Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon is an adventure quest game developed by Revolution Software, it is the third installment in the series.

Plot

A murder happened in Paris. The victim is an underground hacker that goes by the name of Vernon Blier. It is later revealed that he was hired by the head of a Neo-Templar order called Susarro to decrypt an ancient manuscript which contains a key to world domination. George and Nicole begin their search for answers in different places - while George looks for something in Kongo, Nicole tries to find clues in Paris. In their quest, they visit Glastonbury, a castle in the Carpathian Mountains, the caves of Kongo and even the Egyptian pyramids.

Gameplay

Broken Sword 3 is the first title in the series to not feature a point-and-click interface. A direct control system is used instead. There is an action rose in the bottom right corner of the screen. The actions that can be done at the moment are shown there and can be executed using a corresponding key.

During gameplay, the players have to search for items that will help them in their advancement in the in-game world. A number of puzzles are present in the game.

The main characters can also engage in branching dialogues with other non-playable characters to find clues on what needs to be done to progress further.

Broken Sword 3 - The Sleeping Dragon screenshots