Posted on: February 26, 2019

waltc

Games: 411 Reviews: 19

This game is a blast!

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!

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Posted on: October 10, 2019

johell792007

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Games: 106 Reviews: 11

Very good surprise for me.

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.

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Posted on: June 25, 2013

Ihear_BlueColors

Games: 96 Reviews: 10

Not an enjoyable grind.

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.

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Posted on: May 1, 2015

oligalma

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Games: 1357 Reviews: 42

Excellent game!!

The Bard's tale has been, with no doubt, one of my favourite games. I enjoyed a lot and learned a lot of English too!!! Very addictive and with a great sense of humour. Unlike other games, I could finish this game in the hard mode without cheating at all. When will the second part appear?

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Posted on: September 4, 2017

ferpecto747

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Games: 52 Reviews: 1

Short Review

I actually really enjoyed the dialogue, narrator and quality voice acting in the short amount of time i played (under 3 hours), but the gameplay/combat was deadly dull, repetitive and not personally worth it to continue unfortunately, I've never been a fan of any action RPG however so many others may find the combat OK/good. Shame. I'll probably just watch the ending/story snippets on youtube.

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