Games Like Bard’s Tale for Xbox 360

Child of Light by Ubisoft Montreal is a marvelous Action-Adventure, Indie and Puzzle-Platform video game that tells the story of a young girl named Aurora who in the year 1895 awakens on the lands of Lemuria. After waking up she finds out that she is a long way from home, starts off her journey to her home but soon realizes that in order to reach home she’ll have to go through a Dark world filled with Dark Creatures of the evil queen of the Night. You are required to get into the role of Aurora, fight off all the Dark Creatures, Defeat the Queen of Night and free the Sun in order to bring light to the realm and finally reach home. Child of Light offers a great story filled with wonders, surreal visuals and sounds and an immersive game-play for you to play and enjoy. If you really want to play a really good game of Action-Adventure and Puzzle-Platform genres, Child of Light is best for you. It offers a brilliantly immersive gameplay, a well-written story and a lot of other great things to enjoy.

Dark Souls is an RPG game packed with Action-Adventure and Hack and Slash elements. It is developed and published by From Software. This game provides an open world environment, enhanced graphics, challenging game-play, an updated user interface, and an advanced A artificial Intelligence (AI)I system. You can play it on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 4. The game takes you to a fictional and mysterious world.

The player starts his journey with many weapons and rations and a little gathering of companions, and on his way to the badlands, he engages with the creatures. This game features realistic and eye-catching graphics, and the open-world allows him to interact with people, objects, and other things. Playing Dark Souls will definitely be a good experience because of its amazing story, addictive gameplay, and brilliant visuals. These features make Dark Souls among the top choices of combat gamers.

Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes is a Turn-Based Strategy and Adventure Puzzle-RPG video game developed by Capybara Games. The game focuses on five Heroes, each possesses his/her own unique abilities and powers. According to the story, the Heroes are the only entities who can save the realm by defeating the demon and his evil plans to bring chaos and destruction upon the people. The heroes are directed towards their own path to grow powers and abilities to fight against the enemy and save the people. Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes provides you with a match-3 type of game-play in which you are directed to stack 3 or more of the same colored objects. As Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes is a turn-based game, after your turn is completed, the enemy plays their turn and attacks you. If you are able to stack a good amount of objects which is more than your enemy, you’ll win the battle and the people will eventually be saved from chaos and destruction. Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes offers a unique and immersive game-play, nice visuals and enhanced mechanics to enjoy.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a fantastic combination of Action-Adventure, RPG, and Hack and Slash elements by Bethesda Game Studios. It offers Fantasy-based game-play, epic Combats between the protagonist, and a cult known as Mythic Dawn that tries to open up the gates to a realm named Oblivion. Your task is to embark on epic quests along with your trusted companions, fight against the Mythic Dawn, and stop them from opening the gates.

It features epic battles between the protagonist and magical creatures known as Daedra, To save Tamriel and the Emperor Uriel Septim VII. Unfortunately, the Daedra has already killed Emperor’s 3 sons, so you must save the Emperor, find the One who carries the Royal Bloodline, retake the throne and wake the Dragonfires up using the Amulet of Kings to save Tamriel.

Overlord 2 continues the unique and a bit humorous adventures of the Original Overlord. This time the series offers a more enhanced and quite brilliant version of Overlord game and allows you to be an unnamed Overlord (the son of the Overlord of previous game), who tries to set his mark by overtaking the Glorious Empire. Your task in the game is to simply go against the Emperor Solaris who is keen to remove all the dark magic that is engulfing the whole empire day by day. Overlord 2 offers all the cool things that you enjoyed in Overlord such as your multi colored minions, your towers, all the powers your dad had in the previous game along with your adviser Gnarl. With a number of weapons, all the mean powers and your advanced minions, your task is to simply overthrow the Emperor, seize the throne and continue with the story-line to finish the game. Overlord 2 offers enhanced game mechanics, a new world based on the Roman Empire like environment, Amazing dark powers to experience along with beautifully created visuals and an addictive game-play. Try it out as an alternative to Gothic and you’ll be amazed at what this game will offer.

Fable is a Popular and Thrilling Action-RPG game by Microsoft Game Studios. Fable is set in Albion, a state in the Old Kingdom and features a boy who loses his family by the hands of Bandits. The boy stops caring for life and lets the time heal him until he gets trapped into a twist. A hero named as Maze saves the boy and trains him to be a Warrior in Heroes Guild. Once trained wholly, Maze sends him to infiltrate the Bandit Camps and to take his revenge upon TwinBlade, the Bandit king who killed his family and abducted his sister Theresa. With a brilliant story and action, Fable is one amazing Action-RPG game to play. Do try it out if you haven’t yet and enjoy the ultimate thrill and fun at the same time. Fable offers a fantastic game story, brilliant visual details and loads to discover.

