Posted on: August 17, 2018
Ancientways
Verified ownerGames: 220 Reviews: 8
Excellent remake
Excellent, but not 100% faithful remake of the original Bard's Tale games with updated graphics. They've done a top-notch job. Skara Brae has never looked so good. Mangar's Eternal Winter spell is obvious as you walk around the ruined city. Combat is fun. I seem to be gaining levels a little faster than in the original game. The 'level grinding' is still there, but they've made it less grindy than the original game. Okay I guess. Once everything is done you'll have all three bard's tale games to take your party of adventurers through, anyway. So what is not 100% faithful? If you recall, in the original Bard's Tale 1 you didn't need a Rogue. If you could spell the name of the trap on the chest correctly then anyone could disarm the trap on the chest. I always had my bard do it. At least that way I could say he was more than just a good singing voice. But here, if you do not have a Rogue and you select the disarm option, the game will tell you that nobody in your party can do it. Also, the original Bard's Tale 1 had six slots for party members. there was a 7th special slot called the S Slot that was reserved for any monsters your magic-users summoned or for any wandering creatures that offered to join your group. "NPC" party members as I will refer to them. In this remake we have all 7 party member slots, like it was in Bard's Tale 2 and 3. However, in BT2 and BT3, any NPC party members were treated just like your own player characters. They could be healed, resurrected if killed, even saved in the adventurer's guild and taken out by a different group of adventurers. In this remake, NPC party members can't be saved in the adventurer's guild. There's an old saying; In for a penny, in for a pound. The guys who made this went in for a penny, but didn't go in for the pound. But, don't get me wrong. The positives far outweigh the negatives. The part about the game not being 100% faithful to the original is supposed to be addressed in the upcoming Legacy Mode.
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