Speaking of audio, The Bard’s Tale doesn’t skimp on anything in this department. This, along with the excellent audio, makes The Bard’s Tale one of the top games for getting the player into the spirit of the game. All in all, the game looks superb and there are no major flaws. The game also paints a more accurate view of villages, where the peasants live in relative squalor. From this perspective, the environments are made of the same number of polygons and still look detailed. Bar patrons and environments look good during sequences, and villages are historically accurate, stylistically.Īll parts of the game – aside from story and dialogue sequences – are viewed from a three-quarters isometric view. The Bard himself is well animated and looks much like one would think a rogue of his standing should: Dreadlocked, unwashed hair, an unkempt tunic and trousers, and plenty of bags. Individual characters look good when zoomed in The Bard’s Tale uses this to great effect early in the game to show the Innkeeper, from whom the Bard takes his initial quest. Using the graphics engine developed by Snowblind, The Bard’s Tale is one of the better-looking games in its genre. However, that does not mean The Bard’s Tale is without merit, it’s simply not the top game on the market. InXile’s work with Snowblind’s engine seems to be minimal, however, as the less recent release of Sony Online Entertainment’s Champions of Norrath has a seemingly more developed engine. Fortunately, The Bard’s Tale makes use of Snowblind’s Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance engine for combat and graphics. However, as humorous as The Bard’s Tale is, no game can survive on humor alone.

It’s possible to count, on one hand, the games for these consoles that are genuinely humorous the entire way through the game. The Bard’s Tale is easily one of the most unique games for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles.

The bards tale being mean to dog