Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is a 2D adventure game played
from a third-person perspective. Via a point-and-click interface, the
player guides protagonist George Stobbart through the game's world and
interacts with the environment by selecting from multiple commands. The
player controls George's movements and actions with a mouse or a
gamepad. George must collect various objects, which can then be used
with other collectible objects, parts of the scenery, or with other
people in order to solve puzzles and progress in the game. George can
also engage in dialogue with other characters through conversation trees
to gain hints of what needs to be done to solve the puzzles or progress
the plot. The player uses a map for easy navigation and new locations
are added to it as the story unfolds. By right clicking on an object,
the player gets a description and clues. In The Shadow of the Templars,
the player character's death is possible.