![]() ![]() ![]() All Men Are Perverts: How did Caleigh get the bard to go on the quest when lures of money and power weren't enough? She offered sex.Berating her for the huge rat in the basement actually gets the Bard some nookie. All Girls Want Bad Boys: In the Starter Inn, being nice to the Innkeeper would get you nothing.Affectionate Parody: While on one hand the game features some nice celtic settings, it doesn't take itself seriously at all.Following the Bard felling the fiend, he hears himself reluctantly responding in a similar syntax. Added Alliterative Appeal: Fnarf loves letting loose with preponderously peppered phrases.On the way to complete his quest, the not so valiant anti-hero will have to overcome the truly terrifying challenges of three monstrous guardians, break-dancing corpses, spontaneously melodious goblins and a giant, fire-breathing rat. As a result of this, the Bard finds himself being attacked by an assortment of fanatics from a Druid-like cult, sent to dispatch him by a being called Fionnaoch. The Bard, after getting burned by and subsequently slaying a giant, fire-breathing rat, ends up being recruited by an old man to help free a princess named Caleigh. The game was developed by inXile Entertainment, who later developed The Bard's Tale IV, a true sequel to the original trilogy. To be fair though, this game was supposed to be a remake of the original game, but inXile Entertainment didn't have the rights to the original game as Electronic Arts held the rights to the series. Has nothing to do with the games of The Bard's Tale Trilogy (the first game being titled The Bard's Tale ), although it does have a few shout outs to it (and some editions include the earlier games as an extra). Then have his quest narrated by a mocking, biased man who cannot stand him. The Bard (who is never identified by a specific name) is not interested in saving the world, his humble motivations being strictly "coin and cleavage". ![]() Take your standard Heroic Fantasy, except replace that hero with an Anti-Hero Jerkass, "a sardonic and opportunistic musician and adventurer, driven by carnal rather than noble pursuits". ![]()
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