Blackguards: Special Edition
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very…
Blackguards: Special Edition is an indie developed by Daedalic Entertainment, released 22 January 2014 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Blackguards: Special Edition is
Blackguards: Special Edition is an indie game developed by Daedalic Entertainment and released in 2014. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder. Play as a warrior, mage or hunter and customize your character's skills as you see fit. The challenging campaign delivers a story of doubt, treason and loss. You decide the course of the story at key turning points and determine its outcome. The Special Edition includes Soundtrack, Artbook, Digital World Map, Developer Interview Videos plus 6 Exclusive…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Blackguards: Special Edition launched on 22 January 2014, within three weeks of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, The Banner Saga, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and Nidhogg.
Released around the same time: Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, The Banner Saga, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Nidhogg.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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