Game2015

Blackguards 2

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Developer Daedalic Entertainment

Blackguards 2 (German: Das Schwarze Auge: Blackguards 2) is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and OS X in January 2015. It was ported to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in September 2017 and Nintendo Switch in June 2022. It is a sequel to 2014's The Dark Eye: Blackguards. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

191 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 22, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works

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66
Fresh

125 positive · 63 negative
95% range 59–73%

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Steam's own rating
Mixed
876 of 1,316 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

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  • Steam user Steam user …5194Steam reviews · Mar 7, 2020 · 13 h played

    This is honestly one of the worst games I've played. I have not enjoyed a single mission, so far. And most of them were infuriating, which is why I am not playing this any more. Nothing good has come out of it in the first half, so I doubt any good will come now. There are three main points I want to emphasize, the last of which is really what made me drop the game. First, it suffers from the same problems as older D&D based RPGs like Baldur's Gate; second, it suffers from the same problem as…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4221Steam reviews · Oct 19, 2024 · 3 h played

    Nope - when the first real mission is running away from 20+ guards, and getting rolls that prevent you in fact getting away. And failing to do this 3 times - and this is the start of the game, and I am having to play on easy. I can't stand games where it is almost impossible to enjoy because they have created ♥♥♥♥ tactics. Overall, this game is just a feature of frustration, not balanced, and not interesting enough to care about.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9102Steam reviews · Jul 8, 2026 · 301 h played

    Very good game! Pros: + Very interesting characters with tremendous personalities. Cassia, Faramud and Takate are amazing characters. + Very good storyline with choices. + Talking with different characters at your camp feels very personal and interesting. This game has outstanding voice acting. + Tactical battles with large number of units. + Amazing music. Absolutely loved it. Cons: - Character development is rather simple and straightforward. Not very deep or broad. I highly recommend this…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1974Steam reviews · Jun 22, 2026 · 3 h played

    Looks terrible by today's standards. Got bored pretty quickly.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5024Steam reviews · Aug 12, 2024 · 5 h played

    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…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7353Steam reviews · Oct 15, 2024 · 33 h played

    Very weird game. The game is exactly the same as the first one, minus the character creation part, instead you get to roleplay a character you know nothing about without any guidance. Speaking of Blackguards, the no guidance part is nothing new, but in this one it's very unclear if what you're doing is resulting in good or bad "karma". The main issue here is that this game is not a continuation of the story that finished in the previous game, it just picks up at a random point far in the…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8620Steam reviews · Jan 28, 2024 · 18 h played

    Frustrating... …and not relaxing, challenging, or enjoyable! I usually like games with turn based strategic battles, but definitely not this one! It seems that there is often only one way to win a battle, and you have to figure it out somehow. This means that you have to play some fights over and over again to perhaps find the only solution!? This is exactly what increases the further you progress in the game..., in my eyes absolutly frustrating and not fun (Example fights... “Marwans Attack”…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1885Steam reviews · May 4, 2023 · 3 h played

    not recommended as it starts with cut scene where someone murders a cat and then throws its dead body out of the window. Valve, are you checking games you sell in your store? is it OK with you to have such sick products? developers are sick perverts who can't make decent game so they try to attract people with slaughtered cats instead. if go past that cut scene you'll discover same old Unity game that can't perform. wouldn't play this garbage even if I'll have no other games available.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4194Steam reviews · Jan 11, 2022 · 75 h played

    Alright buddy you got two option here: - you can be a Saint (sainte) or you can be a Grinch (grunch)

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  • Steam user Steam user …4481Steam reviews · Nov 8, 2025 · 22 h played

    It's a decent sequel, although essentially very little has changed, and it feels more like a large-scale DLC than a full-fledged second part.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0911Steam reviews · Sep 24, 2025 · 47 h played

    You know what stinks? Even at $1.00 I was debating on a recommend or not. Because Blackguards 2 is pretty much nothing but heavily flawed. But for what I paid, knowing it goes on sale like that, how much I liked the concepts of the story, and knowing it had bugs and problems going in ehhhhhhhh fine. I recommend under those circumstances. Can you cheese maps with magic that became overpowered to make up for the first game being a little lackluster with it? Yes. Does the game throw random…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1881Steam reviews · Mar 13, 2021 · 20 h played

    𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕘𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕚𝕒 ℚ𝕦𝕖𝕖𝕟, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕖𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕨 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕗𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕤. The first Blackguards was really a shock; too much to take in, a jack-of-all-trades, lacking in every aspect it tried to master, something you'd love and hate all at once. The second Blackguards has stuck to the formula, tried to fix some things but fell flat in other…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5520Steam reviews · Mar 9, 2021 · 27 h played

    Its not fun. Blackguards had charm and it was difficult at the start then got easier when you got certain abilities but had me scanning the internet for a walkthrough to get me through certain battles that you could only win with rng. I had fun and completed the game. Blackguards 2 is not an improvement on the original. Got so far then had to restart as the build I was building did not work. I float through some fights then the difficulty spikes so hard I can not progress. I think mage and…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3036Steam reviews · Jan 26, 2024 · 6 h played

    5 guards that respawn at the beginning of each round if you kill any during the round. There is also a 2-space wide corridor and a mission objective that tells you to gather your troops behind these guards. After 40 minutes of guard beating with a funny-looking pile of corpses, I aborted the mission and immediately uninstalled the game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2150Steam reviews · Dec 20, 2023 · 10 h played

    I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1251Steam reviews · May 3, 2021 · 7 h played

    This is a hell of a lot better than the first one. I ignored this until recently because I hated how the first one played out in such a limited fashion. This is better than it in all ways. Too bad this isnt what the general consensus of the players wanted and we'll prob never see a 3. Its worth a pick up if if you like srpgs, and a lot better than the first.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7444Steam reviews · Jan 15, 2020 · 10 h played

    I wish I could give this a good rating but so many of these encounters so poorly designed. I love turn based strategy but this is just terrible.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7042Steam reviews · Dec 7, 2019 · 2 h played

    The strugglebus rides again! Corrupt saves, crashes, and broken mechanics ruin this game. The plot and play would be awesome as Pen & Paper, but sadly does not translate well to the digital format. Oh ... and I finished this game in the time played. Just under three hours.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3418Steam reviews · Jul 10, 2024 · 2 h played

    ⣿⣿⡻⠿⣳⠸⢿⡇⢇⣿⡧⢹⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡐⣯⠁ ⠄⠄ ⠟⣛⣽⡳⠼⠄⠈⣷⡾⣥⣱⠃⠣⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⠽⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢢⠏⠄ ⠄ ⢠⡿⠶⣮⣝⣿⠄⠄⠈⡥⢭⣥⠅⢌⣽⣿⣻⢶⣭⡿⠿⠜⢿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠄⠄ ⠄⣼⣧⠤⢌⣭⡇⠄⠄⠄⠭⠭⠭⠯⠴⣚⣉⣛⡢⠭⠵⢶⣾⣦⡍⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⣿⣷⣯⣭⡷⠄⠄⢀⣀⠩⠍⢉⣛⣛⠫⢏⣈⣭⣥⣶⣶⣦⣭⣛⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⢀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣎⢩⠌⣡⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠄⠄⠄ ⢸⡿⢟⣽⠎⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠄⠄ ⣰⠯⣾⢅⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠄ ⢰⣄⡉⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄ ⢯⣌⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢸⣇⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢸⣟⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⠈⢹⡧⣿⣸⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠗⣈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠄ ⠄⠘⢷⡳⣾⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⢀⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠄ ⠄⠄⠈⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠄⠄

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  • Steam user Steam user …6957Steam reviews · Sep 12, 2022

    Got this and the entire series and all the DLCs on sale for 99 cents. I missed this franchise, so decided to give it a try besides the mixed reviews, for 99 cents, what could I lose ?!?! Well, this is a very well made indie fantasy cRPG, I must say. I really like the hex-based maps, turn-based game-play and crisp, clean graphics, even by today's standards (5 years later). Ya, it's not D&D, but it's not too bad either. Plus you can have just huge parties, up to 20, when most cRPGs only…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9945Steam reviews · Dec 8, 2021 · 2 h played

    Blackguards 2 is a more combat-focus version of Blackguards 1 Tactical battles with turn-based moves highly recommend this game if you are a fan of squad based turn based tactical battles games or if you are a fan of an amazing story, tremendous characters

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  • Steam user Steam user …8696Steam reviews · Nov 28, 2021 · 46 h played

