Choices in dialogue often feel very empty at times, with choices only changing 2 – 3 lines of conversation and leave you waiting for the “Correct” option to appear.
Battles become very drawn out, and when you only want to do a mission then do something else it can take up to an hour per session to do what you wanted to do. Though playing through this I can see why their numbers have dwindled, however it could be due to the game itself.
Instead of being locked into one side of a character you can develop them how you would like, more akin to a lot of Western RPGs by using the AP on nodes to unlock them, most of the time in any order you wish.īlackguards 2 is a nice change of pace gameplay wise, there aren’t many tactical RPG’s out nowadays as in the past. The sequel has had many improvements done to it over the first game, streamlined combat and easier levelling to be the most notable. This is where you will be strengthening your party and obtaining quests, so you will have to strategize with what is the best setup for the coming battles. Outside of battle you will be in a city or town screen, where you can talk to characters on the screen, buy items from shopkeepers, train your characters or move onto the next area. Besides levelling up stats you will also gain money to spend on new weapons, armour and items that are equipped before battle. Unlocking a new tier of something really improves your character in ways that can mean life or death in a battle. Through fighting and finding treasure you will gain AP that is used to unlock new abilities, spells or improve your characters combat effectiveness and weapon skill. Some battles can last between 10minutes all the way to half an hour which can really bulk out your play time. The enemy does the same, emulating a small war between factions. You control a certain amount of characters and move them on a hex grid then decide what they will do, either attacking, taking cover or casting spells. The main game will last over 20 hours, though side quests and missions will add onto this, as well as talking to the different characters in the cities to find out lore and backstory.īlackguards 2 is a tactical RPG, what that means is that it combines Turn based combat with a tactical map for you to move on. This is where the other characters come in to play in the form of old champions who have lost their peak of power and reign over different parts of the world.Īfter gathering up your Blackguards you will quest along with them to gain power, money and move southward to fulfil Cassia’s dream to rule over all. Her main goal is to become rule over all at the Shark Throne, if only for 1 day and to do that she will need paladins to do her bidding and aid her in her rise to power. Throughout her imprisonment she is attacked and bit by the nearby Spiders which fill her body with poison that will either kill her or drive her mad.Īfter 3 tutorial missions you will escape from the prison, with Cassia’s appearance changing to have weird bumps on her head making her disfigured, leading her to don a mask to face the real world. Over the days, weeks and years in her imprisonment you will learn some new details about her, her family and her own past and future ambitions. The main protagonist of Blackguards 2 is a woman called Cassia who starts off being imprisoned deep under the city. Following on from the first game, set only a few years after its events, you control Cassia, an imprisoned woman who questions why she was put in the labyrinth prison underneath the Arena.
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Blackguards 2, released only a year after the last, is a Tactical RPG developed by Daedalic Entertainment who gained some renown with their work on The Dark Eye series of games.
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