No joke, this may be the most funniest game of all time, and no argument it's the best perody game of all time. Low key it's also a legitmate great hack and slash too.
Fun fact. this game had the same engine as Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance. That is why its such a good hack and slash and a perfect game to player after dark alliance.
When I was a child I asked my mother for fable but I didn't know it wasn't on ps2. On Christmas she came home with the bards tale and like a typical kid I was mad. But then I popped this game in and had the greatest time of my entire gaming history. My brother's and step-dad were all in there watching every moment just to see what happened next. The best comedy musical rpg I've ever played
My brother in law played Bard's Tale (for the first time I think) a few years ago. And then a few months later just randomly started singing that in the car, which resulted in us belting it out in our best impressions of those drunk guys from the Rat. XD
I have a similar tale myself. I played this a ton and when i first found this song, little milly just had to listen to it a ton of times til i had perfectly memorized the entire song. I then later taught it to a friend of mine, whos name is actually in fact, Charlie, and he loved the cheese out of it for obvious reasons. We would sing it all the time xD Right along side Amish Paradise.
Ahhhh this game. Just turned 20. Moved across the country. Hadn’t spoken to my father in 2 years. Snagged the game in a bargain bin in the way to picking up my dad from the airport and we literally rekindled our relationship while taking turns playing this game together. Good Fucking times.
12:25 They were for sure going for a Men in Tights vibe with this game. They got Cary Elwes, who played Robin Hood in Men in Tights, to voice the main character.
I love how the buxom bar maid gives the hero a sword to fight with... now he's carrying a broad sword. Reminds me of the humor Al Lowe always wrote into his games.
I remember when exploring a dungeon there was a closed iron gate with enemies behind it, and the Bard asked them why they always put the opening lever IN FRONT of the door, not behind it, lol 2023 and nothing has changed.
I seem to remember him having a conversation with a guard about that very thing. Asking him why on earth the guy with the key is guarding the gate in front rather then simply waiting behind it. But it might be me misremembering it, since it's been years since I last played, and it was actually the lever instead he was commenting on.
My favorite is the Nucklavee song, where the bard takes part on the lute on stage. The lyrics revolve around how fierce and deadly the Nucklavee is, and how much of an asshole the one who "set him free" must be. The thing is; the bard set him free, his slow realization that the song is about him, as he's actually playing it along with them is priceless, and the lyrics themselves are probably the funniest of all the songs in the game (in my opinion). Ace game, played it on the PS2 back in the day, knowing nothing of the developer or the concept at all.
I love that song. I was always so confused to see a handful of songs in the song book, randomly placed around on the list, with a large list of undiscovered songs by the end of the game I was always like "wait.. . I only found like 6 of them, what are these other 20!?" Lol
And if we ever should find the fool We'll hang him upside down by his tool And spin him around until he gets sick Ooh! Aah! Oh, that should do the trick.
@@MitchManix Seriously better to know it's Wesley, and easy to wrap my mind around he's perfect and should be used for every game with a medieval fantasy setting, instead of immersion breaking Americans.
God I loved this game as a kid. It was so funny that I still quote it sometimes to this day. One of my favorite things about the physical copy of the game is at the bottom it says "For a really disturbing image... flip disc over." and when you do, you see your reflection on the back.
This game has a special place in my heart because of its humor. My favorite gag is the old man you meet in the beginning demanding an apology. If you are mean to him something hilarious happens later on.
Been awhile but when you're in a certain dungeon you enter a room where the old man is there and he still demands an apology this like hours into the game@@pharaohsmagician8329
I still love the first time you get an pinata's worth of treasure from a slain wolf and the Narrator and the Bard have a brief conversation about it. With the Narrator eventually saying "Well that's the last time that's happening, skipping over those parts" and basically screwing over the player with easy money grinding.
Man, i remember this game with joy, one of the best gaming moments i ever enjoy, and "the Bad luck to be you" is a song i do remember after all these years
There's an old action RPG from 1997 called Dink Smallwood that I think you should check out. Certainly in the running for goofiest RPG ever, it's had a cult following for 25 years and even got an HD remaster released a couple years back. Best of all, it's completely free to own. This video took me back in time to the glory days of PS2 RPGs. I still sing the beer song to this day, and every time I see Cary Elwes I think of the Bard. Thank you for covering this!
Mate your channel is so damn amazing. Love the way you make the documentary. Fun and exciting. Watching you do these videos about old games I used to play 15 years ago feels like a breath of fresh air.
Dialogue in Bards Tale is HILARIOUS!!! "My ferry will transport you into the future!"..."How far into the future?"..."Well, that depends"..."On what?"..."On how long it takes us to cross the river"
This is due a sequel. I really enjoyed playing through the first game. The banter between Cary Elwes(yes that Cary Elwes) as the bard and the late, great Tony Jay as the narrator was hilarious.
As far as goofy goes, I’d love you to look into Two World II. It’s actually a deceptively complex game, with the surface of a terrible trash tier fantasy fiction, but then you realise it has the most complex and rewarding spell crafting system of any game ever (this isn’t hyperbole) and fantastic quest writing with plot lines which rival the writing of the Witcher games.
I got the original XBox port of this game back when it originally released since I knew of the original Bard's Tale games (mostly from the first game on NES). At the time, I was living in a house of four other geeks like myself. What started as a fun little solo adventure with the occasional housemate onlooker turned into the most hilariously bonding game I'd ever played to completion: I always cranked up the volume whenever the Trows' "Bad Luck" song would come on, and all of the housemates would dash in from wherever they were so that we could all sing the chorus together (sometimes complete with the Trows' coordinated dancing) and laugh at the new verses. Everyone also had their own favorite songs, which we made sure to replay later through the game's gallery, but "Bad Luck" would always be the one to get us all together for a few silly moments. And yes, they were all present for the finale and the three endings.
