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The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut – Launch Date Announcement - August 27 + Gamepass
- Thread starter Theorry
- Start date
Great that we've finally got a date. Really looking forward to jumping back into this with all the improvements.
EDIT: Info for those who already own it -
PC Digital Standard Edition - $34.99
PC Deluxe Edition - $49.99
Digital Xbox One and PlayStation 4 - $39.99
For those of you who have expressed interest in physical Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions, they'll be arriving just one week later on September 6 in a limited Day One Edition. For those of you who wanted a physical copy of the game, but didn't back at that level during the Kickstarter, this is your shot.
Retail Day One Edition Xbox One and PlayStation 4 - $39.99
EDIT: Info for those who already own it -
PC Digital Standard Edition - $34.99
- The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
- Digital Code Wheel
- Digital Guidebook
- Digital Manual
- In-game items:
- Fire Horn
PC Deluxe Edition - $49.99
- The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
- The Bard's Tale Trilogy
- Hi-res Map
- Hi-res Wallpaper
- Digital Code Wheel
- Digital Guidebook
- Digital Manual
- Digital Novellas
- Digital Art Book
- Digital Songbook
- Digital Soundtrack
- In-game items:
- Fire Horn
- Kael's Axe Puzzle Weapon
- Red Boots
- Bardic Brian Skin and Booty
Digital Xbox One and PlayStation 4 - $39.99
- The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
- In-game items:
- Fire Horn
For those of you who have expressed interest in physical Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions, they'll be arriving just one week later on September 6 in a limited Day One Edition. For those of you who wanted a physical copy of the game, but didn't back at that level during the Kickstarter, this is your shot.
Retail Day One Edition Xbox One and PlayStation 4 - $39.99
- The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
- Physical map
- In-game items:
- Fire Horn
- Kael's Axe Puzzle Weapon
- Red Boots
- Bardic Brian Skin and Booty
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Awesome,this will replace Operencia for me,stuck in that game that I loved because of a stupid floor trap...hope there is none of this nonsense in this one.
I was skimming the trailer so I may have missed it, is there an actual explanation of the improvements/additions to this version vs. what I already played on Steam?
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No the one in the next region...the flloor tiles open and close very fast and there is a lot of them...I think I read that there"s boots that slow time that would be pretty helpful for that but I dont have them yet and cant find them.If you fall to the lower floor,you lose a bit of health each time and have to go back up to try again...I just gave up.
Perfect, thanks! That sounds like a lot of amazing updates and new features.
Great stuff, I've been holding off picking this up for the console port so I'll definitely be there for that Day One Edition.
Oh, those are actually a couple levels past Deva in
Deep in the Copper Forest,
the underground section, at the end of the right path
It stands alone, but you'll get a lot of the references and jokes if you've played the old games.
I love the aesthetics of this game, the celtic music and western fantasy but not generic and rather vibrant and tactical turn based combat with dungeon crawling. Most excited I've been in a western fantasy RPG in a long time, to be honest.
I can not go there yet...the place I am talking about is Balvanylos or something like that...I tried again until everyone died,got to the second safefloor tile that does not open but could not reach the next one to clear that part,hopefully with a save/rest place nor far after.
So how is the game nowadays? I heard good things about the post-launch support.
I'm interested in getting the vanilla version now so I can get the free upgrade. But I won't start playing until August, gotta wait for that controller support.
I'm interested in getting the vanilla version now so I can get the free upgrade. But I won't start playing until August, gotta wait for that controller support.
Loved the original, put it on hold when I saw this was coming. It was unfairly smashed in reviews. Really fun, really atmospheric.
This just showed up in my games library list on Steam as "Coming Soon". I've never seen something appear in there so early before.
I played through the original after the last big update and outside of the amazing music and puzzles most of the game was subpar.
Just as an example, in the first area a couple of npcs give you a quest. Didn't hear another word about it till near the end of the game when I had quest accomplished pop up after a seemingly random battle with no other explanation of what had happened other than a blurb in the quest log. I felt that was indicative of the overall quality of the game at that point. Rushed, rough, oddly balanced and barely complete.
Really hoping they fixed these thing with the dc. Particularly the game balance. The combat being overly easy paired with an overabundance of enemy encounters towards the end of the game was what finally got me to stop playing.
Just as an example, in the first area a couple of npcs give you a quest. Didn't hear another word about it till near the end of the game when I had quest accomplished pop up after a seemingly random battle with no other explanation of what had happened other than a blurb in the quest log. I felt that was indicative of the overall quality of the game at that point. Rushed, rough, oddly balanced and barely complete.
Really hoping they fixed these thing with the dc. Particularly the game balance. The combat being overly easy paired with an overabundance of enemy encounters towards the end of the game was what finally got me to stop playing.
How are these games? I've only ever played the one with Cary Elwes and Tony Jay, but really enjoyed that one.
You can't do the collapsing floor in Balvanyos the first time you're there, you can return once you gain the required ability (boots).
Steam: "This game will unlock in approximately 11 hours"
(Honestly, I think that The Trilogy might be a better package overall.)
(Honestly, I think that The Trilogy might be a better package overall.)
