

The first decision is whether to be nice or snarky to the barmaid in The Drunken Rat. Some choices, such as being snarky to the dog at the beginning of the game, have game-lasting consequences. The game uses a "snarky or nice" system of dialog that allows the player to change the outcome of many situations by deciding how they want to respond. The appearance and gameplay is much the same as the Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance series, which shares the same graphics engine.

The more the player accomplishes, the better his skills will become. The player's character, The Bard, has magic and weaponry at his disposal to complete the task. there are no character classes or inventory management). GameplayĬompletely unlike the classic Bard's Tale games, this game is in a 3D environment with the player watching his only controllable character from an overhead vantage point, and it is better described as an action-adventure game than a traditional role-playing video game (i.e. In June 2013, the game was also ported to Ouya with full controller support. The Blackberry Playbook version was released in September 2012. A universal iOS version was released in December 2011 for iPhone and iPad along with the Android version.

The game was re-released on Steam in December 2009. It was released for Microsoft Windows in June 2005. The Bard's Tale was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in October 2004. It is neither a remake nor a sequel to Interplay Productions' Tales of the Unknown, Volume I: The Bard's Tale (1985). Vivendi marketed the game as a humorous spoof of fantasy role-playing video games. The Bard's Tale is an action role-playing game developed by inXile Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games in 2004.
