The Bard's Tale

published by Vivendi Games / Ubisoft / inXile Entertainment in 2005-06-27, developed by inXile Entertainment, running on Windows
type: action/reflex, role-play
genre: Humorous, Fantasy
perspective: 3rd person
player options: single player
game engine: Snowblind
languages: eng fre ger spa
3.4/5
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Personal reviews (2)

(Capítulos 1-4 finalizados, capítulo 5 comenzado y capítulo 9 casi terminado)

Un RPG de manejo arcade con mucho humor y mucha profundidad en los efectos de tus acciones.

Pros:
-El combate es sencillo y diverso, y más difícil de lo que aparenta.
-El sistema de inventario es prácticamente un sistema de subida de nivel paralelo y evita que pierdas el tiempo organizando objetos.
-Repleto de humor absurdo, negro, de autoparodia...
-Las canciones.
-Atención al detalle en los personajes, los instrumentos musicales... te llevarás más de una sorpresa.

Cons:
-A veces abusa de ciertas mecánicas de combate y enemigos.
-De cuando en cuando da fallos.

9 de 10


# 2016-08-25 17:45:34
I have no idea how to get this to run on newer Windows OS than it claims support for and I suspect it's actually WMP11 that's causing the game to malfunction. Originally I assumed it was SafeDisc as usual, but since cracks don't solve the problem, the issue is not related to it (completely).


# 2009-09-29 13:24:45

Official description

A QUEST FOR COIN & CLEAVAGE

In a legend of the Orkney Islands, take on the role of the Bard - a sardonic, opportunistic musician and adventurer, driven by carnal rather than noble pursuits. Forget your quest to save the world; you are interested in just two things - coin and cleavage.

* The modern interpretation of the grandfather of role-playing games, by the original producer - Brian Fargo.
* A third-person action/role-playing game featuring wicked humour and intriguing personalities.
* Develop your combat party by summoning a group of eccentrics and misfits to do your bidding.
* A deep role-playing experience with non-linear game play resulting in many different outcomes and true replay value.

Box blurb - # 2009-09-28 12:31:03 - official description

Description

A legal loophole allows InXile Entertainment to use the name "The Bard's Tale", but it is otherwise unrelated to the original series.

(Zerothis) - # 2008-05-03 08:36:00

Comments (2)

EAN-13: 5031366051110 (Revival budget re-release; Part no. REV111; by Focus Multimedia)
... includes SECDRV.SYS from SafeDisc, no read errors on disc though
... note that Focus Multimedia is licensee, not exactly a publisher

Sanguine # 2009-09-28 12:33:42
Spiritual successor to the old The Bard's Tale series.

Sanguine # 2009-09-23 09:39:54

Technical specs

display: textured polygons
Minimum:
* Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP
* 933 MHz Pentium III CPU
* 256 MB RAM
* 2 GB HD space

Recommended:
* 2.8 GHz Pentium IV CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 8 GB HD space

Sanguine # 2009-09-28 14:59:10

External review - average: 70%

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Metacritic2005*70/10070%
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