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The Bard's Tale 3: Thief of Fate takes the dungeon-crawling formula of its predecessors and gives it a considerably larger stage. Released in 1990, it offers a sprawling fantasy adventure involving multiple worlds, dangerous enemies, character development, puzzles, and a substantial amount of exploration. Your party remains at the heart of the experience, with careful choices about classes, spells, weapons, and tactics making the difference between heroic progress and a rather embarrassing defeat. The expanded setting gives the game a stronger sense of scale, while the traditional first-person exploration retains the unmistakable flavor of classic computer RPGs. The Bard's Tale 3 rewards patient players who enjoy figuring things out rather than being guided by a glowing arrow every few seconds. It can be demanding, but that difficulty makes successful progress feel earned. In a modern RPG, getting lost is a problem. Here, getting lost is practically part of the curriculum.