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Posted on: October 3, 2025
Cinderella24
Verified ownerGames: 20 Reviews: 1
Nice I'd recommend it
It's just like the original Bard's Tale, but it requires a mouse as well as a keyboard
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Posted on: December 23, 2017
JairOhmsford
Verified ownerGames: 74 Reviews: 1
Technical problems
I always loved this game when I played it on the C64 in those days in the 80s. So I was looking forward to the PC adaption on GOG. But the game was an absolute disappointment: First, it sticks on a black screen before you can see the menu. If you try to use the task manager to abort and restart it you get the next surprise: you cannot see the task manager because the screen is still black. So you have to remember where there is the button to restart or switch off the computer. If you try to start the game once more afterwards the game starts - sometimes. I did not try the new version of Bard's Tale but started the original version. Of course I knew that it is always a problem to play an old game on a modern system. But here you must be aware of possible sudden crashes when you are out in a dungeon. As you cannot save the game when you are outside the adventurer's guild you lose everything in that case. Seeing this and the really bad control of movements makes me say: I cannot recommend the game although it has been very good in former times. There are many excellent old games on GOG. This one is not.
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Posted on: September 20, 2023
GatuGamer
Verified ownerGames: 710 Reviews: 5
Now in SPANISH
I was waiting for this game in spanish. It's amazing. Thank you so much.
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Posted on: November 28, 2017
py.tosha
Verified ownerGames: 17 Reviews: 1
Dead glitches
Game is fine, but on GNU/Linux sometimes arise yellow glitch and game becames slooow... I can not play in it.
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Posted on: February 13, 2023
Megabyte
Verified ownerGames: 568 Reviews: 112
Sometimes the game can not be carried.
To say this game is completely joyless would be a lie. The conversations between the Narrator and the Bard can actually be very funny, but really, that and the songs are about all there is to enjoy in here. I can't be nice about this game. It looks and sounds very good, but the gameplay backing it is terrible. To put it mildly, this is a game that is so bad, I actually found myself actively finding things to do to NOT play this game. I recommend it to absolutely no one, and wish I had not bothered to add it to my collection.
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