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

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".

Comments

Something not new?

[dacarr]

Something poking fun at RPGs? Would this then make it the Excel Saga of VRPGs?

Don't lose sight of it..

[tprime]

Don't lose sight of the fact that the company that is developing this game, inXile, was founded and is headed up by Bryan Fargo (or is it Faran Brygo) the same person who made the original Bard's Tale games. He is also responsible for Wasteland and the beginning of the Fallout universe. Yes, I know this is the same type of isometric ActionRPG game that has become tired lately, but because of his gaming track record and his uncompromising desire, (he quit his earlier company, Interplay, because he didn't like the direction it was going) I am willing to give him a chance.

However, if you are looking for a classic Bard's Tale game, check out "Devil Whiskey" (www.devilwhiskey.com)

A better preview at IGN

[Gulthek]

The New Bard's Tale

this is like those old pixel-hunting adventures ;)

[MarcoAtWork]

move your mouse on different parts of the characters and you'll hear some really funny lines, heh, also the poster in the background is pretty cool

http://www.inxile-entertainment.com/poster.html

major props to the designer and the voice actors!

Poking fun

[CelticWhisper]

So we have a game version of RPG World now? Good stuff.