“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 it...
“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
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.
A satirical look at the entire genre behind "The Bard's Tale" and other similar games and lore! Game will have you laughing out loud, often! This title is not to be confused with the "serious" game entitled "The Bard's Tale"--this is not that game, but you can enjoy this game on its own merit entirely! It really is very well done! It's also an authentic satire because it's a game developed by inXile, whose principal, Brian Fargo, brought us the real Bard's Tale, so long ago! And now inXile is also bringing us all of the "serious" Bard's Tale games remastered for the 21st century! This one needs to be in your collection alongside the others!
I had a lot of fun playing this. The main character is kinda endearing, the attempts at humour are tolerable. The storyline is wacky, but really fun.
The combat system worked for me, kind of Hack & Slash mixed with RPG, and some of the mid-game fights and bosses were a good challenge, even with your NPC allies.
The story will remain the same, but there is replayability there, as there are many options on how to fight. I chose to be mainly archer and one handed weapons fighter, which worked very well.
The old games didn't work on my system, they ran way too fast. was always in a fight every 3 seconds.
Try this one out when on sale, you shouldn't regret it.
While there is a fair bit of "action" game-play, as the series progresses the action quickly becomes boring while the "humor" drools. The humor declared as satire ends up becoming a predictable derogatory depiction of an uninteresting near do well and persons who are standard to a medieval fantasy setting. A fantasy setting full of the endless antagonistic hoards to provide leveling opportunities through stilted hack and slash. The dialog often feels stolen from a cheap bodice ripping novel and situations too frequently present the main character with an opportunity to act like a cross between a frat boy and an aging pick up artist. The "charm" of the main character should appeal to adolescents who lack the capacity to hold complex conversations of a historical or mature subject.
The Bard's tale has been, with no doubt, one of my favourite games. I enjoyed a lot and learned a lot of English too!!! Very addictive and with a great sense of humour. Unlike other games, I could finish this game in the hard mode without cheating at all. When will the second part appear?
I actually really enjoyed the dialogue, narrator and quality voice acting in the short amount of time i played (under 3 hours), but the gameplay/combat was deadly dull, repetitive and not personally worth it to continue unfortunately, I've never been a fan of any action RPG however so many others may find the combat OK/good.
Shame.
I'll probably just watch the ending/story snippets on youtube.
