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Let Me Get a Few Things Off My Chest…
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 07/19/2021
“Bard’s Tale Trilogy” (“BTT”) is a remastered compilation of ancient cRPGs released in 2018. The games in question are “The Bard’s Tale: Tales of the Unknown” from 1985, “The Bard’s Tale 2: The Destiny Knight” from 1988, and “The Bard’s Tale 3: Thief of Fate” from 1990. My full impressions of each individual game can be found by following the respective links to the discrete reviews. However, there are a handful of overarching things I’d like to cover that affect the trilogy as a whole.
“BTT” is the result of Brian Fargo, who was the head of InterPlay – the first great Western PC game developer – re-acquiring the rights to the IP from Electronic Arts, which got ‘The Bard’s Tale’ during InterPlay’s self-destruction firesale, yet never did …
