The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut (2019) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

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…

27 August 2019

What The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by inXile Entertainment and released in 2019. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut launched on 27 August 2019, within three weeks of Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and Gears 5. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, Gears 5.

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