Fable 2 is a brilliant Open World Action-RPG video game created by Lionhead Studios. Fable 2 offers gameplay and mechanics similar to its predecessor. Released back in 2008 Fable II won the best game of the year award because of its unique story and all the fantastic characters and a brilliant Story-driven gameplay. Set in the vicinity of fictional Land of Albion, Fable II offers a story after the events of the main game Fable and takes you to the Colonial Era, the era of highwaymen and Enlightenment. Guns and ammunition is still missing from the gameplay but the small towns have now turned into giant buildings and castles and Fable II lets you choose between the male and female characters. Fable II offers both interactive and non interactive cut scenes throughout the game that never last for more than five minutes. As a true companion, Fable II allows you to have a Companion in the game, a Dog that the main character befriends as a child and it stays with him for the rest of the story. The Dog can help you eliminate the enemies or perform a number of tasks for you or simply lead you to the Quest objectives. one fantastic thing about your companion is that it never dies and that means a full time support while you are playing the game.Unlike Fable, Fable II lets you build relationships in the game, you can get married, have children, raise a family and enjoy your life in the game as you would like to. Character morphing is one of the most prominent features of the game that totally depends on the actions of the characters in the game, you can be Good, Evil or Pure or Corrupt just according to your activities in the game. In other words, you can say that the game actually lets you build a personality that totally depends what you want to be. The Job system in the game lets you complete a number of different jobs and get paid accordingly, earn money, feed your family and keep on going with your life. With a brilliantly immersive gameplay, fantastic Quests, NPCs, a great storyline, amazing characters, Co-=Op multiplayer support and loads of other fun things, Fable II offers a best ever Action-RPG experience ever.

Torchlight, published by Runic Games and Perfect World is an Action and RPG video game released back in 2009. The game offers a fantasy-based gameplay and is set in the fictional world of Torchlight. Torchlight and its surrounding are based upon massive systems of Caverns and Dungeons and are attractions for all the adventurers and explorers. The Caverns and Dungeons hold unlimited riches and are filled with all kinds of gory monsters. The main character of the game is a skilled adventurer who explores the Caverns and Dungeons while fighting off the monsters and collecting all sorts of resources such as Weapons, Gold and various other types of loots. The game allows the players to be that Badass hero, explore the caverns and dungeons, collect Gold, Weapons, and other items, get to the Town and sell the items to NPCs and in return get the Quests. While on quests, the players can travel to various locations in dungeons, fight off Unique Bosses, and advance with the story. There are also Sidequests available that the players can have and complete them to earn experience points and loads of other rewards including the upgrades. Torchlight offers an isometric view (Top Down Perspective), beautifully created 3D graphics and addictive gameplay to enjoy. For all those who love playing games with Action and RPG elements and Isometric perspective, Torchlight would definitely be a great source of entertainment.

Fable 3 is an amazing game by Lionhead Studios that lets you experience the best mix-up of Action-RPG, Shooting and Hack and Slash elements. The game is set in the boundaries of a mid-era city Albion, where the protagonist tries to overthrow the King from his throne. You can be part of the game by setting yourself up in the character of the protagonist, form alliances with neighboring kingdoms and build support for the revolution. You must control all the affairs so you could successfully revolt against the king and his government, become a monarch and defend Albion from a great evil that is about to embark upon the people of Albion. Fable 3 allows you to gather up legions of armies and fight against the evil all together. The combats in the game are mostly closed ones so you must fight your enemy using melee weapons and techniques. You can buy upgrades and power ups to enhance your weapon inventory, skills etc. If you want to experience a true Action-Adventure and RPG marvel, you must play this super thriller video game. You’ll definitely like it.

Dark Souls 2, developed by From Software is a Hack and Slash, Action-Adventure and RPG video game that is set in a Hostile Drangleic world and allows you to explore it and engage in combats and battles against your enemies. Dark Souls 2 offers both PvP and PvE events for you to get into and fight against the opponents. Every kill means a win for you, the soul of the player who gets defeated by you, accumulates and turns into experience points and currency for you. You can use the experience points and currency to buy upgrades, power-ups, weapons and skills etc. Because of the open world nature of the game, you encounter a lot of enemies while exploring but you can always kill them with your mighty sword. Multiplayer gaming mode allows you to team up with other online players or go against them and fight them off of your areas. Dark Souls 2 is one of the best Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash and RPG games and it will definitely entertain you to the limits. Do try it out.

