The Bard's Tale

Have fun with the Bard

User Rating: 9 | The Bard's Tale PS2

By sancho907 | Review Date: October 1, 2009

To 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 the only one of its class that i know available. So a must play
Is dated for graphics and was never top of line but how often does your "hero" get no love from anyone and yet is still a hero?
Sort of hack em slash em with limited plot but who needs variety is the current going price on this game.

Unlike most games you start out as a loser, much like the designers and end as one no matter the path you take. Some basic themes here for fantasy and just good vs evil, evil vs stupidity , stupidity vs limited dialog options, limited dialog vs good and evil or just plain snide comments

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• Rating:8

  With a little more polish, and rounding out the camera, this funny yet very clever game would have been a ten.

  By CJ47 | Review Date: Oct 30, 2008 | PS2

  The Bard's Tale was by far a very enjoyable game. With a rude hero that thinks of nothing but coins and cleavage and a narrator that thinks he is funny, this game has everything for humor in it. Yet even with a game that... Read Full Review

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• Rating:8

  Great at the beginning but it does get worse

  By GameGuy123 | Review Date: Jan 12, 2008 | PS2

  You start out as the Bard you go around rescuing damsels in distress(from big rats) and doing kind of odd jobs. But you then get wrapped up in a horror game sort of because everywhere around you gets infested with zombie... Read Full Review

  2 of 2 users found the following review helpful