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Baroque is an atmospheric roguelite originally released on the Sega Saturn (if you wish to play the original check out Nerve Tower for a translation) and then released on the PS1 (avoid that). It was then remade for the PS2 and Wii. The Wii version supports widescreen, so for the best modern experience, choose that. For the best 4:3 YouTube experience, maybe PS2. I played the Saturn, PS2, and Wii versions all from start to finish and know this game better than the devs. Play time is anywhere from 99:99:99 to just one hour depending on how gamer you are.
The original Saturn release has little music and mostly consists of running around randomized hallways and rooms between getting one minute of story progression. It can be good to mellow out with and just run a few floors to kill time. The game will fuck you if you don't know what things do already. Enemies have 2 possible items each and often drop nothing but vitality. When you learn what those 2 items are, you know what you picked up even if it is unidentified. ID bones identify all items in your inventory. ID parasites only identify one thing. Rotten food will fuck you, but the cursebringer/crypt angel will purify damaged or rotten items you throw at it. It will burn food that is not rotten if you throw that at it. Burnt food is a full heal, but costs you the alternate stat (burnt flesh kills your vitality, burnt hearts kill your HP). Sometimes that's really good.
Underrated game. i hope you get mugged by clowns
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