I wish the amazing voice acting had been mentioned a bit more. Cary Elwes played the Bard! I thought for sure he'd mention it when he started talking about Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Tony Jay as the narrator was so incredibly good, too.
Dude this game was irreverent and the voice casting of bard was spot on. Cary elwes, Robin hood men in rights, princess bride was awesome. It was an homage to the old Monty python type comedy. Amazing
Some ideas for more goofy RPGs: - Omikron: The Nomad Soul - South Park: The Stick of Truth - Undertale - Overlord - Sacrifice - American McGee's Alice and the sequel, Alice: Madness Returns - Giants: Citizen Karubo (more of an RTS-RPG mix, I guess) - Saint's Row series
【Shades Finnish Pirates】12:07 I am a christian, so i think there is no chance and only free will. So when i heard this reversed phrase it felt like it was directly meant for me, thanks for uploading the video and turning the audio. I am saving money for final payment on a leeway purchase, i usually buy a lot of candy so i am trying to hold out and i have unknown eye disease caused by finn heritage & astaxanthin (finn's due to being most secluded ppl on the world get diseases other ppl do not) symptoms of the disase is that light & concentration make my right eye sore, i am fine still and i find "rotting vampire eyeballs" amusing :P
Where has this game been all my life this sounds like a blast to play! You find very few games that can pull this kind of humor off well. And you mid video call to action had me for a sec I thought the guy was actually saying that 😆. Hope, all that water works at home are getting sorted out stay safe and look forward to your next amazing video my friend! 😄
@@truthseeker6532 No, don't. Bards Tale 4 continues the classical Bards Tale trilogy and has nothing to do with THIS game. Bards Tale 4 is a classical RPG in DnD style made for real oldfags. It is NOT a deconstruction, NOT a parody, NOT goofy, NOT hilarious. In fact, it represents the very same stereotypes the Bards Tale 2004 was mocking! Though I would not claim Bards Tale 4 Directors Cut to be a terrible game, I was deeply disappointed with it. Don't spend time and money on it uless you are really into oldschool turn-based adventures from 80-s or 90-s.
@@oldy4080 The Bards Tale you talk about, was so childish, that the game maker got away from it for it did not sell and was immorally wrong. Something they realized they did not want to be known for. It was like using Sex to sell a product by. This is why they got away from. Bioware's remastered Mass Effect series, they removed certain Miranda butt scenes from the game, for they were using sex to sell their product and they realized, the wrong they did. *Same goes for Bards Tale that you speak of. Correction to childish ways, was corrected when they did Bard's Tale 4. The Bards Tale you speak of, is not to be honored but, detested.
@@truthseeker6532 Where does all this passive agression come from?) Chill, I didn't whant to offend anyone. Now to the point. People shouldn't argue about tastes - one people like one things, others like another. You can detest whateveryou see fit. Howerever, I must ask: have you even played Bard's Tale 2004? And where does all this information about bad sells, "immorally wrongness" and not wanting to be known for comes from? According to Wikipedia, for example, the game was mostly prasied for narration and humour while critisized for gameplay. And where on Earth did you find moral wrongness here? It doesn't teach to be a rascal, it doesn't teach that bad is good. On the contrary, the narrator (which means game itself) disapproves of the Bard when he acts like a jerk. Also, the Bard gets into more and more trouble with more and more dire cosequences. So he actually serves as an example of how people should NOT behave themselves. And what does "using sex to sell a product" even has to do with this game? Is it because it showed barmaid's cleavage a couple of times? Well, compared to all game's length it is literally nothing. Bard's Tale was not about sex. Just like Mass Effect 2 was not about Miranda's butt. And since when did black humour and mocking of the stereotypes become childish? This is called deconstruction, which is a whole different genre. Would you consider shows like The Boys childish? Or like the classical masterpiece Black Adder? Well, I personally consider childish following boring, annoying and long pestered cliches.
@@truthseeker6532 Though, the point of my original comment was acrually different. If you don't like BT 2004 and like BT 4 - don't play the former and play the latter. See what happened: Kaisers Game Bunker here wrote that they liked what was told about the BT 2004 and wanted to check it out. Then you recommended them to check out BT 4. Because of that, Kaisers Game Bunker may decide that BT 4 is like BT 2004 and buy it BACAUSE OF THAT. And then be disappointed just like me. So all I was trying to accomplish was to make sure people knew what exactly they would spend their money for.
A year late, and a dollar short - that’s me. Loved this game. Not because of the witty dialogue. Not because of Cary Ewles. But because it took me back to playing the game it was originally based on “The Bard’s Tale: Tales of the Unknown”, and its sequels, from the 1980s. I played those games a LOT on my Commodore 64, with my venerable 1541 disk drive (it was second hand when I bought it, back then). This was my first introduction to computer roleplaying games, having discovered D&D, and “The Fantasy Trip” a few years prior. These are not humorous, as the titular title, but an attempt to create a playable RPG on computer. And it was fantastic, considering the limitations of the technology back then. There were a handful of other CRPGs around back then, but this series was the best, and fuelled a lifelong passion for dungeon crawls. It spawned numerous clones, some of which did improve on the originals, such as “Captive” (by Tony Crowther, IIRC). I find it interesting that this style of game survives to this day, with Indy games such as “The Legend of Grimrock”. I also remember the frustration of physically mapping each level of the game - no auto mapping like we have today. The game manual* let you know that each level of a dungeon was XxX squares (20x20, or 40x40, or, something… I don’t remember - massive to me, though). So I would sit there, graph paper and pencil in hand, mapping everything out, noting where special things were, etc. And then came across teleport pads, and spinners, which really screwed me over… lol If anyone is interested in these old games, they actually come with the iOS version of “The Bard’s Tale” (2004j, and can also be purchased on Steam, remastered. They may be available elsewhere, and for other systems, but these are the ones I am aware of. Cheers, * *sigh* does anyone else remember game manuals, and sometimes novellas, which used to come with your games? Novellas to fire your imagination, and set the scene for you, and game manuals, which were basically tutorials, because there was not enough memory in older machines to hold a full game, and a playthrough… :)
dungeon of naheulbeuk is pretty weird at times, if you hadn't checked that one out yet. Also, great video, loved that version of the Bard's Tale. The songs get stuck in your head.
