Double, Double Spoils And Fumbles

HIGH Freezing a flock of sheep and launching them into
the abyss.
LOW Having all of my progress eliminated by glitches.
WTF Walls are people, too!
HIGH Freezing a flock of sheep and launching them into
the abyss.
LOW Having all of my progress eliminated by glitches.
WTF Walls are people, too!
Since I didn’t own a PC at the time, I completely missed out on the original Bard’s Tale entries. The last mainline entry hit the market in 1988 — that’s thirty years ago. That’s a hell of a long time for a franchise to lay dormant, but InXile have become known for resurrecting classic games and imbuing them with just enough of a modern twist. Now, following their successful Kickstarter campaign in 2015, that’s exactly what they’re aiming for with The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep.
HIGH The easy, nonsexual relationship between the two main characters.
LOW Why is everything so damned unpolished?
WTF The randomness of how the game saves progress is hair-pulling.
HIGH Setting up a combo attack with my partner that obliterates crowds of enemies.
LOW The Battle Charge + Enrage bug rendering Caddoc unable to attack until I reload.
WTF Deleting my clear file re-locks the unlockable content even though the Achievement shows I've already beaten the game?
Playing like a videogame version of The Princess Bride (going so far as to enlist the voice talents of Cary Elwes), The Bard's Tale skewers RPG conventions with gleeful abandon at every turn. Rather than feature a character who's a good guy from the start, players tackle the role of The Bard.
According to ESRB, this game contains: Blood, Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence
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