The Dark Eye: Blackguards

Blackguards
Developer(s) Daedalic Entertainment
Publisher(s) Daedalic Entertainment
Distributor(s) EuroVideo
Series The Dark Eye
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, OS X
Release date(s) 24 January 2014
Genre(s) Turn-based tactics, tactical role-playing
Mode(s) Single-player
Distribution DVD, download

Blackguards is a 2014 tactical role-playing game for Microsoft Windows and OS X. It was developed by German game developer Daedalic Entertainment, makers of adventure games like The Whispered World, and distributed by EuroVideo. It is based on the leading German pen and paper role-playing game The Dark Eye.

Due to the successful reception of the game, Daedalic Entertainment announced a sequel, Blackguards 2, in June 2014.

Plot

Blackguards is set in the fictional place of Aventuria within the Empire of Horasia. The player controls the protagonist, who tries to solve the murder of a princess, with the help of various characters he meets during his long journey.

Characters

Downloadable content

On 4 March 2014 the new DLC was released, named Blackguards: Untold Legends. It adds seven quests relating to Takate, four weapons, eleven battle maps and 25 tracks.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
Metacritic68/100[1]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Eurogamer8/10[2]
GameSpot7.7/10[3]
IGN7.8/10[4]

References

  1. ↑ Blackguards at Metacritic Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  2. ↑ "Das Schwarze Auge: Blackguards - Test" (in German). Eurogamer Germany. 2014-01-27. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  3. ↑ Blackguards at GameSpot. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  4. ↑ Kaiser, Rowan (January 30, 2014). "Blackguards Review". IGN. Retrieved 2014-02-20.

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