This first little bit is also where I found the second thing that makes Blackguards a game that isn’t calling out for me to play it over and over again. Despite some rather clunky interactions between the characters, there is also enough dialogue (written, never spoken out loud) that I really did get a feel for the rather dark and foreboding world of Blackguards 2." "While there is plenty that went wrong with this game, the art style isn’t the only thing that went right. That doesn’t make starting off all that entertaining or engaging, even once I realized why exactly they had me do it that way. This also becomes an important plot point because Cassia wouldn’t be able to lose her mind if not for how this particular part of the story is laid out.
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In this first run through, I did figure out how to move around the map and fight the spiders that lived in those catacombs. Once I got through the first run-through of this maze, the game might as well have said, “we wanted you to waste five minutes.” For reasons passing understanding, while you are a prisoner in the dungeons, you are able to come and go as you please into mazes that run throughout the catacombs. The beginning of the game is also a bit annoying because it walks you through a tutorial that literally serves no purpose but to teach you the absolute basics of movement and battle. That back-story does eventually get filled in, in bits and pieces as I played throughout the game, but not enough and not near quick enough. To me, it just came off as clunky writing from people who didn’t want to spend all that much time filling in a back-story. It’s possible Blackguards 2 does this specifically because Cassia eventually does go a bit nutty and it plays into that nuttiness to not really know why you have been captured and stuck in prison. "It seems as if the writers for this particular game went out of their way to make the beginning of the game especially confusing." I started out as Cassia who had been taken out of her palatial palace and put into the dungeons far below and left with no one to talk to but a single solitary guard and a number of giant mutant spiders. It seems as if the writers for this particular game went out of their way to make the beginning of the game especially confusing. The problem is that the rest of the game doesn’t really live up to the promise brought on by that impressive art style.Īs I said in the beginning, when talking about an adventure game like Blackguards 2, the storytelling is the thing.
The graphics are made to look as though they are hand painted and Blackguards 2 is very pretty thanks to this particular effect. The art style is something that stands out among an ever-growing crowd. There are certainly good things about the way Blackguards 2 was put together. Unfortunately for Daedalic Entertainment the story telling is just part of what seems a little bit broken when it comes to this adventure game. If you've never played Blackguards 1, you'll miss the point.When it comes to a game like Blackguards 2, storytelling is a big part of what is going to make or break the game. Half of the fun of the game is playing it and noticing how the world has changed. Fortunately for neophytes the system has been streamlined a bit, so your mistakes will be more apparent before you make them, and, perhaps, more correctable. But it's still there and you can still screw up. There's less development needed in Blackguards 2 for reasons having to do with the story line: most of the important characters are characters from Blackguards 1 who are coming out of retirement, so they already have most of their needed skills minus a little time- and age-related atrophy. There's a lot that goes on in Blackguards 2 that won't mean anything if you haven't played Blackguards 1.Ĭan you engage in plot-breaking character develpment that defies everything you learn about the story line in Blackguards 2? No.ĭo you have to develop the character skills and understand the significance of the development choices that you do or do not make? Yes.Ī lot of casual players who have never been exposed to the Dark Eye system before usually take this as an opportunity to mess up their character development because they build according to preconceived notions and haven't a clue how things are supposed to work, and then flood the forums with posts complaing about how they can't hit anything. If you aren't interested in the world of the Dark Eye or what makes the southlands interesting, and all you care about are achievements and the combat, you should probably skip Blackguards 1 and 2 altogether and play something else. If you want to understand who most of the main characters are in Blackguards 2, and what the places are that the action is unfolding in, you'll play and finish Blackguards 1 first.
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