The Bard's Tale Reviews
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For fans of the original PC and C-64 versions of The Bard's Tale, I would definitely recommend buying this title. I've told the story quite a few times already about how I played this as a kid and blah, blah, blah...
For others just checking out The Bard's Tale for the first time, I'd give it a rent first. You then have the choice to either beat it as a rental or get enough of an idea of what the game is about and if you like it, buy it. A purchase isn't a bad idea since you can play it little by little, which you can easily do with the way the different goals are set up. Whichever your poison, you will most likely enjoy The Bard's Tale and all of the Bard's conquests... both for fame and fortune, or for females.
The second is at Gamer's Hell with an overall score of 6.5/10:
There's a lot to be said for the simplification that The Bard's Tale presents maybe it's a conscious throwback to the days when graphics were blockier, sound was penned within the cages of MIDI, and you actually had to type in what you want to do. Unfortunately, it comes off as unfinished instead of cleverly scaled back, and even its own self-deprecating spoofs on the RPG genre can't save it from those detriments. With a league of series benchmarks behind it, this latest take on the Bard's Tale is the goofy cousin in a family of distinguished elders. Those who don't mind some muscle trimmed from their action RPGs may take to this most current Bard's Tale adventure, but it's mostly a lamentable devolvement of anything RPG or action-oriented.
And the third is at Just Adventure with an overall score of "C+":
If you're a real RPG junkie (which I freely admit I am), the fresh, irreverent, humorous tone of Bard's Tale may be entertaining enough for you to ignore the fact that it's sitting on top of a pretty mundane, flat game experience. If you aren't as seduced by the jokes, you'll probably be better off by playing any number of meatier RPG choices out there.
