Looking back on the evolution of the gaming industry, I’ve come to the conclusion that somewhere along the line; a majority of the designers forgot what games are all about. A game is meant for relaxation, to make you forget about the day-to-day worries you have, and if possible, to even make you laugh. However, once the computing power exploded overnight, the technical side became more important than the creative one. Pixel shader and bump mapping effects, thousands of polygons per scene or character, high resolution textures, all became far more important than what I prefer to call “the soul” of a game, with the designers using these technical tricks to beautifully package a mediocre game at best. Judging by this trend, The Bard’s Tale (TBT) is just as exotic as a quest. A remake of a much loved RPG from the 80’s, TBT is a fantasy, top-down action RPG, made by inXile Studios, which was founded by Brian Fargo.