Atlus was kind enough to send along some new screenshots of the PlayStation 2 and Wii dungeon crawling action RPG Baroque.
Players work to gradually descend into Neuro Tower in search of absolution, fighting off some really f*cked up looking baddies along the way. Sounds like a winner, right? The first game images we saw late last year didn't look so great, but that may have had more to do with the image size and capture method. but that didn't stop me from being excited about this port. Luckily, these new screen captures look much better, and now I'm even more excited for this April 8th release. I was hoping to see more messed up monsters, though.
This pro-dying game (seriously!) of levels that constantly change as you slowly descend to the bottom of an evil tower isn't going to appeal to everyone. But the ones that are down for this kind of thing should probably get a preorder in. You know how quick those Atlus games go, don't you?
What do you think? Is Baroque your kind of thing?
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2:32 PM on 04.02.2008
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If you like Rogue-likes like Azure Dreams or Shiren: The Wanderer this is an excellet game. If you do not like thos ekinds of games you will hate it. Simple as that.
I for one love Roguelikes, and next week canot come fast enough.
already picking up Arcana Heart and P3:FES from Atlus this month so i won't feel too bad if i pass this one up.
Looks pretty sweet so far though. :3
I hope Dtoid does a review of this one (and of Opoona too; thats a game I'm very interested in since its been protrayed by those who liked it as a unique RPG in the Earthbound mode--- and by those who hate it as a confusing, boring game. Although everyone agrees it has cool music.)
Reminds me a little of a manga called BLAME! Still, it's Atlas, so my interest is piqued.
@ajay42: Nintendo Power spent their entire review basically saying "This game is too hard" in various different ways. I wouldn't give their review any credit at all.
Seriously, have you tried to play that?
I hope you're right. I was initially very hyped on this game and was preparing for an all RPG May of Lost Odyssey, this and Opoona but now the only game I've really heard anything about is Lost Odyssey. I forgot Baroque was $30; that makes taking a chance much easier.
Besides, Etrian Odyssey II is coming out in June so that will satisfy my dungeon crawler addiction.
Worse graphics on Wii and the lack of good use of motion control
Personally, I think it's definitely going to be one of those games that you'll either love or hate from the start.