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The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch • 2009

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Quick resume

You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Now includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3!

Global score

75/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)

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    Pros

    • Humorous and witty dialogue
    • Engaging voice acting
    • Multiple endings and replay value
    • Simple and accessible combat
    • Includes original bard's tale trilogy

    Cons

    • Repetitive combat and enemy variety
    • Dated graphics and controls
    • Some bugs and performance issues
    • Grindy progression at times
    • Limited character customization

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Many players report replaying the game multiple times, mastering strategies and enjoying the story, indicating habitual engagement."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily for fun, nostalgia, and humor without obligation or pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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    • Growth

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      "Players level up, improve skills, and acquire new abilities, supporting personal development."

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires active player attention and interaction; not a background or idle game."

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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      "Players lead summoned creatures in combat and manage their actions."

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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      "Enjoyable voice acting, music, and humorous narration provide sensory pleasure."

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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      "Players find good value in game’s humor, content, and replayability, especially at discounted prices."

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Strategy.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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