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Blackguards 2 pc gamer review9/5/2023 The abilities system has been reworked and is now nowhere near as complicated as it used to be the stats for weapons and armour are much easier to see and examine, leading to a smoother process of gear assignment and class segregation has been removed, leading to a much rounder character upgrade system. Once you’ve reunited three members of the famous band of mercenaries: Naurim, the dwarf Zurbaran, the magician and Takate, the indigenous head-hunter, you’ll start seeing where Blackguards 2 differs from its predecessor. The plot does introduce some mediating factors later on in the story that are clearly designed to bring her back to humanity, but the choice is ultimately yours. Knowing Cassia is mad, however, gave me the excuse to play her as a purely evil character, executing everyone I captured (after a thorough ‘advanced interrogation’ session, of course) and cutting down innocent civilians left, right, and centre. I have, for instance, never picked up a prostitute in a GTA game, let alone beat her up afterwards for a refund. I’m a player who always ends up playing a good guy, regardless of the surroundings I find myself in. The fact that Cassia is insane grants the player an interesting power of choice. But who will help her? Who will join her cause? The legendary gladiators who defeated the Nine Hoards might be of service. Is it the poison left under her skin by the spiders that nibble on her as she sleeps? Or is it the loneliness of being left there for years with no one to talk to but herself and the spiders she’s befriended? Regardless, when Cassia finally emerges from the catacombs through pure strength of will, her only objective is to rule the kingdom, if only for a day, no matter the consequences. Knowing that nobody has ever lived long enough to escape doesn’t deter her from searching, all the while slipping further into madness. Having been locked away in the catacombs under the city by a man she once thought she trusted, she finds the only companions available to her are the spiders that dwell there with her. How will you go about conquering the Shark Throne? The mad spider queen Cassia of Tenos brings that choice to you as you decide just how brutal she is and how madly she behaves. While most games covered by the ‘turn-based strategy’ umbrella have a clear ‘good guy - bad guy’ dichotomy (through visual representation, actions, or both), it is, at times, difficult to determine who’s who in this world. The relative success of our subject’s predecessor, Blackguards, was not only due to its faithful translation of the popular The Dark Eye roleplaying system into a hexagonal turn-based strategy game, but also the story, its setting, and the moral shadyness of the world and everyone that inhabits it.
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