The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep

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About the Game Hidden in the shadows, an evil has waited patiently. Until now.

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681 reviews
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Developer:
inXile Entertainment
Engine:
Unreal Engine 4
Release date:
18 September 2018
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Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mixed (681)

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Description

About the Game


Hidden in the shadows, an evil has waited patiently. Until now. Who will face the darkness if not you? A heroic adventure featuring 40+ hours of gameplay, 350 speaking parts, a Legacy Mode for returning fans, and over 100 pieces of incredible music!

Customize How You Play

Define the way you play, using sliders on numerous options such as saving (including “save anywhere”), the mini-map, waypoint markers and many more. Whether you seek a hardcore challenge, a lighter experience, or something in-between, the choice is yours.

Create the Hero You Want To Be

Play as Bard, Fighter, Practitioner, and Rogue, each featuring 60-70 skills and collectively unlocking 21 unique classes. Build an array of characters to make every playthrough a unique experience.

Craft your Party, Your Way

Start your party with a single character, recruiting or creating new heroes to bolster your ranks. Build a party that suits your play style!

An Adventure Around Every Corner

Explore towns full of quest givers, fight your way through dark and deadly dungeons, and navigate beautiful rolling hills, dense forests, and icy wastes.

Outsmart Evil

Battle your enemies in dynamic, intuitive turn-based tactical combat,that rewards clever thinking. Use superior strategies, thoughtful positioning, and deadly combos to bring down your foes!

Unlock the Secrets of the Past

Unravel challenging mysteries. If your enemies don’t get you, the devious riddles and dangerous traps just might.

The Blade’s Tale

The sense of discovery and mystery doesn’t stop with the environment. Gain ancient Elven weapons containing secrets which you’ll need to uncover by carefully examining them.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (64 bit)
Processor:
Intel Core i5-2500K (4 * 3300) or equivalent
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (2048 MB) or Radeon HD 7970 (3072 MB)
Storage:
55 GB available space

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (64 bit)
Processor:
Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GTX 970/AMD 290 equivalent or greater
Storage:
55 GB available space

User reviews

Nakoliss
Recommended | 26 Apr 2020
20.3h played

I'm having fun! Good game!!! Things that annoy me: Loading time... Wow, I feel I am back in the 1980! :) Loading time between zones is taking forever. After an hour or so of playing the game, the game crashes!

Helpful: 0
jawtech
Recommended | 14 Aug 2020
91.0h played

I like how they have preserved the original spirit of the Bard's tale game. I played the original on the commodore 64 way back in the day. Turn based combat is well done. Skill trees very original.

Helpful: 0
Sigs
Not recommended | 01 Feb 2024
35.1h played

This director's cut had worse performance on launch than the base game, and was just a way to keep reviews from sinking too low, since the majority of the people hooked in by the kickstarter had already ditched the

Helpful: 3
corbo
Recommended | 15 Aug 2021
132h played

It takes a special kind of special to... - make an RPG with illegible fonts, so that you cannot know what you carry or what your skills do; - connect the GUI music to the SFX volume option instead of the music volume

Helpful: 3
saomdai
Recommended | 17 Feb 2021
437h played

It definitely is a change from the trilogy due tot he graphical interface. That being said it is a great game and very puzzle intense. It does follow the gist of all the Bard's Tales and can get you frustrated if you

Helpful: 2
Quenthalas
Recommended | 20 Feb 2021
58.7h played

A classic revived! I was excited to revisit Skara Brae, and while it was quite different, I was not disappointed. The combat was very different than what I was used to, but I did quite enjoy it. The puzzles and puzzle

Helpful: 0