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70 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

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  • Summary: One man on his own. A poet and a rogue, with no friends to speak of, no one to mourn his passing shouuld it come to that. Even those beside hime are no more boon companions than bondservants, summoned by sorcery and song, as cold and indifferent to him as the light of a wanderin' star. Is a Dragon terrorising the locals? He'll take care of it for the right price. Local princess held captiver? The Bard is your man as long as she's hot. Forget the quest to save the world, our hero is interested in just two things...Coin and Cleavage. The Bard's Tale is a new generation action-RPG with wicket humour and stunning graphics. [inXile Entertainment]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. Computer Games Online RO
    84
    If you're looking for a complex RPG, with lots of items, weapons, skills and intricate dialog options, you're looking in the wrong place. But if you a want a simple game, which will surely steal a smile or two of your face, then The Bard's Tale might be just what you're looking for.
  2. Jolt Online Gaming UK
    70
    Yes, it's funny, and it does crack a few good observations about the genre. However, by making the same mistakes that the games it's laughing at make, it shoots itself in the foot a bit.
  3. PC Format
    45
    A victim of its own sneers, this is the world's first self-parodying game. [July 2005, p.90]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 3 out of 10
  1. Jok`RdeMo
    10
    This game maybe brings nothing new, but it is SOOO FUN to play. Very, very good.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. Imachuemanch
    7
    It's a one shot game. You launch it, you laugh, you delete it. Doesn't mean it's bad. It was meant to be like that and God, it did it well. Humour makes this game what it is.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. DonnieBrasco
    4
    Awesome, hilarious absurd humor a'la Monty Python paired with subpar graphics, no RPG elements and "dumbed-down-to-ground" playflow make this a very mixed game. With a nice skills/char development and much more depth concerning gameplay this could have been a classic. Does the name "Anachronox" ring a bell? Not far....… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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