Baroque
 

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Think maybe atlus will localize this? Ive never played the saturn version.. but it looks cool.

Kinda the same P3 is, with a central tower/dungeon.. that has many floors an changes layout each time you enter. Its suppose to be an action rpg?

Info for this game is actually kinda scarce, but it looks to be a first-person RPG similar to Phantasy Star I or Shining the Holy Ark. I can't tell if the battles are real-time or turn-based from any screens I've looked at, though. The original came out for Saturn and PSone in Japan only back in 1998, and the PS2 version came out last June, but Sting or Atlus haven't said anything about bringing this outside Japan. I'd imagine the small following Sting has amassed with Yggdra Union and Riviera *might* give it a chance to come out stateside, though.

I have the soundtrack for some bizzare reason, I'll post it later if you'd like. I'd probably check it out if there was a PS2 port, like how they just did for NiGHTS, another Saturn Game.

Actually it looks like Atlus is porting it. (Good call)

Official Baroque Website

Guess Soul Nomad wasn't the last Rpg ish game to be released
This might be the last thing I pick up for PS2 (unless another rpg shows up too)

Huh? What? A muti-platform RPG? And for the Wii?

That's some weird shit.

Looks interesting and I'm in love with the artwork... heh, the ps2 is working hard to prove it is immortal.

wow.. its coming.

Thank you atlus! so it comes out in january?

I believe they said it was planned to come out on February

wow, looks very atlus~

what's that thing on his back? also Nation, you gonna post dat soundtrax lols?

I remember playing this on the Saturn. Very creepy-feeling =( FLYING FISH W/TEEF COMING @ U and shit.

Looking forward to it as always, Atlus~

If you would please type in normal English, then yes.

Baroque Original Soundtrack

Thank you very much!

Is the Saturn original worth playing through? Also, is it in English?

Looks interesting! I wonder what the Wii version has to provide with compared to the PS2 version. I'll be playing the PS2 version anyhow.

No and no.

I'm completely skeptical, mostly because randomly-generated dungeons are frustrating when they're implemented in a goddamn dungeon-crawler. Yes, it adds to the replay value, but dungeons seem randomly thrown together (surprise!) and are oftentimes nonsensical. We'll see how it goes, and if the Wii port is any good.

I'd be more interested if they ported and/or remade Black/Matrix. I've never really heard anything of Baroque other than it being subpar or lackluster.

It was Japanese and playable despite that, but I didn't find myself getting hooked, in all honesty. It felt very creepy though =(

Yeah, not gonna waste my time with it, then. Thanks for the replies!

Indeed! Thank the Wii's lack of quality control. 2001 graphics + randomly generated dungeons = this will be pure trash...

I've always been interested in Baroque, but I don't know much about it. I'm really surprised it's being released in English and on the PS2, yay!

Thanks a lot for uploading the ost for us, but it seems they already removed it.

Hmm, probably had to do with the obvious file-name.

Well, Here's a sendspace upload of the soundtrack

I'm just gonna repost what I said on other forums. It's nice to see Baroque getting revisited, and translated, but the original is just not a good game. It's interesting, but it's basically bad game in the same way King's Field was. And the King's Field games were better.

I picked this up along with Black/Matrix from Babbages around 10 years ago, when they had a big display of Saturn import titles.

Game sucked then. Dunno how it's gonna do well now. Doesn't really seem like the main flaws in the game were addressed.

The original Saturn game was a randomly generated dungeon crawler/Rogue-like. It was really slow, and hard to avoid attacks. It was mainly a challenge to see if you could actually get to the next point in the game, since every level you were reverted back to being naked.

I would imagine it's being remade because some of the characters are really cool, and it has a decent premise. Though I hear the PS2 remake doesn't look much better than the original, and that the characters control like those in Phantasy Star Online.

But really, Sting has started a habit of reworking things. Riviera was remade at least twice, Yggdra once, and there is a shmup, typing of the dead, and Radical Dreamers style game all based on Baroque.

Black/Matrix, on the other hand, was great. Too pad Atlus didn't pick it up instead.

Announced for Wii, eh? ƒoƒƒbƒN for Wii

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Hopefully both versions make it to NA.

The Wii version has already been announced on the official website.

Yeah, that's what I linked up top. But it has an announcement on there marked December 21st, so it seemed pretty recent. I hadn't heard about it till checking.

No, I mean the Wii version has already been confirmed on the official North American website. Both versions of the game are confirmed to be coming stateside.

Oh, holy shit cool.

Yeah, the Japanese version was oddly slow in being announced.

Some new info concerning the Wii port:

- First Person Mode with motion control
- Game has been re-balanced (difficulty)
- Quicksave feature for dungeons
- 16:9 support
- Wii Remote/Nunchuk control
- Classic Controller also supported

Lots of new screens here:
Dengeki Online - Baroque

Source:
Go Nintendo » Baroque info, screens, movies, website
Siliconera » Baroque for Wii gains a Sega Saturn camera angle

Well, this looks like a really nice game to keep an eye on. Definitely going to my wishlist. We'll see how things go once it's out in the market.

Long live Atlus. <3

So aside from Trackjacket's post, does anyone have a definitive list of the differences between the PS2 and Wii versions? I'm kinda torn as to what to get. On the one hand, a Wii RPG would be great, plus the obvious 480p/16:9 support. On the other, though, I'm a little skeptical of using the Wiimote to play an RPG originally designed for a traditional controller. I could always pick up the classic controller, but if I already have a PS2...

Yargh. I hate to be that guy who gets both versions, but...

Sorry if this' off topic.

But on the side of Atlus. I also hope they bring some more of it's Super Robot Taisen series over. Like the newer voiced versions. Super Robot Taisen (for the PS2)

Being a Wii game doesn't guarantee that. There are tons of games on the Wii without either feature. Plus, there are quite a few games on the PS2 with 480p/16:9 support.

We got the announcement before Japan did.

NeoGAF has a list of YTD software sales up. They're disappointing. I wonder how well a Super Robot Taisen game would do on the Wii.

I know, that's why I said the announcement was oddly slow. If we hadn't gotten the announcement first, then there would have been no indication that Japan would be getting a Wii port (because evidence of said Wii port wouldn't exist).

Wasn't the excuse for why we never get/got any Super Robot Taisen games was because of copyright issues or some such shit? I know a good deal of these games aren't in original settings (we got the OGs on the GBA) so they can't bring them over here because the rights for the Gundams and all the other stuff is spread all over different companies outside of Japan.

True, but from what I remember, the OG games did very well.

That's pretty much what Atlus told me when they eMailed me.

Also, hello, GB. I don't see you on AIM anymore.

No shit? I could've sworn that 480p and widescreen were supposed to be requirements for Wii games (the way certain HD resolutions were on the PS3 and Xbox 360). Did Nintendo drop that requirement, or just not apply it in the US, or...what?

Well, anyway, if that's true, then it's more ammo for the case for getting the PS2 version.