Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse
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| Developers | |
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| Revolution Software | |
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| Virtual Theatre | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | December 4, 2013 |
| macOS (OS X) | December 4, 2013 |
| Linux | December 4, 2013 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 69 |
| OpenCritic | 74 |
| IGDB | 71 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Perspectives | Side view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Cartoon, Cel-shaded |
| Themes | Contemporary, Europe |
| Series | Broken Sword |
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Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse is a singleplayer side view adventure game in the Broken Sword series.
General information
- Developer Discord server
- Broken Sword Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
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| Humble Store | |
Deluxe Edition. Includes an art book, 3 comics and the soundtrack. | |
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| Steam | |
DRM-free by creating a steam_appid.txt file containing its Steam App ID number 262940 in <path-to-game> |
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| Developer website (unavailable) | |
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Game data
Configuration file location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Broken Sword 5\vt7.ini |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Broken Sword 5/ |
| Linux | $HOME/.bs5/vt7.ini |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Broken Sword 5\ |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Broken Sword 5/ |
| Linux | $HOME/.bs5/ |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Video settings explained
- This information is only for game versions before May 2022 update. After the patch game became pillarboxed 16:9.
- Game does not allow to set custom resolution, only one of the following presets:
WindowedNon-resizeable window. 1280x720 or 1920x1080 depending on desktop resolution.Full Screen 11280x720 or 1920x1080 depending on desktop resolution.Full Screen 2Uses desktop resolution, 16:9 stretched.Full Screen 3Uses desktop resolution, 16:9 Vert- for ultra-widescreen, Hor- for narrower aspect ratios.
Visual settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Pillarboxed 16:9 for wider resolutions, Hor- for narrower ones.[1] | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Pillarboxed 16:9 | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Non-resizeable 1920x1080 window. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Capped at 65 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
Game settings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| DualShock 4 controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
| Steam Input | ||
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| Steam Input API support | ||
| Official controller preset(s) | ||
| Steam Controller button prompts |
Audio
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music, Sound Effects and Speech. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language settings
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | American and British subtitles available. | |||
| Czech | Fan translation. | |||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| OpenGL |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | OpenAL |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Operating system (OS) | Vista, 7, 8, 10 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.4 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM | |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.6 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Any distribution | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.6 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 7 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM | |
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-06-17
- After the May 2022 update