The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled

Buying this game is actually all about the three classic titles included. I'm not very much into "funny" games, especially not RPGs, but the old honeys which come as an extra in this pack are worth their bucks all the time. Of course, as in several other RPGs of this time, you'll have to copy your saves every time - because a death is a death ...

The game itself is one of my absolute favorites, I played it through more than once since I bought it some years ago. But on recent Linux systems graphics rendering errors spoil the whole fun: A huge black 'shadow' cast by the bard extending towards the lower right. And this happens both with integrated (Intel) and dedicated (nvidia) graphics cards. (This is the same hardware I had been playing it on before). So make sure it works on your system. If it does, it's worth every single cent :)

A satirical look at the entire genre behind "The Bard's Tale" and other similar games and lore! Game will have you laughing out loud, often! This title is not to be confused with the "serious" game entitled "The Bard's Tale"--this is not that game, but you can enjoy this game on its own merit entirely! It really is very well done! It's also an authentic satire because it's a game developed by inXile, whose principal, Brian Fargo, brought us the real Bard's Tale, so long ago! And now inXile is also bringing us all of the "serious" Bard's Tale games remastered for the 21st century! This one needs to be in your collection alongside the others!

I had a lot of fun playing this. The main character is kinda endearing, the attempts at humour are tolerable. The storyline is wacky, but really fun. The combat system worked for me, kind of Hack & Slash mixed with RPG, and some of the mid-game fights and bosses were a good challenge, even with your NPC allies. The story will remain the same, but there is replayability there, as there are many options on how to fight. I chose to be mainly archer and one handed weapons fighter, which worked very well. The old games didn't work on my system, they ran way too fast. was always in a fight every 3 seconds. Try this one out when on sale, you shouldn't regret it.

While there is a fair bit of "action" game-play, as the series progresses the action quickly becomes boring while the "humor" drools. The humor declared as satire ends up becoming a predictable derogatory depiction of an uninteresting near do well and persons who are standard to a medieval fantasy setting. A fantasy setting full of the endless antagonistic hoards to provide leveling opportunities through stilted hack and slash. The dialog often feels stolen from a cheap bodice ripping novel and situations too frequently present the main character with an opportunity to act like a cross between a frat boy and an aging pick up artist. The "charm" of the main character should appeal to adolescents who lack the capacity to hold complex conversations of a historical or mature subject.