BlackTail Review (PlayStation 5)

For our BlackTail Review, we create the myth of Baba Yaga by living out the origins of this classic Slavic folk story in BLACKTAIL, the first-person action-adventure from THE PARASIGHT team combined with the international publishing prowess of Focus Entertainment. Experience a one-of-a-kind blend of intense archery combat and dark storytelling set in a vibrant fairy tale world. Choose your path to become either the guardian of the woods or the terror nightmares are made of.

BlackTail Review Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 11.69GB download size.
• Adventure gameplay.
• Gameplay settings – subtitles, subtitles background, subtitles size, HUD scale slider, field of view slider, head bob, auto aim, sticky crosshair, and tutorials.
• Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders, rebind controls, light bar, adaptive triggers, and deadzone sliders.
• Video settings – brightness, frame limit, preset (quality/performance), v-sync, and motion blur.
• Two difficulties – adventure and story.
• Fast loading times.
• Strong voicework.
• Opening tutorial section with ongoing tutorial pop-ups.
• Crafting menu that is quick, and instant and you can craft one or max amount at one time.
• Archery combat has three shots – quick shot, long shot, and power shot.
• In-game cutscenes.
• Choose your path – darkness or light and this choice changes how the world acts.
• Morality plays a huge part, your actions will have an effect on the game.
• Almanac is a place where everything from tutorial tips to bestiary to tips go.
• Journal contains all your quests and missions.
• Huge skill tree.
• Open world.
• First-person perspective.
• The map fills in as you play, and you can place your own waypoint and pins.
• Mini-game for cooking meat.
• Status effects – regeneration, haste, focus, poison, slow down, and confusion.
• Shrines act as a save point.
• The cauldron is where you use lost pages collected to unlock and perform upgrades.
• A beautiful world to explore.
• Materials and resources can reappear/grow.
• Multiple choice encounters.
• You will encounter Black cats who act like fast travel points between the hut and your last location.
• Hidden loot chests.
• Become a Witch, learn and use magic spells.
• A compass at the top shows pins and markers.
• The special treat attack uses mana and you can unlock new ones as you advance.
• A hut is a place you can get to via the Black cats and use the cauldron etc.
• The Broom. An item you craft that lures enemies to it, additional effects depend on your morality.
• Eat fruit from the world to regain health.
• Hidden owls to shoot.
• The world is full of wonder and very open to your own interpretation.
• You have a bottomless pit for the storage of materials.
• Just such a fantastic world.
• A memorable experience.
• Take on optional side quests for the many colorful characters you meet along the way.
• Unlock and craft different arrow types.

BlackTail Review Cons:

• Not always clear what you can pick up or being able to see materials in the world.
• The bow initially is not that great to use and feels clunky.
• Combat is not fun at all and is very clumsy.
• Possible to just get lost or sidetracked.
• You discover stuff before being told what it is and this happens a lot.
• Takes some getting used to the markers.
• At least initially, the crafting of arrows is a pain as you have such a small pool of arrows.
• Cannot set a list of what ingredients you need for a new unlock.
• The slowest loading part is after a death.
• The checkpoints or location of your respawn point is so random and does usually land up in replaying large sections.
• No way to find out what icons mean.
• I never felt like I knew what would change my mortality and which one.

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BlackTail:

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Developer: The Parasite

Publisher: Focus Entertainment

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