    This is a great game! I absolutely love Blackguards, actually liked the first game better but I'll take as many Blackguards as they put out there. I wish there were more of them. The story line is well done, the characters have very distinctive traits and personalities, the voicing is excellent. The strategy is challenging, trying to figure out what skills will benefit me in the long run is a bit difficult but certainly doable. There are many to choose from. Only problem I really had was…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9704Steam reviews · Mar 1, 2021 · 16 h played

    Blackguard 2 is the same Hexagon tiled SLG like the 1st series. Blackguard 1 is more like an experiment ground for the dev on combining a Pen & Paper rules on a SLG (Tactic) game, which ended up pretty messy and a lot are unfixed up to nowadays. Blackguard 2 improves a lot of the flaws in Blackguard 1 making this sequel more to the normal SLG games we get out there with actual conquering and such... but, they didn't go all out on the change, so it still felt unpolished and just like Blackguard…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9880Steam reviews · Sep 27, 2020 · 12 h played

    I really enjoyed the first Blackguards. I'm giving up on this one. Too many secret triggers, like when you have to move to stop the infinite flow of enemies. Some all-or-nothing moments where you need to have just the right build. The first one had a few things like this, but this one is worse. The battles tend to be bigger and take longer, which is great, except for the part where it's hard to tell which hexes are poison and which aren't... so you can totally screw yourself near the end…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1182Steam reviews · May 2, 2020 · 2 h played

    Just plain bad: slow, irritating game play, odd difficulty choices and a tutorial that barely shows you anything useful. I didn't get beyond the first post-tutorial level but that was plenty to show that there's almost nothing in this game that I find bearable, let alone good.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4253Steam reviews · Dec 10, 2019 · 2 h played

    The first 3 hours of this game is a scripted walk through. Once you get past that, the map opens up offering alternate paths. The battle maps are isometric with little room to maneuver. Some scenarios require recon by replay. Weapon and armour stats are a little cryptic and require research. I thought the game had 360 degree camera rotation. The video I watched looked like it did. But no, its isometric with some pitch control. My bad for not researching it more. I would have never got this…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5791Steam reviews · Nov 27, 2019 · 36 h played

    Compared to Blackguards 1, on hard difficulty it is much more easier and if battle seems unwinnable you can only blame your tactics instead of RNG like in Blackguards 1. Story could be more detailed but at least it allows you to make choices which will affect endgame. Cons of Blackguards 2 is less options with character customizations than in Blackguards 1 and some quests bug which might prevent you from getting Saint achievment.

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  • Horrificallie @grissallia.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 25, 2026

    Well, that was weird. I posted a short review of Blackguards 2 on Steam, pointing out that if you love cats, the intro makes it a game you should avoid. Some guy left an insulting reply... and then sent me a Steam friend request? [blocked]

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  • Steam user Steam user …1494Steam reviews · Feb 23, 2026 · 3 h played

    Do you love cats? Skip the opening cinematic. The use of the killing of a cat as an inciting incident for the game was enough to put me off it completely.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1798Steam reviews · Jul 7, 2025 · 22 h played

    Blackguards 2 is a dark fantasy tactical RPG built around calculated turn-based combat, party development, and a campaign in which ambition is often more important than heroism. Developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment, it returns to the world of Aventuria with a noticeably grim tone and a protagonist who is willing to make questionable choices to achieve her goals. The game is especially suited to players who enjoy methodical battles where positioning, preparation, and understanding…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5091Steam reviews · Dec 15, 2024 · 2 h played

    I liked the first part more.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6837Steam reviews · Dec 8, 2024 · 14 h played

    Scam, it looks like a DLC of the first one with a new game mode

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  • Steam user Steam user …5431Steam reviews · Aug 14, 2024 · 4 h played

    Linear SRPG but with plenty of cool features that open up as you go, making the game feel more expansive. Really cool (but dark) writing and dialogue too, and some interesting characters overall. And combat is SWEET, very fun to utilize what's on offer there. Overall really good stuff, enjoying it!

