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Posted January 22, 2014
The Dark Eye gazes upon you!

Blackguards Special Edition, an engaging RPG in the world of the Dark Eye with deep tactical combat mechanics, is available 10% off on GOG.com. That's $40.49 for the first week!

<i>The Dark Eye</i> (or rather, <i>Das Schwarze Auge</i>) is to the German role-playing gamers what <i>Dungeons and Dragons</i> is to their US counterparts. For exactly 30 years now, the brave adventures have roamed the land known as Aventuria. It witnessed epic campaigns, secretive plots, and strange magical happenings--everything that makes a place <i>real</i> in player's imagination. Now, Daedalic Entertainment, the german game-dev powerhouse that ventured into the world of The Dark Eye in their adventure games, [url=http://www.gog.com/game/the_dark_eye_chains_of_satinav]Chains of Satinav and Memoria, gives you a whole new and original story to experience. And this time--it's an RPG.

Blackguards Special Edition, a new turn-based strategy RPG, places the fate of the land in the hands of a pack of misfits, convicts, and outcasts. In its grim, yet engrossing gameworld, you will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder. Play as a warrior, mage or hunter and customize your character's skills as you see fit. The challenging campaign delivers a story of doubt, treason and loss. You decide the course of the story at key turning points and determine its outcome. The game comes with a full soundtrack in WAV format (no lossy MP3 compression here, nope!), and video interviews with its creators.

Set out on an adventure unlike any other, and get to know the party of unlikely heroes of Blackguards Special Edition, for only $40.49 on GOG.com. The 10% off release discount offer lasts until Wednesday, January 29, at 3:59PM GMT.

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We'd like to invite you to an AMA event GOG.com and Daedalic Entertainment is currently holding on . Feel free to come, ask the creators of Blackguards some questions and pick up a complimentary copy of [url=http://www.gog.com/game/the_dark_eye_chains_of_satinav]Chains of Satinav.
Posted January 22, 2014
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JudasIscariot: In case anyone was wondering about the soundtrack, it's all in WAV format and, yes, the game page has been updated to show that :)
I'll get in before someone asks....why no. flac version? ;). BTW great release even though the price surprised me. wish listed for now hmmmm

Oh and thank you for the complimentary copy of Chains of Satinav (doesnt seem too many are thanking GOG in the AMA unfortunately :/)
Post edited January 22, 2014 by Niggles
Posted January 22, 2014
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Tarhiel: I´m glad Daedalic decided to release it here form the day one, DRM-free :)
Ditto! At least a few game companies "get it".

Thank you, gOg and Daedalic!
Posted January 22, 2014
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JudasIscariot: In case anyone was wondering about the soundtrack, it's all in WAV format and, yes, the game page has been updated to show that :)
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Niggles: I'll get in before someone asks....why no. flac version? ;). BTW great release even though the price surprised me. wish listed for now hmmmm
Because we left the OST as we got it from Daedalic so you can convert it to any format you wish :)

That and WAV is lossless so, to me at least, converting from one lossless format to another is rather redundant, no? Feel free to correct me if I am wrong :)
Posted January 22, 2014
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JudasIscariot: Because we left the OST as we got it from Daedalic so you can convert it to any format you wish :)

That and WAV is lossless so, to me at least, converting from one lossless format to another is rather redundant, no? Feel free to correct me if I am wrong :)
Well, Flac is also compressed. :p
Posted January 22, 2014
Nice one. Turn based RPG reminds me on Baldurs Gate. Tempted to buy. Will wait for a sale and good reviews though but high probablity for buying.
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JudasIscariot: ...That and WAV is lossless so, to me at least, converting from one lossless format to another is rather redundant, no? Feel free to correct me if I am wrong :)
Lossless compression is the keyword here. :)

Why wasting disc space without compression?
Post edited January 22, 2014 by Trilarion
Posted January 22, 2014
Its a pretty awesome game. Those turned off by oldschool mechanincs should beware (i.e. frequently missing attacks). But its full of content and sidequests and lots of nice little touches. Iv played for 20 hours and im in the third of 5 chapters.
Posted January 22, 2014
Thank you, GOG and Daedalic!
I have already bought it with Early Access but because Daedalic decided to release it here on GOG on day one and with German language I bought it again!

Hey, Daedalic, please release the German language for Deponia 3!
Posted January 22, 2014
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zavlin: Its a pretty awesome game. Those turned off by oldschool mechanincs should beware (i.e. frequently missing attacks). But its full of content and sidequests and lots of nice little touches. Iv played for 20 hours and im in the third of 5 chapters.
Hey Zavlin, if you are up for it, could you help me out with my question here?

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_blackguards_special_edition/post39
Post edited January 22, 2014 by Nicole28
Posted January 22, 2014
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Nicole28: This game looks excellent. I've got it wish-listed to be picked up at a later date.

How is character creation like? Do you pick several party members or start with a single member and gain others along the way?

How much customization is there for your starting character/s? Like skills, type, gender..etc..?
the initial game didnt really have a character creation system, you just picked a class. But the final version comes with a creation system where you can choose starting spells/skill/attributes. I havnt had a chance to try that out yet since im downloading the final patch now :) You only create the main character and then everybody else is a character with voice acting and story. Theres a ton of different options in character advancement and customization. Its an exp point buy system, so you choose whether to spend exp on stats or making your spells/talents better.
Posted January 22, 2014
Ohhh, this is a Dark Eye game!?

Wow! My favourite game setting is having all these new games come out recently, what luck! Rather interesting too, since it was never popular with English speaking people. Wonder if times changed regarding that.

I can actually buy this DRM free cheaper elsewhere with all the extras, so I think I may do that, not sure if I'll buy it today though. I want to see if this does the universe justice first. I want to play the game with the exact rule set, and have all the lingo in it, not have it watered down or dumbed down or some silly trendy thing.

Just found out about this game, saw it released elsewhere DRM free today, and like "wow! another dark eye game!"

Weeeeeeee! :)
Posted January 22, 2014
I tried out the demo, and while I did find the combat enjoyable, (which is basically all there is to it) to me the game's overall production doesn't warrant a $40-45 purchase. I might pick it up in the summer sale if it gets a 50% discount. Until then my money is better spent elsewhere.
Posted January 22, 2014
Bit pricey, whats so special about the Special Edition?
Posted January 22, 2014
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zavlin: Its a pretty awesome game. Those turned off by oldschool mechanincs should beware (i.e. frequently missing attacks). But its full of content and sidequests and lots of nice little touches. Iv played for 20 hours and im in the third of 5 chapters.
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Nicole28: Hey Zavlin, if you are up for it, could you help me out with my question here?

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_blackguards_special_edition/post39
my patch just finished so i took a brief look at the creation system. Its really really broad. They give you 10k points to spend and you create your own class however you want. (sadly it doesnt look like you can start with the haste spell :( )
im tempted to start over..
Posted January 22, 2014
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zavlin: the initial game didnt really have a character creation system, you just picked a class. But the final version comes with a creation system where you can choose starting spells/skill/attributes. I havnt had a chance to try that out yet since im downloading the final patch now :) You only create the main character and then everybody else is a character with voice acting and story. Theres a ton of different options in character advancement and customization. Its an exp point buy system, so you choose whether to spend exp on stats or making your spells/talents better.
Thank you! +1 for your help. :D
Post edited January 22, 2014 by Nicole28
Posted January 22, 2014
Drakensang (and its expansions) is one of my favorite games.

This one looks great, but alas, I'll have to move it to my "To buy later if it goes down in price" list. Bummer.
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