The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep Alpha Gameplay Videos

As we mention in our own preview of inXile’s upcoming dungeon crawler The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep, the combat in that game, with its 4×4 grid and multiple enemy waves, bears little resemblance to its old-school predecessors. And if you’d like to see this new combat system in action, along with some sample puzzles from the alpha, you can check out this IGN preview that shares plenty of raw gameplay footage. Here’s some light puzzles and a bit of combat:

And here’s some dialogue, inventory management, and some more combat:

The original article also contains another brief video that shows off the alpha’s ending that may or may not spoil the events of the main game, so keep that in mind when checking it out.