The Bard's Tale Trilogy

The Bard's Tale Trilogy

Steam Deck Playable

Krome Studios · RPG · Aug 14, 2018

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $3.74.

95%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 27 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

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
72% of themes are praise14% are divided14% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
More specifically, it aims to recreate them nearly exactly as they were, warts and all, only adding updated graphics and a handful of Quality-of-Life enhancements, so that people who grew up with those games can play them without having to mess with emulators or draw maps of the dungeons on graph paper.
75 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise 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.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Item progression was the ABSOLUTE best in this game, by far.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Although there is a small graphical interface, It's alot like reading a book in the way that with the information you receieve you formulate scene's and scenario's with your imagination while playing.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack of the game is related to the gameplay, it depends on what song your bard is playing and what instrument is being used at the moment.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Graphics75 reviews
Story and characters66 reviews
Gameplay35 reviews
Interface27 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty19 reviews
84%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat27 reviews
85%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 5 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.74.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
47
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.