A prequel to the post-apocalyptic RPG Baroque, Baroque Syndrome chronicles the events that precede the supernatural apocalypse of the original game, in which all of earth has been devastated by a massive heat wave.

You take the role of Kitsune Kanazawa, a Japanese student that becomes entangled in the investigation of a series of supernatural murders, which will slowly introduce key characters who will play a part in the upcoming apocalypse.

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 have to make a choice that branches the plot in different directions, but that's all the interaction you get to make.

Spellings

バロックシンドローム - Japanese spelling

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Baroque universe

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Credits (PlayStation version)

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Producer	Takeshi Santō
Co-producer	Kōji Kōno
Baroque World Supervisor	Kazunari Yonemitsu
Scenario Director	Takahiro Hasebe
Program	Masaaki Gonohe
Basic Visual Design	Tomiya Tsujita
Graphics	Kohji Sano Masahiro Sakisaka Hisao Nishimura
Animation	Kohji Sano Masahiro Sakisaka Hisao Nishimura
Title Design	Gatsuo Akatsuka
SFX	Ko-ichi Tsuboi & others
Ending Movie Edit	Kenjiro Suzuki
Sound Compose	Yasuko Yamada (Reeb)
SE Compose	Dota Ando (Reeb) Kohsuke Nakazawa (Reeb)
QA	Moriyasu Shiranezawa
Photo Character Model	Chinatsu Kato
Base Story	Mariko Shimizu ("Baroque Syndrome" Serialized in Sega Saturn Magazine [Softbank Publishing Inc.])
Written by	Masahiro Hikokubo
Special Thanks	Toshiro Sakuma Taishi Yamazaki
[ full credits ]

Trivia

Manga

The game is an adaptation of a short manga series created by Mariko Shimizu and serialized in the official Saturn magazine as promotional material for the original Baroque.

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Game added by Zovni.

PS Vita added by Alaka. Android, iPhone, iPad added by Ms. Tea. PlayStation 3, PSP added by MAT.

Additional contributors: Patrick Bregger, Rik Hideto.

Game added July 8, 2007. Last modified February 22, 2023.