The Bard's Tale
inXile Entertainment Developer
inXile Entertainment Publisher
2009-12-11 Release
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
Mostly Positive
(905 reviews)
The Game includes VR Support
Public Linux Depots:- The Bard's Tale Linux [3.36 G]
The Bard's Tale Remastered Resnarkled now live on Steam!Hi everyone, as part of our 15th Anniversary Celebration, we're updating The Bard's Tale with a new Remastered and Resnarkled Edition. This will be the new standard edition of the game. For those of you who already own The Bard's Tale, no worries! Your version will be updated automatically for free!
The Bard's Tale Remastered & Resnarkled features the following updates:
- Updated splash screen and app icon.
- Runs at highest desktop resolution by default without bringing up the Graphics settings app.
- Graphics settings app updated to no longer incorporate legacy language settings. Instead, the Steam specified language is used which is the preferred method.
- Full Steam overlay support (Shift + Tab).
- Steam achievements & trading cards.
- Additional language support for Italian.
- 64 bit OS’s no longer crash at startup.
[ 2017-10-26 14:50:28 CET ] [ Original post ] The Bard's Tale Remastered & Resnarkled now live on Steam!Hi everyone, as part of our 15th Anniversary Celebration, we're updating The Bard's Tale with a new Remastered and Resnarkled Edition. This will be the new standard edition of the game. For those of you who already own The Bard's Tale, no worries! Your version will be updated automatically for free!
The Bard's Tale Remastered & Resnarkled features the following updates:
- Updated splash screen and app icon.
- Runs at highest desktop resolution by default without bringing up the Graphics settings app.
- Graphics settings app updated to no longer incorporate legacy language settings. Instead, the Steam specified language is used which is the preferred method.
- Full Steam overlay support (Shift + Tab).
- Steam achievements & trading cards.
- Additional language support for Italian.
- 64 bit OSs no longer crash at startup.
[ 2017-10-26 14:39:28 CET ] [ Original post ] The Bard's Tale IV In-Engine VideoGreetings Exiles,
We finally put the finishing touches on the video for The Bards Tale IV In-Engine Video. The biggest question we get is how we plan to bring the genre forward, and this video should answer the question!
For the full gameplay video and Kickstarter update text, check here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/the-bards-tale-iv/posts/1253232
[ 2015-06-04 14:18:58 CET ] [ Original post ] The Bard's Tale IV In-Engine VideoGreetings Exiles,
We finally put the finishing touches on the video for The Bard’s Tale IV In-Engine Video. The biggest question we get is how we plan to bring the genre forward, and this video should answer the question!
For the full gameplay video and Kickstarter update text, check here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/the-bards-tale-iv/posts/1253232
[ 2015-06-04 14:18:58 CET ] [ Original post ] The Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter launched!Greetings Exiles,
It's been a long time. Released 30 years ago, Tales of the Unknown: The Bard's Tale was released to glowing reception and quickly became a defining role-playing game of the 80s, inspiring countless games and putting Interplay and Brian Fargo on the map. But it's been many years since we had a follow-up to the series. In 2004, Brian and inXile released The Bard's Tale, a console-oriented spin-off that was well received, but even then the team knew it wasn't necessarily a true follow-up to the classic games.
Now, the same team that brought you Wasteland 2 in 2014 invites you to lend your support once again for The Bard's Tale IV. As a sequel to the original trilogy by Interplay and Brian Fargo, The Bard's Tale IV will revitalize the dungeon crawling and CRPG genres with gorgeous visuals, Gaelic music, and fast-paced dynamic phase-based combat... not to mention all the twisting, mind-bending dungeons you can handle.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/the-bards-tale-iv
The game won't be possible without the backing of our amazing and generous community. On the 30th anniversary of Tales of the Unknown: The Bard's Tale, help us return back to Skara Brae and bring back the dungeon crawl! These kinds of games would not exist under a traditional publishing model, and we need your support to make them a reality. Please lend your aid and back The Bard's Tale IV on Kickstarter today.
Thank you,
inXile Entertainment
[ 2015-06-02 13:17:14 CET ] [ Original post ] The Bard's Tale IV Kickstarter launched!Greetings Exiles,
It's been a long time. Released 30 years ago, Tales of the Unknown: The Bard's Tale was released to glowing reception and quickly became a defining role-playing game of the 80s, inspiring countless games and putting Interplay and Brian Fargo on the map. But it's been many years since we had a follow-up to the series. In 2004, Brian and inXile released The Bard's Tale, a console-oriented spin-off that was well received, but even then the team knew it wasn't necessarily a true follow-up to the classic games.
Now, the same team that brought you Wasteland 2 in 2014 invites you to lend your support once again for The Bard's Tale IV. As a sequel to the original trilogy by Interplay and Brian Fargo, The Bard's Tale IV will revitalize the dungeon crawling and CRPG genres with gorgeous visuals, Gaelic music, and fast-paced dynamic phase-based combat... not to mention all the twisting, mind-bending dungeons you can handle.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/the-bards-tale-iv
The game won't be possible without the backing of our amazing and generous community. On the 30th anniversary of Tales of the Unknown: The Bard's Tale, help us return back to Skara Brae and bring back the dungeon crawl! These kinds of games would not exist under a traditional publishing model, and we need your support to make them a reality. Please lend your aid and back The Bard's Tale IV on Kickstarter today.
Thank you,
inXile Entertainment
[ 2015-06-02 13:17:14 CET ] [ Original post ] InXile 10 Yr Anniversary Sale - Bard's Tale + Choplifter HD, 75% Off!
To celebrate their 10 year anniversary InXile Entertainment is offering 75 % off Bard's Tale and Choplifter HD!*
They also updated Bard's Tale today to include Episodes 1, 2, and 3!
New update includes:
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 NPCs
- 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
- Classics Games—includes original classic games The Bards Tale 1, 2 & 3.
* offer ends Monday October 22nd at 10 AM Pacific Time.
[ 2012-10-16 02:38:00 CET ] [ Original post ] Now includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3!
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
- Classics Games—includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3.
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- Processor: Pentium 4 2Ghz / AMD AthlonXP 2400Memory: 512Mb
- Memory: 512Mb
- Graphics: GeForce FX5700 or better / ATI Radeon 9600 or betterOpenGL: 2.0 compatible video card and compatible driversHard Drive: 3.8GB of free spaceSound: OpenAL compatible sound card and necessary drivers
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