The Bard's Tale: Remastered and Resnarkled

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  • Summary: You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Through magical song you summon characters to join your quest for coin and cleavage!

    Prepare to immerse yourself in over 20-30 hours of adventure, featuring: * 50 enemy types (not counting bosses!)    You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Through magical song you summon characters to join your quest for coin and cleavage!

    Prepare to immerse yourself in over 20-30 hours of adventure, featuring:

    * 50 enemy types (not counting bosses!)
    * A vast world to explore with towns, wild forests, rivers, castles, towers, secret dungeons, snowy mountains, caverns, haunted tombs and more
    * A full cast of bizarre NPC's
    * Over a dozen special boss enemies to defeat
    * 16 magical characters to discover and then summon at will to aid you
    * Over 150 unique items of weaponry, armor, instruments, tokens, artifacts and loot!
    * More Song & Dance numbers than any other game, including a zombie dance-off!
    * Over 14 hours of outstanding voice-acting from top Hollywood talent, including Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) as the Bard, and the inimitable Tony Jay as the Narrator    … Expand

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  1. TheXboxHub
    Jun 24, 2020
    90
    The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled on Xbox One 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?

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  1. Thejodjeremie
    Feb 6, 2021
    9
    I played the game through xbo game pass I really enjoyed it. It's a fun old school diablo type rpg with a weird but fun story.
  2. Xbox_Alive
    Jul 16, 2020
    8
    The Bards Tale ARPG is an Action Role-Playing Satire Game. Lets start of with it stars Cary Elwes as the snarky Bard, and Tony Jay as theThe Bards Tale ARPG is an Action Role-Playing Satire Game. Lets start of with it stars Cary Elwes as the snarky Bard, and Tony Jay as the equally smart witted Narrator. This game takes place in, but does not directly tie into the main story of the Classic A Bard's Tale games, nor does it contain any of the Iconic locations. The races you've come to know do inhabit this part of the world, and you will encounter them all. Based on Celtic legend and roughtly modeled after Ireland the area and story feel true to the series. You play as the Bard, a shifty, snarky, opportunistic freelancer who gets caught up in the actions of a cult promising him the hand of the beautiful Princess Caleigh. This takes the Bard through a wild adventure. You play top down with control over the cameraangle. You can swing meld or fire your bow, but the Bard's best trick is to summon creatures and companions by his side with a quick tune. These companions will do everything they can to keep the Bard alive. The dialogue is everywhere, every NPC and most enemies have something to say, and don't hesitate to speak their mind. All of the scripting is wonderful, and has a constant air of satire. My favorite characters aside the Bard are the shop keeps, who have a huge and fun script. Designed as a parody of the RPG genre up to the 2004 era The Bard's Tale ARPG is in Ira own right a great RPF and shouldn't be passed up!… Expand
  4. Broyax
    Sep 22, 2020
    0
    Il s’agit comme son nom l’ndique d’une vieille daube de 2004 qui a été remastérisée en 2017 sur PS4, puis en 2020 sur PC et Xbox One… toutIl s’agit comme son nom l’ndique d’une vieille daube de 2004 qui a été remastérisée en 2017 sur PS4, puis en 2020 sur PC et Xbox One… tout cela à l’insu de son plein gré, car je crois bien qu’elle ne voulait pas et qu’elle préférait rester dans les oubliettes des navets foireux et idiots ! l’image est plutôt présentable si on accepte de facto les graphismes « PS2 » de l’époque… en bien plus haute résolution certes mais ça reste… euh… sévèrement moche.

    Ce n’est pas le pire cependant, le pire concerne la bêtise omniprésente de ce jeu idiot qui se veut une satire des vieux jeux de rôle ou plutôt des mauvais jeux de rôle de jadis et parmi eux, les jeux de rôle particulièrement simplets, lourdingues et idiots, bien entendu à l’insu de leur plein gré, car ils ne savaient pas qu’ils étaient aussi… idiots, les pauvres.

    C’est donc une jouabilité très limitée et souvent stupide, des dialogues (en anglais) d’une caricature tout simplement ridicule et un ennui qui s’installe plus vite que le jeu ne met à se désinstaller ! bref, ça gave direct et on zappe ce machin aussi sec : la poubelle t’attend, misérable barde de mes deux !    … Expand