Completely unlike the classic Bard’s Tale games, this game is in a 3D environment with the player watching his only controllable character from an overhead vantage point, and it is better described as an action-adventure game than a traditional role-playing video game (i.e. there are no character classes or inventory management).
The player’s character, The Bard, has magic and weaponry at his disposal to complete the task. The more the player accomplishes, the better his skills will become. The appearance and gameplay is much the same as the Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance series, which shares the same graphics engine.
The player’s character, The Bard, has magic and weaponry at his disposal to complete the task. The more the player accomplishes, the better his skills will become. The appearance and gameplay is much the same as the Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance series, which shares the same graphics engine.
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:
The Bard’s Tale Key Features:
1, 50 enemy types (not counting bosses!)
2, A vast world to explore with towns, wild forests, rivers, castles, towers, secret dungeons, snowy mountains, caverns, haunted tombs and more
3, A full cast of bizarre NPC’s
4, Over a dozen special boss enemies to defeat
5, 16 magical characters to discover and then summon at will to aid you
6, Over 150 unique items of weaponry, armor, instruments, tokens, artifacts and loot!
7, More Song & Dance numbers than any other game, including a zombie dance-off!
8, 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
9, Classics Games—includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3.
The plot involves "a sardonic and opportunistic musician and adventurer, driven by carnal rather than noble pursuits. The Bard, who is never identified by a specific name nor addressed by anything other than "The Bard," is not interested in saving the world; his humble motivations are strictly "coin and cleavage." His quest is narrated by a mocking, biased man (played by Tony Jay) who cannot stand him.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Pentium III or Athlon equivalent | Pentium 4 or Athlon XP |
| CPU SPEED | 800 MHz | 2.0 Ghz |
| VRAM | 32 MB | 128 MB |
| RAM | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| OS | Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP (NT & 95 not supported) | Windows XP |
| Graphics Card | 32 MB 3D DirectX 9 compatible video card (NVIDIA GeForce2+ /ATI Radeon 7500+) | 128 MB DirectX 9 3D compatible video card (NVIDIA GeForce FX+ /ATI Radeon 9800) |
| Direct X | 9.0b | 9.0b |
| SOUND CARD | Yes | Yes |
| HDD Space | 1.6 GB | 1.6 GB |
| CD-ROM | 12X speed CD-ROM or DVD-ROM | 12X speed CD-ROM or DVD-ROM |
| Game Analysis | An Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU is required at a minimum to run The Bard's Tale. The minimum memory requirement for The Bard's Tale is 512 MB of RAM installed in your computer. In terms of game file size, you will need at least 6 GB of free disk space available. The cheapest graphics card you can play it on is an NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT. The Bard's Tale will run on PC system with Windows 7 and upwards. Additionally it has Mac and Linux versions. | |
| Minimum System Requirements | ||
| OS | OS X 10.6.0 or higher | |
| HDD Space | 3.6GB Hard disk space |
| Minimum System Requirements | ||
| CPU | Pentium 4 2Ghz / AMD AthlonXP 2400 | |
| RAM | 512Mb | |
| OS | X11 enabled Linux distro | |
| Graphics Card | GeForce FX5700 or better / ATI Radeon 9600 or better | |
| Direct X | 2.0 | |
| SOUND CARD | OpenAL compatible sound card and necessary drivers | |
| HDD Space | 3.8GB of free space |