This was one of the first games I ever preordered and it was based on the ads in gaming magazines. I was not disappointed.....unlike almost every game I preordered in the last five years to the point I do not preorder anything anymore. That said it came with a bonus dvd that has songs on it and other stuff. I still own both the game and the bonus dvd with the dvd being on the shelf with the rest of my dvd/blu-rays. I miss the old days when if I preordered a game at worst it was a decent game so I didn't feel like I got screwed unlike now days where even if I do not preorder (I don't) I typically feel I was screwed over. I miss games like this that do not take themselves serious and just have genuine fun!
The wolf scene was one of my favorites 😂 Another thing that stuck with me was the barrel maker in town who would give you money for each barrel you destroy
I like how Bard has to endlessly fight and die and respawn to get to wherever he ends up,but the Trow chorus just casually and pull up to mock you looking completely unperturbed
Yes, the "neutral" ending is absurdly satisfying. I personally accept it as the only canon. Though the way stoty cycles in the "good" ending is not bad too, we all know what choice this particular "hero" would make.
@@oldy4080 Yeah. Imo, its down to either the neutral or bad ending as being the canon ending for me. I can totally see him doing both. I dont think he'd give enough of a damn about the world to bother with saving it. Plus the bad ending is just as absurd as the neutral which wins it lots of bias points xD
This game is a childhood favorite of mine. The combat isn't anything special by today's standards, but the thing I found really cool was the summoning system. Also the fact that each summon had their own personalities was the cherry on top. I even remember the last boss fight in the game, you had to make a choice and you could ask your summons for advice on what to do. lol
This was awesome lol! Started watching you when you did the GW review... loved every one of them. Keep checking in to see what you're up to. Love the content - keep making these sweet videos! Thanks for showing me a Bard's Tale lol. Makes me think about Magicka - it's another hilarious game where you combine all these elements chaotically and they create new spells. Check it out sometime!
They got the legend, Tony Jay, to do the Narration too. If you were around and watching cartoons in the 90s, you'd probably recognize his voice as Megabyte from Reboot. Worth it for that alone tbqh.
Mainly playing this game on the Xbox rather frequently, I find the technical glitches interesting as those never happened for my experiences, but there were things I'll say were missing and if I think up any more I'll add on to this. - The Explorer has dialog and pokes fun at stupid game level designs with traps or bosses. -The rat when brought into certain taverns causes a mini scene of freaking out with the tavern women and a singular viking. -You can go into the well, why? because you can, when? Very specific game level timing. -Your dog can hunt with you and chase birds out of bushes, this is a good way to practice with the bow. -The bow's range is huge and you can shoot things off screen, best way to clear enemies, just aim and fire, then wait for "Augh!" noises. -The fairy is immortal expect for magical areas, you can use him to cause flashbangs and do free damage/drag enemies away. -Pestering the Treasure collector enough after buying everything will give you free money. -Jump actually has a use, you can jump spike taps if timed right. -The Narrator will make fun of you if you idle for too long. -Trying to go into the freezing mountains without the brew the narrator will insult you. -Narrator gives up on you if you keep doing this. -The viking that gives his infomercial speech if left to do so will reward you with a weapon. -Donating money and drinking greatly boosts stats, if you plan to boss fight, I suggest doing this, donates also bag you main menu unlockables. -Tipping chickens and cows gives you a mini boss if done enough times. -The upgraded rat is damn near useless and is a glass canon, but if he does actually hit something he can mow a line down easily.
Tony Jay voice-acting the narrator. That's pretty cool. I don't know how they can ever do a continuation of Legacy of Kain without him voicing the Elder God. Now that he's passed and so much time has gone by, I doubt even the original writers could be brought back without losing something the original teams had going for them. But that's another game. Just got me thinking. Every time I hear Tony Jay's voice I'm reminded how we were robbed of the finale to that series. It never made a lick of sense to me, but damn it, it was entertaining and extremely eloquent.
I had a glitch in my playthrough when you go with the one Ice Giant to fight the other Ice Giants in the rooms where they spawned endlessly. Didn't know what I was supposed to be doing, so I just kept trying to get deeper and deeper into the dungeon. I spent six hours dying over and over again until I threw my controller. Reloaded the game and the cutscene played after like thirty seconds. I was piiiiissed.
Not sure if you've played Divinity 2: Developer's Cut by Larian Studios but if you haven't it might very well be worth a look. Not to be confused with Divinity Original Sin 2, that naming really has put Divinity 2 hidden away as a little gem to find.
Well, it is a very long running series... starting way back in the 80's with the most recent game coming out in 2018 I think. Seems to me the 2004 game is some kind of stand alone thing?
It gets even more interesting once you learn the game is actually sort of a remake of a series that stared in 1985 and was developed by Interplay and inXile
The game stuck in my brain for 20 years, still laughing at Fnarf and Bodb. Was thrilled at the re-release a couple years ago, if you never played it give a go! A lot of heart and soul went into it and the humor is still great.
"Ooh Nuckelavee, who set you free, they really must be an a-nus" I love this game so much, I've still got the copy I bought when it first came out and as soon as I get my PS2 working again I'm starting another playthrough. For anyone who hasn't played it before, bear in mind that getting new instruments will actually change your summoning songs. It'll be the same notes but they change depending on what you're playing and while the singing sword is technically the best weapon, the guitar/axe makes every summoning sound awesome. Also Thunder Spider is your best boy always keep him with you.
