The Bard's Tale IV Released On September 18th on PC
inXile Entertainment has announced that The Bard’s Tale IV will be releasing on September 18th on PC. The Bards Tale IV will feature mazes and dungeons filled with dangerous traps, puzzles, and challenges, as well as the winding streets of the city of Skara Brae and its surroundings. As the team noted, exploration will take place in the first-person crawler crawler style of the original trilogy.
With full rights to everything from the original game, the story of The Bard’s Tale IV will center on the new Skara Brae that builds on the ruins of returning familiar old game concepts such as No-Magic Zones and Magic Mouths. Leveraging the Unreal 4 engine, The Bard’s Tale IV will also represent a graphic leap forward in the genre, taking you in an incredibly detailed and lush world that you’ll want to map to its furthest reaches.
The Bard’s Tale IV Will Be Set In The Original Trilogy With Scottish Culture
The Bard’s Tale IV enriches the setting of the original trilogy with Scottish culture, including a soundtrack inspired by Gaelic music. inXile plans to use photogrammetry to create in-game 3D objects from architectural photos, shot right in Scotland. With such detailed assets, The Bard’s Tale IV will have complex interactions, allowing for detailed physical puzzles in the game world, or while checking your own items in your inventory to find hidden compartments, hooks, and more.
The Bard’s Tale IV will also update the classic gameplay from the original, featuring a combat system based on dynamic phases. Combat will take advantage of the complex decision-making opportunities of traditional phase-based combat, but with an ever-evolving and paced enemy strategy that keeps you on your toes.
