Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JUNE 2025?

On Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:24:46 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:38:36 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Technically, the 2004 inXile game would be better described as reboot,
as it utilized nothing of the original game other than its name.
Although even that is dubious, as inXile didn't own any of the rights
to the original, so it's more of a "completely different CRPG that
just happens to share the same title".

Sorry for the confusion. I am referring to the 2018 remaster\remake of
the original three games. It is called "Bard's Tale Trilogy
Remastered". I was not referring to the 2004 Bard's Tale game. I
forgot about that one completely.

Oh, THAT one. I was totally unaware that inXile was responsible for
that remaster too. I guess they got the rights to the original series
in the end after all. ;-)

Yeah, that was a good remaster, although my final opinion on it was
pretty much the same as it was with "System Shock 2"; it wasn't really
worth the price. Although they greatly improved the visuals (and the
sound, thank god!) the old-school gameplay --nothing to do but kill,
kill, kill, and those fuckin' spinner traps!-- did nothing to add
value to the final product.

Still, I concluded that -like the SS2 remaster- the 2018 "Bards Tale
Trilogy" remaster was the definitive version to play if you were going
to return to those old games. Nonetheless, I felt that it was a game
made mostly for fans of the originals... but those fans likely already
owned the 1980 games, which made the $30USD price tag harder to
swallow. But at least you could SEE the visual differences between the
two versions of Bards Tale.

(Well, at least my opinion on remasters has remained consistent over
the past seven years ;-)