Indeed, blocking pathways through the use of traps, spells or simply having a body in the way is one of the quickest ways to ensure victory or defeat. Both character backgrounds and plot unfold across conversations between Cassia and others, her dialogue options often providing slightly evil or incredibly evil results – make no mistake, Cassia is an anti-hero if there ever was one and by the end of the game it’s quite possible to have alienated or even murdered your closest allies.īlackguards 2 operates on a hexagon-shaped tile grid system – put simply, this means that unlike a standard SRPG square-based grid which allows movement in four directions Blackguards 2 offers 6, providing further options in terms of movement and positioning. The story works hard to put the dark in dark fantasy, as Cassia cuts her way across the land in search of her ex-husbands head and throne. I’m no stranger to Strategy Role Playing Games (SRPGs) and I still felt I wasn’t quite grasping what Blackguards 2 expected of me, at least not until I had quite a few battles under my belt. Not that I’m complaining, as I was desperate to be given any help on offer – for beginners, this can be a very unfriendly game with criminally brief explanations of the way some mechanics work. Many of the characters from the previous title return throughout an extended tutorial that runs upwards of an hour. I couldn’t help feel that, at least in terms of narrative, Blackguards 2 is slanted in favour of anybody who put a lot of time into the original game. Loosely based on German RPG rulebook The Dark Eye, Blackguards 2 picks up some time after the conclusion of the first game. What do you do? If you’re anything like Cassia, the protagonist of Daedalic Entertainment’s Blackguards 2, the answer is quite obvious – seek revenge by conquering the world just to rub it in his face, all the while debating with yourself whether you’re really cracked or not.
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