Broken Sword 2.5: The Return of the Templars

Broken Sword 2.5: The Return of the Templars

Developers
	mindFactory
Release dates
Windows	September 28, 2008

Broken Sword

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars	1996
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror	1997
Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon	2003
Broken Sword 4: The Angel of Death (Secrets of the Ark)	2006
Broken Sword 2.5: The Return of the Templars (unofficial)	2008
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror - Remastered	2009
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars: Director's Cut	2010
Broken Sword 5 - The Serpent's Curse	2013

Key points

Also known as Baphomets Fluch 2.5

Freeware fan-made game meant as a prequel to Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon

Can be run under ScummVM.

General information

Official website

Broken Sword Wiki

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Broken Sword 2.5\config.lua

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Broken Sword 2.5\saves\

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		1920x1080 fixed resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (when using ScummVM).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On by default; set in configuration file.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No framerate cap.

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound Effects, Voice
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Croatian
French
German
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			64-bit support requires a 64-bit build of ScummVM.
macOS (OS X)			Use ScummVM.
Linux			Use ScummVM.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Cutscenes	Theora

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)