Bard's Tale The Bard's Tale IV Pre-Release Thread [RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Cyberarmy]

That banner hint at a first-person game...

...in Unity.

What can go wrong.

(Forgets about MMXL)

 

[Volrath]

IGN reacts to the announcement:

The other posts are all about Fallout 4 as well, since the headline called Fargo a "Fallout creator". Bodes well, doesn't it.

Remember Wasteland's 2 kickstarter video? Oh the irony

 

[Vault Dweller]

IGN reacts to the announcement:

The other posts are all about Fallout 4 as well, since the headline called Fargo a "Fallout creator". Bodes well, doesn't it.

I HAVE TROUBLE IMAGINING IT AS A TURNBASED GAME!!!



Also:

This says you're gonna get raped. Hard.

This says it's a console hack-n-slash with tits and ass.

This says it's gonna be FUN GAME IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!!!

 

[Infinitron]

Vault Dweller, you seem a bit excited.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

All depends on what he will promise in the kickstarter, though

Man, did you even play WL2? Even if he wasn't saying he can realize his true Bard's Tale vision now because of Hearthstone you should be put off it.

 

[catfood]

It's going to also be a tablet game isn't it?

 

[JarlFrank]

Man, did you even play WL2? Even if he wasn't saying he can realize his true Bard's Tale vision now because of Hearthstone you should be put off it.

I liked Wasteland 2, it was a solid game.

 

[Bubbles]

Most first impressions by loyal fans:

Might not be too late to change the setting to post-apoc.

 

[octavius]

So any comments from Burger Becky or Michael Cranford?

That banner hint at a first-person game...

...in Unity.

To me it looks like a Facebook game banner.
But then most game artwork look like Facebook game artwork to me these days...

 

[Luka-boy]

This says you're gonna get raped. Hard.

It also evokes imagery of getting drunk as hell with your friends while trying to solve a crosswords puzzle.

Either way, fun times.

 

[imweasel]

Most first impressions by loyal fans:

Might not be too late to change the setting to post-apoc.

Bard's Tale IV can only be really good if it is a Fallout 3 clone with a big budget after all.

 

[Bubbles]

In related news, the tablet version of The Bard's Tale appears to be a massive sales hit. 50k reviews, 4.6/5 average.

 

[Infinitron]

In related news, the tablet version of The Bard's Tale appears to be a massive sales hit. 50k reviews, 4.6/5 average.

No joke. That game funded a huge portion of Wasteland 2's budget.

 

[Bubbles]

The few people who are excited about a BT sequel on IGN and Neogaf also appear to be talking about the remake - very funny, hope the beer song comes back, hope they won't drop tablet support, great hack and slash, that sort of thing. Makes you wonder why Fargo chose to continue with the old series instead.

edit: this is what I mean:

 

[Athelas]

Decline funding Incline.

 

[Snorkack]

Its not like the originals were that good to begin with.

 

[VonVentrue]

I wouldn't be so apt to jump to conclusions based on that "Heartstone" bit just yet, as unfortunate as Fargo's choice of words (or examples of his overarching design goals) might have been. He's a businessman first and foremost, fully aware of the fact your average mainstream journalist needs some kind of big name to latch onto the key principles behind the product being described. It's either that or you get little to no press coverage. Consonus esto lupis, si lupus esse cupis.

"A phase-based blobber" sounds good enough for me to get excited already, but the devil's in the detail.

 

[Kem0sabe]

The writing will make or break the game, more so than the mechanics, as those were already highly streamlined pop-a-mole in the last game.

Moderately excited about it.

 

[octavius]

Its not like the originals were that good to begin with.

They were good.
They are not so good anymore.

 

[a Goat]

I wouldn't be so apt to jump to conclusions based on that "Heartstone" bit just yet, as unfortunate as Fargo's choice of words (or examples of his overarching design goals) might have been. He's a businessman first and foremost, fully aware of the fact your average mainstream journalist needs some kind of big name to latch onto the key principles behind the product being described. It's either that or you get little to no press coverage. Consonus esto lupis, si lupus esse cupis.

"A phase-based blobber" sounds good enough for me to get excited already, but the devil's in the detail.

I think he meant this.
Which imo. doesn't make much difference in blobbers(from turn-based system) but whatever.

 

[Dorateen]

Finally, an inXile project I can get behind!

(If underneath all the modernization marketing buzz speech there is a solid party-based dungeon crawl.)

 

[toro]

Finally, an inXile project I can get behind!

Finally, an inXile project I don't give a fuck about!

 

[Zombra]

Well - Fargo is definitely good at telling me (at least some of) what I want to hear. Phase-based combat is unheard of since Wizardry 8, isn't it? So that's at least a strong basting of incline. Whether the rest will be decline of course remains to be seen.

Sadly BT is a franchise I don't especially care about, so I'm unlikely to spend hundreds of hours on the forum adding my input like I did with a certain other game I turned out happy with

 

[Dorateen]

Phase-based combat is unheard of since Wizardry 8, isn't it? So that's at least a strong basting of incline.

Elminage Gothic uses phased-based combat.

 

[LESS T_T]

Rebecca Heineman: @BrianFargo When do I start?

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