You could say that The Bard's Tale has a long and storied history, considering its pedigree and the fact that it's being designed by Brian Fargo, but we'll spare you the history lesson. The upcoming PS2 and Xbox game from InXile will be an overhead-view hack-and-slash role-playing game along the lines of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance and Champions of Norrath, but with much more personality and humor. We recently had a chance to try the PS2 version of the game and have much to report.