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Realms of Arkania Vol. 2: Star Trail

Description

This is part two in the computer version of the trilogy based on Germany's N°1 RPG "Das Schwarze Auge", and the sequel to Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny.

The game uses an advanced version of the interface first introduced in part one. You create a party of adventurers, navigating them from first-person perspective, and entering isometric view when in combat mode. The combat is turn-based and allows you to move your characters freely over the battle field.

The player has to end a dispute between elves and dwarfs and must find a stolen relic, called "Sternenschweif".

Alternate Titles

• "劍留痕" -- Chinese Title (Tradition)
• "Star Trail" -- Common abbreviation
• "DSA 2" -- Common German abbreviation
• "Das Schwarze Auge: Sternenschweif" -- German title

Part of the Following Groups

• Games with alchemy
• Realms of Arkania / Das Schwarze Auge series
• The Dark Eye / Das Schwarze Auge universe

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User Reviews

A very rich and complex classic	D Michael (221)
Now this is what I call an excellent RPG!	Indra was here... (13175)

The Press Says

Abandonia	May 05, 2004	5 out of 5	100
Coming Soon Magazine	Feb, 1995	91 out of 100	91
PC Gamer	Feb, 1995	88 out of 100	88
MikroBitti	Feb, 1995	88 out of 100	88
PC Games (Germany)	Jun, 1994	86 out of 100	86
PC Player (Germany)	Aug, 1994	75 out of 100	75
High Score	Apr, 1995	3 out of 5	60

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Trivia

There are a lot of quite funny puns and jokes - some of them playing with German words. I haven't played the English version, so I don't know, if you English readers missed some of them. Here's my bad transcription... :)

-- A box saying "Wollt Ihr den Hebel umlegen" (do you want to use the lever).

<< "umlegen" can mean "to switch" or "to kill".

If you use/umlegst the lever/Hebel a box says: "Now you've killed the Lever!"

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If you walk through a city, a sign may appear: "There is a sack of rise toppled down in Japan"

or a longer story with a lot of NPCs and boxes saying: "Too much sulfur, too much sulfur...".

You can construct a "Geldscheißer" - a Moneymaking-Pot. You need a lot of ingredients which you find throughout the game. But as soon as you have everything, the character with the most "greed-points" takes the "Geldscheißer" and runs away. With everything he has in his inventory. Pretty annoying! Especially if you saved just a few seconds before the message "Xetolosch ran away" appeared... ;)

Years later - a box tells you - you meet this character again - he is rich, famous and pretty arrogant...

In fact, those messages have no impact on the game or the characters. But there is a deeper meaning, the developers almost told me - but the company "Attic" had to quit business after a whole bunch of problems...