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  • Steam user Steam user …2418Steam reviews · May 31, 2022 · 4 h played

    ⠄⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⠘⡿⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⢻⣿⣿⠃⠸⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⠼⣛⣛⣭⢭⣟⣛⣛⣛⠿⠿⢆⡠⢿⣿⣿⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠸⣿⣿⢣⢶⣟⣿⣖⣿⣷⣻⣮⡿⣽⣿⣻⣖⣶⣤⣭⡉⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⢹⠣⣛⣣⣭⣭⣭⣁⡛⠻⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣽⡧⡄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣌⡛⢿⣽⢘⣿⣷⣿⡻⠏⣛⣀⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠙⡅⣿⠚⣡⣴⣿⣿⣿⡆⠄ ⠄⠄⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠄⣱⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⠄⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⠄⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠣⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠑⣿⣮⣝⣛⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⠄⠄⠄⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠄

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  • Steam user Steam user …5402Steam reviews · Apr 30, 2022 · 70 h played

    Great tactical combat game. Most combats involve a number of elements that make them interesting such as prisoners to free, doors to open, traps to avoid (or set for your enemies), etc. Exploration is trimmed to the bare minimum and you move from combat zone to town-interface to combat zone etc. This makes it more of a tactical combat game and less of an RPG, but there is a story and the characters are interesting so it fills an interesting niche.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1224Steam reviews · Oct 21, 2021 · 4 h played

    i bought it for trading cards & i stayed cuz of gameplay

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  • Steam user Steam user …0448Steam reviews · Nov 13, 2020 · 80 h played

    Loved it. Superior gameplay to the first game with great story. I just wish there was a way to speed up turns.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0425Steam reviews · Oct 16, 2020 · 37 h played

    Game has solid gameplay mechanics and a good story, but the reason I can't recommend it is simply, there are many missions where the objective after winning the battle is too escape, but the game gives no indication at all as to where you actually need to take your units for it to count as escaping, had to re-do or take forever rotating all my surviving units to every corner of a map just to try to find with part of it counts as the escape zone.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2319Steam reviews · Sep 16, 2020 · 5 h played

    Blackguards 2 is a huge improvement over the 1st game I hated the first one so I figured I'd hate this one as well but turns out this one's actually ok and I would recommend on sale for cheap. The first game had a lot of problems such as spells having a chance to fail EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU USED THEM so you could simple lose a battle from that (because failing a aoe spell or a heal could very much mean life or death and you have a VERY HIGH chance to fail) however in this game they removed that…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2023Steam reviews · Aug 31, 2026 · 23 h played

    I enjoyed playing this game, since I played the first one and like the world of The Dark Eye. It does not make it easy, because you are not able to create your own character and to be frank, the main character (Cassia) is pretty hard to really like. Cassia is cruel, mad and megalomanic. Sure, she has a horrible backstory, but she is still hard to like. I prefered the first game for the story, the roleplay, the journey and so on. This game has easier battles that seem more streamlined. The…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4188Steam reviews · Jun 14, 2026 · 7 h played

    nah man, even at 99% off this aint it. feels like playing some cheap mobile game, for real lol

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  • Horrificallie @grissallia.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 22, 2026

    I played a PC game yesterday that I've never played before. It started with the stylised murder of a cat. I now despise this game (Blackguards 2) with every fibre of my being.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4486Steam reviews · Jan 7, 2026 · 88 h played

    Blackguards 2 leans even further into what the series does best: turn-based tactical combat. Again, there’s a narrative framework and progression system, but this is not an RPG where your choices significantly reshape the story. It’s more a tactical game wearing RPG clothing. The combat remains deliberate and challenging, with improved structure and better control over your party. It doesn’t modernize the formula, but it refines it enough to stay engaging for players who care more about…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7459Steam reviews · Aug 13, 2024 · 79 h played

    Nice combat system, and a fun story let down by some of the worst encounter design I've ever encountered in the genre. Awful fights where you need to smash crystals that heal all enemies to full health each round, battles where you need to move quickly while enemies with seemingly endless MP constantly spam debuffs that slow you down, infinitely respawning enemies, it's frustrating and tedious. if you know what spells to take (pro tip - the level 4 - remove all magic effects from everybody +…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4913Steam reviews · Aug 11, 2024 · 29 h played

    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…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2128Steam reviews · Jan 22, 2024 · 2 h played

    Good sequel. Blackguards 2 5/10 Heisen

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  • Steam user Steam user …3295Steam reviews · Dec 17, 2023 · 6 h played

    Продолжение, где избавились от условностей настолки (вероятность попадания) и больеш укренились в сторону экшена. Хорошо. В целом прикольно, но слепили как-то быстро — всего за год.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7240Steam reviews · Aug 4, 2023 · 2 h played

