The Bard's Tale Review
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Compared to other action RPGs of this type, the equipment selection and system also seems very stripped-down. On acquiring a new piece of armor or weapon that's better than your existing one, the old one is automatically sold and its successor is equipped for you. The sense of struggling to afford that latest, greatest Sword of Extreme Pointiness +7 -- often a strong motivator in RPGs -- is largely absent.