The Bard's Tale

Description

A self-proclaimed "quest for coin and cleavage", The Bard's Tale is more of a whimsical take on role playing games than a remake of the classic series. Following the exploits of The Bard (voiced by Cary Elwes), this single player game adds humor to the traditional sword & sorcery mix. As The Bard, players can fight off hordes of foes with blade and bow and summon companions through magical Bard Songs. The Bard's Tale uses the Dark Alliance engine and has a similar camera and control scheme.

Alternate Titles

• "新冰城傳奇" -- Chinese title (traditional)
• "冰城传奇" -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "Похождения Барда" -- Russian title
• "The Bard's Tale: Song of the Bard" -- Working title
• "The Bard's Tale: Opowiesci Barda" -- Polish title
• "The Bard's Tale (2004)" -- Common title
• "Bingcheng Zhuanqi" -- Chinese title

Part of the Following Groups

• Bard's Tale series
• Games with hidden/unlockable full games

Merchant Title Platform Price   The Bard's Tale Windows $3.89   The Bards Tale Xbox $2.17   Bards Tale PlayStation 2 $4.66   The Bard's Tale     Please select your country: United States Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Other Worldwide Not an American user?

User Reviews

To hell with traditions! Long live humor!	Xbox	Unicorn B. Lynx (60141)
Playing a "music man" is pretty darned refreshing, not to mention hilarious!	Windows	Jeanne (58316)
There's a difference between pointing out clichés and avoiding them all together.	PlayStation 2	Terrence Bosky (5237)
Right Script and Acting, Wrong Game	PlayStation 2	Indra Depari of 'da Clan Depari (13163)

The Press Says

IGN	PlayStation 2	Oct 21, 2004	8.2 out of 10	82
PC Gamer	Windows	Sep 01, 2005	81 out of 100	81
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Xbox	Jul 07, 2005	8 out of 10	80
GameSpy	Xbox	Oct 26, 2004		80
Worth Playing	PlayStation 2	Nov 13, 2004	8 out of 10	80
Worth Playing	Windows	Aug 15, 2005	79 out of 100	79
PC Action	Windows	Jul 18, 2005	77 out of 100	77
JeuxVideoPC.com	Windows	Aug 08, 2005	12 out of 20	60
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Xbox	May 05, 2005	6 out of 10	60
GameSpot	Windows	Jun 11, 2005	5.7 out of 10	57

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Trivia

Even though it would seem obvious that the European release would have, as a bonus, the first three Bard's Tale games as the US one did, it does not have them.