Revolution Software

Circle of Blood

Circle of Blood is a 2D adventure game played from a third-person perspective. The player uses a point-and-click interface to interact with the environment and to guide protagonist George Stobbart through the game's world. To solve puzzles and progress in the game, the player collects items that may be combined with one another, used on the environment, or given to non-player characters. The protagonist converses with NPCs via dialogue trees presented through "conversation icons" to learn about the game's puzzles and plot. Clues and other information are obtained by clicking on items in the inventory and on objects in the environment. The player navigates with a map, to which new locations are added as the story unfolds. Unlike in most adventure games at the time, the protagonist's death is possible, after which the player starts from the last save point.

• Point-and-click
• Puzzle
• Adventure
• 1996

Released

14 October 1996

Developer

Revolution Software

Publisher

THQ

Engine

Virtual Theatre

Perspective

Side view · Third person

Age rating

ESRB T

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows) · Mac · DOS · PlayStation

Genres

Point-and-click · Puzzle · Adventure

Also known as

Baphomets Fluch · Broken Sword 1 · Broken Sword: Il Segreto dei Templari · Broken Sword: La Leyenda de los Templarios · Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars · Les Chevaliers de Baphomet