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Baroque (USA)

Wii
🇬🇧
Reviewed in
2009
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Sting roguelike with a mystical, unsettling tone. Dreamlike dungeon with cryptic storytelling, real-time combat, unique atmosphere. A singular experience, recommended for fans of auteur roguelikes and strange universes on Wii.

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Category
RPG 1 player 16+
Description
Roguelike dungeon action RPG developed by Sting and published by NIS America in the UK in June 2009. In a post-apocalyptic world covered in a Baroque layer, the protagonist descends into an infinite tower of underground floors to understand the truth behind the world's collapse. Real-time combat, permadeath with unstored item loss, introspection mechanics to converse with entities. Oppressive and mysterious atmosphere.

Baroque review

4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾2,7 GB 📅07/04/2009
Published by Atlus

Baroque (Wii) price, value & rarity

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Q1 loose
 $37 Q6 complete
 $54 Q10 new
 $80 !
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Other versions
Baroque for Wii
Japan
14/09/2001
🇯🇵
Baroque
UK
26/06/2009
🇬🇧

Is Baroque still worth playing in 2026?

An atypical dungeon crawler from Sting, Baroque plunges an amnesiac hero into a randomly generated post apocalyptic nightmare tower, where each death resets progress. The unwholesome mood, the cryptic story and the roguelike mechanic create a disturbing, fascinating experience, faithful to the Saturn original. The stiff handling and the deliberate opacity put off some players. A striking curiosity for fans of dark roguelikes and singular game worlds.

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