


Nevertheless, it was a commercial success, selling about one million copies in the mid-1990s. Revolution released a remastered version of the game in 2010, which unlike the original version, received highly favorable reviews from criticsīroken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror is a 2D adventure game played from a third-person perspective. Unlike the first Broken Sword game, which garnered critical acclaim, The Smoking Mirror received mixed to positive reviews, mostly for not living up to its predecessor. It was the fourth and last game built with the Virtual Theatre engine, which was used to render the locations of the game's events. Though serious in tone, The Smoking Mirror incorporates some humour and graphics animated in the style of classic animated films. The game was conceived in 1997 by Revolution Software. The player assumes the role of George Stobbart, a young American who is an eyewitness to the kidnapping of his girlfriend Nicole Collard. It is the second instalment in the Broken Sword series and the first game in the series that does not follow the Knights Templar storyline. It was re-released on Microsoft Windows, iOS and Mac OS X as a remastered edition in 2010 and on Android in 2012. Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror is a point-and click adventure video game originally released on Microsoft Windows in 1997 and on PlayStation in 1999.