    Already knew what to expect after Blackguards 1. This is similar in all the bad ways: Unfair combat (don't know how else to describe it), endless reinforcements for enemies but not for you AND, the biggest killer of fun, nonexistent flexibility in battle. The last point makes character development, levelling up and buying new gear feel inconsequential. Ending with PROS: - Main character Cassia, only saved by good writing, as many people still would have preferred to make their own character as…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4751Steam reviews · Sep 10, 2022 · 2 h played

    Unplayable. Freezes 15 minutes into the game during load screen. Every time.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9978Steam reviews · Apr 29, 2021 · 30 h played

    I was a bit on the fence about this but I guess it deserves a thumbs up. I'd say it's a shaky 7/10. The game has a pretty good, if mostly, straight forward story. The combat is fun with a lot of different abilities to choose from, (although a couple of them are pretty powerful and you really need them) but half of the time I was a bit confused about the objectives in each battle. They should really have put a lot more time in to explaining what you were supposed to do (and why) in each battle.…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1740Steam reviews · Feb 24, 2021 · 5 h played

    You Germans make weird games

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  • Steam user Steam user …7780Steam reviews · Feb 21, 2021 · 4 h played

    Another ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game that thinks unfair and unmanageable odds masquerade as "difficulty" instead of irritating. Don't bother with it.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5250Steam reviews · Jan 30, 2021 · 25 h played

    This game had the potential to be really good. There is a good game buried underneath it. Mechanically, I really enjoy it. It's a simplified version of the first game, which I think is a good thing. The tactical combat feels good, character advancement feels good, the story is good, the consolidated tutors and whole camp mechanic feel good. The added mercenaries are good. There is so much good! And then it all falls apart, as you get deeper into the game, because of level design. I appreciate…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9262Steam reviews · Jul 19, 2020 · 25 h played

    Its a good team grid tactics game. Has some balance issues, but it fixed a lot of the annoying things in the first game. Biggest weakness is probably the army v army fights that start happening in endgame, where there are 50v50 teamfights that take forever to slog though. Unless you use the one global damage spell and trivalize it. Couple of achievements are bugged too, sadly.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0137Steam reviews · May 10, 2020 · 16 h played

    Pros: Mercenaries make battles way easier even with more enemies than original Magic makes battles easier Lots of cool stuff you can do Cons: Puzzle missions can be pretty annoying, no way to remember win conditions if you forgot (they sometimes say in dailog), Fourth mission (Dwarf running) can be a headache. If not using a magic, battles will be harder. Unclear why interrogations fail sometimes

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  • Steam user Steam user …4998Steam reviews · May 4, 2020 · 1 h played

    Imagine Divinity, but it's somehow much, much slower and has 200% more jank. I haven't had a single bit of fun yet and there are other games I could play, I can't recommend this one.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2880Steam reviews · Apr 11, 2020

    It is excruciatingly frustrating to wait for each enemy to make their turn, and there is no option to speedup the animations. I didn't even get out of the tutorial dungeon before quitting. This game seriously needs an option to speedup the animations.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7374Steam reviews · Mar 19, 2020 · 39 h played

    This game was awesome. All the negative reviews are from people who are try-hard sweaty incels who jerk off to JRPG turn based games. Never was a fan, this game made me a fan. I dont see whats wrong with it. It was genuinely fun. Just a fun ass game play it for a handful of hours beat it. Well spent 2$ . . , edit: big difference with this game i think was the size of the map. most of these games are just flat squares. moving your heroes away or into a better position never seemed like it did…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4081Steam reviews · Mar 16, 2020 · 7 h played

    If you are looking for turn based, party building, RPG gameplay then you will not be dissapointed at this price point. Is it perfect? no. The graphics are nothing to write home about, the characters are lovable and their commentary is well written but there is very little of it overall. If you are more into the gameplay than the fluff this game will serve you well for what it costs today. Want something new and shiny? look elsewhere.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5836Steam reviews · Apr 22, 2026 · 9 h played

    This is a downgrade to the previous game. You are forced to play maps where there are 4 or more healcristalls and leaver and stuff. Its more of a puzzle RPG then a strategy RPG After nearly 9 Hours i didnt want to play this anymore its only the 0.99 cents worth i spend on it

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