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The Bard's Tale is a decent dungeon crawler that invests some energy into lampooning role-playing games and high fantasy in general.
In light of the legacy created by its namesake and the previous landmarks in the genre, The Bard's Tale is a disappointment.
The Bard's Tale is a decent dungeon crawler that invests some energy into lampooning role-playing games and high fantasy in general.
What can I say about the Bard's Tale, But GREAT! This game has a refreshing twist on the already saturated RPG genre. The voice acting was fantastic and the story plot was wonderful. The graphics could have been a little... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpfulINTRO: Back in the first decade of the twenty-first century, it was not often that fantasy RPGs veered from the story-telling tropes of heroes with great destinies, damsels in distress and ancient evils awakening. This &... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpfulThe Bard, a travelling musician with a magical lute that can summon creatures, conjures up a rat to try and con the local tavern into giving him a free food and bed for the night. The innkeeper agrees to let The Bard st... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulHilariously fun Intelligent Highly addictive Helluvalot better storyline and characters than any other RPG game out there, and gameaddiction lead me to suffer through most RPGs out there. *blargh* cheap to purchase f... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulBought this for 2 euro on the steam sale. Was probably a bit too much. The Bard's Tale is suppose to be a parody of other RPG games, but the only thing it really managed to parody is itself. The graphics apart from... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulThe game uses the last Baldur's Gate engine and is based on an Amiga classic from the earliest PC game days...so interest was high and hardcore Black Isle fans gravitated towards it, along with a lot of veteran PC game e... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulThere are 5 parts to this game story, nice or snarky, dungeon crawling, summons, and the clever jokes. The story is that you are The Bard (a traveling Musician), he has no name, and you are told that you are "the chos... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulThe Bard's Tale is a new take on an old game, though clearly trying to spoof Dungeon crawling RPGs of yesteryear this game has not only done so with a great sense of humor, this game also stands out among the crowd on it... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulTo fully appreciate one can not take them self or RPGs in general to serious, If you can get over that hump then this is your style you'll love the game. Although it is a bit repetitive and leaves you wanting more its th... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulFun for a PC game without massive amounts of resource management or mind-numbing rat killing. Very linear and everything you do affects the ease of accomplishing later tasks. Story line is interesting enough to keep your... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpfulIt's reviews like this that make me really wonder, What is Gamespot up to? I mean come on, they give a game this good a freaking 6.7 and give s*** like Two Worlds a freaking 7. I know that 6.7 and 7 are close together, B... Read Full Review
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