So... just finished Broken Sword II - a bit quicker than I expected really. About a 12 hour game, if taken at a leisurely pace.
I was expecting something sort of adventurey, RPGey and... it kind of was. But, more so, it was very similar to what some hidden object adventure games are today (the good ones) only much more polished and entertaining.
You find useful objects as you travel along, so there's a nice and familiar RPG element there, and there's also lots of dungeon-like crawling and ancient mythology and huge numbers of NPCs to talk to, all with absolutely perfect (bar one character) dialogue and acting. Looking on the Wiki, the same actor has portrayed the lead for all five games in the series, from the mid-nineties to today, which is no mean feat for any PC franchise and another excellent sign of quality.
I was surprised at how short it all is though, and, once played there's very little replay value aside from a good 10 years later.
The main benefit of playing this game is the enjoyment of the sheer polish and care that has been taken to make the game smooth, bug-free and thoroughly entertaining, with good puzzling combined with not overly hard puzzling. Humor plays a big part and there's no shortage of genuinely good comedy.
Highly recommended as a nice 'breather' game for changing between massively epic RPGs, still keeping you in the RPG mind-set.
9/10 without doubt, but only by comparison to other short games of the type, not by comparison to a AAA 9/10. At only 12 hours, there is little point comparing it to any other modern AAA game standards.