11/25/2023 0 Comments Blackguards 2 hang prisoners or not![]() The main problem with the fights comes from their poor pacing. While they’re not customizable, they can still help turn the tide of battle.ĭespite all its good points, the game still has a few flaws. Aside from the main characters, you’re also given a few contingents of mercenaries over the course of the game to fill out your forces. While these offer a good deal of freedom in customization, they never get too complex. Likewise, for your four main characters, each has a good degree of possible customization options, such as their strength with various weapons, the spells they know and the abilities they have. As far as strategy games go ,it’s not too difficult, yet still provides some challenge. During each fight, you guide your units around a small map divided into hexagons and try to defeat the enemies on the field or fulfill some other objective. When it comes to gameplay, Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy game in a similar vein to Fire Emblem. ![]() This is where most of the character development occurs. The camp where Cassia and her companions rest between missions. ![]() That said, you’re still required to do some pretty messed up things as part of the story, such as interrogating prisoners and conquering villages, but, other than that you’re as free to be as good as being an amoral, usurping conqueror allows you to be. No such second chances were given if I picked the evil choice. Nearly any time I tried to pick the “good” option, my companions almost always tried to dissuade me out of it and gave me another chance to pick the evil option. What makes this game somewhat different is how it actually leans on the player to make evil decisions. Every so often Cassia will be called on to make a judgement call on what action to take, such as whether to kill or release captured prisoners, or whether or not to let her mercenaries slaughter the inhabitants of a village. What is most interesting about it are the moral choices the player will be forced to make. That said, the campaign itself does have some twists and interesting moments. It’s really the characters, their interactions, backstories and development that carry the story. Plus, the story of this game is disconnected enough from the first one that even if you haven’t played it, you still wouldn’t be missing very much.Ĭompared to the characters, the story comes off rather blandly, as the game focuses primarily on battle sequences, with little story outside of the conquest. It’s not just their backstories that bring them to life, though, as each major character in the game has well-written dialogue and excellent voice acting that really brings them to life. Thankfully, even if you haven’t played the first game, the game does a good job of filling in what happened, so you’re not missing too much. Sadly things have not been going all that well for them since the first game, as Naurim has given up his axe and turned to shady business dealing, Zurbaran has been forced into slavery and lost his passion in life, and Takate has gone back to his forest tribe and now forces people to fight to the death in his arena. The characters, while somewhat dark, are still very fleshed out and likable. Her main three allies consist of three of the surviving characters from the previous game: Gimli Naurim the Dwarf, Zurbaran the Mage, and Takate who thinks he’s the son of a god. Now driven by only one desire to rule, Cassia emerges and sets to collecting allies to help in her conquests. Sadly, her attempts at escape fail, and we take control again, four years later, of a Cassia who has had her face disfigured and her mind warped by spider venom. Her escape attempts as she wanders the catacombs serve as the early game’s tutorial. Who she is, and why she was thrown in prison aren’t explained fully until later. The game starts with the main character, Cassia, dumped into a spider-filled prison. Does Blackguards 2 make it feel good to be bad, or does it fall short of total domination? Let’s find out! I feel like it’s worthwhile for me to mention that, just so you know where this review is coming from. The gameplay is based on the rules of the tabletop RPG, The Dark Eye, another game I have not played. Blackguards 2 is the sequel to Daedalic Entertainment’s The Dark Eye: Blackguards, a game which I have never played. ![]()
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