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Bard songs (no, not those)

shawneshawne Member Posts: 3,239
edited August 2012 in Archive (General Discussion)
Here's a question for all you RPG-lovers out there: how many games have bards who actually sing? I can think of four off the top of my head:

Audren (Darkstone)

Shymone and Scarbunkle (Storm of Zehir)

Leliana (Dragon Age: Origins)

And, of course, Lisette Malukah (Skyrim).

Any others?

EDIT:

Courtesy of @Sallparadise: Dandelion from The Witcher and Charlie Mops' Beer Song from The Bard's Tale

Courtesy of @Duron: The Bard from Stronghold
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  • MoomintrollMoomintroll Member Posts: 1,498
    Haer'Dhalis only whistles, I guess that happens when your kit cripples your class's one unique feature.
  • shawneshawne Member Posts: 3,239
    :)

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  • SallparadiseSallparadise Member Posts: 94
    I'm trying to remember of Dandelion ever sang in The Witcher.
  • shawneshawne Member Posts: 3,239
    @Sallparadise: He does! Well done! :)
  • TalvraeTalvrae Member Posts: 315
    here one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n63UbX5kzAc
  • shawneshawne Member Posts: 3,239
    @Talvrae: Not quite what I meant, but thanks anyway. :)
  • TanthalasTanthalas Member Posts: 6,738
    Garrick sings too.
  • shawneshawne Member Posts: 3,239
    @Tanthalas: When?
  • TalvraeTalvrae Member Posts: 315
    shawne said:

    @Talvrae: Not quite what I meant, but thanks anyway. :)

    Yeah i know but could not resist
  • Wikkid_SuhnWikkid_Suhn Member Posts: 136
    @Talvrae ROFL

    My first impression is that it's a more epic & badass Dust in the Wind.

    Also I know MY morale would be boosted listening to that in battle!
  • TanthalasTanthalas Member Posts: 6,738
    @shawne

    He sings in some of his reactions, like when running away.

    I actually think that Eldoth is the one that never sings.
  • MoomintrollMoomintroll Member Posts: 1,498
    I'm possibly splitting hairs here; Carcophonix. (Assurancetourix, or so I'm told.. the bard from Asterix)
  • MoomintrollMoomintroll Member Posts: 1,498
    On a more serious note, a documentary about lute addiction amongst young minstrels in the UK. We can have our fun, but let's not forget the terrible human cost of madrigals and codpiece fungus.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIkc1_zqaC8
  • SallparadiseSallparadise Member Posts: 94
    The Beer Song from A Bard's Tale
  • XavioriaXavioria Member Posts: 875
    Do bards actually HAVE to be singers to be bards? Or are you just wondering if any of them sing in general?
  • DuronDuron Member Posts: 147
    edited August 2012
    Well, there is a bard singing in the game Stronghold about a rat. Here is a youtube link to the song from the game.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pha_vY2VV4

    Oh yes and we can't forget Sims Medieval where a bard CAN sing. There should also be some youtube clips of that somewhere.
  • MoomintrollMoomintroll Member Posts: 1,498
    @Duron I totally do not remember that song, but I did enjoy that game.
  • DuronDuron Member Posts: 147
    Moomintroll said:

    @Duron I totally do not remember that song, but I did enjoy that game.

    To be honest I don't remember the song either. A friend of mine told me about it so I youtubed Stronghold rat song and got that. But I do remember that bards can sing in Sims medieval.

  • shawneshawne Member Posts: 3,239
    Xavioria said:

    Do bards actually HAVE to be singers to be bards? Or are you just wondering if any of them sing in general?

    The latter, specifically in relation to RPG games: I'm curious about bards or bardlike characters who actually have vocal tracks within the game (ie: the various singers in Skyrim's taverns).
  • WonKoWonKo Member Posts: 72
    There's always Zaxis in the Temple of Elemental Evil. He sings all of his lines.
  • MoomintrollMoomintroll Member Posts: 1,498
    @Shawne Not wishing to be a massive troll, but that should be an e.g. (for example), not an i.e. (that is).
  • shawneshawne Member Posts: 3,239
    @Moomintroll: Thanks. Old habit. :)

    @WonKo: Does Zaxis have an actual song, though? Or is it more like Garrick where you click on him and he sings a line?
  • shawneshawne Member Posts: 3,239
    edited August 2012
    Also, not exactly an RPG but there's also Zia from Bastion...
  • State_LemmingState_Lemming Member Posts: 375
    Mordin performs Gilbert and Sullivan quite well, but I think he is a multiclass.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXiU6kiq_Ms

  • DuronDuron Member Posts: 147
    Hahaha, yea Mordin, well... there is also Mordin singing in ME3:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHTKwsrs7WM

    He also can sing Scientist salarian in ME 3 (the moment when I cried my eyes off tbh and actually finished the song SPOILER ALERT to players that plan to and haven't passed ME 3 though):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMh_xrXsa7w
  • State_LemmingState_Lemming Member Posts: 375
    That second video has a spoilerriffic title.
  • shawneshawne Member Posts: 3,239
    Oh yes, Mordin broke my heart in ME3... :)
  • WonKoWonKo Member Posts: 72
    @shawne I believe that its only lines sung as opposed to an actual song. He was a bit too irritating to keep around.
  • DragonspearDragonspear Member Posts: 1,838
    @WonKo actually Mordin really grew on me and had a lot of overall character growth throughout ME2 and ME3. I actually felt he had some of the most character growth overall.
  • State_LemmingState_Lemming Member Posts: 375
    This thread is now about Mordin, I'm pretty happy about that.

    I really liked his input on the genophage, and how it evolved through the series, the whole ordeal really benefited from Mordin's character
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