A Bastard's Tale

A Bastard's Tale
DeveloperNo Pest Productions
PublisherNo Pest Productions
PlatformsPlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
Release
  • Microsoft Windows
  • May 28, 2015
  • PlayStation 4
  • October 4, 2016
GenreAction-adventure

A Bastard's Tale is an action 2D video game, published by Swedish studio No Pest Productions for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows. It received generally negative reviews from critics.

Gameplay

The game features basic pixilated-base graphics and features the player defeating fifteen different enemy characters which are having their own distinct features, throughout five levels.

Development

The game was developed and published by Swedish studio No Pest Productions. It released on PlayStation 4 on October 4, 2016.

Reception

On review aggregator Metacritic, the game received "generally unfavourable reviews", earning a score of 48 out of 100, based on reviews from 7 critics. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received weak approval, being recommended by 20% of critics.

In his review for Destructoid, despite wishing that more care and attention had been devoted to the gameplay, Joe Parlock concluded that A Bastard's Tale is "still a short, campy, and very pretty experience that has a lot of heart to it, and for what it costs it's definitely worth checking out".

References

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  4. ↑ "Review: A Bastard's Tale". Destructoid. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  5. 1 2 3 "A Bastard's Tale". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "A Bastard's Tale". OpenCritic. Retrieved March 4, 2026.
  7. 1 2 Parlock, Joe (March 12, 2016). "Review: A Bastard's Tale". Destructoid. Retrieved March 4, 2026.