The Caligula Effect: Overdose

This is a hidden gem, at least for me. It's a FuRyu game, so as expected the budget was a T-Rex & a Go-Fish card. Because of this, the graphics are middling & a lot of character animations are kinda choppy. If you can look past these things, the game opens up to you. The story of the game is genuinely interesting, with each chapter of the main story involving a primary focus of 2 characters at a time (1 Go-Home Club member & 1 Ostinato Musician), giving each character time to shine. You learn about their traumas & help them overcome them in each character's story episodes. The emotions are there. The only problem with the story is that it can feel kind of choppy at times. As this is a remake with a new route & new characters, they needed to integrate it into the main story, but I wish they put a little more effort into it over "OK we're gonna do this now", because that's how it feels during some parts of the game. It won't ruin it, but I do wish it flowed better. The gameplay is great. I really like the battle system in this game as it makes you think about your team composition & who to use. Your strategy will vary depending on the team. Combat with bosses always feels challengi…

Good gameplay but gets repetitive...story is meh. Music is great. 6/10

this sure is a video game that is associated with furyu ok out the gate : this game is ugly. not to say there is nothing good here (the character designs and portraits are quite good) but this is an unsightly game. even for a vita game. there's other games that escaped the console but at least looked better than this. on top of that, it does not help that for most people the combat is not worth playing above "easy", partly because it is painfully slow to get through. that aside, the Persona comparisons aren't entirely unwarranted (a given, considering the pedigree of some of the people who worked on this) but it's very very very much a budget RPG, and the main reason to play this is the writing, which might not even satisfy most people. you can feel the budget everywhere, and it's not always a good thing. but is it worth picking up? uh on sale maybe, certainly not at full price, it's a very hard ask for most people. it's a bit of a chore to get through but there's something here if you're willing to invest your time, which once again is a hard ask in the modern gaming landscape. especially since this game feels like a draft at times.

great character build series

This is a unique game. Why is real time based battle system. lets dive in. During battle you can plan out your moved before you execute them. The game shows you whaat happens via a preview of a turn before it actually plays out so you can plan ahead to heal buff or debuff an enemy / ally as needed. Enemis have shield in this game so if one activates a shield you can plan ahead to break it to dish out the damage otherwise your dmage will get blocked if the shield is not broken. You can eventually stun lock enemies and or stagger them to a point where they can't do a thing. You are mostly going to be fighting the same thing over and over again so theres not much variety in the enemies you are fighting as they are just demonized high school students trapped in a metaverse who don't want to go home. But your job is to correct that. Each npc in the game ( 524 ) of them can be recruited on to your party there is really no limit this so go wild. Along with being able to recruit them each one has his or hers problem to solve. this give off a feel where npc's actually matter. This game gets a pass for me as batles can be repeditive and after awhile you just hit a to win…

virtual reality high school where the only way to escape a pop star idol's hostage-style paradise is to literally beat some sense into your brainwashed classmates using a weaponized manifestation of your teenage trauma.