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Going for Baroque! (wah wah wah waaaaaahhhhhh)
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You naysayers sound like Baroquen records.
The protagonist has a feeling of guilt because some angel dude tells him early on that, somehow, he is the one responsible for making the world some blasted hellscape. The angel gives him a chance to atone by killing the Mad God, whose madness seems to keep the world and their inhabitants in their mutated state.
Anyway, it sounds a lot like Planescape: Torment. Amnesiac protagonist that is semi-immortal that seemed to commit some horrible sin in the past, and is thrust into the middle of the world with little explanation. He even has a special tattoo on his right arm, just like TNO. The visual style is interesting, though. The monster designs in particular capture the grotesque feel quite well.
I totally want to buy this when it comes out.
To bad I'm baroque though.
The only thing worse then a bad pun is repeating a bad pun.
Aesthetically, though, the game looks right up my alley. I love the vibe Atlus games have, not to mention the fact that so many are on PS2. (I have no plans to get a next-gen system for a while...I've had to negotiate with my little brother to procure the use of his 360 for Operation Darkness...XD)
Yeah, sometimes this forum is like listening to a Baroquen record.
You Kent* repeat a pun like that again.
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I repeated the baroque record pun on the last page, then I edited it out once I realized it had already been used.
Now I know it's bad, and I should feel bad. It baroque my heart when I realized.
I just rehashed the same joke that's been used multiple times on every page in this thread.
Is this what it feels like to be Tim Buckley?
Baroque...
Wait, shit.
So, when I saw this JRPG includes angels and you can wear angel wings, I took two drinks. If I find out one of the sets includes both a black wing and a white one, I'll take another drink.
Single-player only it looks like.
Honestly, dungeon crawlers don't have to be that good for me to enjoy them co-op, but the flaws will really stand out if it sucks in single-player.
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you've played it?
care to expand on your comment and say why?
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Just curious, but what don't you like about it?
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Well the mechanics are just so baroquen it's unbearable.
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seriously though?
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Also, he's carrying this huge cannon on his back, which looks like fun, but he only whips it out once, and when he does it's slow and awkward.
I enjoy dungeon crawlers, and I don't mind if a game is a little old-school, but this game looks like they aren't even trying.
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hmmmm
Maybe I'll rent it first.
I've never played any Atlus games (unfortunatly), but I'd always heard of them in high regard.
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I know what you mean. I mean, one time I downloaded this demo for a game called 'Diablo II'. What a piece of shit - I ran around for three minutes and clicked 'attack', its boring and has no depth at all. They aren't even trying.
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Seriously, welcome to the first few levels/hours/whatever of every dungeon crawling action RPG EVER, where you have almost no skills and don't have enough mana to actually use them anyway. I would be willing to make a cock-eating bet that he gets an attack more advanced than slash/slash/slash by the time you've played an hour of the game, if cock-eating bets weren't stupid.
I'll keep watching the game, but it's not a must-buy at this point. Maybe a rent.
So does anyone have any updates about this game? It's been a while and I need to know more.
Will the Wii version be a dumb waggle fest? I wonder if the PS2 version will be the way to go. Supposed to come out in about a week, no?
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IIRC Baroque for PS1/Saturn was Sting's first game, preceding the original WonderSwan Color version of Riviera. Atlus is only publishing it over here. I'm picking it up because I loved Riviera and Yggdra Union, but I expect that Baroque is probably idiosyncratic and unpolished in a lot of ways, not a game that would be recommendable to all RPG/dungeoncrawler fans.
Nah, their first game was Treasure Hunter G for the Super Famicom.
And let me tell you, it's one of the weirdest games I've ever played.
(sorry, someone had to say it.)
If one looks at this AS an Action RPG, as I think it is stupidly marketed and clearly what the folk at Nintendo Power thought they were getting into, IT FAILS MISERABLY! Clunky unresponsive controls and all of TWO different attacks possible (that are based on whatever weapon is currently wielded) but, think about it, how would Diablo 2 fair if judged by the same standards? Heck, it only has one type of attack per weapon, how pathetic!