Brian Fargo Returns with The Bard's Tale

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(Originally posted by Sorcerer)

GameGossip reports (and shows, with 3 screenshots), that Brian Fargo, the author of the The Bard's Tale (the original game is probably older than many of you - it dates back to 1985) is back with another incarnation of the game.

Here's a bit from the press release:

“After a nice break from the industry I’m recharged and anxious to make great games again,” said Brian Fargo, CEO of inXile entertainment. “I have collaborated with some of the top people in the industry to create inXile. We believe our success will lie in our business model, our intensive pre-production development philosophy, our commitment to creating an enriching atmosphere for creativity and teamwork and our focus on developing a limited number of triple A titles at a time.”

You can also read a preview of it at GameSpy.

The game, which is using an improved version of the Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance engine (the one now being used in EverQuest: Champions of Norrath), is being developed primarily for the PS2, although a PC version is also in the works. "Console RPGs are too linear, Fargo said. "We plan for the game to be so involved that it will be physically impossible to see and do everything if you play through only one time."

Since this isn't a D&D game, and apparently more of an action RPG than anything else, you probably won't see much coverage of it on SP. The fact that it will only wind up on the PC as a console port isn't helping it much either. But still, I posted this primarily for those of you who played the original game and have fond memories of it. Whether you'll be lured into spending your cash on this latest incarnation simply because of the brand name familiarity or because the game will actually be any good is yet to be seen. My advice would be to carefully watch what independent gaming press writes about it in the months to come.