I got this game by accident in a big bundle back in the day. Honestly one of the best games in that stack of CDs, although part of it might have been because it was an unexpected surprise in a pretty cheap bundle that I bought for 2 other games and everything else was a bonus.
i knew from the guy on the thumbnail it was on "the bard's tale" oh boy for it's bad luck to be you. this is such a great game. i absolutely loved the quip on the chest coming out of the rat and the main character questioning it. i played this game around 12 years ago and still remember this stuff. alright time to watch the video now, I had paused it less than a second to type this out
TONY JAY did the narrator VO!!!!! HOLY SHNIKE!!!!! One of my favorite VO talents EVER! Virgil from "Mighty Max" and so many other great animated characters! OMG! DUDE IS A LEGEND for his voice and his comedic timing!!!! I'd love this video just for that but I'm also down for the bomb-ass soundtrack about beer and luck! 😆 Speaking of ... I'm sorry about yours. I hope everything's been sorted by now 🍀
Pokémon had a huge impact on me growing up I was right there when it's popularity was booming. Pokémon Red was my first game ever and everything like the trading card game and all that was brand new. The malls had wizards of the coast stores handing out free movie cards and Japanese stands etc. Fable is the one game that I loved so much it was actually competing to actually topping Pokémon for me. Love all the RPG simulation elements, the themes/vibes, the narrator, the humor, just fucking with NPCs, the combat etc it is still like one of the most perfect RPGs to me.
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No joke, this may be the most funniest game of all time, and no argument it's the best perody game of all time.
Low key it's also a legitmate great hack and slash too.
Might wanna try The Amulet of Naheubleuk (Steam), a french satirical turn based RPG🎉
Fun fact. this game had the same engine as Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance. That is why its such a good hack and slash and a perfect game to player after dark alliance.
When I was a child I asked my mother for fable but I didn't know it wasn't on ps2. On Christmas she came home with the bards tale and like a typical kid I was mad. But then I popped this game in and had the greatest time of my entire gaming history. My brother's and step-dad were all in there watching every moment just to see what happened next. The best comedy musical rpg I've ever played
Thanks for sharing that mate :)
... okay, but now I'm invested in this title..
Did they also see u banging the first innkeeper
Sounds like a fun family. Hope you're all doing fine.
+THE REID hope you apologized and thanked your mom.
“Light the torches and we shall see” “fuck that” the most accurate and normal human response to a floating talking skull tbh
That had me rolling 🤣
Yep. Definetly funniest. I will never forget that message on CD: For a really disturbing image... Flip disc over.
Took me a bit too long considering "I wonder what the image was!" until it struck me.
When i was a kid i thought it meant you were supposed to flip it and put it in the console. Until my mum explained the joke
@@officialgagethepyro5391 "dammit, that video thing stole my joke" -said the mum.
I never played it and it took me a minute to get that but I'm high lmao
it's your reflection and im sorry for ruining the joke
The game single handedly responsible for teaching a generation the legend of charlie mops.
My brother in law played Bard's Tale (for the first time I think) a few years ago. And then a few months later just randomly started singing that in the car, which resulted in us belting it out in our best impressions of those drunk guys from the Rat. XD
I have a similar tale myself. I played this a ton and when i first found this song, little milly just had to listen to it a ton of times til i had perfectly memorized the entire song. I then later taught it to a friend of mine, whos name is actually in fact, Charlie, and he loved the cheese out of it for obvious reasons. We would sing it all the time xD Right along side Amish Paradise.
@@DaMoniable
Epic!
For he invented a wonderful drink and made it out of hops
Ahhhh this game. Just turned 20. Moved across the country. Hadn’t spoken to my father in 2 years. Snagged the game in a bargain bin in the way to picking up my dad from the airport and we literally rekindled our relationship while taking turns playing this game together. Good Fucking times.
That's awesome.
have you kept in touch?
This has been stuck in my head since 2004.
"Ooooh it's baaaaaad luck to be you! A chosen one of many isn't neeeeeew"
xD or the song about "nuckelavee" xD
Songs in this game were so good. Still listen some of them from time to time.
It’s a blessing I’ve got as well. Yet no one ever knows the reference
the best part i didnt realize the narrator was the same entity from legacy of kain soul reaver
the wheel of fate must turn
I love how they literally tell you whats going on but due to its nonsence its so easy for it fly over your head
The refinement of the barmaid's 3D modelling was ahead of its time
Ikr, they really worked on her...
She really was PLOT....relevant.
this is obviously recored on pcsx... not the original hardware...
@@Gills420 Considering the steam achievement popups, I would say it's safe to say it is the steam version
@@magnusandre4500 my point proven. i have this on ps2 and it looks like shit.
This game has caused me to randomly shout out “HEALIN” like the old witch lady for the past decade
12:25 They were for sure going for a Men in Tights vibe with this game. They got Cary Elwes, who played Robin Hood in Men in Tights, to voice the main character.
No way lol Im sold. Never [played it
I never knew that was Cary Elwes but it makes so much sense.
He should make a comeback to video game voice acting. 😁
@@paulnolan4971 no joke a legitimate great game beyond the comedy too,
The narrator I swear sounds like Frollo from Hunchback of Notre Dame
I love how the buxom bar maid gives the hero a sword to fight with... now he's carrying a broad sword. Reminds me of the humor Al Lowe always wrote into his games.
That's Tony Jay as the narrator. Incredible talent, I'll miss his voice forever.
The narrator was the best thing in the game for me.
As someone familiar with Soul Reaver, I thought he sounded familiar. Perfect pick, really.
It's so funny.
I remember when exploring a dungeon there was a closed iron gate with enemies behind it, and the Bard asked them why they always put the opening lever IN FRONT of the door, not behind it, lol
2023 and nothing has changed.
