In Volumes II and III however, you can transfer the party over, and can tailor what exactly is transferred, providing they have completed the main story of the previous volume. Night-time enemies are a lot tougher than their daytime counterparts. But even with the difficulty turned down, the first few hours of the game are still tricky as you wander through the streets as a low-level party.Īnother feature to be wary of is the day/night cycle. It also doubles the XP required to level up, only allowing saving at the guild hall or camp as opposed to everywhere, and disables items in empty houses, so that only random encounters will occur in them now. Legacy Mode removes the automapping feature on the overview map – original players were expected to draw the map on grid paper much like a tabletop game.
#THE BARDS TALE TRILOGY GUIDE FULL#
It isn’t all bad news for newcomers though the game difficulty has been toned down on the default option, but there is also a Legacy Mode option for the full experience.
#THE BARDS TALE TRILOGY GUIDE MANUAL#
Originally this hint was published in the game manual – though not in the manual for the Commodore 64 version – so for a newcomer to this game, there was no way for me to know this beforehand. I am not afraid to admit that I resorted to finding this out on the internet.
For example, to access the first dungeon in Volume I, the player needs to seek out the only tavern in the town that sells wine, and then ask for a glass of it. Whilst they all feature near identical combat, the locations in the later two make them a better overall experience.Īnother thing that may put people off is the lack of guidance in regards to where to go next. The second and third games expand beyond the perimeter walls of Skara Brae and feel a lot more fleshed out, in particular the second one. There is an overview map to help guide you around the town which comes in very handy because otherwise the streets all look very similar, even with the large amount of work that has gone into this remaster. It must be said that the first volume is easily the weakest one: this has you wandering around a town searching out dungeons to then escape from, before confronting the final boss. But bards can only sing a certain number of songs, tied to their overall level in order to be able to sing again, they need to visit the local tavern and revitalise their throat through the power of alcohol. Bards can choose to sing a song both in and out of combat, and it is highly recommended to have a song’s effects on at all times. It may seem trivial for RPGs nowadays but this was a novel idea back in the day. It puts the emphasis on having a bard in the party – as highlighted in the game title – as these use songs to buff your party and debuff the enemies. The final game in the trilogy has you returning to Skara Brae to defeat the Mad God Tarjan, Mangar the Dark’s true master.įor its time though, there were a lot of innovative features in The Bard’s Tale. In the second game, you and your team are contacted by the wizard Saradon to help in their town which is under the control of evil Archmage, Lagoth Zanta, who has stolen the Destiny Wand. The first game in the trilogy has you band together a group of seven adventurers – up from six in the original release to be more in-line with the trilogy – as the only possible people in the town of Skara Brae capable of taking down the evil wizard, Mangar the Dark. If you have ever played a tabletop-RPG then it will be instantly visible what these games’ inspirations were. It is the oldest of old-school RPGs, and even with this complete remastering, you can see the early machinations of RPGs within videogames. Be prepared to grind for many, many hours.Ĭoming as a trilogy and not available separately, The Bard’s Tale is split into three games: Tales of the Unknown, The Destiny Knight and Thief of Fate. Grinding isn’t a bad thing – many gamers enjoy spending a few hours levelling up characters – this only heeds as a warning for those interested in playing The Bard’s Tale. The three games in The Bard’s Tale Trilogy all do this.
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