Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars

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Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (April 2013)

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new nomination underneath, starting with  .

The result was: not scheduled by BencherliteTalk 11:45, 10 May 2013‎ (UTC)



Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is a 1996 adventure video game developed by Revolution Software. The player assumes the role of George Stobbart, an American tourist in Paris, as he unravels a conspiracy. The game takes place in both real and fictional locations in Europe and the Middle East. In 1992, Cecil, writer and director of the game, began researching the Knights Templar for the game after he, Noirin Carmody and Sean Brennan conceived Broken Sword. It was built with Revolution's Virtual Theatre engine, also used for the company's previous two games. Cecil wrote and directed the game, while Eoghan Cahill and Neil Breen drew the backgrounds in pencil and digitally colored them in Photoshop. The game is serious in tone, but also features humor and graphics in the style of classic animated films. The million-selling title was critically acclaimed and won numerous awards. It is known as one of the best examples of adventure gaming and many developers have cited it as an influence. After its initial release on Windows, Mac OS, and PlayStation, it was ported to the Game Boy Advance, Palm OS, and Windows Mobile. The game spawned a number of sequels collectively known as the Broken Sword series. From 2009 to 2012, a director's cut version was released on Wii, Nintendo DS, Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, and Android.

I believe this article gets zero points, but I'd still like to get a second TFA. So, what do you think? :) --Khanassassin ☪ 17:10, 26 April 2013 (UTC)


 * support sure, why not? Just space it a bit from the one below. and intersperse with some more classic/biology/history articles. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:25, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Nothing against it, but should be a decent time from the Final Fantasy for May 16th. Probably now too late to do it before that. Stick in back pocket. Johnbod (talk) 22:29, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * September 30th is the anniversary date, try for then, that way you can nominate it with points. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 14:21, 30 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Oppose per above; we've had a lot of video game articles recently, and FF should be the first choice.--Chimino (talk) 16:38, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
 * To clarify this is a request for a nonspecific date. There is no chance whatsoever that a passing of this article will mean it will be the TFA is less than a week meaning that there no threat to Final Fantasy.--174.95.111.89 (talk) 21:58, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * If FF does indeed run May 16, that leaves at least a month before another video game TFA should be run. It seems a bit ridiculous that this nomination should languish in limbo for several weeks, when it can instead be saved for a more opportune time.--Chimino (talk) 02:25, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (September 2013)

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 13, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 09:33, 2 October 2013‎ (UTC)



Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars is a 1996 point-and-click adventure game developed by Revolution Software. The player assumes the role of George Stobbart, an American tourist in Paris, as he unravels a conspiracy. The game takes place in both real and fictional locations in Europe and the Middle East. In 1992, Charles Cecil, writer and director of the game, began researching the Knights Templar for the game after he, Noirin Carmody and Sean Brennan conceived it. It was built with Revolution's Virtual Theatre engine, which was also used for the company's previous two games. Eoghan Cahill and Neil Breen drew the backgrounds in pencil and digitally colored them in Photoshop. The game is serious in tone, but also features humor and graphics in the style of classic animated films. The million-selling title was critically acclaimed and won many awards.Critics lauded Broken Sword's story, puzzles, voice acting, writing, gameplay, and music. The game received numerous award nominations and wins. It is known as one of the best examples of adventure gaming and many developers have cited it as an influence. After its initial release on Windows, Mac OS, and PlayStation, it was ported to the Game Boy Advance, Palm OS, and Windows Mobile. The game spawned a number of sequels collectively known as the Broken Sword series. From 2009 to 2012, a director's cut version was released on Wii, Nintendo DS, Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, and Android. I nominated this article for TFA back in April; while commenters were positive about the article, they felt that there had been too many VG TFAs at the time, and suggested that I should rather nominate the article later / at the time of its anniversary. So here I come again; but why with two dates you ask? Well, September 30 is the anniversary of its original release. However, the TFA slot for that date seems to be taken, and I'm not very familiar with the TFA system and don't know if it can be moved. But, because the Sept. 30 release was actually for the US PC version, titled Circle of Blood, it would make October 14, the initial European release (for PC), a reasonable option. I would feel heartbroken and tricked/fooled if the article couldn't get neither date; and the fact that this article gets minus points doesn't help either. :/ --Khanassassin ☪ 16:32, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Support - Don't recall that many VGs recently. This is a golden oldie, though it doesn't have as many memories for me as the 1989 Wheel of Fortune :D — Crisco 1492 (talk) 11:06, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * It can't have the September 30 slot because a specific article was nominated for that date (150th anniversary of the Pearl Fishers). Last VG article was September 16 (The Simpsons: Hit & Run), which will be just under 1 month ago by the time October 14 rolls around. BencherliteTalk 11:16, 24 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Would you then support the October 14 nomination? :) --Khanassassin ☪ 13:19, 24 September 2013 (UTC)