Blackguards 2, the sequel to Daedalic Entertainment’s successful strategy RPG Blackguards, is now also available in the Mac App Store for $33.99 / £25.49 / €33,99, featuring full English and German localization as well as subtitles in Spanish, French, Russian, Polish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean.
Not much time has passed, but a lot has happened in the time between the events of the turn-based RPG hit Blackguards and its sequel Blackguards 2. Set only few years after the story of the first game, Blackguards 2 brings many changes – for the well-known characters as well as for the players.
Blackguards 2 will remain an SRPG focussing on turn-based, strategic battles with a group of scoundrels as anti-heroes. Some of the best-known Blackguards from the first game will be part of the team again – unfortunately, their lives haven't gone very well since then. Dwarf Naurim, for example, has rested on his fame as a successful gladiator and defeater of the Nine Hordes. He used his popularity for shady business and extravagant parties and has quite a gut on him now – not all thatgreat for combat, and so he's hung up his axe and ditched his old gang.
Wizard Zurbaran was even less lucky. His mistress was able to track down the former slave who was able to escape his servitude. She shackled, tortured, and sold him for one symbolic copper piece at the slave market.
Takate, on the other hand, is back among the forest people and arranging his own gladiatorial games, making humans fight for their destiny, just as he was forced to. He believes there aren't any challenges left after defeating the Nine Hordes, and is getting bored with sending others to their deaths.
Nevertheless, the fame of a defeater of the Nine Hordes seems to be everlasting – at least for the three survivors, as all others have met their end. Cassia, the main protagonist of Blackguards 2, is looking for them: Cassia’s only goal is to rule from the Shark Throne at all costs, even if it’s only for one day. In the Blackguards she sees the fighters and the power she needs for her plans, even if they are a shadow of their former glory. Naurim has become fat and lazy, but also more cunning; Zurbaran has lost his self-confidence, and Takate seems to have lost his killer instinct. Together with Cassia, the three remaining Blackguards will be the main characters of Blackguards 2. The group will travel through South Aventuria to fulfill Cassia’s dream.
Blackguards 2 is again based on the rule book of The Dark Eye, but with some revisions, optimizations, and simplifications. The gameplay focuses on turn-based battles once more – this time, the players have to conquer Cassia’s lands and defend them against intruders when the need arises. As in a faction-based game, enemies can recapture territories from the Blackguards.
If not in a battle, players take care of a lot of quests and the development of their characters. As common in RPGs, the quests will offer optional and alternative plotlines. Blackguards 2 features new weapons, armor, enemies, and stamina as additional battle resource. On top of that, Blackguards 2 involves mechanics requested by players of the first game, like improved line of sight, cover, and formations.
Also coming to the App Store is The Last Tinker: City of Colors, a beautiful 3D action platformer created by Germany Indi-Developer Mimimi Produktion and published by Daedalic. Prices are $21.99 / £16.49 / €21,99, and the game is available in five languages: English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian.
The Last Tinker: City of Colors harkens back to classics like Banjo Kazooie and Jak and Daxter. You will explore a bright and colorful world that is brimming with quirky creatures and amazing places. Tinkerworld used to be one, but tensions between citizens has split the land into four different districts, each with its unique color scheme, peculiar inhabitants, and unique gameplay challenges.
Guiding you through the City of Colors is the tale of Koru, a young boy with special talents, who must save his hometown from the destructive Bleakness and its people from themselves. Thrilling parkour gameplay, fast-paced combat, color-themed puzzles, a captivating story, and little delights hidden around every corner will satisfy all your adventurous desires.
