Underplayed Gems

Baroque: Yuganda Mousou (1999)

Baroque: Yuganda Mousou cover
Developer
Sting
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

How it feels

A grim, disorienting descent through a decaying world where amnesia, dread, and punishing difficulty blur into a haze of surreal despair.

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About

This is the limited edition release of the PlayStation port of the roguelike RPG Baroque. Titled Baroque: Yuganda Mousou (Distorted Delusion), this version enhances the original Sega Saturn release with new story elements, cutscenes, and difficulty adjustments. The "Genteiban" (Limited Edition) specifically includes the game disc along with a special "Shin Tenshimushi" keyholder figure In the game, the player assumes the role of an amnesiac protagonist in a post-apocalyptic world warped by a cataclysm known as the "Blaze." To find redemption and purify the world, the protagonist must descend into the mysterious, shifting Neuro Tower.

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