Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse
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Developers | |
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Revolution Software | |
Engines | |
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 |
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
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | Deluxe Edition. Includes an art book, 3 comics and the soundtrack. | |||
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) | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) |
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:
Windowed
Non-resizeable window. 1280x720 or 1920x1080 depending on desktop resolution.Full Screen 1
1280x720 or 1920x1080 depending on desktop resolution.Full Screen 2
Uses desktop resolution, 16:9 stretched.Full Screen 3
Uses desktop resolution, 16:9 Vert- for ultra-widescreen, Hor- for narrower aspect ratios.
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
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 |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | ||
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts |
Audio
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 | 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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Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) | ||||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | OpenAL |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
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