– IGN
“Ready your weapon and bladder as you embark on this ridiculously addicting quest and the funniest adventure of the year, The Bard’s Tale”
– Game Chronicles
“This game is satire in its sharpest form”
– Cheat Code Central
You play as the titular Bard, a roguish, manipulative and lewd songster whose priorities in life are the acquisition of material wealth and carnal pleasures. The Bard's pretty sarcastic by nature, but you get to decide just how scathing he is by selecting 'Nice' or 'Sarky' responses. Watch out you don't get too cocky though; folk you've upset may come back to haunt you.
During his raucous adventures, the Bard recruits a motley band of eccentrics and misfits to help in his ignoble cause. Enemies can be defeated using traditional or magical weapons and you can also use the Bard's dulcet tones to summon creatures. If you're tired of saving humankind or bored of games that take themselves a bit too seriously, The Bard's Tale could very well be for you.
FEATURES
- Includes Original Classic Trilogy! Experience the legendary games that started it all!
- Full keyboard & mouse controls, as well as controller support.
- Supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Polish and Russian languages.
- German voice-over (accessible under Sound Options when game language is set to German)!
- High-resolution and widescreen support!
- Performance enhancements.
- External URLs links on main menu for support pages and related media.
- Bug fixes to original console release.
- 50 enemy types (not counting bosses!)
- A vast world to explore with towns, wild forests, rivers, castles, towers, secret dungeons, snowy mountains, caverns, haunted tombs and more
- A full cast of bizarre NPC’s
- Over a dozen special boss enemies to defeat
- 16 magical characters to discover and then summon at will to aid you
- Over 150 unique items of weaponry, armor, instruments, tokens, artifacts and loot!
- More Song & Dance numbers than any other game, including a zombie dance-off!
- Over 14 hours of outstanding voice-acting from top Hollywood talent, including Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) as the Bard, and the inimitable Tony Jay as the Narrator
- Classics Games—includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3.
© 2005 inXile entertainment. All rights reserved. The Bard's Tale is a trademark or registered trademark of inXile entertainment in certain countries; and is a trademark or registered trademark of Electronic Arts Inc. in certain other countries where it is used under license. inXile entertainment and the inXile logo are trademarks of inXile entertainment.
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Posted on: October 20, 2013
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Posted on: November 21, 2023
Ger Bib
Verified ownerGames: 379 Reviews: 189
Very snarky...
6 of 5 must play. 5 of 5 great story great gameplay. 4 of 5 great story average gameplay. 3 of 5 average story average gameplay. 2 of 5 play only if it's your favorite genre. 1 of 5 play if you have nothing better to do. 0 of 5 play if you're a masochist. -1 of 5 avoid. Bard's Tale IV Remastered and Resnarkled scores 4 of 5.
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Posted on: December 24, 2019
TrollDecker
Verified ownerGames: 730 Reviews: 7
Not even the most up-to-date version
When you slobs get around to updating this game to the remastered version on here, I'll maybe consider giving it a better score.
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Posted on: September 14, 2020
xanath
Verified ownerGames: 704 Reviews: 42
not funny
This is a stupid game which is fully aware of how stupid it is and tries to pass it off as a joke. Too bad that there's nothing even remotely funny about this game. It never even got me to smile, much less laugh. None of the characters are likeable, least of all the bard himself. As an rpg, it's a complete and other failure, because the sheer stupidity kills all attempts at suspending disbelief. It's full of annoying graphical glitches. As a comedy, it's also a complete and utter failure. As a dumb action game, it works. It's like Diablo without the character building, the inventory management, or the random level generation - all things that deserve to be cut from Diablo. I also enjoyed the musical interludes.
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