Posted on: December 20, 2023

jpierres

Gry: 107 Opinie: 2

Manual is in GOG Galaxy folder

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)

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Posted on: April 16, 2015

akilroy

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Gry: 27 Opinie: 1

LOVE. but dies on Yosemite

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!!!

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Posted on: November 13, 2019

awsomewelles

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Gry: 381 Opinie: 3

Repetitive, in spite of he humour

I never played any of the Bard's Tale games before, and didn't quite know what to expect. The game starts out in a promising way, and after the introductory adventure, I had got my hopes up; the quest, the banter between the Bard and the unimpressed narrator and the effort put into the songs created a fun and enjoyable little world. However, the further I ventured out from the starting villlage of Houton, the bad level design, repetitive combat and bad controls took its toll on my enjoyment. One level had me fighting about 20 set fights without much variation in enemies or difficulty. The repetitiveness was made much worse by several unnecessary deaths as the Bard repeatedly got stuck in a power-shot mode with his bow and couldn't move away from enemy attacks. Another had me fighting through three levels of unvaried enemies (though there were the ocasional fun traps) only to have to fight my way down three levels again through one recurring mix of other enemies. Another design choice that added to the repetitiveness was that all enemies respawn if you come back to a place you had visited before. I didn't mind that too much in the beginning, but since it also occured on visiting houses or shops in a city, it got tedious to have to fight the same enemies over and over again. The game does have a few good components though. I would have liked the rest of the world to be The tavern in Houton was immersive and fun, and it would have been great if the rest of the world and its interactions would have been as well developed. I also liked the summoning system and would have liked it to be developed even further to include more options than "attack" or "stay back". Without more varied enemies and fixing the twitchy combat controls, such development would probably not add much to the gameplay. In summary, the game has some good ideas and concepts and a world that has some good potential, but the gameplay and combat system takes away all the fun in the long run.

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Posted on: June 11, 2022

LiorHecht

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Gry: Opinie: 1

A wonderful parody of old fantasy tropes

While the gameplay is outdated, the comedy isn't, and this is what this game is mainly about - comedy. this is a paradoy for all the fantasy cliches of fantasy, most of which is still prevelant today, two decades afte this game was published. Every once in a while I look if there is any new game like this one, alas these are rare and fewer made me laugh as much as the "chosen one" songs.

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Posted on: December 13, 2016

Dace.Shadowheart

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Gry: 279 Opinie: 2

Dull, repetitive and lackluster ARPG

The Bard's Tale (2005) didn't age well. Graphic is just plain bad for today standard, but that is to be expected for an old game. Unlike the previous Bard's Tale titles, which are classic dungeons crawler. The Bard's Tale (2005) is an action RPG a la Diablo, however it is missing every single element, which makes an ARPG great. There is no loot nor skill/character progession at all, it is as bare bone as it can get. Monoton environment and lack of different enemy types makes it a literal snail paced ARPG. Oh what about the music or sound you might ask? Nope, no battle theme nor background music and maybe 3-4 different sound effects. Did I mention the glorious satisfaction of hitting an enemy (hit detection and feedback)? No? It is like hitting your enemy with a wet noodle. I could rant about the boring level design, which I will, because you are reading my review. Image an epic final battle, which the Bard's Tale won't deliver (joke is on you) , because you are too busy fighting in the same room 13 times interrupted by a long unskippable slow elevator animation and not so fancy panorama view of the freaking elevator until the final Boss, which also induce some serious RL rage in me (oh forgot to mention: SPOILER!) The only redeem factor in this game was the tongue-in-cheek humour, which wasn't LOL worthy,but mildly amusing and kept me going for 12 hours until I beat the game. Would I recommend this game? Serious: NO, but I will, because I want you to experience the not so epic final struggle eh I mean battle (real Rage included)

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