered version of BS2 is the way to go. So unless you are a masochist there's no reason to touch the console version of this classic.
Review agurczuk 5/5 · Mar 4, 2019
The first two Broken Sword games are like Indiana Jones movies for me - classic and great.
Broken Sword 2 Smoking Mirror (remastered) is a great point and click adventure game. Great story, great humour, beautiful graphics, cool game play. It's all there and I'm happy to say that this game is not affected by it's age at all.
The …
The first two Broken Sword games are like Indiana Jones movies for me - classic and great.
Broken Sword 2 Smoking Mirror (remastered) is a great point and click adventure game. Great story, great humour, beautiful graphics, cool game play. It's all there and I'm happy to say that this game is not affected by it's age at all.
The story in The Smoking Mirror evolves around a Mayan prophecy and the end of the world scheme. Sure, it's not as good as the templars story line from the first game but it's still pretty good and will lunch you on a world tour before you can conclude the story.
Graphics are great with varied locations all around the world. Everything is voice acted which is a nice thing and for the most part the choice of voices is spot on.
Compared to the first one - the puzzles do tend to be a little more constraint. There's no traveling between different locations to solve a puzzle - once you're on a spot the story will not progress further until you solve the puzzle. Personally I like that as I've never been super good with those games but it makes the game feel a bit more linear. The puzzles do make sense for the most part though there were times when it dependent too much on pushing certain conversations. Luckily a really nice hint system is present which at first tries to push you in certain direction before giving you the solution.
Overall enjoyed the game almost as much as the first one and it's worth definitely picking up if you're into the genre.
Review Guran 3/5 · Jun 16, 2015
A good game, but the first Broken Sword is better. The humour, excellent graphics and music is still there. But the story is not as good. Anyone who likes old school adventure games will still appreciate it overall. NOTE: The remastered edition does not offer any new story content like the Directors Cut of Broken Sword.
