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The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

This first-person fantasy RPG casts you as an adventurer facing a growing threat. Create a hero from several classes, then recruit or create companions to form a party as you travel through towns, wilderness, and dungeons. Combat is turn-based and grid-based, with positioning, party roles, abilities, and skill combinations shaping each encounter. Develop characters through class skills and talents, and adjust party members and builds to suit your approach. Explore interconnected areas, take on quests, search for secrets, and solve environmental puzzles while avoiding traps. The Director’s Cut adds customization and navigation options, new items and enemies, and an expansion dungeon; a song can bypass some puzzles.

Lead a party of adventurers through a first-person fantasy world, solving dungeon puzzles and fighting tactical, turn-based battles.

Released 27 Aug 2019

77%positive of
1.3k player reviews

$34.99

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RPG

Turn-Based

Character Customization

Adventure

Position Party Members

Solve Environmental Puzzles

Build a Custom Party

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is the triumphant return of one of the most iconic RPG series of all-time. Delve into a tactically rich combat system that rewards creativity, solve puzzles to gain treasure and advantages, and discover a beautifully crafted world.

Developed by inXile Entertainment · Published by inXile Entertainment, Xbox Game Studios

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The Bards Tale IV Directors Cut

The Bards Tale IV: Directors Cut - Gameplay - Xbox Game Pass

TVioSP's Let's Play - The Bard's Tale IV (Director's cut) First look at the game! Introduction

Players Praise Most

Atmospheric Music
Tactical Combat
Challenging Puzzles
Party Builds

Common Player Critiques

Puzzle Overload
Performance and Bugs
Repetitive Combat
Slow Pacing

77%

positive of 1.3k player reviews

84/100

Metacritic

From the Devs

Hidden in the shadows, an evil has waited patiently. Until now. Who will face the darkness if not you? A heroic adventure featuring 50+ hours of gameplay, 350 speaking parts, a Legacy Mode for returning fans, and over 100 pieces of incredible music!

The Director’s Cut brings more character customization options, new items, new enemies, revised UI, and a free expansion dungeon.

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.

New Song of Exploration “Strugglers’ Lament”

Whether you just want to explore and fight or if you get stuck, simply play this song to skip mandatory puzzles.

Back of the Box

Platforms	Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements	59
Age ratings	ClassInd (Brazil) 14 — Linguagem imprópria Violência Drogas lícitas IGRS (Indonesia) 18 — Rokok dan/atau rokok elektronik, minuman beralkohol, narkotika, psikotropika, dan/atau zat adiktif lainnya Kekerasan Penggunaan bahasa Steam (Germany) 16 — Drastische Gewalt Alkohol / Tabak Derbe Sprache
Controller support	Xbox
Controller required	No
Metacritic	84/100 View on Metacritic
Website	Official website