The Dark Eye: Blackguards

Blackguards
Developer(s)	Daedalic Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Daedalic Entertainment Kalypso Media (PS4, X1)
Distributor(s)	EuroVideo
Series	The Dark Eye
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Release date(s)	24 January 2014
Genre(s)	Turn-based tactics, tactical role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

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 released a sequel, Blackguards 2.

Plot

Story

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

• Naurim, a dwarven bootlegger
• Zurbaran Florios, a decadent black magician
• Aurelia of Neetha, a witch
• Takate, an indigenous gladiator
• Niam of Mikram, a drug-addicted half-elf huntress

Development and release

On 4 March 2014 the DLCBlackguards: Untold Legends added seven quests relating to Takate, four weapons, eleven battle maps, and 25 tracks.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score Aggregator Score Metacritic 68/100[1] Review scores Publication Score Eurogamer 8/10[2] GameSpot 7.7/10[3] IGN 7.8/10[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 review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
4. Kaiser, Rowan (January 30, 2014). "Blackguards Review". IGN. Retrieved 2014-02-20.

External links

• Official website