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Bard's Tale The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep - Director's Cut

Discussion in 'inXile Entertainment' started by Infinitron, Sep 18, 2018.

  1. Morkar illiterate

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    The game has a lot of similarities with RoA HD it seems... (Except with RoA HD there were only 2 guys working on it ofc with a budget of maybe 100K)
     
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  2. aweigh Arcane

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    You've made none.
     
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  3. JarlFrank I like Thief THIS much Patron

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    Steam review score: mixed with 48% reviews being positive.

    InXile, wtf are you doing?
     
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  4. IHaveHugeNick Arcane

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    It climbed up from 46. Great success.
     
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  5. Serus Arcane

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    Eventually, maybe, it might reach Grimoire levels (at ~61% last time I checked).
     
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  6. newtmonkey Arcane

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    Not drunk enough yet, instead I decided to try The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians from my Steam library and ended up playing it for 70 mins straight. Seems pretty good so far, Real time blobber without dance of death, though you can use the real time nature of the combat to flee from combat and draw enemies into traps. XD

    Got about 1/3rd that bottle left, so let's see if I wake tomorrow morning with some ugly broad in my bed—I mean, Bard's Tale IV purchased and sitting in my Steam library!
     
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  7. fantadomat Dumbfuck! Dumbfuck Edgy

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    :retarded::retarded::retarded:

    LoL the main quest is bugged and you can't progress "bones in the fog". I don't know what to say.... those people deserve what they get. Fargo up yours!
     
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  8. troupeg Educated

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    If you actually read the steam reviews most of the negative reviews are just people complaining aboout what the game ISN'T rather than what it actually is
     
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  9. newtmonkey Arcane

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  10. ProphetSword Arcane

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    That’s probably justified, given that it ISN’T a real Bard’s Tale game (beyond the superficial dressings anyway).
     
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  11. Xeon Augur

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    People who are familiar with The Bard's Tales series being disappointed? Bard's Tale is an old IP, don't think most people even know anything about it to have some expectation.
     
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  12. Grauken Prussian automaton Patron

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    Try the 7th Circle, if you want to play a turn-based roguelike single-char blobber with a good horror mood, it's more competent than BT4
     
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  13. BEvers I'm forever blowing

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    All the main quest cheevos after that point are still stuck at 0% on Steam, 72 hours after release. So yeah, looks like the main quest might be impossible to complete right now. No wonder so many reviewers still have "reviews in progress" :shittydog:
     
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  14. newtmonkey Arcane

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    Grauken
    WHAT
    This is the first I've heard of this, and it looks awesome. Thanks, will add it to my wishlist for later!
     
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  15. newtmonkey Arcane

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    No wonder none of the pro reviews have gone into any detail about the game...
     
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  16. Darth Roxor Prestigious Gentleman Wielder of the Huegpenis

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    i'm not touching it until it's patched

    no idea why some of you folks are still trying to push forward and setting yourself up for raeg
     
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  17. Grauken Prussian automaton Patron

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    mental illness is common among the denizen of the codex
     
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  18. aweigh Arcane

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    You have to be a depressive weirdo to enjoy RPGs. I mean, what do happy people play? That's right, Fortnite. Happy people don't fucking play Wasteland 2 or whatever the fuck, that's for sure!
     
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  19. Themadcow Savant

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    Bards Tale Remastered Trilogy: 232 reviews
    Bards Tale 4: 378 reviews

    There's probably a fair overlap there. Let's not forget that anyone in their 40's or older (a large part of the market) would have had BT and Wizardry as their formative RPG experiences. Not quite the only show in town at the time, but almost.
     
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  20. V_K Arcane

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    They're doing community service. How else would inXile know there are bugs? It's not like they have any money left for proper testing - elite hookers don't come cheap.
     
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  21. Themadcow Savant

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    I just googled "7th Circle" and the youtube results were not what I was expecting, but fun none the less.
     
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  22. fantadomat Dumbfuck! Dumbfuck Edgy

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    I am more interested in all those that apparently finished it,like ACG :lol::lol::lol:. What a lying cuck that one.

    Hunger for new rpgs and high tolerance for bugs and bad graphic :). The game is ok,even runs ok after the first few hours of horror. Still a patch will be welcomed.....since i can't finish it.
     
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  23. Morkar illiterate

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    Oh well, that means I should actually wait till at least the first path before actually playing it... :|
     
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  24. Grampy_Bone Arcane

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    You're the one intentionally misrepresenting all criticisms as a dislike of change.

    It's clear to many people that this game is severely dumbed-down and throws out many fundamental RPG concepts in favor of its battle system. The developers wanted something more strategic, and ended up with something severely restrictive, kludgey, and unintuitive.... but not much more fun. It's so baffling because there's no reason for this, these goals are not mutually exclusive; just look at Starcrawlers.

    They have the gall to slap a franchise label on the cover? This does not feel like a Bard's Tale game. This game was made by people who dislike Bard's Tale and think they know better. "Oh you want to create your party? Fuck you. You want to level grind to get stronger? That's so gauche, you prole. You want to have a bunch of classes? Fuck off. Oh you want to change classes? We're revoking your sale. You're not woke enough to play our game."

    Hell, the backers don't even seem to like it. Who did they even make this for?
     
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  25. Mortmal Arcane

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    Not played something so enterta
    Cause its a really good game under the countless glitches and bugs and we do enjoy gaming. Not played something so entertaining since long. Alas if my main quest is bugged like fantadomat i may have to stop too.
     
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