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The Bard's Tale - The RPG Curb Your Enthusiasm?

Posted by simoniker on from the article-said-it-first dept.

Thanks to GameSpy for its preview of forthcoming action-RPG The Bard's Tale for PS2/PC, as the latest in the classic series, whose announcement was previously covered on Slashdot Games, promises an "irreverent tone" in a game that's claimed to be "...part Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, part Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and part Curb Your Enthusiasm." Elsewhere in the article, it's noted that this inXile Entertainment developed title is due out in Q4 2004, and features a main character in the form of "a jaded adventurer that has seen and done it all, but is somewhat the worse for wear from all of it", in a story that "pokes fun at numerous RPG clichés".

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  1. ugh by Naikrovek · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...part Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, part Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and part Curb Your Enthusiasm."

    Why can't anyone come up with something NEW?

    1. Re:ugh by Cosmik · · Score: 5, Funny

      But...but...but...no one has ever put those 3 games together before.

      As far as the investors are concerned, it is new.

      On the topic about the main character "having seen it and done it all", it reminds me of the Terry Pratchett character Cohen the Barbarian. No one can possibly be worse for wear from adventures than that old coot.

  2. There are lots of RPG Cliches by DarkFencer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I will not consider this game a True success until it covers at least 100 of the RPG Cliches!

    The 'every 14 year old is the chosen one' is a classic one though.

    Grand List of Console RPG Cliches

  3. What a terrible article... by Romothecus · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, you'll have a certain amount of choice in The Bard's Tale. However, your paths won't be those of good and evil, but rather...good and wiseass."

    So basically, good or good? What a fucking wonderful set of choices.

    "There are also some clever twists, like levels that use floating platforms"

    Holy shit, since when are FLOATING PLATFORMS a "clever twist?" I had my share of floating platforms after Super Mario 2.

    "As you discover new weapons, you won't have to wait to go back to town to trade them in. If it's worse than your current weapon then you'll automatically get its value in gold. If it's better than your weapon then your old one will be converted to gold and you'll wield your new arm."

    AWESOME, YOU DON'T EVEN GET TO CHOOSE WHAT WEAPONS YOU EQUIP? I love it when my "RPGs" get reduced to math exercises in max/min-ing, so it's even better if the game does it for me.