This game just makes me happy.
Easily one of my favorite childhood games, I adored the Bard's Tale as a kid and young teen. And now as an adult I still adore it. From the parodying it does of RPGs and Fantasy altogther is great while still being a good RPG on it's own. The summoning system, the bard's character and voice acting as well as all the musical parts still hold up very well. Sure the graphics are dated, and there are obviously better RPGs but this is still a treat to play if you can stand a little bit of wonky controls and dated graphics.
If you're a fan of CRPGs you will probably love this, not because it itself is a great CRPG, no, it's a decent ARPG, but the story and world and events all parody the tropes of say Baldur's Gate and other classic fantasy and it is so fun, the voice acting too, ahhh, the voice acting, Tony Jay and Cary Elwes are just amazing, and all the side characters too are just perfect in their roles and hilarious in their line delivery.
The Bard's Tale's story, characters, music, and fourth wall breaking are still a treat to play and watch, and you should get it. It's a happy game for me and it could be for you too!
Easily one of my favorite childhood games, I adored the Bard's Tale as a kid and young teen. And now as an adult I still adore it. From the parodying it does of RPGs and Fantasy altogther is great while still being a good RPG on it's own. The summoning system, the bard's character and voice acting as well as all the musical parts still hold up very well. Sure the graphics are dated, and there are obviously better RPGs but this is still a treat to play if you can stand a little bit of wonky controls and dated graphics.
If you're a fan of CRPGs you will probably love this, not because it itself is a great CRPG, no, it's a decent ARPG, but the story and world and events all parody the tropes of say Baldur's Gate and other classic fantasy and it is so fun, the voice acting too, ahhh, the voice acting, Tony Jay and Cary Elwes are just amazing, and all the side characters too are just perfect in their roles and hilarious in their line delivery.
The Bard's Tale's story, characters, music, and fourth wall breaking are still a treat to play and watch, and you should get it. It's a happy game for me and it could be for you too!