The Bard's Tale (2004)
Android · BlackBerry OS · Linux · Mac · Ouya · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 2 · Xbox · iOS
3.26 from 191 ratings
1578 members have it in their collection · 14 playing now · 988 backlogged · 92 wish listed
How long? Main story 17h · with extras 22h (from 2 logged playthroughs)
Completely unlike the classic Bard's Tale games, this game is in a 3D environment with the player watching his only controllable character from an overhead vantage point, and it is better described as an action-adventure game than a traditional role-playing video game (i.e. there are no character classes or inventory management).
The player's character, The Bard, has magic and weaponry …
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Completely unlike the classic Bard's Tale games, this game is in a 3D environment with the player watching his only controllable character from an overhead vantage point, and it is better described as an action-adventure game than a traditional role-playing video game (i.e. there are no character classes or inventory management).
The player's character, The Bard, has magic and weaponry at his disposal to complete the task. The more the player accomplishes, the better his skills will become. The appearance and gameplay is much the same as the Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance series, which shares the same graphics engine.
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Details
- Developers
- inXile Entertainment
- Publishers
- Vivendi Universal Games, inXile Entertainment
- Genres
- Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Action, Comedy, Fantasy
- Franchises
- The Bard's Tale
- Series
- The Bard's Tale
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Oct 26, 2004 (Worldwide) PlayStation 2, Xbox
- Jun 17, 2005 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Dec 01, 2011 (Worldwide) iOS
- May 31, 2012 (Worldwide) Mac
- Sep 13, 2012 (Worldwide) BlackBerry OS
- Sep 20, 2012 (Worldwide) Android
- Oct 09, 2013 (Worldwide) Linux
Also available on
- The Bard's Tale: Remastered and Resnarkled (2017) · NSW, PC, PS4, VITA, XONE
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Rating distribution
5 stars
22
4 stars
45
3 stars
90
2 stars
29
1 star
5
Community All Reviews Statuses
Review MantaOrlando 2/5 · Mar 27, 2025
I accidentally bricked my progress.
Played it on PC. Be wary that you have to upgrade the ranged abilities, otherwise you'd be stuck on a certain boss partway into the game. I'm not going to start again due to a development oversight.
Status SpoiledPrince Mar 18, 2023
Only thing I liked about it was the witty dialogue and funny songs.
Review V1CGaming 3/5 · Feb 6, 2023
It shouldn't be passed up.
The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled is a rather delightful experience. The dialogue is hysterical, the characters memorable, the RPG mechanics solid as a rock and the combat decent. There are definite performance issues, and it is not as Remastered as it could have been, but when the core game has held up this well, does that really matter?
Status xXGothGamerBabeXx May 8, 2020
The Bard's Tale is a "comedy" game, in the most ham-fisted and forced way possible, like it is a comedy in the same way a newgrounds 1999 hentai game is porn, it reeks of the quality of writing from those sprite webcomics, like it was written in a college dorm in the early 2000s and it has that HALO culture …
Read moreThe Bard's Tale is a "comedy" game, in the most ham-fisted and forced way possible, like it is a comedy in the same way a newgrounds 1999 hentai game is porn, it reeks of the quality of writing from those sprite webcomics, like it was written in a college dorm in the early 2000s and it has that HALO culture stank to it, I don't know if it's the pacing (like the weird pauses between dialog exchange) or anything but these boob jokes and long musical sequences aren't doing it for me, after that it provides the enjoyment from the most dull beat em up-like gameplay, it is not diablo by any means. I don't know if i'll ever play such games by my own without a friend rifting on it. I will uninstall it for now and see if i will return to it later.
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Status MyChaos Apr 20, 2020
An adventure where the narrator and the protagonist interact in a very comical way in an adventure where the bard has to save the "princess" where over the 14 chapters the player will acquire several summons where he can make upgrades depend on how the protagonist interacts with the NPC in some cases, however there are some bugs in which …
Read moreAn adventure where the narrator and the protagonist interact in a very comical way in an adventure where the bard has to save the "princess" where over the 14 chapters the player will acquire several summons where he can make upgrades depend on how the protagonist interacts with the NPC in some cases, however there are some bugs in which it does not compromise the main quest of the game, but the player can expect some characters to pass through other characters in the cutscenes, but other than that I think it is a good experience.
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Status Untuvakana Feb 21, 2020
I started this one today and played about 3 hours now. Honestly this game has gotten old but it just hits the spot. I was born early 90s so these types of games includes the feeling of playing when I was a younger. It's a clunky, graphics are..something and everything feels a bit off while playing. But dispite of all …
Read moreI started this one today and played about 3 hours now. Honestly this game has gotten old but it just hits the spot. I was born early 90s so these types of games includes the feeling of playing when I was a younger. It's a clunky, graphics are..something and everything feels a bit off while playing. But dispite of all that I feel warm and cozy inside and I'm really enjoying my time.
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Status Cauliflower101 Apr 4, 2017
One, two, three, four, five... Hey! Beer, beer, beer, tiddley, beer, beer, beer.
