Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon After Vernon's Death

The third installment in the critically panned Broken Sword series is finally upon us – and boy does it not disappoint.

Following on from its predecessor’s lackluster reception (which was largely due to the removal of point-and-click controls), Revolution Studios saw fit to bring aboard some external help. Enter Sumo Digital, a studio known for their work on licensed IPs such as The Simpsons: Hit & Run and Dead Rising 2. It's anyone's guess whether this change of direction would improve upon what came before.

Unfortunately not – in fact things only seem to have gotten worse with the release of Broken Sword: The Angel Of Death. Gone are the challenging puzzles that made us fall in love with this series; instead we're left trudging through a mind-numbingly dull experience filled with nothing but tedious box-pushing set pieces. It's like someone took all the fun out of adventure games and replaced it with... well, more boring stuff.

The story itself is just as uninspired too – our protagonist has somehow managed to wake up from his slumber only for things not to have changed much at all. He still hasn't got any real motivation or drive; he's simply plodding along through each dull level without ever really feeling like anything remotely interesting will happen.

If you're a fan of broken dreams and shattered hopes then look no further than Broken Sword: The Angel Of Death – otherwise, trust us when we say that this one is best avoided at all costs.

Broken sword the sleeping dragon after vernon's death