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The quest for coin and cleavage!

The Bard's Tale, the shining pinnacle of comedy among cRPG, bundled with its three classic DOS-era predecessors, is available 60% off on GOG.com. That's only $3.99 for the next 24 hours!

Let's talk about career choices in fantasy realms. You can be a knight, always overburdened by his full plate armor, never able to sneak up on his foes. Plus, your honor code won't allow you to take money for your deeds of valor. You can take the path of wizardry, dooming yourself to all the health hazards that come with handling all the poisonous ingredients needed to cast the simplest of spells. Not to mention the smell! Having your pockets always full of bat dung, just in case you need to cast a casual fireball, never made anyone popular with the ladies. Rangers? Sure, you get to spend much time outdoors, which is supposed to be healthy, but trust me: a lifetime of sleeping in a bedroll on the damp forest floor will leave you with a hell of rheumatism in the old age. A proper bed is a much wiser choice. Even more so, if it's kept warm by a frivolous girl. Some coin is always good, too. My advice--forget all other professions, grab a lute, and be a rockstar. Um--I mean: a bard.

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The Bard's Tale delivers solid cRPG gameplay, a vast fantasy realm to explore, tons of quests to perform, and hundreds of items to loot. By all means this is a fully-fledged role playing game, but that's not what it's famous for. Brilliant comedy is where this game truly shines among all other titles in this genre. With excellent writing and fantastic voicing done by Cary Elwes (of The Princess Bride fame) as the Bard, and a gaming voiceover veteran, Tony Jay as the Narrator. There's an extra treat for the die-hard old-school computer RPG fans included with this release as well: the classic Bard's Tales 1, 2, and 3 DOS-era hard-as-nails games.

A fantasy land full of adventure, humor, gold, girls, and moderate danger that wouldn't pose much threat to a battle-hardened adventurer, awaits you in The Bard's Tale, for only $3.99 on GOG.com. Don't wait, because the 60% off discount offer lasts only until Tuesday, October 15, at 9:59AM GMT. Don't forget: with your purchase, you'll receive a FREE copy of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition. That's two classic action RPGs for less than half the price of one!
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Crosmando: It's probably because InXile only got permission to include them with Bard's Tale, not sell them separately, afaik. Though that certainly shouldn't preclude at least giving the old games their own installers.

But maaaan playing a game within a game, it's like out of a scene from "Brazil" or something, not to mention that for some reason these 1980's video games using just a few megabytes somehow manage to really eat system resources. Seriously I tried playing BT2 through BT on a slower computer some time ago (dual-core processor) and it was LAGGING, no shit, it was too slow to play and the intro with music was all out of whack.

It's just horrible on every level.
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TheEnigmaticT: But thanks to the Bard's Tale on Android Play, I can play the originals and the sequels all on my Asus Transformer. >.>
Does the "read the manuals" button also link you to some website to download the manuals like in the Windows version?
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TheEnigmaticT: But thanks to the Bard's Tale on Android Play, I can play the originals and the sequels all on my Asus Transformer. >.>
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Crosmando: Does the "read the manuals" button also link you to some website to download the manuals like in the Windows version?
You know, I have no idea. I still remember the games well enough from back in the day where I didn't bother looking for the manual.
Must get silly RPG..
Post edited October 14, 2013 by Smannesman
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TheEnigmaticT: You know, I have no idea. I still remember the games well enough from back in the day where I didn't bother looking for the manual.
Best part of BT2 was Baylor's Spell Bind (SPBI), do you like that monster your fighting right now, cool just cast the spell on him and he joins your party permanently.
You had me a cleavage.

I actually already bought it here (and have a boxed copy) and yet still haven't got far into playing it, never had the time, perhaps I've been busy seeking cleavage in the real world (I should stick to games :P
As a backer got this one for free, long live the new prophet Fargo :D
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DodoGeo: As a backer got this one for free, long live the new prophet Fargo :D
Also apparently the Wasteland 1 re-release on GOG/Steam is not going to be the usual dosbox wrap deal:
https://twitter.com/BrianFargo/status/387303250262622208

Also it's been confirmed the paragraph book will be integrated into the new version
Tempting but I'll pass just like I did with Jade Empire - too many RPGs in my backlog. I've played C64 version of the original trilogy and I had a great time but I don't think I will be in the mood to replay it.
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DodoGeo: As a backer got this one for free, long live the new prophet Fargo :D
You got the Steam version, not the GOG version with the goodies... just sayin'
To be fair GoG wasnt bringing any Good Old Games for some time, but this pack is a fine good peace offer :)
Loved it!
Hope it will continue that way
I hope someone with a GOG version can answer this. Are the manuals and cluebooks included in the GOG release related to the classic Bard's Tale or just to the new one. If they are, then that is as good a reason I need to buy this game for a third time (Steam sale, Android sale and now GOG sale).
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de_Monteynard: I hope someone with a GOG version can answer this. Are the manuals and cluebooks included in the GOG release related to the classic Bard's Tale or just to the new one. If they are, then that is as good a reason I need to buy this game for a third time (Steam sale, Android sale and now GOG sale).
They are the cluebooks for the old games. The only documentation for the 2005 Bard's Tale is a manual, and it's named as "Bard's Tale (2005)"
Post edited October 14, 2013 by Crosmando
Fuckin' A! I'm broke but I'm buying.

In all honesty this game has holes in it that you could drive a truck through. It's aimless, repetitive, and a lot of the jokes fall flat. However there is also one more thing about it....IT'S FUN!
Hum, already have this one in Steam. Buy or not buy again in GOG, that's the question?
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gandalf.nho: Hum, already have this one in Steam. Buy or not buy again in GOG, that's the question?
What's the difference?