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Bard's Gold - Nintendo Switch Edition

Released: 3/5/2019

Bard's Gold is a challenging platformer that lets you explore eerie worlds in a quest for a Goblin that stole your gold. KEY FEATURES: - Old school platforming experience - No tutorials or explanations how things should be done. Everything including the basic game mechanics must be figured out by yourself as you go. - Rogue-lite - Different layouts for each level is randomly chosen every playthrough. While getting the chance to memorize levels and get better at them, the 'random level' system will keep your interest. With the gems you collect you will be able to upgrade your character on the Game Over screen. - 100+ Randomly picked levels to play - Extremely challenging, yet rewarding gameplay - Beautifully designed retro-inspired graphics - Gain powerful new abilities by finding skill books

Bard's Gold is a challenging platformer that lets you explore eerie worlds in a quest for a Goblin that stole your gold. KEY FEATURES: - Old school platforming experience - No tutorials or explanations how things should be done. Everything including the basic game mechanics must be figured out by yourself as you go. - Rogue-lite - Different layouts for each level is randomly chosen every playthrough. While getting the chance to memorize levels and get better at them, the 'random level' system will keep your interest. With the gems you collect you will be able to upgrade your character on the Game Over screen. - 100+ Randomly picked levels to play - Extremely challenging, yet rewarding gameplay - Beautifully designed retro-inspired graphics - Gain powerful new abilities by finding skill books

Bard's Gold is a challenging platformer that lets you explore eerie worlds in a quest for a Goblin that stole your gold. KEY FEATURES: - Old school platforming experience - No tutorials or explanations how things should be done. Everything including the basic game mechanics must be figured out by yourself as you go. - Rogue-lite - Different layouts for each level is randomly chosen every playthrough. While getting the chance to memorize levels and get better at them, the 'random level' system will keep your interest. With the gems you collect you will be able to upgrade your character on the Game Over screen. - 100+ Randomly picked levels to play - Extremely challenging, yet rewarding gameplay - Beautifully designed retro-inspired graphics - Gain powerful new abilities by finding skill books

Critics
60
Metacritic
76

Score Breakdown

60.0

Critic Average

1 reviews

N/A

Steam User Score

Less than 50 reviews

76

Metacritic User Score

338 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
N/A
Metacritic Disparity
-16.0
Combined Disparity
-16.0

Average of both sources

Review Timing

1 launch window (100%)0 late (0%)