The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

After 6 hours, the game failed to keep my attention. Every character can only bring 4 abilities in combat, which severely reduces tactical options. There aren't that many skills to work with either, and most of them weren't interesting and often simply doing damage in different ways. People online said it gets better, but also that there are quite a lot of puzzles ahead which isn't exactly making me give bards tale another chance, especially since combat doesn't seem it will get better.

did not like battle mechanics

While some aspects of the design is not how I would have done things, I enjoyed the game and played it intensely for over 100 hours. Here are the positive and negative points ... [h3]Positive[/h3] * The storytelling and graphics manage to create a rich world, that feels alive, even though the original trilogy did not seem very rich or immersive to me when I played it (twice, once as a teen and once again recently). They created a unique story, but truly building upon the original game. * The combat is always challenging and you can perform very well if you use your skills and gear in a cunning way. I played it on Heroic (hard) and it felt rewarding. You very slowly become more powerful: it takes time, but it adds to the feeling of accomplishment when you win fights with practically taking no damage. Each class has different builds possible and so there are many tactics to choose from. - The combat design, on a strict 4x4 grid, is not my preference, but it works fine. * The music, the bard songs, the humor (kept immersive). There is a good amount of voice acting. You can tell there is a lot of passion/love invested in the game. * The puzzles are intuitive or accessibl…

Retro-vibe with modern accoutrements. What's not to like?

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