I seem to remember him having a conversation with a guard about that very thing. Asking him why on earth the guy with the key is guarding the gate in front rather then simply waiting behind it.
But it might be me misremembering it, since it's been years since I last played, and it was actually the lever instead he was commenting on.
My favorite is the Nucklavee song, where the bard takes part on the lute on stage. The lyrics revolve around how fierce and deadly the Nucklavee is, and how much of an asshole the one who "set him free" must be. The thing is; the bard set him free, his slow realization that the song is about him, as he's actually playing it along with them is priceless, and the lyrics themselves are probably the funniest of all the songs in the game (in my opinion). Ace game, played it on the PS2 back in the day, knowing nothing of the developer or the concept at all.
The village is burned, and the tavern's amiss, and the beer all gone, and the elders are pissed!
I love that song.
I was always so confused to see a handful of songs in the song book, randomly placed around on the list, with a large list of undiscovered songs by the end of the game
I was always like "wait.. . I only found like 6 of them, what are these other 20!?" Lol
@@quint3ssent1a And if we ever should find us that fool, we'll hang upside down by his tool! Oo - ah - that'll do the trick!
And if we ever should find the fool
We'll hang him upside down by his tool
And spin him around until he gets sick
Ooh! Aah! Oh, that should do the trick.
Wow thats a blast from the past, what a fun game.
Just looked it up and I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that the Bard is apparently voiced by Cary Elwes.
That makes it even better
@@MitchManix Seriously better to know it's Wesley, and easy to wrap my mind around he's perfect and should be used for every game with a medieval fantasy setting, instead of immersion breaking Americans.
Makes sense. The Robin Hood who CAN speak with an english accent.
@@Draugo You beat me to it 😅
No fkn way, Westley is the bard??
God I loved this game as a kid. It was so funny that I still quote it sometimes to this day. One of my favorite things about the physical copy of the game is at the bottom it says "For a really disturbing image... flip disc over." and when you do, you see your reflection on the back.
I was 36 when this came out
This game has a special place in my heart because of its humor. My favorite gag is the old man you meet in the beginning demanding an apology. If you are mean to him something hilarious happens later on.
What happens??
Ok, so theres a youtuber I know who has the same pfp as yours - where is it from?
Been awhile but when you're in a certain dungeon you enter a room where the old man is there and he still demands an apology this like hours into the game@@pharaohsmagician8329
This was one of my absolute favorites on the Xbox. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Fable/Lost Chapters and The Bard's Tale. Those were the days!
I still love the first time you get an pinata's worth of treasure from a slain wolf and the Narrator and the Bard have a brief conversation about it. With the Narrator eventually saying "Well that's the last time that's happening, skipping over those parts" and basically screwing over the player with easy money grinding.
This game featured Cary Ewles and Tony Jay among other great voice actors. It's a gem.
Man, i remember this game with joy, one of the best gaming moments i ever enjoy, and "the Bad luck to be you" is a song i do remember after all these years
Mobs randomly dropping their family pictures is such a good detail.
The Bards Tale actually started as a text based game on the ZX Spectrum in the 80's
There's an old action RPG from 1997 called Dink Smallwood that I think you should check out. Certainly in the running for goofiest RPG ever, it's had a cult following for 25 years and even got an HD remaster released a couple years back. Best of all, it's completely free to own.
This video took me back in time to the glory days of PS2 RPGs. I still sing the beer song to this day, and every time I see Cary Elwes I think of the Bard. Thank you for covering this!
I loved "The Bards Tale" it was hilarious....
With such classic quotes as: "shiny!" and "skip iiit!"
Damn, hearing Tony Jay's voice brought back some strong nostalgia.
Mate your channel is so damn amazing. Love the way you make the documentary. Fun and exciting. Watching you do these videos about old games I used to play 15 years ago feels like a breath of fresh air.
Thanks mate :)
Dialogue in Bards Tale is HILARIOUS!!! "My ferry will transport you into the future!"..."How far into the future?"..."Well, that depends"..."On what?"..."On how long it takes us to cross the river"
This is due a sequel. I really enjoyed playing through the first game. The banter between Cary Elwes(yes that Cary Elwes) as the bard and the late, great Tony Jay as the narrator was hilarious.
As far as goofy goes, I’d love you to look into Two World II. It’s actually a deceptively complex game, with the surface of a terrible trash tier fantasy fiction, but then you realise it has the most complex and rewarding spell crafting system of any game ever (this isn’t hyperbole) and fantastic quest writing with plot lines which rival the writing of the Witcher games.
I got the original XBox port of this game back when it originally released since I knew of the original Bard's Tale games (mostly from the first game on NES). At the time, I was living in a house of four other geeks like myself. What started as a fun little solo adventure with the occasional housemate onlooker turned into the most hilariously bonding game I'd ever played to completion: I always cranked up the volume whenever the Trows' "Bad Luck" song would come on, and all of the housemates would dash in from wherever they were so that we could all sing the chorus together (sometimes complete with the Trows' coordinated dancing) and laugh at the new verses. Everyone also had their own favorite songs, which we made sure to replay later through the game's gallery, but "Bad Luck" would always be the one to get us all together for a few silly moments.
And yes, they were all present for the finale and the three endings.
I love that The Bard is voiced by Carey Elwes (Princess Bride) and the narrator is Tony Jay (voice actor for everything)
I wish the amazing voice acting had been mentioned a bit more. Cary Elwes played the Bard! I thought for sure he'd mention it when he started talking about Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Tony Jay as the narrator was so incredibly good, too.
Consistently the funniest RUclipsr. Thanks for the laughs and the horrible flashbacks of playing this as a kid.
