The Bard's Tale

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $6.49

Features:

• Third person action RPG that casts you as the Bard, musician and adventurer
• Based on the original Bard's Tale, the grandfather of all role playing games
• Snarky/Nice conversation system lets the players choose the tone of the Bard's interactions
• Get immersed in an environment alive with interactive townsfolk, original music, birds, animals, rustling trees, waving grass, and trickling water
• For 1 player

Accessories:
The Bard's Tale (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)	PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

You nasty little Bard you... [Posted on 2007-04-04]
This game is really fun... my complaints were that it is pretty much linear in it's design without many choices in dialogue & exploration. The graphics were choppy on my system (but I have a better system now & haven't tried it on this one yet) The game is hilarious in parts. I can still hear those nasty little goblins? singing... In summary if you want a game that provides a good diversion for a short amount of time (about 20 hours) this one is worth the money. I would buy a used copy though... replay value is really non-existent.

Fantastic! A wonderful game! Nicely done! [Posted on 2007-05-03]
I confess that I prefer playing games sitting around a table. It is a social thing for me. I was more than pleasantly surprised by the Bard's Tale. This is not a re-release of a classic game; it is an entirely new game that is extremely well done. I had to battle my teenage son for computer time to complete the quests. He played the game as well. From the witty banter to the nice game play, reasonable puzzles, and "snarky" hints, this game is a classic.

Complete waste! [Posted on 2007-07-03]
If you want to throw away money, buy this game. The poor interface and hideous execution make this one of the worst games I've ever tried to play. As for the attempt at humor, forget it. The best thing about this game is the tolerable intro in the booklet that comes with it.

Great idea, poor execution  [Posted on 2007-08-12]
I liked the concept of Bards Tale but quirky and fun does not equal "good".

It suffers from a lot of the same problems that so many games suffer from Its flashy it looks cool, but it is way too short and has absolutely no replay value.

Its not its fault it just suffers because its an Xbox adaptation.

Best bar in any game I've played yet [Posted on 2008-01-24]
I really enjoyed the bars & songs. Just awesome. The playing was fun, the rat scenerio was awesome. Overall, this game was fun but not intense. This is not addictive but worth the money. Pretty easy to catch on which was great for this new gamer.

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