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Atlus announces Baroque for Wii- RPG

XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
edited December 2007 in Games and Technology
http://www.atlus.com/baroque/
I'm sure you'll all agree with me that more JRPGs won't hurt the Wii at all, so this is nice.
It's being co-develpped fro the PS2, so graphics might not be much to shout about, but I'm liking the aesthetics. Post-apocalyptic setting's not new, but not unwelcome.
Trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lELJP5X3gDw

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Preorder now so you can sell it for $100 in two years!

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Looks interesting enough, kind of an action rpg from the shots.

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  • GuekGuek Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    it's just a port, right? like the game was already made and released in japan and now they're bringing it here?

    at least that's the impression I got. I just wish it were built from the ground up for the wii since that's what i'd buy it on (if I ever bought it, that is)

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  • JJJJ DailyStormer Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I hear it's coming out in February. I hope not.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    This is the Sting game, right? Instant dibs for Atlus.

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  • steve-o99steve-o99 Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Could be good, hold us off until knights of ratatosk or w/e comes out in North America in approximately 2287

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  • RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I've been looking forward to this game for a while so it's great to see it finally get officially announced. The artwork in the trailer rocks beyond belief. And hey, I didn't even know a Wii version of this game existed so that makes the whole thing even cooler.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    I have been very interested in both of Stings GBA games, and I will keep an eye on this.

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2007
    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.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Wow. This looks really good. Comes out in February too? Damn. That's going to be one busy month.

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  • rayofashrayofash Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Is this being made by the same people who make Persona 3? The trailer has the exact same art style.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    rayofash wrote: »
    Is this being made by the same people who make Persona 3? The trailer has the exact same art style.

    I thought the same thing.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_Entertainment

    But it doesn't look like it.

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2007
    rayofash wrote: »
    Is this being made by the same people who make Persona 3? The trailer has the exact same art style.


    Nah.

    I think Sting was going for a SMT/Silent Hill vibe, though.

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