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Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!
Blackguards 2 is a rpg, strategy and adventure game
developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment.
Released on January 20th 2015 is available on Windows and MacOS
in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Polish and Turkish.
It has received 1,191 reviews of which 795 were positive and 396 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.49€ on Gamivo.
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System requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 (32/64 bits versions)
- Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600 / GT, ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 12 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers
- Additional Notes: Using the Minimum Configuration, we strongly recommend to use minimal settings in order to not experience low frame rates.
MacOS
- OS: Mac OS X Version 10.7 or higher
- Processor: MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, iMac oder Mac Pro release year 2010 or newer
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD4000, nVidia or AMD graphic card
- Storage: 12 GB available space
- Additional Notes: MacOS version with 32bit app support is required - MacOS 10.14 or higher is NOT supported. MacOS 10.13 is supported on a limited basis – compatibility is not guaranteed, you may or may not experience issues with the game.
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Blackguards 2 is a gritty, tactical turn-based RPG that builds upon the foundation of its predecessor while offering meaningful improvements in both narrative cohesion and strategic depth. Developed by Daedalic Entertainment, this dark fantasy adventure draws from the lore-rich world of The Dark Eye, Germany’s long-running tabletop RPG universe. With a heavier focus on warfare, player agency, and morally ambiguous decision-making, Blackguards 2 carves out its identity as a challenging and satisfying experience for fans of methodical combat and narrative-driven campaigns. Set several years after the events of the first game, Blackguards 2 introduces Cassia, a noblewoman turned vengeful prisoner who rises from captivity with one goal: to claim the Shark Throne and rule over the land of Aventuria. Cassia is not your typical RPG heroine—she is manipulative, unstable, and increasingly ruthless, making her a refreshingly unconventional protagonist. Her descent into obsession and power mirrors the game’s grim tone, and players must navigate not only external battles but also internal struggles within Cassia's growing army. The story unfolds with a mature and morally complex edge, and while it may not offer a sprawling, branching narrative, it maintains a strong focus and thematic consistency throughout. Combat is the heart of Blackguards 2, and the game shines in its tactical depth. Battles are grid-based and emphasize careful planning, positioning, and skill synergy. Terrain plays a significant role—traps, elevation, destructible objects, and environmental hazards force players to adapt and think ahead. Each character brings a set of unique abilities and spell trees, and the customization options are extensive, allowing for different builds and combat styles. Whether you're deploying archers to high ground or casting battlefield-altering spells, the game rewards strategic thinking and punishes reckless moves. One of the most notable improvements over the original is the revised campaign structure. Blackguards 2 introduces a semi-open conquest map where players can choose which territories to attack, defend, or ignore. This dynamic progression system adds a light layer of resource management and decision-making that makes each run feel more personalized. Reclaiming or losing territory has mechanical and narrative consequences, and as Cassia gains control over more of the realm, the sense of power—and responsibility—grows. Visually, the game maintains a dark, gritty aesthetic, with hand-drawn textures and moody lighting that reflect the bleakness of the world. Character designs, while not cutting-edge, are distinctive and consistent with the tone of the setting. Dialogue is fully voiced, and while some performances are uneven, they add life to the characters and contribute to the immersive atmosphere. The soundtrack complements the game well, enhancing moments of tension, desperation, and triumph without ever becoming intrusive. Despite its strengths, Blackguards 2 is not without flaws. The user interface can be clunky at times, especially when managing inventories or navigating the skill trees. The difficulty curve can spike unpredictably, with some missions presenting an overwhelming challenge even with careful preparation. Additionally, while the conquest system adds variety, the mission objectives can become repetitive over time, with many battles boiling down to “eliminate all enemies” or “defend for X turns.” For some, the oppressive tone and morally gray characters may also feel too bleak or alienating. Still, for players who appreciate games that demand patience, planning, and tough decisions, Blackguards 2 is a rewarding experience. Its combination of dark narrative themes, improved strategic mechanics, and a memorable lead character make it stand out in the tactical RPG space. While it may not reach the production polish of genre giants, it more than compensates with personality, depth, and atmosphere. In conclusion, Blackguards 2 is a strong follow-up that refines and expands on what made the original unique. With a compelling anti-heroine at its center, a robust tactical combat system, and a campaign that allows for genuine player agency, the game delivers a gritty and immersive fantasy journey. It’s not a perfect title, but its ambition and complexity make it a hidden gem for strategy enthusiasts and fans of darker, narrative-driven RPGs. Rating: 6/10
