# Blackguards > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Blackguards > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Blackguards.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackguards > Source revision: 1343221266 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2014 video game 2014 video game Blackguards Developer Daedalic Entertainment Publisher Daedalic Entertainment Series The Dark Eye Platforms Microsoft Windows, OS X Release 24 January 2014 Genres Turn-based tactics, tactical role-playing Mode Single-player ***Blackguards*** ([German](/source/German_language): *Das Schwarze Auge: Blackguards*) is a 2014 [tactical role-playing game](/source/Tactical_role-playing_game) for [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows) and [OS X](/source/OS_X). It was developed by German game developer [Daedalic Entertainment](/source/Daedalic_Entertainment), makers of adventure games like *[The Whispered World](/source/The_Whispered_World)*, and distributed by EuroVideo. It is based on the leading German pen and paper role-playing game *[The Dark Eye](/source/The_Dark_Eye_(role-playing_game))*. Due to the successful reception of the game, Daedalic Entertainment released a sequel, *[Blackguards 2](/source/Blackguards_2)*. A definitive edition was released in 2016 for [Xbox One](/source/Xbox_One) and [PlayStation 4](/source/PlayStation_4).[1][2] ## Plot ### Story *Blackguards* is set in the fictional continent of Aventuria within the Empire of Horasia. The player controls the protagonist, who tries to solve the murder of a princess, with the help of various characters he meets during his long journey. There are five protagonists the player controls in varying party combinations: a dwarven bootlegger, a decadent black magician, a witch, an indigenous [gladiator](/source/Gladiator), and a [drug-addicted](/source/Drug-addicted) half-elf hunter. ## Development and release This section needs expansion. You can help by adding missing information. (August 2015) On 4 March 2014 the DLC *Blackguards: Untold Legends* added seven quests relating to one of the protagonists, four weapons, eleven battle maps, and 25 tracks. ## Reception Reception Aggregate score Aggregator Score Metacritic 68/100[3] Review scores Publication Score Eurogamer 8/10[4] GameSpot 7.7/10[5] IGN 7.8/10[6] By September 2014, *Blackguards* had become Daedalic's highest-grossing game.[7] It remained in this position by 2016, which the company's Carsten Fichtelmann attributed to "a high rate of full price sales", compared to the greater sales quantity but lower revenue of the *[Deponia](/source/Deponia_(video_game))* series.[8] *Blackguards* received mixed reviews, [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic) gave 68/100 from 48 reviews. For instance [IGN](/source/IGN)'s Rowan Kaiser rated the game 7.8/10 and concluded: "Good. Except for its muddled progression system, tactical RPG Blackguards gets a lot of things right."[6] [Tony Vilgotsky](/source/Tony_Vilgotsky) of Russian magazine *[Mir Fantastiki](/source/Mir_Fantastiki)* rated this game 8/10 and said that "deepness, enthrallment and atmosphere make this game interesting not only for turn-based RPGs' lovers and fantasy adventures' fans but for very wide circle of gamers".[9] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Xbox, Pure (2016-05-27). ["Blackguards - Definitive Edition"](https://www.purexbox.com/games/xbox-one/blackguards_-_definitive_edition). *Pure Xbox*. Retrieved 2023-11-07. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Dunning, Jason (2016-03-09). ["Blackguards Definitive Edition Available on PS4 & Xbox One in Summer 2016"](https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2016/03/09/blackguards-definitive-edition-ps4-xbox-one-in-summer-2016/). *PlayStation LifeStyle*. Retrieved 2023-11-07. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** *[Blackguards](https://www.metacritic.com/game/blackguards)* at [Metacritic](/source/Metacritic) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Das Schwarze Auge: Blackguards - Test"](http://www.eurogamer.de/articles/2014-01-27-blackguards-test). *Eurogamer.de* (in German). [Eurogamer](/source/Eurogamer) Germany. 2014-01-27. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140130070220/http://www.eurogamer.de/articles/2014-01-27-blackguards-test) from the original on 2014-01-30. Retrieved 2014-02-20. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["*Blackguards* review"](https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/blackguards-review/1900-6415641/). [GameSpot](/source/GameSpot). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140122061428/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/blackguards-review/1900-6415641/) from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2019-02-07. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-IGN_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-IGN_6-1) Kaiser, Rowan (January 30, 2014). ["*Blackguards* Review"](http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/30/blackguards-review). [IGN](/source/IGN). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140131124722/http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/30/blackguards-review) from the original on 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2014-02-20. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ficht_7-0)** Holowaty, Christoph (September 3, 2014). ["Fichtelmann: "Bei uns ist Game-Design kreative Diktatur""](https://web.archive.org/web/20140920230416/http://de.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-09-03-fichtelmann-bei-uns-ist-game-design-kreative-diktatur). *[GamesIndustry.biz](/source/GamesIndustry.biz)*. Archived from [the original](http://de.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-09-03-fichtelmann-bei-uns-ist-game-design-kreative-diktatur) on September 20, 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-rqint_8-0)** Karkalemis, Manos (February 28, 2016). ["Interviews with the Daedalic Entertainment team"](https://ragequit.gr/specials/item/ragequit-gr-at-daedalic-days-2016-part-2-interviews-english-text-edition/). *Ragequit.gr*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160306033901/https://ragequit.gr/specials/item/ragequit-gr-at-daedalic-days-2016-part-2-interviews-english-text-edition/) from the original on March 6, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Reviews of Blackguards](http://www.kritikanstvo.ru/games/blackguards/) ## External links - [Official website](http://www.blackguards-game.com/) v t e Daedalic Entertainment Edna & Harvey The Breakout Harvey's New Eyes Deponia Deponia Chaos on Deponia Goodbye Deponia Deponia Doomsday The Whispered World The Whispered World Silence The Dark Eye Chains of Satinav Memoria Blackguards Blackguards 2 Other games A New Beginning The Night of the Rabbit Anna's Quest Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun The Franz Kafka Videogame The Long Journey Home Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth AER: Memories of Old State of Mind Barotrauma The Lord of the Rings: Gollum v t e The Dark Eye Authors Hans Joachim Alpers Bernhard Hennen Ulrich Kiesow Publishers Schmidt Spiele Fantasy Productions Video games Realms of Arkania series Blade of Destiny Star Trail Shadows over Riva Drakensang series Drakensang The River of Time Drakensang Online Chains of Satinav series Chains of Satinav Memoria Blackguards series Blackguards Blackguards 2 Other games Demonicon Skilltree Saga Book of Heroes Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group 2 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Blackguards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackguards) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackguards?action=history)). 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