Posted on: September 7, 2024
BMBL99
Verified ownerGames: 30 Reviews: 2
It's funny and all
but it gets really tedius, boring after few hours
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The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled
Description
“The Bard’s Tale is easily the funniest game I’ve ever played, and I’ve played all the funny games out there.”
– 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
– 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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Time to beat
14 hMain
18.5 h Main + Sides
28 h Completionist
18.5 h All Styles
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Isometric, Medieval, Hack and Slash, Parody
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User reviews
Posted on: January 27, 2025
777starkiller777
Verified ownerGames: 57 Reviews: 3
plays nice
funny game ....every one should play it once
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Posted on: January 30, 2025
Spandax
Verified ownerGames: 221 Reviews: 4
Deceptively Simple Fun
Don't go thinking because the game has a lot of stats to distribute points in that it's complex and hard. Genrally just beeline Strength to 16 then Vitality to about 12 and you've got a strong start. I say this because a poorly built character can be a slog through no fault of the developers modernizing it for modern equipment. It was a game from a different time - when video game rentals were a thing and games were deliberately padded to be too long to finish in the 48-72 hour rental window. But with the previous advice you can cut through all the experimentation and frustration and just have a solid game play experience where your timing and positioning matter more than your patience. Outside of that the game's got some pretty great writing in a semi-linear story (there's some variance on side quests and even a few optional chapters; and don't knosck linearity, if the story is done well it can be a pretty good design flow). It's worth a play on sale. If you are a sucker for tame but raunchy gag humour, basic ARPGs, admitttedly clever song writing at times, and naration by the late great Tony Jay give it a shot. Still it's not going to be for everyone and the pace is a little slow even as optimized as you character gets. Again the rental window of the past does haunt it, so II knocked a star. It's well executed though and delivers the experience it is designed to.
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Posted on: February 27, 2025
7echno-echo
Verified ownerGames: 98 Reviews: 1
A solid mid
Its a unique experience and not bad for a quick playthrough. The combat is the weakest part, its always a grind, never all that fun. The story is alright, but the humor gets a bit one note. The final tower is a slog, the game slows down a lot towards the end.
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Posted on: May 14, 2025
goodOldBeans
Verified ownerGames: 16 Reviews: 1
Lots of charm but shallow combat
The writing is the best part about the game, but the combat is full of cheese and not very deep.
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