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Blackguards 2 is a more combat-focus version of Blackguards 1. While BG 1 was an RNG fest, BG2 removed so many of the annoying RNG and made strategical plays and puzzle stages a lot more common. Boss fights have you running around trying to abuse the stage hazard to the fullest to win. Certain stages will force you to complete objectives and leave or face infinite spawns unlike the old one where you can kill EVERYTHING except for one stage where you run away from the poison. Outside of combat, you can now interact with characters more unlike the old one. You can capture prisoners, and interrogate them. Based on a choice, you can either make them spill the beans or spit at you. The informations required to make them answer can be obtained by paying for information from your beggar spies or by speaking around in your camp. After the interrogation, you can decide whether to hang them or let them go. Letting them go can be good but sometime, a certain person might come back to fight you again. The customization has been greatly simplified. You no longer have the Strength, Charisma, etc from BG1. Instead, you just go with "+10 health" "+10 mana" "unlock tier 1 passive" in a straight line. Weapon level goes froml 1 - 100 and you unlock tier bonus at 50 80 100. While this means no weight limit from the removal of STR (Yes! No more weight issue!), it means much less customization. Even your mages will have as much hp as a fighter at the end making them unkillable. And with that, let's move on to the balancing. Endurance has been introduced. In BG1, all you had to do was buff someone and spam that 3x damage move like Hammer blow or Triple shot. You can't anymore. Endurance works like Astral point. When you use a combat skill, you use 10-20 points from you 40-80 endurance pool based on your stat. You regenerate a certain amount each turn based on passive (Endurance Regeneration) and gear bonus. You can now have 100% hit rate. So much yes! If your offence (Hit rate) is high enough now to deal with their defense, you will always hit. Dodge and parry is one once per turn so sniping someone with a weak arrow first will move your hit rate on any further hit from 75% to 100% on the next one. Bow is a special case and its offense is reduced by range. You can easily check if you can hit people with bow now by simply holding X and moving around. It will show everything in range, the base hit rate and if the enemies are within the Line of Sight or not. Extremely useful and needed feature. Damage is now consistent. Assuming no armor, if it says 6 damage, it will always deal 6 damage. Skills like "Hammer blow" was nerfed from *3 damage to +10 damage. Most poison now lasts the entire fight and there are "Buff potions" around as well now. And if you have nothing to do with your belt slot, they introduced the "Trinket" items that will boost your status while you are holding. Higher crit rate, damage or regeneration. All up to you! You can place your characters starting location at the start of the battle now! You can place traps in defensive stages when the enemies decide to attack your base (For every 3-4 conquers, they will attack once) This should cover most of the new features. Now we will move on to the last part. The pro and con of this games. Pro -You now control an army. While everything was nerfed. this is because most combat now have you control 6-10 characters fighting against 6-15 characters as well. Before, you would just control one person with buff + Fast as lightning and tripleshot everything to death. -Less RNG. More strategical plays and planning required to beat the game. -Great dialogue just like BG1. -Set bonus! Yes! no more "Just armor rating +1 and encumbrance reduction" now. You actually get stats from wearing a certain set! -Your action now decide how good your characters will be and if they will be alive at the end or not. If you want, for the laugh of it, you can even order to execute your friends at the end before reloading a save after seeing their reactions. Con -Horribly unbalance. In BG1, all you do is abuse the same damaging weapon move like Triple shot or Hammer blow with buffs and fast as lightning to kill EVERYTHING. In BG2, with the damaging spell buffs and set items, mages are the most op beings ever in an army vs army fight. All you have to do is spam the same AoE spell to destroy everything in 3 - 4 turns assuming it's a "Kill everything" stage. -Defensive battle doesn't give AP. The fight is already having you fight with gimped characters. -Certain stage is horribly tedious, even more tedious than the last one. Infinite spawn happens every 2-3 stages and you have to do the "Rush in, Rush out" kind of gameplay. It's not fun because after you move all your 8 characters to the end of the stage, you also have to wait for the other 10 characters on the enemies side to move. You end up spending 10-15 minutes on this stage just waiting for everything to move. If only they would tone these down and give us a way to stop the spawning. -Very buggy. Still playable though. -There's only stage with the Lizard-chan throughout the whole game. WTF? Final Verdict : 7/10. Blackguards 2 feel like a DLC content with improved mechanic because that's exactly what it is, but we also have to remember it's being sold at a DLC price as well. Also, NEED MORE ACHAZ FFS.
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They took everything away from this game which made Blackguards 1 interesting and challenging. I won't say it's bad or terrible but I don't know why it felt dull and uninteresting. Story-wise the game is okay but it lacks the quirky and funny interactions that the first part had among your party members. And that was one of the selling points of Blackguards 1. If you have already played the first game and finished it, then I'm pretty sure you already know what I'm talking about. The first part's setting was dark and grim with pinch of humour here and there. However, this installment feels extremely depressive and sad. I would be okay with that if that was the story's requirement but game-play wise they reduced the difficulty level significantly too, making every encounter like a walk in the park. So, does it mean it's a terrible game? No. Far from it but it's nothing in comparison to the first part. Get it if you see this game on sale otherwise just wait.
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Blackguards 2 is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
Blackguards 2 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.
Blackguards 2 received 795 positive votes out of a total of 1,191 achieving a rating of 6.48.
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Blackguards 2 was developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment.
Blackguards 2 is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Blackguards 2 is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Blackguards 2 is not playable on Linux.
Blackguards 2 is a single-player game.
Blackguards 2 does not currently offer any DLC.
Blackguards 2 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Blackguards 2 does not support Steam Remote Play.
Blackguards 2 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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