Blacktail

GameGrinAlana Dunitz

8.5/10

BLACKTAIL is an RPG full of exploration, crafting, and magic. Based on Slavic Folklore, this isn’t your typical happy story; this is a dark tale full of difficult choices. It may take some time to learn how to use your bow well, but once you figure out the proper timing and technique, you will be more successful in battle.

Playstation UniverseJohn-Paul Jones

8.5/10

With its bewitching fairy-tale presentation, satisfying combat, enticing exploration of a beautiful world and a narrative that is lovingly inspired by dark Slavic fables, I really enjoyed my time with Blacktail. Though the various gameplay systems are very much inspired from what we've seen in similar games already and the platforming side of things isn't quite as polished as I might like, Blacktail nonetheless is a thoroughly enjoyable action RPG that serves as a stellar debut effort for Polish developer The Parasight. I can't wait to see what they come up with next.

Game RantAlex Huebner

8/10

Taking a fairy tale about a witch and turning it into a video game could have easily been a cheesy turn, with a cliché spooky forest that is dark, without a lot of detail, full of owls, and a cackling hag witch. However, The Parasight took this story and added its own elements that give some context to a classic tale and give it a rebirth. The ending was a little bit predictable, but the adventure of young Yaga added something new for fans and those new to the Baba Yaga lore. Dark, entertaining, original, and bewitching - Blacktail is a solid choice that plays on the same level as some of the ...

Worth PlayingCody Medellin

8/10

In Blacktail, guide Yaga along the path to become a fearsome guardian of the forest or the dark legend that haunts children's nightmares.

TwinfiniteCameron Waldrop

Blacktail provides an excellent foray into Slavic folklore and some terrific bow-based combat. You get to follow the journey of a timid teenager as she learns to stand on her own two feet while also handing a solid smackdown to some really cool boss fights. There's more than enough depth here to keep you coming back to the game.

WellPlayedHarrison Tabulo

7.5/10

With fun exploration and an enjoyable world to get lost in, Blacktail is a whimsical journey of self-reflection through our favourite fairy tales; not too hot, not too cold but just right.

TheSixthAxisDominic L

7/10

Blacktail is a beautiful adventure steeped in Slavic dark fantasy, though this setting sometimes sits at odds with its pan-Atlantic voice acting and script.

MonsterVineTom Ravencroft

Blacktail is one of those games where it almost feels like they wanted to make a walking/exploration-type game, but they had to put some combat in it and make it feel like a video game so people would know what it was, so there’s always a tension between the “art of exploring a weird fairy tale world” and “oh shit we have to have combat,” and it’s never quite resolved. That said…it’s a weird, weird world and it’s absolutely a trip to stagger through the bizarro story as long as you don’t get too frustrated trying to circle strafe and noscope arrowshot some weird gnome things or talking mushroo...

Game SkinnyJonathan Moore

6/10

Blacktail tells a wonderful fairytale in a storybook world, but not all of its breadcrumbs lead home.

TheGamerJoshua Robertson

Blacktail has potential, but it's been buried underneath questionable design decisions and performance issues.

GameTyrant Dean Clark

0/10

If you have the patience for it, then this is a game I would recommend.

Analog Stick GamingJeff Young

Unscored

Blacktail beautifully tells the tale of Yaga, a young girl on the hunt for her lost sister, Zora. Armed with her handcrafted bow, a magical spell, and blamed for the missing children in her village, Yaga sets out to not only find her sister but to clear her name as well.