Dude this game was irreverent and the voice casting of bard was spot on. Cary elwes, Robin hood men in rights, princess bride was awesome. It was an homage to the old Monty python type comedy. Amazing
Also, this game has a FUCKING AMAZING Polish dubbing. Its really good, and the jokes and gags are really well translated.
"Filmed with a Nokia phone and a jar of peanut butter" OMG that line got me! LOL
Some ideas for more goofy RPGs:
- Omikron: The Nomad Soul
- South Park: The Stick of Truth
- Undertale
- Overlord
- Sacrifice
- American McGee's Alice and the sequel, Alice: Madness Returns
- Giants: Citizen Karubo (more of an RTS-RPG mix, I guess)
- Saint's Row series
And another
-Dink Smallwood
【Shades Finnish Pirates】12:07 I am a christian, so i think there is no chance and only free will. So when i heard this reversed phrase it felt like it was directly meant for me, thanks for uploading the video and turning the audio. I am saving money for final payment on a leeway purchase, i usually buy a lot of candy so i am trying to hold out and i have unknown eye disease caused by finn heritage & astaxanthin (finn's due to being most secluded ppl on the world get diseases other ppl do not) symptoms of the disase is that light & concentration make my right eye sore, i am fine still and i find "rotting vampire eyeballs" amusing :P
Where has this game been all my life this sounds like a blast to play! You find very few games that can pull this kind of humor off well. And you mid video call to action had me for a sec I thought the guy was actually saying that 😆.
Hope, all that water works at home are getting sorted out stay safe and look forward to your next amazing video my friend! 😄
Get The Bards Tale 4 Directors Cut as well!!!
@@truthseeker6532 No, don't. Bards Tale 4 continues the classical Bards Tale trilogy and has nothing to do with THIS game. Bards Tale 4 is a classical RPG in DnD style made for real oldfags. It is NOT a deconstruction, NOT a parody, NOT goofy, NOT hilarious. In fact, it represents the very same stereotypes the Bards Tale 2004 was mocking! Though I would not claim Bards Tale 4 Directors Cut to be a terrible game, I was deeply disappointed with it. Don't spend time and money on it uless you are really into oldschool turn-based adventures from 80-s or 90-s.
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The Bards Tale you talk about, was so childish, that the game maker got away from it for it did not sell and was immorally wrong. Something they realized they did not want to be known for.
It was like using Sex to sell a product by.
This is why they got away from.
Bioware's remastered Mass Effect series, they removed certain Miranda butt scenes from the game, for they were using sex to sell their product and they realized, the wrong they did.
*Same goes for Bards Tale that you speak of. Correction to childish ways, was corrected when they did Bard's Tale 4.
The Bards Tale you speak of, is not to be honored but, detested.
@@truthseeker6532 Where does all this passive agression come from?) Chill, I didn't whant to offend anyone.
Now to the point. People shouldn't argue about tastes - one people like one things, others like another. You can detest whateveryou see fit. Howerever, I must ask: have you even played Bard's Tale 2004?
And where does all this information about bad sells, "immorally wrongness" and not wanting to be known for comes from? According to Wikipedia, for example, the game was mostly prasied for narration and humour while critisized for gameplay.
And where on Earth did you find moral wrongness here? It doesn't teach to be a rascal, it doesn't teach that bad is good. On the contrary, the narrator (which means game itself) disapproves of the Bard when he acts like a jerk. Also, the Bard gets into more and more trouble with more and more dire cosequences. So he actually serves as an example of how people should NOT behave themselves.
And what does "using sex to sell a product" even has to do with this game? Is it because it showed barmaid's cleavage a couple of times? Well, compared to all game's length it is literally nothing. Bard's Tale was not about sex. Just like Mass Effect 2 was not about Miranda's butt.
And since when did black humour and mocking of the stereotypes become childish? This is called deconstruction, which is a whole different genre. Would you consider shows like The Boys childish? Or like the classical masterpiece Black Adder? Well, I personally consider childish following boring, annoying and long pestered cliches.
@@truthseeker6532 Though, the point of my original comment was acrually different. If you don't like BT 2004 and like BT 4 - don't play the former and play the latter.
See what happened: Kaisers Game Bunker here wrote that they liked what was told about the BT 2004 and wanted to check it out. Then you recommended them to check out BT 4. Because of that, Kaisers Game Bunker may decide that BT 4 is like BT 2004 and buy it BACAUSE OF THAT. And then be disappointed just like me. So all I was trying to accomplish was to make sure people knew what exactly they would spend their money for.
A year late, and a dollar short - that’s me.
Loved this game. Not because of the witty dialogue. Not because of Cary Ewles. But because it took me back to playing the game it was originally based on “The Bard’s Tale: Tales of the Unknown”, and its sequels, from the 1980s.
I played those games a LOT on my Commodore 64, with my venerable 1541 disk drive (it was second hand when I bought it, back then). This was my first introduction to computer roleplaying games, having discovered D&D, and “The Fantasy Trip” a few years prior.
These are not humorous, as the titular title, but an attempt to create a playable RPG on computer. And it was fantastic, considering the limitations of the technology back then.
There were a handful of other CRPGs around back then, but this series was the best, and fuelled a lifelong passion for dungeon crawls. It spawned numerous clones, some of which did improve on the originals, such as “Captive” (by Tony Crowther, IIRC). I find it interesting that this style of game survives to this day, with Indy games such as “The Legend of Grimrock”.
I also remember the frustration of physically mapping each level of the game - no auto mapping like we have today. The game manual* let you know that each level of a dungeon was XxX squares (20x20, or 40x40, or, something… I don’t remember - massive to me, though). So I would sit there, graph paper and pencil in hand, mapping everything out, noting where special things were, etc. And then came across teleport pads, and spinners, which really screwed me over… lol
If anyone is interested in these old games, they actually come with the iOS version of “The Bard’s Tale” (2004j, and can also be purchased on Steam, remastered. They may be available elsewhere, and for other systems, but these are the ones I am aware of.
