History VideoGame / BrokenSword

* MarketBasedTitle: The US version in the first game is called ''Circle of Blood''. WordOfGod has no idea why the publishers decided to change the name.
** The French and German titles are different and still used these days.

* AVillainNamedKhan: Khan, the antagonist, is a ProfessionalKiller from Syria and member of an assassination cult called the Hashashin.

* AVillainNamedKhan: Khan is the villain's name. He is a ProfessionalKiller from Syria and member of an assassination cult called the Hashashin.

* PointAndClickMap: The Paris and world map in the first game. The former is present in the fifth game.

* RainbowSpeak: George's text is always white while Nico's text is pink when they speak or thinking. The rest of the characters have their own colors attributed to their speech. Averted in ''Director's Cut'' and ''Remastered''.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The Japanese PS2 version cover features George and Nico swinging in the rope while Nico's wearing a DangerouslyShortSkirt and holding a gun. They don't do anything like that in the actual game, though.

* ConvenientEscapeBoat: George and Nico do this to get out of Quaramonte City. Unfortunately, the boat they used is destroyed by the the police.

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: There is a scarf found in Congo temple. This is the reason why the Cult of the Dragon decided to destroy the Templars of St. Stefan Chapter and steal the Key of Solomon in Paris.]]

* ExactEavesDropping: George and Nico overheard [[spoiler: Susarro's conversation about the search of Key of Solomon to Petra, Bruno and Flap]].

''Broken Sword'' is an AdventureGame series created by game designer Charles Cecil of Creator/RevolutionSoftware. The game series revolves around the adventures of George Stobbart and Nico Collard in several fictitious stories based on history and mythology. The first two games in the series are controlled by a traditional point-and-click interface. The third and fourth installments are based on a 3D graphics engine, with the third game using a direct control mechanism. The fourth game returns to the standard point-and-click interface but within the 3D environment. A film, based on the first ''Broken Sword'' game, has been planned and is ready to be written.

* MoonLogicPuzzle

* [[HundredPercentCompletion 100% Completion]]: Starting from ''Director's Cut'', the progress of the games can be tracked in their saved files.

* RedHerring: Germany, Italy and Russia show up on the map but are never visited.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Nico steals the Mayan dagger to open a secret door in Bristish Museum.

* ShootoutTheLock: The police officer at the hospital does this to open the locked door to Marquet's room.

'''Character tropes go on to the [[Characters/BrokenSword Characters subpage]].'''

* BalconyEscape: George and Nico use the theater's underground passage after [[spoiler: they get the Omega stone and the mysterious crystal artifact.]]

* AsTheGoodBooksSays: George has to remember the verse from the book of Revelation in order to [[spoiler: open the secret door to Preceptor's chamber.]]

* BattleInTheRain: The final challenge [[spoiler: has George fighting against the dragon in the middle of stormy weather.]]

* GoryDiscretionShot: George and Nico [[DutchAngle discover]] a dead body [[spoiler: near the elevator in underground theater]] with his chest been burned away.

* SecretCircleOfSecrets: The Neo-Templars at St. Ninians church.

[[folder: Shadow of the Templars]]

* FinalSpeech: Khan gets the chance to deliver one in the train car. He dies on the half-finished line "[[KilledMidSentence One last thing...]]".

* ConcealingCanvas: At the start, there's a broken alarm system hidden in the stolen painting. Later in the game, George and Nico finds the painting behind [[spoiler: one of the canvasses in Mr. Hobbs' room.]]

* ConcealingCanvas: At the start there's a broken alarm system hidden in the stolen painting.

* EverybodysDeadDave: Averted. [[spoiler: George enters to a room where several Templars members are killed by Susarro's army.]]