Atlus announces Baroque, an RPG for Wii and PS2

Persona 3 was AWESOME!! The entire Shin Megami Tensei series is great (I just payed a small fortune for the whole run on Ebay!)
and Trauma Center is pretty dam fine too. This game looks like a medieval Persona 3 a little bit, so you can count me in! The trailer virtually DRIPS with Atlus goodness. Keep the PS double RPGs comin', I say!

@ ShadowXOR

Atlus makes niche titles for dedicated fans. They're not your average next-gen titles. The draw of their games is in the mature storytelling and character development...not graphics. Stick to the 360 or PS3 if you want great graphics. Why even bother if you don't like RPGs in the first place? I'm not trying to be a dick, but really, why?

Dammit, ANOTHER February game? But it's Atlus, and I usually trust in the games that they put out. Consider me sold.

Very reminiscent of Persona 3. More of the same from Atlus? Yes, please. P3:FES would be nice also.

Is the character design done by the same artist that did SMT: Nocturne? Yes, I know they are both produced by Atlus...

looks rad.

p.s. disgaea afternoon of darkness is a ball buster. the dark assembly just pwned me ...

must... resist... cornball joke... strength... failing me

If it ain't baroque, don't fix it

ARGGHHHHHHH somebody please kill me

I thought Atlus was Fontaine?

@It's called a typo, Excel, and I'll fix it. Thanks for being so nice about it.

"How do you know when you're baroque?"

"When you're out of Monet."

Amirite?

After looking at the screenshots, I'll agree that the graphics don't look nearly as polished as some of the other stuff we've seen out of the PS2 and Wii, even within the RPG genre. I'm probably a bit spoiled by Square Enix' production values.

Nevertheless, Atlus' reputation precedes them, and I'm very intrigued by the death mechanic.

Atlus is like the best videogame company EVA

@FatBologna: I don't play games for graphics, and I have a lot of Wii games but that is no excuse for a game to look like ass. I still play PS2 and N64 games but most of the quality games looked great for their time. This doesn't even look good for a PS2 game let alone a Wii game. I'm not asking for a masterpiece but it looks really poorly done from the screenshots. Like I said I'm looking forward to Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon and it is by no means a graphical showpiece. It does look nice for what it is though.

I love Atlus, but this trailer looks meh at best. With a name like Baroque I half expected a more stylized character design and art style. The gameplay looked rather dull too. Hopefully I'm wrong and this turns out to be a kick-ass game with a deep story as usual with Atlus. I need moar next-gen rpgs for consoles I actually own.

please no more jrpg :(

ShadowXOR :

Atlus' titles always have very simplistic character design and graphics. Digital Devil Saga and SMT: Nocturne are good examples of this. But the style and story elements are used to create an ambiance that other higher-end titles can't hope to achieve. Through this simplistic design and character-building they create a palpable feeling of foreboding and dread that other games often can't match. You just have to appreciate that it's simplicity and NOT "bad design" as can be mistaken on a peripheral glance.

"The narrator's voice sounded like the female lead in Ghost in the Shell."

Thought that voice was familiar as well but couldn't place it until I saw your post.

Tower to descend, joy of joys, we get another area like Tartarus, walls will change color but everything else will look exactly the same. I sure to Atlus's lack of creativity lately, guess they realize that they no longer need to make an effort, just a pretty story and fanboys and fangirls will blow their load all over it and call it the best thing EVA ^_^

I wonder if we'll have to grind like mad, and get one shotted by the new monsters whenever you enter a area like Persona 3.

I would only try this if I could control my guys, they where idiots in Persona 3.

Can't wait to download it illegally.

And kudos for applying "an" phonetically.

Atlus i felt have always been creating some cool games. While not the hot shit sandwich like Square Enix, it refreshing and great that they create and push cool games like Soul Nomad and the World Eaters, Persona 3 and Trauma Center.

Atlus brought us Yggdra Union and Riviera, lesser known but very cool rpgs that many of us miss, while chasing the latest FF cut. Spike are also good in this sense and I'm glad they can create such games freely, without being sucked up like most developers.

I'll add Baroque to my import list, as I'm yet to buy an Atlus game that's diappointed me.

Original ideas > High polygon counts.

That's the Atlus way. And I love it.

I trust Atlus implicitly with my life and my video games.

Looks good, and I love the art style, but it seems most of the cool stuff is in those anime cutscenes. I wonder when next-gen systems are going to find a way to convert those amazing art styles into actual graphics and gameplay experiences.

@Jonathan Holmes:

Is it so much to ask that they do both? I'm not talking epic visuals, I just don't want it to burn my retinas. And I'm not usually one to complain about graphics either...

@SourGr8pes:

Plenty of games have both. As I said at least decent graphics, tons of games have decent graphics and story. This game has ass graphics. I don't need Bioshock level graphics, but can we at least look better than a PS2 launch title?