Blackguards 2

Blackguards 2

Steam Deck Playable

Daedalic Entertainment · RPG · Jan 20, 2015

It depends on what you're after.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $0.99.

67%
Mixed
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 176 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise33% are divided22% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
- Story: This is mostly subjective, but in my opinion, the first game's plot was much much much better.
176 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Story is awesome, looks are awesome, gameplay is awesome, difficulty is hell but I love it.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- Graphics: Exactly the same engine and effects as in BG 1...shame, because the engine is still badly optimized and the game slows down even on powerful machines.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
- Sound: Voice acting is as good as in the first game.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters176 reviews
Gameplay50 reviews
Graphics32 reviews
Audio25 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat100 reviews
72%
Difficulty45 reviews
64%
Interface17 reviews
71%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs29 reviews
66%
Crashes11 reviews
55%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $0.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

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Player review score
67%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
50
total to unlock
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Average playtime
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