Bard's Gold

It might look unusual. Maybe because it is unusual. But 'unusual' usually makes me curious! The game is a platformer and plays solidly with an Xbox 360 controller. You start easily but then the difficulty kicks in and represents a real challenge. What I totally dig is the amount of secrets you find, you optimize your playstyle, adapt, overcome - run by run. The permanent upgrades at the end, motivate me to keep on playing.The game's setting and pace are very interesting and finishing a stage with all your loot and upgrades feels like a small, personal victory every time. I also like the mellow music. This game is truly a hidden gem - just like those hidden gems in the game. If I am not mistaken, it's the first game from that developer and I'm curious to see where he will take his ideas with his next games.

This is a really fantastic platformer! I love that it's a bit darker, like a dank dungeon, and the wide variety of items and weapons are really fun to experiment with. The pixel-graphics are well-done, and the soundtrack enhances the tone and feel of this game. There are secret levels to uncover and Steam achievements that are perfectly attainable, most occurring naturally with game progression. I would definitely recommend this to any gamer looking for a classic platforming experience. The controls are smooth, and gameplay is pretty straightforward, albeit with a few surprises. Hidden items and doors to secret levels make this a truly classic platforming scavenger hunt.

My recommendation is somewhat reserved. While the game is enjoyable and has a few flaws. The biggest is how dying appears to remove all your powerups. Only after playing for a while do you realize certain items block this, and you don't actually lose everything. Still, even with a bubble around you there are still plenty of instant deaths it seems. The game is rather short once you get the hang of it. There is no reason to use a weapon other than the knife, and the game is completeable with very few of the "death" upgrades. The bosses are zero challenge if you arrive at them with a 3-knife fully powered up. I like the secrets, including assembling the map. There does feel like something is a bit off though; on the first level if you find all the secrets you get a bonus heart. This doesn't appear to repeat on any other level of the game. The hit-boxes of the monsters (for character con

I can't in good conscience give this a bad review. It is very well done, polished and generally fun. I agree with virtually everything the other positive reviews say. But it is easily the most annoying game I have played in recent memory. EDIT: The last couple of patches have helped with several of the annoyances. Ledges are *just* high enough that you can't shoot over them, so you have to double jump and shoot on the way down to hit something on a ledge. The arrows shooting from the edges of the screen are completely unavoidable in many cases, sometimes even by design, unless you know where they are. The floating books are usually just out of reach and a pain to hit. Don't get me started about the Tower of Patience. Take a look at my library. I have played and beat many "hard" games including Mr. Bree, Super Meat Boy, Bloody Trapland, etc. What you won't see there is many per

Soooooo good! It's a classic platformer: simplistic, challenging, REALLY challenging. It reminds me of playing Mario games as a kid. They weren't easy. They took strategy and effort, and you felt like you earned every foothold. This game is going to keep me entertained for ages!

Oh, Bard's Gold, what a game ! This game is hard. I mean, REALLY hard ! this is a rogue-like where in every run, you will find some hidden traps, secrets and monsters. When you die, you can spend the money you've got into power up, and try a new run with the bonus you buyed, then you die again, and re-buy etc... If you love rogue-like games, you will love this one, but if you're not, you will maybe don't like because of the difficulty. But still, this game got some amazing musics, the character react well to controls and if you die, it's entirely your fault (no need to insults the pad). The problem is, there is not enough people playin' it. So yeah, spread the words to your friends and come have fun with us ! I highly recommend this game !