The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled

Here's a friend's warning for Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit users... When I run The Bard's Tale ARPG - Remastered and Resnarkled I get the missing dlls error: XInput1_4.dll API-MS-Win-Eventing-ClassicProvider-L1-1-0.dll api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-2-1.dll GOG should remove from the page that this game is compatible with Windows 7, when in fact it is not!

An example of an extremely linear RPG with passable humor, clumsy controls and really below average mechanics. The Bard's Tale could have been a great remake, but instead it fell flat into the land of manufactured gaming with the kind of bland taste you are left with after a fourth Big Mac in a row. The game mechanics are just too simplified: Stats management is just a few clicks away from being AI managed. The inventory and equipment facets are just a side dish and might as well be automated. What is left is basically hack & slash 101 and a rundown the mill story with overused jokes. If it was just that, it could still be a fine game, but there's absolutely no replay value whatsoever from the action stretches in the game. They are massively boring. There's just very little strategy involved here and it grows old very quickly. Save your money, This Bard's Tale isn't telling any new tales and whoever designed this doesn't deserve the pat on the back.

I hope you kept the previous version of The Bard's Tale because you will want to have it. I tried multiple times to get this new version to work smoothly but the framerate is awful. I did contact GOG about this and they offered suggeestions but none of them had worked (not a critique against GOG). I had read that this version is a port of the mobile platform which had I known that, I would have avoided buying this version. Mobile ports are a mixed bag at best. Hopefully there is a fix down the road.

Worked on Windows 10 but made me motion sick Keyboard controls: See C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG Galaxy\Games\The Bard's Tale\!Downloads \bards_tale_manuals.zip\manuals\The Bard's Tale (2005) - Manual.pdf Summary: Game menu - toggle Esc (load, options, exit) Stats - Right MB on upper left health icon (coins & crystals, quest log, equip/tune/talent/token lists) Inventory (on world map) - Tab Move - Right MB Attack - Left MB (hold ~1 sec for bow) Block - Space Use/Action - F (Pickup, Talk, Save at rotating book, etc) Quick Heal - R Choose dialogue - Left MB on head icons at top Artifacts menu - 1 (or Shift D) then W/A/S/D to use chosen item Melee Weapons menu - 2 (or Shift W) then W/A/S/D to equip chosen weapon (sword, etc) Summon Creatures menu - 3 (or Shift S) then W/A/S/D for type, W/A/S/D for spell Order Creatures Menu - Aggressive stance - Up arrow (or Alt W?) Defensive stance - Down arrow (or Alt S?) Stay - Left arrow (or Alt A?) Come to me - Right arrow (or Alt D?) Special Weapons menu - 4 (or Shift A) then W/A/S/D for item (bow, etc)

Mac users!!! If you're going to buy this you have to Mavericks or lower. Yosemite crashes on load. Tried on multiple machines. Besides that the game is awesome! Love the feel, wish it was more of a grinder. Wish there were sequels!!!