Baroque....has a freaking manga
I...I need a moment, cause I think a piece of me died from happiness. Not ONLY does it have a manga, five of the chapters have been scanlated already~ *surpresses high pitched fangirl shriek*
Jeez, I love this game to death and now I getting spoiled by extras XD Well, although this is mostly just a journal for me to rant about the manga, I might as well talk about Baroque too. In case anyone's reading this, Baroque has been ported over a bunch of times, but the only version I've played is the Wii version. It's a really nonconventional RPG and you'll find a lot of bad reviews. That's because it's much different and you have to understand that as your playing through. It falls into that rouge-like, dungeon crawler niche. See, everytime you die, you restart from level 1 with none of your items. It may seem annoying, but it's actually not that bad since the whole tower is only about 40 floors. I liked it because of the storyline, which it gives you in bits and pieces. You have to meet certain requirements to unlock the pieces. In fact, you can beat the whole game without ever once learning anything about the story. So it's a combination of patience and perseverence. Oh, and it gave me a couple of quasi-nightmares XDDD
I dunno, I don't mind grinding or starting from scratch, so maybe that's why I love this game so much, since I can ignore the annoying elements. But the story and side characteristics (like the Idea Seraphs) are so abstract and symbolic and...well thought provoking, although it's rather dark. I really like stories like those. It's a really deep game in my opinion. Too bad most people can't get past the "holy crap what the hell am I doing I'm lost" factor. Yeah, the game basically throws you right into the midst of things with no explanation whatsoever >_> So read the manual (which I always do XD Habit).
BACK TO THE MANGA. *cough* For people who can't stand the game regardless, at least for the love of god read the manga. It tells the storyline much better and is really beautiful. *huggles* Now, I haven't finished reading it yet, but I love it so far. *runs off to go read*
..... Wow, that was a really random, spontaneous journal XD I seem to be writing more of those lately....oh dear...
Jeez, I love this game to death and now I getting spoiled by extras XD Well, although this is mostly just a journal for me to rant about the manga, I might as well talk about Baroque too. In case anyone's reading this, Baroque has been ported over a bunch of times, but the only version I've played is the Wii version. It's a really nonconventional RPG and you'll find a lot of bad reviews. That's because it's much different and you have to understand that as your playing through. It falls into that rouge-like, dungeon crawler niche. See, everytime you die, you restart from level 1 with none of your items. It may seem annoying, but it's actually not that bad since the whole tower is only about 40 floors. I liked it because of the storyline, which it gives you in bits and pieces. You have to meet certain requirements to unlock the pieces. In fact, you can beat the whole game without ever once learning anything about the story. So it's a combination of patience and perseverence. Oh, and it gave me a couple of quasi-nightmares XDDD
I dunno, I don't mind grinding or starting from scratch, so maybe that's why I love this game so much, since I can ignore the annoying elements. But the story and side characteristics (like the Idea Seraphs) are so abstract and symbolic and...well thought provoking, although it's rather dark. I really like stories like those. It's a really deep game in my opinion. Too bad most people can't get past the "holy crap what the hell am I doing I'm lost" factor. Yeah, the game basically throws you right into the midst of things with no explanation whatsoever >_> So read the manual (which I always do XD Habit).
BACK TO THE MANGA. *cough* For people who can't stand the game regardless, at least for the love of god read the manga. It tells the storyline much better and is really beautiful. *huggles* Now, I haven't finished reading it yet, but I love it so far. *runs off to go read*
..... Wow, that was a really random, spontaneous journal XD I seem to be writing more of those lately....oh dear...