Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror

Point-and-click adventure where you control George Stobbart (and occasionally journalist Nicole Collard) through a conspiracy involving a Mayan artifact. You navigate 2D environments by clicking commands to examine objects, talk through branching dialogue trees, and combine inventory items with scenery or NPCs to solve puzzles. Right-clicking anything gives descriptions and hints about what might work where. Progress depends on figuring out which objects interact and what conversation choices unlock new areas. Wrong decisions can kill George, so save often. The game alternates between investigation scenes—interviewing characters, piecing together clues—and environmental puzzles that gate story progression. If you liked classic LucasArts adventures but want stakes where failure matters, this delivers that structure with a modern-conspiracy skin over Mayan mythology.