Bardic: Quest for Love

Bardic: Quest for Love is a love letter to the passion and creativity held by its team and creator. The vast majority of the team has had little to no experience with the game making process yet there is still a charm that permeates through every detail, from the handmade sprites and the original music. The voice actors love their respective characters and the sheer amount of people that have had a hand in Bardic is a testament that the process of putting an idea into a game, however long that process may be, is one that is fruitful. Bardic: Quest for Love is a game made for the nerdy, lovestruck population that is breath of fresh air for anyone's library.

Bardic: Quest for Love is a very charming game visually, the graphics are so dang cute to look at and most if not all the characters are just oozing with charisma! Each of the 12 employees are all distinct and wonderful to learn about, as someone who played the demo quite a bit. I will say that the game can be a bit rough around the edges, a few typos here and there and the like, but knowing the team behind it, I know for damn sure they put their heart and soul into this beautiful game, so I can easily look past it! The tavern gameplay between story beats is honestly a neat surprise! Its surprisingly simple but also quite strategic, though a tutorial is needed, as the first run around I was kind of confused on how things worked. To make a long story short, Bardic has amazing characters that I will soon not forget, and while gameplay that ties it together could have a smoother start, does help tie the whole package together!

It is a very cute concept. But it is still extremely buggy. I'd hold off buying it.

I tried the demo for it and it had some bugs: The convos would freeze and I became stuck, causing me to reload the game. Thankfully I could skip it in the paid game, but that meant I missed the introductions. The gameplay when you open the tavern wasn't easy to figure out and made me believe it was bugged again, especially since there's no fullscreen. When I tried to have convos with characters it was a 90% chance the game would freeze, and once reloaded the convo would be different, and if I went outside to see the world the convos I could have would usually work but then the convo I could have would be one intended for the tavern. I wanted to likee this game cause its clear a lot of love went into it, and I was excited to learn about the characters but it quickly became frustrating :(

All in all, it's been a pretty solid experience playing through the game. The character cast is pretty robust, and you start to see differences between everyone's own little quirks. Each of the scenes highlight different character dynamics, which helps bring a lot of life to the scenes, especially with the voice acting. Surprisingly enough, Tavern Sim management was legit fun, especially setting up all the combos. I did come across some quirks with how the game calculates values such as gold or relationship stats, but that comes with the territory. TLDR: Lark is GOAT.

Art is nice!

The game is great so far! It's definitely still in its beginning phases, but it has been amazing compared to other visual novels. The dialogue is fun and it feels natural! Each character embodies tropes found in both standard rpgs and ttrpgs, which is a breath of fresh air for those tired of the standard personalities. The art is enjoyable and consistent which is a blessing on the eyes. Overall the game is worth the $15 mhm mhm.

Has a very strong premise with likeable character, gameplay and more. Defintely needs some polishing to be a fully-fledged game but has strong potential.

I'm probably biased but it's very promising. 👍

This game is super cute, relaxing, and endearing. The characters are lovable and memorable. Still just getting started with it, but so far I'm having a grand time with this dating sim that has RPG elements.