Platforms: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple iPhone OS
Categories: Games
Upload date: 22 Jun 13
Developer: inXile Entertainment
License: Commercial
Price: 4.99 $
Downloads: 57
The Bard's Tale - They said it couldn’t be done… a full-scale massive 3D epic role-playing game on iOS! See why it’s the BIGGEST iOS game ever made!
You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Through magical song you summon characters to join you in battle-waging attacks, heal your party, and taking damage on your behalf. Ready your weapon as you embark on a quest for coin and cleavage!
Play The Bard’s Tale today on your favorite compatible iOS device. Prepare to immerse yourself in over 20-30 hours of adventure, featuring:
• 50 enemy types (not counting bosses!)
• A vast world to explore with towns, wild forests, rivers, castles, towers, secret dungeons, snowy mountains, caverns, haunted tombs and more
• A full cast of bizarre NPC’s
• Over a dozen special boss enemies to defeat
• 16 magical characters to discover and then summon at will to aid you
• Over 150 unique items of weaponry, armor, instruments, tokens, artifacts and loot!
• More Song & Dance numbers than any other game, including a zombie dance-off!
• Over 14 hours of outstanding voice-acting from top Hollywood talent, including Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) as the Bard, and the inimitable Tony Jay as the Narrator
But wait! That’s not all! Enjoy these great new additions in the iOS version:
New Features:
• Leaderboards—for accumulated Silver and Experience!
• Achievements—over 50 spread throughout the game!
• Time-Savers—optional in-app purchases are available to pump up your Bard and save you time! (Note: All such items are attainable through normal game-play, with time and persistence, just as in the original console release.)
• Custom-redesigned user-interface for touch control
Adaptive Rendering:
The Bard’s Tale takes full advantage of your hardware to create the best possible experience--including HD resolution and 60Hz video refresh on capable devices (HD on iPhone 4S and iPad 2, with 60Hz display refresh with in-game “Battery Savings” option turned off). iOS adaptation by Square One Games.
• iPad2: 1024x768 + 3D Effects: environment mapping, dynamic water surfaces, smooth skinning, full shadow cast.
• iPhone4S: 960x640 + 3D Effects: environment mapping, dynamic water surfaces, smooth skinning, full shadow cast.
• iPad: 512x384
• iPhone: 480x320
• iPod Touch: 480x320
Don’t wait to enjoy this modern, tongue-in-cheek interpretation of the original Bard's Tale (the 1985 grandfather of all role-playing games) by its original producer, Brian Fargo. Here is more of what makes it great:
• Advanced Attitude system: Your snarky or nice decisions change the course of the game—be crass or show some class. Your attitude will affect the events that unfold and create a personalized experience.
• Bustling environments, alive with interactive townsfolk, birds, animals, rustling trees, waving grass and trickling water, that immerse the player deep into the Bard's world.
• Based on the fables of the Orkney Islands off the coast of Scotland—the inspiration for the classic fantasy worlds. Enjoy the rich textures, music and sounds of these storied lands.
Play The Bard’s Tale today!
What's New in This Release:
· Adds language support for Italian!
· BladePad gamepad support
What's New in 1.7:
· Adds support for Korean, Russian and Polish language.
What's New in 1.6.2:
· Corrects audio stuttering bug.
What's New in 1.6.2:
· Updated for compatibility with iOS 6.
· Displays full screen on iPhone 5 and iPod Touch 5th generation.
What's New in 1.6:
New Features: Classic Game Updates:
· Now includes The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate (with in-game download)
· Classic games 1 & 2 can share characters.
· Compatible with 60beat controller! Play with same controls as original console version!
· Recovery of progress when app is force-closed.
· Tokens can now extend the Bard stats beyond the previous limit of 20.
· Widescreen display supported on iPhone and iPod.
Fixes:
· Fixed crash on exiting Frozen Tomb.
· Improved iCloud saved game synching.