Cheers,
* *sigh* does anyone else remember game manuals, and sometimes novellas, which used to come with your games? Novellas to fire your imagination, and set the scene for you, and game manuals, which were basically tutorials, because there was not enough memory in older machines to hold a full game, and a playthrough… :)
dungeon of naheulbeuk is pretty weird at times, if you hadn't checked that one out yet.
Also, great video, loved that version of the Bard's Tale. The songs get stuck in your head.
Great vid, and hope your house is sorted soon!
Feels like a game matched perfectly to your brilliant humour Mitch! Great video as usual.
0:31 Lol its like they couldn't manage jiggle physics yet. But they tried!
This was one of the first games I ever preordered and it was based on the ads in gaming magazines. I was not disappointed.....unlike almost every game I preordered in the last five years to the point I do not preorder anything anymore. That said it came with a bonus dvd that has songs on it and other stuff. I still own both the game and the bonus dvd with the dvd being on the shelf with the rest of my dvd/blu-rays.
I miss the old days when if I preordered a game at worst it was a decent game so I didn't feel like I got screwed unlike now days where even if I do not preorder (I don't) I typically feel I was screwed over. I miss games like this that do not take themselves serious and just have genuine fun!
"nice outfit did your sister shave her back and knit you a jumper" had me roaring xD
Bohd interaction was amazing. It really made you think how to progress because if you're too nice, it won't progress
"Reminds me of Men in Tights"
Makes sense, since the Bard is voiced by Cary Elwes, the guy who played Robin Hood in the aforementioned movie.
Westley/dread pirate Roberts from Princess Bride!
This is not the first time The Bard's Tale was created. Just the first time in 3D with voice acting.
Thanks man. You channel is awesome. I appreciate your humor as well.
Tony MFing Jay. TONY JAY. The man's voice gold-plates everything it touches. RIP.
The wolf scene was one of my favorites 😂
Another thing that stuck with me was the barrel maker in town who would give you money for each barrel you destroy
Those singing Trow were turned into something I looked forward too while playing. Was legit sad when I reached their last song
I like how Bard has to endlessly fight and die and respawn to get to wherever he ends up,but the Trow chorus just casually and pull up to mock you looking completely unperturbed
Such a great game! The witch running around screaming SUCCOR! (which I didn't know was pronounced like sucker) while healing was always funny!
The Bards Tale 2004 is an update of one of the very first RPG's in computing of the same name. Like :
LOAD "BARDTALE",8,1
RUN
ZX Spectrum version...
this game deserves a remaster! one that leaves the voice acting and script in place
The ending of the game is my absolute favorite. It had me questioning 'They wouldnt REALLY let me... would they?' xD oh boy did they!
Yes, the "neutral" ending is absurdly satisfying. I personally accept it as the only canon. Though the way stoty cycles in the "good" ending is not bad too, we all know what choice this particular "hero" would make.
@@oldy4080 Yeah. Imo, its down to either the neutral or bad ending as being the canon ending for me. I can totally see him doing both. I dont think he'd give enough of a damn about the world to bother with saving it. Plus the bad ending is just as absurd as the neutral which wins it lots of bias points xD
@@oldy4080Only one I accept is him finding the love of his life ;).
This game is a childhood favorite of mine. The combat isn't anything special by today's standards, but the thing I found really cool was the summoning system. Also the fact that each summon had their own personalities was the cherry on top. I even remember the last boss fight in the game, you had to make a choice and you could ask your summons for advice on what to do. lol
This was awesome lol! Started watching you when you did the GW review... loved every one of them. Keep checking in to see what you're up to. Love the content - keep making these sweet videos! Thanks for showing me a Bard's Tale lol. Makes me think about Magicka - it's another hilarious game where you combine all these elements chaotically and they create new spells. Check it out sometime!
Your editing and footage sorting is truly amazing!
They got the legend, Tony Jay, to do the Narration too.
If you were around and watching cartoons in the 90s, you'd probably recognize his voice as Megabyte from Reboot. Worth it for that alone tbqh.
Mainly playing this game on the Xbox rather frequently, I find the technical glitches interesting as those never happened for my experiences, but there were things I'll say were missing and if I think up any more I'll add on to this.
- The Explorer has dialog and pokes fun at stupid game level designs with traps or bosses.
-The rat when brought into certain taverns causes a mini scene of freaking out with the tavern women and a singular viking.
-You can go into the well, why? because you can, when? Very specific game level timing.
-Your dog can hunt with you and chase birds out of bushes, this is a good way to practice with the bow.
-The bow's range is huge and you can shoot things off screen, best way to clear enemies, just aim and fire, then wait for "Augh!" noises.
-The fairy is immortal expect for magical areas, you can use him to cause flashbangs and do free damage/drag enemies away.
-Pestering the Treasure collector enough after buying everything will give you free money.
-Jump actually has a use, you can jump spike taps if timed right.
-The Narrator will make fun of you if you idle for too long.
-Trying to go into the freezing mountains without the brew the narrator will insult you.
-Narrator gives up on you if you keep doing this.
-The viking that gives his infomercial speech if left to do so will reward you with a weapon.
-Donating money and drinking greatly boosts stats, if you plan to boss fight, I suggest doing this, donates also bag you main menu unlockables.
-Tipping chickens and cows gives you a mini boss if done enough times.
-The upgraded rat is damn near useless and is a glass canon, but if he does actually hit something he can mow a line down easily.
The limmy clip was brilliant, top quality video =D
Cary Elwes voiced the Bard which is awesome. And he was the lead of Robin Hood Men In Tights.
you forgot to mention the saddest and happiest moments in the game, The Dog.
A.K.A the *real* best boy in gaming.
