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Baroque (1998)
Nintendo Switch · PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable · Sega Saturn
3.27 from 49 ratings
200 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 102 backlogged · 90 wish listed
Details
- Developers
- Sting
- Publishers
- Entertainment Software Publishing Inc., Sting
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Action, Horror
- Series
- Baroque
Release dates
- May 21, 1998 (Full Release) (Japan) Sega Saturn
- Oct 28, 1999 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation
- Dec 26, 2007 (Digital Compatibility Release) (Japan) PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
- Nov 12, 2020 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo Switch
Also available on
- Baroque: Yuganda Mousou (1999) · PS1
Related
Bundled in
- Baroque-Ya (Dec 2025) · NSW
Remakes
- Baroque (Jun 2007) · PS2, PS3, Wii, iOS
Featured in lists
Rating distribution
5 stars
10
4 stars
10
3 stars
17
2 stars
7
1 star
5
Community All Reviews Statuses
Review FredLobster 2/5 · Feb 11, 2013
In spite of a fascinating setting and some seriously screwed-up design choices, Baroque is a promising experimental heap gone all wrong. You control a silent protagonist in a blasted hellish wasteland, surrounded by deformed survivors and painfully aware of the fact that you're slowly dying of starvation. Your only hope of discovering what's going on is to explore the nearby …
Read moreIn spite of a fascinating setting and some seriously screwed-up design choices, Baroque is a promising experimental heap gone all wrong. You control a silent protagonist in a blasted hellish wasteland, surrounded by deformed survivors and painfully aware of the fact that you're slowly dying of starvation. Your only hope of discovering what's going on is to explore the nearby tower in which a mad goddess resides. Repeatedly. Dozens of times. Hundreds. The gameplay itself is mediocre, and while progress will gradually unlock the full story (it's still pretty confusing), getting there requires you to farm for particular item drops during game runs that take much too long for their own good, and the lack of new areas to explore or things to do makes the experience agonizing. Baroque gets a second star in recognition of the awesome art, dialogue, and concept, but is otherwise a complete flop.
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