![]() Beforehand, experience can be spent as desired, and the options in this regard are very many - almost overwhelming. The story is also secondary, as the majority of the in-game time is spent in battle. Their fights are dictated solely by those in control, so they generally fade into a cookie-cutter styling as only certain builds are viable, and despite their different personalities it never really comes through as memorable at all. All the ingredients are there for an intriguing story: a borderline insane main character, the first characters recruited being slaves, lecherous, greedy, and so on, but despite this, nothing ever really comes to life much. Playing as someone that is quite mad, and is in it just for herself, is a novel beginning, yet the problem is, much like the combat system, the story goes nowhere fast. This is an interesting way to start a game, as it throws gamers into the middle of a narrative and the sense of discovery is both forward and rear facing. The story follows a woman named Cassia who starts the game in a dungeon and slowly becomes somewhat insane. The mission objectives are often kill everything, but can be varied, like escaping from a pursuing party. Generally, the options for attack are simply 'attack' or use a spell of some sort. ![]() On a single character's turn, they can either move and attack, or move further. The game takes place by slowly introducing a major character at a time through the pattern of story>combat>story and repeat.Ĭombat occurs on a hex field with fairly standard Strategy RPG rules: on each turn, the fastest characters go first, followed by the slower ones. The characters are near complete blank slates in combat and can be trained up as seen fit. It derives many of its system from old Western RPGs and feels like a mix of Ultima, Dungeons and Dragons and maybe even a little of Fallout. ![]() Blackguards 2 feels like an old-school RPG through and through. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |