More RPG than a strategy game.

Packaging.

The packaging is a normal, neither positive, nor negative striking. The logo matches the game itself as well as the lettering with his font. The release of 12 I find something funny. It is not a fantasy game, but is more prone to dark Fatansy.

CD / DVD / Product

1) externals

Aesthetically the games DVD matches the rest of the presentation.

2) Content of the DVD

The game has a Steam forced. I do not understand it in this case. There was also a digital version on Gog (Goodoldgames) published that has no unnecessary copy. The companies want to protect themselves against illegal piracy, only you do not bear in mind that according to statistics ago this is in Germany a less serious problem. It is therefore unnecessary criminalized the customer. Why not like Two Worlds II a telephone activation code and then it must be re-enabled? Would not be a big problem. The paranoia of the gaming industry is a mystery to me.

3) The game itself

Black Guards tends tend to be more RPG than a strategy game, although the running battles so on, but with selected and manageable amounts of characters. I found the mix really well. So tottered the graphical quality of the game immensely, not consistency, but for example in the Portraits / avatars of the hero. The hero seemed a bit pale in his graphic portrait, while the grumpy dwarf Naurim of his character model and portrait works consistently consistent. The Wizard looks not really like a magician, more like a juggler, the credibility of his person is completely lost by this representation. Takate the forest man acts not really like a slave. He acts like a pugnacious Narcissus. If a slave knows freedom, do not suffer from its subjugation? The human emotion was missing completely. The hero, in turn, reflected the bitterness of the betrayal of his person really well again. He is not really angry, he wants revenge, not because of fame, he wants revenge for his shame. It really makes a good picture of a man with a broken reputation. The game goes through many cycles of the quality change. So the graphic display is not great, but nice for the eye to see, it is simply consistent, convey this somewhat gloomy atmosphere of the black eye. The control is also well done. Except for a few exceptions at the interface is hardly anything to complain about. To complain about the lack of individualization options but. You have to miss a hand of portraits and choosing your character a name. It must not be an Baldur's Gate, but a little more would have been nice. The ability system can also be desired, resulting in a broken neck receives, through the barely existing tutorial / introduction to the system. The interface of the system capacity I find a little unkind. The guys from Daedalic should abgucken something glorious games series of the past. The scale must be not the reality but the aesthetics, because it distorts precisely through games and other media in the fantasy itself. The Might and Magic series 6 to 8 was due to its graphics, no beloved franchise, but because of its beautiful asset and the apparent objects, if you have this then tightened. Diablo II was hardly a graphical screamer, but the inventory still looks from pleasant, there was put a lot of love for detail. Unfortunately, the player manufacturers failed these weaknesses to keep in mind. This mixture 3/4 and 1/4 RPG strategy game is unique to the PC in this type and have a real good idea, only lacks stop at the small but fatal errors. My personal opinion would be that should the mixture of the contents of the game remain so because it really worth his salt as a role-playing game. Only the inventory and the items should be better represented, as well as the capability system, the corresponding tutorial would also be a consistently good idea. One should screw on games content even more, the black eye the universe has far more than is provided here. It is not a small game, but not as big as it could have been. I would say many customers would also like to pay 50 euros if the weaknesses are revised consistently, as well as more content in the game world will be delivered. The Individualieserung should not be Baldur's Gate, but a bit more, it would do so.

I forgive this game, because of the nonsensical Steam forced to I have stated above and the fatal weaknesses of small 4 1/2 points. This franchise can still really be a blast, who can make friends with a good but not very good game, which I would recommend this game.