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Ghost of a Tale

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4.5/5

( 209 Reviews )

4.5

209 Reviews

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Ghost of a Tale
Description
Ghost of a Tale is an action-RPG game in which you play as Tilo, a mouse and minstrel caught up in a perilous adventure. The game takes place in a medieval world populated only by animals, and puts an emphasis on immersion and exploration. It features stealth elements, disguises, conversations with...
Genre:
Action - Role-playing - Fantasy
Tags:
Action, Indie, Fantasy, Story Rich, Role-playing, show 9 more... Atmospheric, Exploration, Great Soundtrack, Horror, Funny, Open World, Third Person, Medieval, Stealth
Critics reviews
52 %
Recommend
Eurogamer
Recommended
New Game Network
76/100
User reviews

4.5/5

( 209 Reviews )

4.5

209 Reviews

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Product details
2018, SeithCG, ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+...
System requirements
Windows 7 64bit, Intel i5 - 2.5Ghz, 3 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2GB) or AMD Radeon R9 270, Ver...
Time to beat
11 hMain
15 h Main + Sides
19 h Completionist
15 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description
Ghost of a Tale is an action-RPG game in which you play as Tilo, a mouse and minstrel caught up in a perilous adventure. The game takes place in a medieval world populated only by animals, and puts an emphasis on immersion and exploration. It features stealth elements, disguises, conversations with allies and enemies, and quests.

You’ll be able to explore the secrets of Dwindling Heights Keep and navigate its dangers. Tilo is not much of a fighter, so stealth and nimbleness are your allies when confronted with enemies twice your size. Talk to the characters you meet and leave no stone unturned in your quest to find Merra, your true love….

About the team:

Ghost of a tale is developed by a very small team. Lionel "Seith" Gallat does 90% of the art, design and coding. Paul Gardner is the game's writer and an experienced game designer. Cyrille Paulhiac does coding and develops tools. Jeremiah Pena is the game's composer, while Nicolas Titeux is responsible for sound design.

All the names, locations and characters featured in Ghost of a Tale are copyright SeithCG.

Popular achievements
Unbound
Escape from Tilo’s cell.
common  ·  83.99%
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Recommended system requirements:
Recommended system requirements:
Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
11 hMain
15 h Main + Sides
19 h Completionist
15 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Action - Role-playing - Fantasy
Tags:
Action, Indie, Fantasy, Story Rich, Role-playing, show 9 more... Atmospheric, Exploration, Great Soundtrack, Horror, Funny, Open World, Third Person, Medieval, Stealth
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
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Company:
SeithCG / SeithCG
Size:
2.8 GB
Links:
Forum discussion
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+
Game features
Achievements
Cloud saves
Controller support
Overlay
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
Deutsch
audio
text
español
audio
text
français
audio
text
italiano
audio
text
русский
audio
text
中文(简体)
audio
text
Critics reviews
75
Top Critic Average
52 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
Eurogamerby Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Recommended
Weather its bugs and lacklustre stealth, and Ghost of a Tale is a quietly ravishing potted epic with a serious subtext.
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New Game Networkby Ben Thomas
76/100
The wondrous Dwindling Heights is well designed and gives Tilo plenty of opportunities to use his mousey avoidance skills and disguises to help characters. Although there is occasionally too much backtracking, Ghost of a Tale holds a memorable journey in its tiny paws.
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User reviews

Posted on: February 28, 2019

cervier

Verified owner

Games: 124 Reviews: 1

end fight is trash

The game is good (although still very buggy) until the end fight where you have to do a seriously tedious battle.

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Posted on: December 26, 2017

iantis

Verified owner

Games: 34 Reviews: 3

Thumbs up!

This game is amaaaaazing! Well done!!

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Posted on: October 14, 2020

IanBurry

Verified owner

Games: 4 Reviews: 1

Completely broken

I would love to be able to review the game-play itself, but it won't let me. First, mouse/keyboard issues made it impossible to start a new game. Fortunately, those were fixed by disabling the builtin mouse on my keyboard. Second, after just few minutes playtime, the game crashed and wouldn't let me get back to the desktop, so a reboot was necessary. After all that, it wouldn't allow me to load a save, or even start a new game. It had completely borked itself. Even uninstalling it failed.

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Posted on: January 10, 2023

n.darek

Verified owner

Games: 209 Reviews: 13

Cannot run, cannot close (easily) 0/5

Game loads to menu, when I start new game it loads some flame, some text and goes almost black screen. It stays like this forever. When I try to minimalize (win+D) I CANNOT. Good luck closing this game, or rather don't even run it.

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Posted on: June 26, 2019

sirden208

Games: 139 Reviews: 32

Buyer Beware!

Buyer Beware sadly said game proved unplayable with either of its GOG/Steam versions where during its opening Merra cutscene would then just cause it to crash directly back to Windows; regardless of its patches.

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