Diablo 3, the third installment in the Diablo Game series is developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Diablo 3 is an Action-Adventure and Role Playing Game (RPG) and is available to play on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One gaming platforms. With a huge fan base, Diablo 3 sold over 15 million copies worldwide and is still persistent in markets. The game features a much similar game-play to its predecessors Diablo and Diablo 2 but the storyline is a bit different. With the block buster Expansion pack Reaper of Souls this game is topping the Ranks among big names of the time. The game is set in the Dark Fantasy in the Sanctuary and allows you to choose your character from 6 different choices (Demon Hunter, Witch Doctor, Monk, Crusader, Barbarian and Wizard), select the best skills and spells and go explore the game world to uncover the plot about the extreme power you can have and eventually start ruling the realms once more. The story focuses on Deckard Cain and Leah investigating about the ancient texts when suddenly a mysterious star falls on the Cathedral, makes a huge crater and Deckard Cain disappears in it. Your task is to go to the Cathedral, Start investigating about the star that struck the cathedral and the sudden disappearance of Deckard Cain. After the Rescue of Cain you must go fight and defeat the King Leoric Aka. The Skeleton king because it’s the only way to reach out to the fallen star. In order to complete the objectives, you must first find out the three pieces of the Sacred Sword, forge a Mighty Sword and kill the Skeleton King with it and eventually reach to the Fallen Star. Diablo 3 is a wonderful game of this specific genre and provides with a wonderful game-play, cool visuals and a great story.

Darksiders 2 is a brilliant Hack and Slash, RPG and Action-Adventure video game by Vigil Games. This game belongs to the Darksiders series and lets you be the protagonist Death, one of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse. The game amalgamates interactive puzzle elements with the super thrilling Action, RPG and Hack and Slash game-play and tasks you to go through various environments consisting of things such as Doors, Elevators, Portals, and Platforms etc. In an open world environment, Darksiders 2 lets you explore the game world on foot or your special Horse named as Despair, traverse through a number of dungeons, complete a number of quests and side quests, engage in epic boss fights along with thrilling PvP melee combats with other enemies and enjoy immersing yourself into a brilliantly engaging game-play. Darksiders 2 offers multiple means of travel and one of them is teleporting from one location to another. Your primary weapons are two sharp edged Scythes that you can use to slice up your enemies or you can use your secondary weapons (Hammers, Axes, Maces etc.) as well. With a very interesting and very well-written story line, fantastic visuals and an immersive game-play, Darksiders 2 is one of the best games of Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash genres. Do try it out.

Eragon is an Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Strom Front Studios and published by Sierra Entertainment. Eragon movie inspires the game, and it combines the element of combat, third-person shooter, and exploration. According to the story, the protagonist finds a mysterious stone during hunting. He keeps it and thinks that it can be sold. The blue stone actually an egg of a dragon. After some time a dragon baby appears from an egg and the protagonist names the dragon Saphira. The King orders his servant to explore the Eragon’s village and find the dragon. After searching, they killed the protagonist’s uncle and burned his home. The protagonist decided to take revenge from King and he set out on an adventure with his dragon. There are different levels, and each level has a set of challenges, hurdles, traps, and missions. The player has to complete each one, earn experience points that he can use to unlock further weapons and equipment. Slaughter foes that come in the player’s way and dominate the world. With superb graphics, brilliant mechanics, and addictive gameplay, Eragon is the best game to play and enjoy.

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls is the mix of Hack-and-Slash and Action-RPG elements developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Multiple Platforms. The game features both Single-player and Multiplayer options, and this title serves as the Downloadable Content Pack for the Diablo III video game. The DLC pack expanded the video game on Xbox 360 and PlayStation and introduced the game for the first time to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. According to the storyline, after Diablo is taken down by the protagonist, Tyrael successfully retrieves the Black Soulstone that consists of the essence of seven massive evils. Discovering that it is too horrible to leave in the angles or mortals’ hands, the player and six other Horadrom struggle to take Black Soulstone back to Sanctuary to seal it. The DLC pack comes with new features, including new character class named The Crusader, the holy magic, and more. The player assumes the role of the protagonist with an aim to take down enemies to earn XP points and use them to unlock additional stuff to immerse in RPG gameplay experience. With cool graphics, smooth controls, and superb mechanics, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls is the best game to play.