The Dark Eye: Blackguards
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| Developer(s) | Daedalic Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Daedalic Entertainment Kalypso Media (PS4, X1) |
| Distributor(s) | EuroVideo |
| Series | The Dark Eye |
| Platforms | 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.
Contents
Plot
Story
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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
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- 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
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On 4 March 2014 the DLCBlackguards: Untold Legends added seven quests relating to Takate, four weapons, eleven battle maps, and 25 tracks.
Reception
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References
- ↑ Blackguards at Metacritic Retrieved 2014-02-20.
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External links
- Articles with dead external links from November 2015
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- Articles using Video game reviews template in single platform mode
- 2014 video games
- Dark fantasy video games
- OS X games
- Tactical role-playing video games
- Turn-based tactics video games
- Video games developed in Germany
- Video games featuring protagonists of selectable gender
- Windows games
- Video games based on tabletop role-playing games
