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Brand: VU Games EAN: 0020626721608 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Item Dimensions: Label: Vivendi Universal Manufacturer: Vivendi Universal MPN: 72160 Number Of Items: 1 Platform: Xbox Publisher: Vivendi Universal Release Date: October 19, 2004 Studio: Vivendi Universal Features:
Accessories: Editorial Review: Product Description: A truly non-linear game, the player chooses the Bard's responses towards other characters he encounters with either 'snarky' or 'nice' dialogue. Each choice changes the course of events in the game. The action takes place in medieval times in a land based on the Orkney Islands off the coast of Scotland the inspiration for many of the classic fantasy stories. 2003 InXile Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. The name of the title will be The Bard's Tale worldwide (while the Average Rating:
 Rating: - It sure sucks to be the chosen one.It sure sucks to be the chosen one. The Bard's Tale for Xbox and PS2 is a new title in a very old gaming franchise. Before talking about the game directly, let me tell you a brief bit about the history of its genre. Once upon a time (80's, 90's), you could've roughly split up computer and console role-playing games (RPGs) into two groups: Japanese RPGS and American RPGS. Japanese RPGs tended to focus strongly on a plot. The game mechanics were just a mechanism to move ... Read More Rating:  - I want my money back!This has got to be the saddest RPG I have purchased in recent memory. Is this game honestly supposed to compete with Elder Scrolls 3 and 4, Dungeon Siege, Diablo 2, etc etc etc. Look elsewhere for your RPG's, guys. This game is sad. The drawbacks are almost too numerous to mention. You have to be a bard. You can only have one character in your party. You can summon a few monsters but most of them you don't find until the very last tower. Once you beat the game you cannot replay your character. ... Read More Rating:  - Like a fish I was hooked start to finish.I bought the game because a friend of mine recommended it. I am glad I drank the punch. I was not expecting such an entertaining humorous game and this was a real treat. The Bard has great wit and the help you can summon for battles was a nice touch. The story line and humor kept me looking forward to playing every night until I finished the game. I never took it out of my XBOX until I finished. This game reeks of character and in the end it is what I love about it. The best $20 I spent on a game in ... Read More Rating:  - Rent this oneFor those of you (like myself) who played the old school Bard's Tale: Thief of Fate and it's sequels, this game is completely unlike the originals. Gone are the seemingly unending dungeon crawls, the parties of six cusomizeable, leveleable, equipable adventurers. The intricate mazes filled with darkness, traps and hordes of (sometimes enormous groups) monsters. This, although much modernized game, is completely different. It is viewed in 3rd person, real time, extremely limited in size (compaired ... Read More Rating: - An absurd amount of fun!I am totally loving this game. I'm not your typical video-game player--I'm a 28 year old woman, a wife, and a mother, with a professional career. I don't have a lot of time to play video games, which explains why I'm just now getting around to playing this--and I received it as a Christmas gift. But this game is such fun! It occurred to me, as my little Bard character was walking around, about to shoot some crows, followed by his little dog and the crone he'd summoned ("covered in sores and tattoos" no less!) ... Read More |
