Buy it if you like
- Gameplay: 104 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Combat: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 2k player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise42% are divided8% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
104 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The Bards Tale took things a step up and was another one of those early firsts that provided some extremely long and serious hours of gameplay value.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
-Enhanced graphics, obviously it looks a lot better than a game from the 1980s.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The plot logically flowed from one location to the next, and you definitely felt your party growing much stronger as the adventure neared its conclusion.
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game also is made a bit more convenient by new features, like a party inventory instead of individual ones, charges for certain items instead of a percentage change of them disappearing, etc.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This remastered trilogy version adds additional quality-of-life features so that it doesn't play noticeably worse than new DRPGs, while still retaining the classic brutal difficulty.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Giving the player control of the soundtrack is a neat feature and I liked it a lot.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Gameplay104 reviews
Graphics68 reviews
Story36 reviews
Interface25 reviews
Difficulty19 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters100% still recommend
Controls80% still recommend
Steam Deck100% still recommend
Crashes67% still recommend
Accessibility100% still recommend
Players complain
Combat84% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
- Partial Controller Support
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Trading Cards
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
Valve device support
Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Prices have been lower
$14.99
The lowest we've tracked is $3.74.
4 points recordedtoday · $14.99
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