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You are Yaga, a 16-year-old girl accused of witchcraft and expelled from an early medieval Slavic settlement. When living memories of her past return as foul spirits walking the earth, Yaga’s best choice is to do what she does best: hunt them down.

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. Experience a one-of-a-kind blend of intense archery combat and dark storytelling. Choose your path to become the guardian of the woods or the terror nightmares are based on.

Use your trusty bow and gauntlet to defeat enemies throughout your journey
Craft arrows and potions, hunt wild game, and harvest herbs to survive in the uncanny woods
Find hidden treasures and pieces of Slavic legends

Follow a mysterious voice leading Yaga down the dark path to power and discover your own past along the way
Track down elusive spirits and engage in thrilling boss fights to recollect Yaga's missing memories
Relive memories to gather clues and solve the mystery of Yaga’s lost friends
Dive beyond the surreal. Every memory is an artfully crafted 2.5D narrative episode — each a trippy vision shedding light on Yaga’s heart and soul, as well as her mysterious origin

Define your alliances and beliefs through story-driven side quests. Decide the fate of the land and its inhabitants: be vengeful and manipulative, or honest and compassionate
BLACKTAIL's Morality System will significantly impact your gameplay experience. Watch your skillset change as you make story defining choices that shift your morality
Collect lost recipes from the ancient Grimoire, brew elixirs in the Cauldron to unlock skill upgrades and grow into a great power

Choose your final fate and write your own fairy tale. Will you uphold the light, or will you slide into darkness?

System requirements for PC

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 (64bit only)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K / AMD FX-4300
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 4 GB VRAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 / Radeon RX 470
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 20 GB available space
Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 (64bit only)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 6 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER / Radeon RX 590
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 20 GB available space

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Blacktail reviews and comments

There is a lot I like about this game and a lot I don't. First off, the voice acting sucks. I hate the main character. There are some random sidescrolling sections that serve as backstory lore and the narrative is so padded out and 'woe is me' in all of them. It was so unnecessary to include in the game. There is some amount of this in the main game but nowhere near as bad as those sections so it's fairly jarring in contrast. The main game is a kind of the fun classic fantasy you see in storybooks sprinkled with some darkness. I did enjoy a lot of the art design, especially the hedgehogs and Mr. Grubb. The overall gameplay is fine if a little rough. So much of the mechanics are not explained well at all and the pop ups can be easily skipped on accident because holding a direction on stick counts as a button input to close it. There is a morality system that is both simple and obtuse at the same time. The main story is very meh. Some of the side stuff is interesting to some degree. It is not a terrible game but definitely rough around the edges in a lot of areas.
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