The Smoking Mirror is the sequel to Circle of Blood and the second game in the Broken Sword series. The player alternately controls George Stobbart, the protagonist of the first game, and Nicole Collard, the French journalist he met in the first game and who has since become his girlfriend.

The game is entirely in 2D and gameplay is in typical point-and-click fashion. The player moves the character around using the mouse, examines the environment, talks to other people and collect items stored in an inventory. These items need to be used or combined with other items to solve puzzles.

The game starts with George witnessing the kidnapping of Nicole. This event eventually leads to an investigation into a conspiracy revolving around a forthcoming solar eclipse and the evil Aztec god Tezcatlipoca. The locations visited throughout the game include Paris, Marseille, London, Quaramonte, the jungle, a Caribbean environment and a zombie island. Certain locations from the previous game make a return.

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Alternate Titles

"Сломанный Меч 2: Дымящееся Зеркало " -- Russian spelling
"Slomannyj Mech 2: Dymjascheesja Zerkalo" -- Russian title
"Les Boucliers de Quetzalcoatl" -- French title
"Circle of Blood II" -- Working title
"BS2" -- Common abbreviation
"Broken Sword: Las Fuerzas del Mal" -- Spanish title
"Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror" -- European title
"Broken Sword II: La Profezia dei Maya" -- Italian Title
"Baphomets Fluch II: Die Spiegel der Finsternis" -- German title

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror
	Broken Sword: Sleeping Dragon (Jewel Case)	Windows	$9.99
	Broken Sword: Sleeping Dragon	Windows	$19.99
	Secrets Of The Ark: Broken Sword Iv	Windows	$24.99
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User Reviews

The second game is twice as good as the first one.	Windows	Black Wolf (36083)
More fluent than the first game, but equally unoriginal	Windows	JazzOleg (53181)
Great, but doesn't beat the original	Windows	MAT (34669)
From the Templar Knights to even crazier Mayan prophecies	Windows	Depthlord(Es) (950)
More of the same as the first game, but better	Windows	Grant McLellan (562)
A little on the simple side, but with a brilliant script.	Windows	Vance (97)

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Adventure Gamers	Windows	Aug 31, 2003		40