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Blackguards - Preview

Added: 12.08.2013 19:46 | 4 views | 0 comments

Das Schwarze Auge: Abenteuer Basis-Spiel.

Heroes get all the glory, and video games nearly always feature heroes as the main protagonist. But sometimes the fate of the world isn't determined by white knights in shining armor, but in the hands of a ragtag group of criminals on a path of redemption or perhaps simply more murder. Their stories are far teresting, anyway. This is the central twist underlying the upcoming single-player, hex-based, turn-based RPG by Daedalic Entertainment called Blackguards.

Based on the universe of The Dark Eye, a German role-playing game otherwise known as Das Schwarze Auge created in 1984 which essentially trumped Dungeons & Dragons as the foremost RPG in the country, the world of Blackguards suitably goes through numerous shades of gray. The plot of intrigue and allegiances begins with the protagonist witnessing a wolf mauling Princess Elanor in a gloomy patch of forest under the cover of night. He fends off the beast, but since no one believes that such a wolf could ever exist in the kingdom, they presume him guilty of murder, throwing him into prison and torturing him for a name that doesn't exist. Eventually, a dwarf inmate named Naurim rescues him, not out of pity, but out of aid in his escape.