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Ghost of a Tale

An indie action-adventure game with role-playing elements, created by Lionel Gallat, a former DreamWorks and Universal animator. In the game, you explore a fantasy-medieval world inhabited by animals.

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Ghost of a Tale Release Date

13Mar2018

PC

12Mar2019

PS4 XONE

08Oct2020

Switch

developer: SeithCG publisher: SeithCG Official website

Ghost of a Tale is an indie action-adventure game with role-playing elements, in which you play as a small mouse and explore the medieval world inhabitated by animals. The game was created by Lionel Gallat, a former DreamWorks and Universal animator, who worked on such projects as e.g. The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Sindbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Shark Tale and Despicable Me.

Plot

At the start of the game you arrive on a mysterious island. What are you looking for? What happened on the island? Why is the place full of zombie rats? That's what you have to find out. You only know that the island of Periclave used to be a lodgement of a powerful rat armies, but now it's abandoned and haunted. There are tales, though, about a treasure hidden somewhere in the local tower. However, finding those riches is a big risk, even for a strong warrior.

Mechanics

The game is not a typical hack'n'slash, in which you'd have to fight an army of undead rats, and it's not a clasic, peaceful adventure game either. In Ghost of a Tale, you explore the unknown lands, where you read journals, look for clues, uncover secrets, and also fight many enemies. You gather experience both by fighting and exploring.

Other

The game's creator says he was inspired by e.g. such YA and children's literature as Robin Hood, Winnie the Pooh or La Fountaine's fables, as well as drawings by Alan Lee and John Howe, who created the illustrations for Tolkien's works. Ghost of a Tale also features many references to such games as Zelda, Ico, Dark Souls or the Gothic series.

Last updated on 17 March 2020

Game mode: single player  

User score: 7.8 / 10 based on 83 votes.

Pre-release expectations: 8.5 / 10 based on 49 votes.

PEGI rating Ghost of a Tale

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty. Game contains depictions of violence.

Ghost of a Tale System requirements

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Minimum:
  • Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz
  • 3 GB RAM
  • graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 660
  • 5 GB HDD
  • Windows 7 64-bit
  • Recommended:
  • Intel Core i7 3.4 GHz
  • 4 GB RAM
  • graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 770 or better
  • 5 GB HDD
  • Windows 8.1 64-bit
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