Queen for a day.
PC tested version.
After the evident success of the first chapter of Blackguards, launched last year exclusively on Windows, Daedelic Entertainment, a German development company, seems to have immediately started working on a sequel to one of the Strategic RPGs most appreciated in recent times, managing to churn out another title belonging to the franchise in less than a year.
In such a short time, will the software be able to develop a title worthy of being bought and played and, above all, able to entertain us gamers who tend to have increasingly greedy requests?
My name is Cassia ...
The story will begin inside a dungeon that will also function wisely as the first area used as a tutorial: in the role of Cassia we will find ourselves trapped in this dark room located below the colosseum and we will begin to wonder why our imprisonment ... before realizing that we have been trapped in a room full of very poisonous spiders that over the course of 4 years will contribute, with their venom, to deform our face, disfiguring us forever.
When Cassia manages to escape from the dungeon, that's when the real adventure begins. Our heroine will then leave in search of the 3 Blackguards remained: Naurim, Zurbaran e Takate - already appeared in the previous chapter of the franchise - to be able to dominate, even for a single day, the empire of Aventuria. For the entire course of the game, we will be faced with a well-structured plot, which will hit us with twists and an excellent characterization of the characters.
Ready and prepared
Daedelic Entertainment he did not want to discount and opted for a work di game more complex compared to the past. Blackguards 2 is easily divisible into two gameplay fractions:
- in battle we will find ourselves catapulted onto a pleasant one chessboard formed by hexagons, within which we can move, attack or take advantage of some interactive elements to gain a tactical advantage during the entire course of the battle. Many possibilities offered: skills, spells, attacks and positioning will always be fundamental for the success of the clash, prompting the player to try and retry missions to find the right path (Trial & Error), even hoping for a bit more luck. .
- outside the battles, however, we will find ourselves faced with a kind of hub from which to access our personal stash, shopkeepers and character upgrades. This is the place for long dialogues, aimed at deepening the plot and the relationships between the characters.
Badly calibrated camera management, which will prove to be badly positioned over and over again, preventing us from having a clear view of the battle scenario and compromising, in some cases, our ability to correctly choose the hexagon within which we intend to move.
Even some technical improvements
Daedelic Entertainment has managed to improve both the graphics and the sound of the title: you immediately notice the care with which the scenarios of game, greater cleaning of the texture and a new focus on details e polygonal models of the characters. The soundtrack is also pleasant and never invasive, ensuring an excellent balance with the issues addressed during the adventure.
Final comment blackguards 2 is the worthy heir of his predecessor: he takes up the game mechanics, simplifies them, expands them and differentiates them from what we have seen to date, creating a new, epic adventure, which will allow us to meet again some of the Blackguards appeared in the previous chapter. We can not help but promote, albeit not with flying colors, the new creation of Daedelic, which will be able to give you dozens of hours of play in the company of madness di Cassia. |
| For | Cons |
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- Great cast of characters that integrates seamlessly with the storyline
- Deep and complex game mechanics
- Nice from a technical point of view
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- Too slow
- Camera management poorly taken care of
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| Overall rating: 75 |
