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Bard's Tale Sequel In Development?

Posted by simoniker on from the just-spoony dept.

Thanks to the forum regulars at Gaming Age for pointing out online reports that a company called inXile, headed by Interplay's ex-CEO Brian Fargo, has acquired the license to the classic RPG The Bard's Tale from Electronic Arts. No news on when the title is due, but this Bard's Tale page has further facts which seem to back up this hypothesis. Interestingly, Fargo was a designer on the original Bard's Tale, which was developed by Interplay back in 1987.

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  1. Here's A BT Clone Almost Done by JohnDeHope3 · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.bardslegacy.com/main.html

  2. Brought to you by the makers of by Njoyda+Sauce · · Score: 2, Informative

    Fargo also brought us Wasteland, IMHO one of the best RPGs to ever hit production Fallout was a series inspired by the greatness of Wasteland, but that fell short of a true WL2.

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  3. Correction by NetDanzr · · Score: 4, Informative
    The lead designer of Bard's Tale was Michael Cranford, not Brian Fargo. Fargo was credited only with level design. While still important, as a level designer, he didn't have to work on game rules, spells, the story, etc. In fact, he never designed games on his own, even though he helped with the design of Bard's Tale I and II and Wasteland, after which he became a game producer. I'd love to see him as a producer of the game again, while leaving the design to a seasoned designer.

    On a side note, Bard's Tale was so great because of the whole team; something that will be difficult to reproduce. In addition, to the genius of Michael Cranford, the team also included Lawrence Holland who later moved on to create Totally Games (X-Wing games, Star Trek: Bridge Commander), Joe Ybarra, the veteran game producer, and Bing Gordon (currently the CEO of Electronic Arts).

  4. Re:Bard's Tale by Gogo+Dodo · · Score: 2, Informative
    Ah, the memories...

    For those who don't know, "burger" is in reference to Burger Bill Heineman, now over at Contraband Entertainment. Everything he worked on had some type of burger reference.