Tony Jay voice-acting the narrator. That's pretty cool. I don't know how they can ever do a continuation of Legacy of Kain without him voicing the Elder God. Now that he's passed and so much time has gone by, I doubt even the original writers could be brought back without losing something the original teams had going for them.
But that's another game. Just got me thinking. Every time I hear Tony Jay's voice I'm reminded how we were robbed of the finale to that series. It never made a lick of sense to me, but damn it, it was entertaining and extremely eloquent.
Definitely the most memorable game I've played. The narrator makes this game better than any other.
One of the funniest RPG we (My wife and myself) ever played :)
I had a glitch in my playthrough when you go with the one Ice Giant to fight the other Ice Giants in the rooms where they spawned endlessly. Didn't know what I was supposed to be doing, so I just kept trying to get deeper and deeper into the dungeon. I spent six hours dying over and over again until I threw my controller. Reloaded the game and the cutscene played after like thirty seconds. I was piiiiissed.
This and Champions of Norrath were some of my favorite games back in the day.
Not sure if you've played Divinity 2: Developer's Cut by Larian Studios but if you haven't it might very well be worth a look.
Not to be confused with Divinity Original Sin 2, that naming really has put Divinity 2 hidden away as a little gem to find.
I mean, they're all a part of the Divine Divinity series, which was a hidden gem series itself, until Divinity Original Sin and Original Sin 2
One of my favourite games on the PS2. The "Beer" song pops into my head all the time lol
wow you got a couple banger videos considreing your sub count, gratz
wow im shock this never became a long running series. This game is a possible gold mine
Well, it is a very long running series... starting way back in the 80's with the most recent game coming out in 2018 I think. Seems to me the 2004 game is some kind of stand alone thing?
Well thanks to this video I've wishlisted the remaster that's on Steam.
this is one of my fav games man ngl. the beauty the funny jokes the lore the combat system everything is epic.
this game is so good that even my hate of isometric arpg didn't stop me from completing it.
It gets even more interesting once you learn the game is actually sort of a remake of a series that stared in 1985 and was developed by Interplay and inXile
Those parts about your dilapidated flat made me laugh out loud. Cheers.
Definitely one RPG not meant for easily offended or expecting a serious game. And Narrated by legend Tony Jay and the bard being voiced by Cary Elwes.
RIP Tony Jay. Might never play this game but Tony Jay makes anything better.
I may play this just cause Tony Jay is doing the voice. Unfortunately he has returned to the wheel..RIP Tony.
Smoothest damn selfadvert in a video i have ever seen. You deserve the follow!
The game stuck in my brain for 20 years, still laughing at Fnarf and Bodb. Was thrilled at the re-release a couple years ago, if you never played it give a go! A lot of heart and soul went into it and the humor is still great.
I forgot about the re-release, how is it in comparison? What issues did they fix, and what new ones are present? O:
"Ooh Nuckelavee, who set you free, they really must be an a-nus"
I love this game so much, I've still got the copy I bought when it first came out and as soon as I get my PS2 working again I'm starting another playthrough. For anyone who hasn't played it before, bear in mind that getting new instruments will actually change your summoning songs. It'll be the same notes but they change depending on what you're playing and while the singing sword is technically the best weapon, the guitar/axe makes every summoning sound awesome. Also Thunder Spider is your best boy always keep him with you.
I got this game by accident in a big bundle back in the day. Honestly one of the best games in that stack of CDs, although part of it might have been because it was an unexpected surprise in a pretty cheap bundle that I bought for 2 other games and everything else was a bonus.
I would have been impressed is the opening cutscene was filmed on a 3310... just a feat that would have been quite impressive.
This is like Monty Pythons Holy Grail and shrek without the pop culture references combined into one hilarious juggernaut
i knew from the guy on the thumbnail it was on "the bard's tale" oh boy for it's bad luck to be you. this is such a great game. i absolutely loved the quip on the chest coming out of the rat and the main character questioning it. i played this game around 12 years ago and still remember this stuff. alright time to watch the video now, I had paused it less than a second to type this out
Picked this up almost accidentally for the PC when i was a teen, instantly absorbed me with its wacky humor and charm
This writing feels very similar to Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series.
I was grinning as I was listening to it all, but I lost it at "SUCCOOOOOOR!" 🤣
The main thing I will never forget from this game is the songs, they are burned into my mind till the day I die. Oh nuckelavee oh nuckelavee...
Damn, played it when i was 12. What childhood memory to start the year
TONY JAY did the narrator VO!!!!! HOLY SHNIKE!!!!! One of my favorite VO talents EVER! Virgil from "Mighty Max" and so many other great animated characters! OMG! DUDE IS A LEGEND for his voice and his comedic timing!!!!
I'd love this video just for that but I'm also down for the bomb-ass soundtrack about beer and luck! 😆
Speaking of ... I'm sorry about yours. I hope everything's been sorted by now 🍀
Is it just me or does this look actually good? Also I'd never seen Mitch's face before and assumed from his voice he was an old man😂
Until, I saw this video, I thought Mitch was a lot older than he was, but he just has a very elegant voice
Pokémon had a huge impact on me growing up I was right there when it's popularity was booming. Pokémon Red was my first game ever and everything like the trading card game and all that was brand new. The malls had wizards of the coast stores handing out free movie cards and Japanese stands etc. Fable is the one game that I loved so much it was actually competing to actually topping Pokémon for me. Love all the RPG simulation elements, the themes/vibes, the narrator, the humor, just fucking with NPCs, the combat etc it is still like one of the most perfect RPGs to me.
6:29 I laughed lol. Just found this channel, what a gem! Insta sub
"Mobs will drop random bonkers things like their family photos."
That is fucking hilarious.
This video bring back so many memories. The bards tale is one of this games I wish I could forget to experience it again for the first time.
narrator, sounds a little like Jeremy Clarkson