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Blackguards 2

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Blackguards 2
Blackguards 2 cover
Developers
Daedalic Entertainment
Engines
Unity 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows January 20, 2015
macOS (OS X) January 20, 2015
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Top-down view
Controls Point and select
Genres RPG, Strategy
Themes Fantasy
Series The Dark Eye
Blackguards 2 on HowLongToBeat
Blackguards 2 on MobyGames
Blackguards 2 on Wikipedia
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Blackguards 2 is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and top-down view RPG and strategy game in the The Dark Eye series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Support center

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Windows
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Blackguards 2\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/314830/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Blackguards 2\<user-id>\Save\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/314830/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Scales poorly when going over 1920x1080.
Multi-monitor
See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Push Alt+ Enter while playing.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
On or Off.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
On or Off.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

The controls listing.
The controls listing.

Remapping

Edit KeyBindings.txt[citation needed]
  1. Go to the save game data location.
  2. Open KeyBindings.txt file and modify the desired keys.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, music, sound effects and voices.
Surround sound
Automatically detected.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Blackguards 2.
vorpX
G3D, Z3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[2]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 2600
Nvidia GeForce 8600
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) Any models produced past 2010
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 12 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD 4000


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 4.6.2f1[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/314830/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (314830) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-03-19
  2. Blackguards 2 on GOG.com - last accessed on 2019-12-09
    "Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up."