- Price$2.99
- CategoryGames
- SubgenreAction
- Versions3 archived
- Installable3 of 3
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- SellerinXile Entertainment
- Bundle IDcom.inxile.BardTale
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Sync your saved games between iOS and Mac! Includes classic games trilogy!
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!
“The Bard’s Tale is easily the funniest game I’ve ever played, and I’ve played all the funny games out there.” – IGN
You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Through magical song you summon characters to join your quest for coin and cleavage!
“Ready your weapon and bladder as you embark on this ridiculously addicting quest and the funniest adventure of the year, The Bard’s Tale” – Game Chronicles
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! • Autosave—option to save automatically when you near a save-book in game. • iCloud Saves—option to save to iCloud, enables sharing saves across your iOS devices. • 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.) • Classics Games—includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3. • Supports 60beat® GamePad.
Universal App with Adaptive Rendering: For a single low price, play on all your compatible* devices! The Bard’s Tale takes full advantage of your hardware to maximize your experience--including HD resolution and 60Hz video refresh on capable devices.** iOS adaptation by Square One Games.
“This game is satire in its sharpest form” – Cheat Code Central
Play The Bard’s Tale today!
* Compatible with iOS 4.0 and higher on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod Touch 3rd generation, iPod Touch 4th generation, iPad, and iPad2&3. ** HD on iPhone 4S/5, iPad2,Mini,3&4, iPod Touch 5G. Enhanced rendering includes: environment mapping, dynamic water surfaces, full shadow cast, and 60Hz display-refresh (with in-game “Battery Savings” option turned off).
Support: We are committed to improvement. Please send support requests through The Bard’s Tale Support link below.
IT IS HUGE! Please note: Installation over Wi-Fi can temporarily require as much as 3.4GB of free space on your device.
Bundle Size Over Time
Chart History
Ratings Over Time
sampled from 14 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 5, 2011 | — | — | 225 | $5.99 |
| January 11, 2012 | — | — | 853 | $4.99 |
| December 17, 2013 | — | — | 4,147 | $2.99 |
| October 28, 2015 | 1.8.1 | ★ 4.5 | 4,544 | $2.99 |
| January 4, 2018 | 1.8.6 | ★ 4.5 | 4,798 | $2.99 |
| July 26, 2018 | 1.8.6 | ★ 4.5 | 4,829 | $2.99 |
| October 30, 2018 | 1.8.6 | ★ 4.5 | 4,853 | $2.99 |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 15I’m having way too much fun here. Love it!
Loved the og games when I was a kid, so I figured why not have some fun…and I did, right up til the third game 1 and 2 worked great, but when I try to play 3 it went south real fast First and worst, it won’t let me bring my characters from 1&2 over, and I spent a lot of time building up a strong party Ok, I can get over that, the will still be fun, right? Wrong Second, it forces you to use keyboard mode only, no mouse or touch screen options Alright, annoying but doable if you want to put in the work, just have to get used to looking at an even smaller screen, thankfully the graphics are up to par…oh wait Third they used a really bad version for the final game, looks like a 1970s 4-bit console game Play the first 2 for fun if you want, just be prepared for a Soprano-esque ending
I purchased this game for nostalgia purposes to play the original I played as a kid. The Bard’s Tale 3 appears to get stuck once I put the character disk in and it asks me if I want to continue with my saved game. I have chosen both yes and no, and nothing happens. Maybe, I am doing something wrong. Can anybody help? I would hate to request my money back, but I could use help with this.
Fun and funny but only has one save spot so you can easily miss key matters and cannot go back to redo so that’s really frustrating!
I hate this game; even on easy mode it’s hard. I play to relax and enjoy. I don’t care about challenges. It’s very difficult to save the game and mobs will often times block you from doing anything. Spells take forever to cast. And you have to use the spells to summon guardians or buffs/heal very frequently. It’s very very annoying and frustrating. The movement button is very buggy and you stop very frequently and will die quite often.
How I’ve never heard of this game until now? I came across TBT looking for a legit mobile rpg and was pleasantly surprised to find this port. The writing, voice acting and music are top notch, and I’m loving the atmosphere. Also, thank you for including controller support! More games need to do this. I’m still early into the game, but I’m already hooked. Wonderful job, inXile!
Why dis happen? Waste of monees 😾🐒🦍🦧
Make another, just like it!
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.