What's New in 1.5:
New Features:
· Now includes classic 80's game The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight (with in-game download)
· In-game browser for maps and manual
· Confirmation dialog when exiting
· Bluetooth/Docking keyboard support
· Reduced run-time memory requirement
Fixes:
· New iPad compatibility and Retina Display support (1536x1152)
· Fix app freezing or restarting when moving to background on iOS 5.1
· Fixed small memory leak for improved long play-session stability
· Classic games 1 & 2: '?' key now shows your location
What's New in 1.4:
New Features:
· Includes the original classic game The Bard's Tale I: Tales of the Unknown!
· Earn free gold through TapJoy offers! Spend gold on in-app-purchases, or buy in-game silver at ten per gold!
· New in-app-purchases for weapons, armor, instruments and Trow maps! (All items are attainable through game-play, eventually, if you are persistent)
Fixes:
· Fix to prevent audio/cut-scene skipping on iOS 4.x.
· Skip-button replaces screen-touch in cut-scenes to avoid accidental skips
· Dialog in shops can be skipped
· On loading a saved game, health is restored to a minimum of 50% to avoid dying on load.
· Auto-saves disabled during cut-scenes to prevent issues with Hatcher in Stromness and with the Fire Elemental in the Frozen Tomb.
· Additional minor fixes
What's New in 1.3:
Bug Fixes:
· iCloud saved games now work for pre-existing saved games.
· iCloud saves games now sorted by time-stamp.
· Black-Screen issue resolved.
· Dialog will no longer skip on its own (which affected 4.x iOS users).
· The game will no longer auto-save if you are dying or have very low health (requires manual input to save in this case), and on loading a saved game with 0 or very low health will restore to 10 points of health.
· Saved games during wandering-monster encounters on World Map can now be loaded.
· The achievement for defeating the Bugbear of Houton is now awarded correctly.
· Hatcher should no longer go inactive preventing access to Firbolg Mines.
Other Support-Related Enhancements:
· Added dialog for the Gifting Button to have a chance to cancel before going to iTunes Store. Silver reward discontinued at direction of Apple review staff.
· Support-button now goes to custom support page for The Bard's Tale (to include manual pages and information on known issues in addition to general support form).
· You can now (with instructions from Support staff) send us saved-games for analysis, and Customer Support can now correct problems with Hot-Mod Codes.
· Support staff can now redress loss of in-app-purchases from earlier bugs.
What's New in 1.2:
· Autosave Option.
· iCloud Saved Games Option.
· Reward of 50k silver for gifting the game.
· Main Menu link-buttons: Get Support, Twitter follow. Bug Fixes:
· German Audio Pack protected from deletion.
· Saves triggered by in-app purchase while in a Wold Map encounter will now load correctly.
· In-game audio will now play for some players that were missing audio.
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Supported operating systems:
Apple iOS 10.x (iPad), Apple iOS 10.x (iPhone), Apple iOS 11.x (iPad), Apple iOS 12.x (iPad), Apple iOS 12.x (iPhone), Apple iOS 4.0.x (iPhone), Apple iOS 4.0.x (iPod Touch), Apple iOS 4.2.x (iPad), Apple iOS 4.2.x (iPhone), Apple iOS 4.2.x (iPod Touch), Apple iOS 4.3.x (iPad), Apple iOS 4.3.x (iPhone), Apple iOS 4.3.x (iPod Touch), Apple iOS 5.0 (iPad), Apple iOS 5.0 (iPhone), Apple iOS 5.0 (iPod Touch), Apple iOS 6.0 (iPad), Apple iOS 6.0 (iPhone), Apple iOS 6.0 (iPod Touch), Apple iOS 7.0 (iPad), Apple iOS 7.0 (iPhone), Apple iOS 7.0 (iPod Touch), Apple iOS 8.x (iPad), Apple iOS 8.x (iPhone), Apple iOS 8.x (iPod Touch), Apple iOS 9.x (iPad), Apple iOS 9.x (iPhone), Apple iOS 9.x (iPod Touch)
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