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The Bard's Tale IV

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The Bard's Tale IV

Sep 18, 2018

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2.92 average rating based on 25 ratings

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The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep takes players to an astonishing adventure packed with puzzle-filled dungeon-crawling and turn-based strategy combat. Blending classic RPG gameplay and fantasy storytelling with modern design and visuals, The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep is perfect for longtime fans and intrepid newcomers alike.
Release Dates
Sep 18, 2018 (Worldwide)
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 27, 2019 (Worldwide)
Xbox One
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User Stats
951
In Collection
47
Wish Listed
4
Playing
732
Backlogged
How Long Is The Bard's Tale IV?
Main story: 58.0 hours
Total completions: 2
V1CGaming
V1CGaming gave Feb 3, 2023
V1CGaming gave Feb 3, 2023
Pretty solid.
This review is for the Xbox One version

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is an engine and content update to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrow's Deep released in 2018, a first person Tactics RPG sequel to the original The Bard's Tale series. The Director's Cut of Barrow's Deep contains several hours of new story line, featured in an endgame chapter. The update to the Unreal Engine is visually stunning, and adds a bit of new depth to the games graphics. Many performance improvements and fixes are implemented to the game overall, creating a cleaner experience from exploration to combat.

The story continues to stay immersive and gripping, as the Bard's Tale series has always provided masterful narrative to its games various encounters. Character Creation now features more class and gender options for your main Hero, or you can always just play as Melody. Fight New Enemies, with new weapons, armor, and items, in a re-balanced collection of encounters across the game. Conquer new puzzles and collect the Dwarven Masterwork set to complete your collection. Interact with a newly refined UI system, with better features. So, dive back into the fourth installment of one of the most Iconic RPGs ever made with this definitive edition of Barrow's Deep, …

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The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is an engine and content update to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrow's Deep released in 2018, a first person Tactics RPG sequel to the original The Bard's Tale series. The Director's Cut of Barrow's Deep contains several hours of new story line, featured in an endgame chapter. The update to the Unreal Engine is visually stunning, and adds a bit of new depth to the games graphics. Many performance improvements and fixes are implemented to the game overall, creating a cleaner experience from exploration to combat.

The story continues to stay immersive and gripping, as the Bard's Tale series has always provided masterful narrative to its games various encounters. Character Creation now features more class and gender options for your main Hero, or you can always just play as Melody. Fight New Enemies, with new weapons, armor, and items, in a re-balanced collection of encounters across the game. Conquer new puzzles and collect the Dwarven Masterwork set to complete your collection. Interact with a newly refined UI system, with better features. So, dive back into the fourth installment of one of the most Iconic RPGs ever made with this definitive edition of Barrow's Deep, a must have for fans of the Bard's Tale series.

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Jasyla
Jasyla updated their status Oct 9, 2019
Jasyla updated their status Oct 9, 2019

Overall I quite liked this but it WAY overstayed its welcome. The last 3 main quests really dragged on and I wish it ended 10-15 hours sooner.