First this game is HARD, so if you like games where people are taking you by the hand, avoid it at all costs ^_^ That sentence alone will help you understand why there are some negative reviews. My review on the contrary will be highly positive ! Why ? Because that's a game where you need to think every actions, that's a game where you need to optimize your Build, to optimize your path, to optimize everything in order to stay alive ! Every skills you'll use will bring you even more skill points, so you need to optimize your experience investment, in order to get the most experience out of your skills. Let's say you have 4 doors and 4 chests behind these doors in an area, invest enough in the lock-picking skill, with all these locked doors and chests, you'll win enough to reimburse your investment. Trust me, that's a good way to think in this game, and so it will imply a lof of quick / load save to test the best ways to invest your experience. The Battles are tough, some are even VERY DIFFICULT ! But trust me once again... Once you understand the mechanics, you'll prevail in every battles ! And when it's possible, just avoid some battles to come back to them later. By the end of the game you'll be able to wreak havoc and even kill the 3 strongest foes of the game (not naming them to avoid spoilers). I've spoke about this game in my TOP 6 RPG you never heard of on my website, because this RPG is worth all the advertising it can get ! It's really a little jewel and i highly recommend the Spin-Off Dungeon Rats in Murderous Psychopath of course ! I also created a little guide on this Spin-Off ! Enjoy this series of games, it will be worth your time and money ! Thumbs Up !
I have spent 50 hours on this game in Murderous Psychopath mode. 28 on my first playground where it was a lot of frustration and anger, and then i rage quit. But 2 days later i was back for a 2nd try, and i began to understand the mechanics of the game, and in only 22 hours i prevailed. It was Really easy on this 2nd try, and i created a little guide on my website to beat the Murderous Psychopath difficulty. This game is great, i heard about it after completing their first great RPG Age of Decadence, and so now i am waiting for their 2020 release Colony Ship !
Thanks for bringing out this piece of RPG History back to life. At the time the game was released in 1985, i was only 6 years old and didn't play to it until i was 10 or something. But still at that time as i am not an english native, it was hard for me to understand the mechanics of the game. Now at the age of 39 (soon 40... god -_-) and thanks to you devs, i finally completed the first ever RPG video game i tried back in time on C64 / Amiga 500. My experience is somewhat mixed as it was a real pleasure, and a pain in the ass at the same time :-D But anyway of course i'll give it a 5 on 5 ! I knew bard's tale was a HARD game, because back in time it was like that and we would spend hours and hours to finish a game. Talk about good money investment ;-) Thanks for the Automap, thanks for the Quicksave, for the man i am now with a family, these were great features as it allowed me to complete the game in just 38 hours. Now maybe i'll play to Bard's Tale 2... I kept my savegames anyway. Thanks for this little trip to my youth.
