Baroque Syndrome
The game is played as an interactive novel, with 2D still pictures of settings and characters being the main graphic elements, and all actions being described via scrolling texts. At several intervals you will…
Baroque Syndrome is a visual novel developed by Sting, released 27 July 2000 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and Android.
What Baroque Syndrome is
Baroque Syndrome is a visual novel game developed by Sting and released in 2000. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, Android and iOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Armageddon came. A huge Heat Wave ruined the planet, humans have mutated into strange creatures who worship strange gods, trying to exterminate each other in bloody wars, and Ikei demons populate the surface of the planet. In the middle of the wasteland stands the Nerve Tower. Nobody knows what it is: the symbol of evil or the final hope for salvation, because nobody ever dared to enter it. But the hero of the game is determined to explore the tower, and perhaps to cleanse the world of evil once and for all. Set after a world-altering cataclysm called the Blaze that took place on May 14, 2032, Baroque focuses on a nameless, mute, and amnesiac protagonist. Early on, he finds himself…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror, mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Baroque series
Baroque Syndrome is the third of 10 entries we hold in the Baroque series. The next entry was Baroque Typing in 2002.
What it launched against
Baroque Syndrome launched on 27 July 2000, within three weeks of Final Fantasy IX, Paper Mario, Grandia II and Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy IX, Paper Mario, Grandia II, Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000.
Official trailer
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