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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. 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).

  3. Re:Bard's Tale by lanroth · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My friend (not me, honest) teleported up and down levels over and over again to kill the 396 berserkers and get the experience points. He spent weeks doing this until even his magic users had >9999 hit points!

    Here's another one tho... did you ever say "burger" in the temple in the square in the town?
    The priest said something like "That's the most offensive word utterable, DIE!".
    You were faced with 396 nasty creatures, and if you killed them you were faced with 396 even more nasty creatures. I never managed to kill the second lot, all my characters got turned to stone :(