PoPoRoGue
Poporogue is the sequel to SCEI's 1996 hit in Japan Popolocrois (also called Popolocrois monogatari). The battles in this game are not random, you can see the monsters on the screen and avoid them. What's more…
PoPoRoGue is a role-playing (rpg) developed by G-Artists, released 26 November 1998 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.
What PoPoRoGue is
PoPoRoGue is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by G-Artists and released in 1998. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It has been two years since Pietoro and company have defeated the evil Ice demon and his cronies, Pietoro has grown bored with every day life (Especially studying!), so he decides to escape from the castle.(For those of you who really care Poporogue takes place after the animation series. Thus the story can be followed by playing Popolocrois, watching all the anime, and then playing Poporogue. Whether you do this or not makes no difference as far as the story is concerned. Still the game is cooler if you've played Popolocrois before.) He sneaks out of the castle and explores the town, finally ending up dozing off in nearby grasslands. Everything is all La De Da until. A giant cloud covers…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the PopoloCrois series
PoPoRoGue is the second of 6 entries we hold in the PopoloCrois series. It arrived 2 years after PoPoLoCrois Monogatari. The next entry was PoPoLoCrois Monogatari II in 2000.
What it launched against
PoPoRoGue launched on 26 November 1998, within three weeks of Half-Life, Suikoden II, Thief: The Dark Project and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil.
Released around the same time: Half-Life, Suikoden II, Thief: The Dark Project, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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