The Bard's Tale: Remastered and Resnarkled. You are the Bard: a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Through magical song you summon characters to join your quest for coin and cleavage! Prepare to immerse yourself in over 20-30 hours of adventure: featuring. The Bard's Tale is a kind of reboot of the original Bard's Tale series of my youth. It's not actually tied directly to any of the 3 original Bard's Tale games. InXile, which has been at the heart of some other cool projects like Wasteland 2, is also working on a true sequel called Bard's Tale IV. Our band of intrepid heroes have reached Level 5 and can handle themselves in most situations.Underneath the Cellar of The Scarlet Bard are the Skara Brae Se. Our town of Skara Brae doth slowly wither under the cursed sorcery of Mangar, spawn of demons. Many hath challenged his power, only to encounter their doom. One man didst nearly succeed. Lord Garrick, the viscount of our sister city Hamelon, became imprisoned here through Mangar's evil spell of winter. ★☆★If you liked the video please remember to leave a Like & Comment!★☆★↓↓↓Subscribe to EightBitHDPlus+ to get all the new gameplay videos and walkthroughs!↓↓.
Are you ready to take on the challenge and free Skara Brae from the evil Mangar, but aren’t quite sure what the make up of your party should be? Read on for a few tips on party builds in the Bard’s Tale I remake.
As you experiment with different character and party builds, you will find a couple of things. Firstly, adventuring with no spellcasters is hard. Rogues can’t spot and disarm dungeon traps like a Trap Zap spell can, and the Bard is similarly helpful throughout the game.
Default
The default part of six adventurers the game provides you is actually perfectly serviceable. There are better options for sure but this group is quite capable of getting all the way through the game.
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If you’ve looked over the default party and want to do things better, then read on.
Six or Seven?
The first question to answer is whether you want to have six or seven adventurers in the party. The advantage of six is being able to use wandering monsters or creature summoned from spells or figurines in your party.
Also, it’s worth remembering that experience from fights is divided equally among party members. So six adventurers will each receive slightly more xp from the same fight than they would in a party of seven.
The advantage of seven is this allows you to go up to three spellcasters, adding significant power to the party.
The simplest way to go to seven is to just add a third spellcaster to your default party.
Party mix
Variety is the spice of life, and so it’s good to mix your character classes too. You certainly want one of each spellcaster type to maximise your spell variety. Taking the varied melee options lets you use the class-specific items you might come across in the game.
Two parties – the first four, and the last three
In the Bard’s Tale, the first four members of your party can attack and be attacked in melee combat. Members in slots 5-7 cannot attack or be attacked in melee.
Functionally this means you want to look at the first four slots for party members who can fight and defend well, and the last three slots for characters with powerful ranged abilities.
Two recommendations
Party 1
Warrior, Paladin, Bard, Monk
Conjurer, Magician, Magician
This party gives you a good mix of combat characters to use class-specific items and grants good magical powers with three spellcasters at the back.
Party 2
Bard, Hunter, Warrior, Paladin
Magician, Conjuror
This party goes down to six characters by losing the second Magician and swaps out the Monk for a Hunter. Another way to look at this option is as the starting party with the Rogue replaced by a Hunter. Unlike the first group, this party can make use of wandering or summoned monster allies.
Either of these two parties will get you through the game without trouble.
Party games
If you’ve beaten the game and want to try something silly and a bit different, here’s a few options:
A Bard and his Rogues
Try a party of six Rogues and a Bard (or five Rogues, a Magician and a Bard). Early Rogues drop like flies but can be healed of any injury (including death!) for free at the Thief Temple, conveniently located near the starter dungeon in Skara Brae. I’ve not taken this party past Baron Harkyn’s castle, so don’t blame me if they can’t actually beat Mangar.
Bring only what you summon
This party variant starts with just Magicians and Conjurors. As they die (and they will die) they will be replaced by summoned creatures. The few who level up and survive can form a three-strong party to take on any dungeon in the game, if they have the right allies.
Monk-y magic
In this party simply take 4 Monks and three spellcasters. Once they get to high enough rank the Monks will lay waste to all at melee range while the spellcasters take care of everything else. Who needs a Bard anyway?
Parting thoughts
Comment below to tell us the oddest build you ever tried to make work in the original trilogy, and how it went.
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Let me tell you the story of a bard. Or, The Bard, I suppose. Brought back to life on Android and iOS systems, The Bard’s Tale is a parody-filled action RPG with an emphasis on humour and music. It’s an enjoyable, often hilarious, adventure, but not suited at all to the smaller screens of mobile devices.
The Bard, as the game’s hero is known, is not your traditional role-playing protagonist. He couldn’t care less about the fate of the world or the ethics of the virtuous. Instead, he’s driven by two desires: woman and money. After a slow start, the story kicks off a few hours into the game when The Bard is recruited by a bizarre cult to rescue an attractive princess named Caleigh.
The tale is slow to progress, and I found that it lagged on multiple occasions. Fortunately, the humorous writing helps to keep things interesting. Infrequent (and fourth-wall breaking) narration from a man who dislikes The Bard is consistently funny. Fantasy parody jokes pad out the entire quest, keeping an otherwise potentially dark story generally light in tone. There are a number of songs during dialogue, too, which are fully voiced by an appropriately dopey-sounding cast.
Music is a prominent part of both story and gameplay. At certain points in the game, The Bard acquires improved musical instruments that allow him to summon an increasing number of allies in battle. These range from tank-like warriors and skilled archers to spiders that shoot lightning and fragile healers. If any of these friends fall in battle they can simply be re-summoned. There’s a good number of summoning songs to learn, and different combinations allow for interesting tactical changes.
Aside from his music, The Bard has a range of weapons at his disposal. These include swords and bows, among others. Upon levelling up, The Bard gains new stat points plus a new feat that grants a special skill such as improved critical hits or one that makes your canine companion useful in combat. There’s an excellent variety of customisation, and combat can be approached in a number of ways as a result. It’s a pity the HUD icons are so small that tapping the correct one can be tricky.
Unfortunately, the controls hinder the otherwise involving action-focused combat. I found it difficult to keep my thumb on the virtual D-Pad, and slipping off it would sometimes bring The Bard to an awkward halt. Combined with the small screen of my phone, it made navigating certain areas more difficult than it should have been. On a larger phone or tablet, this should be less of an issue.
Across the game, The Bard visits a number of different areas, from forests to snowy mountains, all connected via a world map complete with enemy encounters. But the game’s greatest problem is a lack of direction: there’s too many areas. About halfway through the game my interested started to peter out and was never really rekindled. The Bard’s Tale doesn’t fail in any category, but it doesn’t excel in too many either.
The graphics are solid for a mobile game, and look much the same as the game’s original release on Xbox and PlayStation 2 back in 2004. Character models are detailed, and backgrounds look good, if a little rough compared to more modern titles. There are some optional higher-resolution textures you can download and install if your device can handle it, though, which is an appreciated addition.
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If you’re a fan of 90s-style western RPGs and love a good parody-filled adventure, then The Bard’s Tale is likely to be a game you’d enjoy. It’s not the most original, and isn’t always riveting, but its good humour continues to shine through. Just make sure you have a device with a decent-sized screen.