The Caligula Effect Overdose - Review (NSW)

The Caligula Effect Overdose - Review (NSW) - Tarks Gauntlet

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The Caligula Effect released initially on the playstation vita not all that long ago, and though many of us missed the chance to get around to it, the few who did play it seemed to have a very mixed response to it.
Yet there must be something here as the Caligula Effect didn't stop at just the 1 game. The Caligula effect also seen an anime, and now a full-on remake of the original game.
But does this remake address the issues people used to have? Will the opinions be less mixed this time around? And how many people will get to play it now that it's not just tied to the vita?
Lets jump in and find out!
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@sone2028 5 жыл бұрын

I’m currently playing it on the switch and I’m really enjoying it! I don’t really care if it’s hard or not I just want to have good time, I also like the art style and I just listened to the full soundtrack it’s truly amazing

@Finnthehuman17 5 жыл бұрын

Tarks u forgot that those people who called it a persona ripoff probably doesn't even know persona 1 & 2 exists

@oreox1000 5 жыл бұрын

Hajimeme Hinata don't crush their dreams mate.

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to acknowledge the criticism and express that I don't really care either way lol. A lot of people called Trails of Cold Steel a persona rip off too. Basically anything with social links gets that claim these days. Screw it. I'm all down for it! lol

@Finnthehuman17 5 жыл бұрын

@@TarksGauntlet Yeah i feel like everytime a game that has a highschool setting in it, it's automatically labeled as a Persona ripoff lol

@acebreaker7 5 жыл бұрын

People forget those Persona games for a reason

@JadesOfGrey 5 жыл бұрын

It can’t be a ripoff if it’s written by the same person.

@JudgmenTaichi 5 жыл бұрын

Man, now I wish I was younger and have the time to play and finish this game. I'm still playing P5 since release and haven't finished it yet lol

@elperoloco1938 5 жыл бұрын

Great review as always , thank you for your sincerity.

@ElLoGGe 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. I was really hoping for this to amaze me but I guess I wait for now.

@eseph9899 5 жыл бұрын

Yo that xenoblade looking affinity chart and persona style social aspects makes me really interested.

@shicon100 5 жыл бұрын

The MC in the floor gave me flashbacks to Skyrim.

@UnlimitedFlyers 5 жыл бұрын

"You're in a fake world and crazy j-pop fans will do anything to keep you from escaping.", suddenly I am 5x MORE INTERESTED in this game. OTAKU BUTTKICKING FOR GOODNESS, BO!!!!

@FinnMetal1 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds a bit like "real" life. Only replace j-pop fans with fake news talking heads and the illumidonkey.

@ancalyme 5 жыл бұрын

Well, crazy Vocaloid fans to be fair

@haruhisuzumiya6650 3 жыл бұрын

@@FinnMetal1 vtubers now

@hellblazerjj Жыл бұрын

Great review and video as always

@Anasthy 5 жыл бұрын

Great review- keep building your channel and finding your voice mate :)

@SizzlingOne 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your advice regarding difficulty choice to start with. looking to get a GOG copy of this one as you had me with the story writer behind Persona 1-2

@SmashJT 5 жыл бұрын

I started playing and was overwhelmed by the extended intro and text walls. The battle system seemed overcomplicated initially from the get go. Would have preferred a slower intro to how to fight. SOunds like they could have used you in the QA Testing of this. That holding down A button thing is a huge fault. I'm glad you fleshed out that storyline for me because I zoned out about 3 minutes into it. Just not my style of game... But your review makes it far more understandable - almost to the point of me giving it another go. Great job as always, Tarks! Keep killin it dude.

@R3DGaming 5 жыл бұрын

Good review buddy. I think that you always provide a lot of detail in your reviews. I will eventually get a review out on this. I just need time to record my audio for it. Personally, I didn't like the game as much as I did when it released for the Vita. Maybe, it's because of games like Death End's great gameplay battle system have been keeping me more occupied.

@alancampbell764 5 жыл бұрын

This was a great review. I subbed.

@b.j.stewart7200 5 жыл бұрын

Got it on switch in the mail today. Excited to play it

@SheldonKreger 5 жыл бұрын

Gonna have to pick this up. Battle system looks unique.

@JadesOfGrey 5 жыл бұрын

I skipped this one Vita cause it was digital only. I preordered this for Switch. Can’t wait to finally play it Tuesday.

@prince0of0luck 5 жыл бұрын

i finish this game on ps4 i enjoy the game but if im gonna recommend this game to anyone im sure im gonna send them your review nicely done the game need more work im looking forward for there new games

@nickr1407 5 жыл бұрын

Good video Mr. Krat!

@stricknine6130 5 жыл бұрын

I pre ordered the limited edition on Switch from NIS. I loved Persona 3 and it reminded me of it.

@Princeomishore 5 жыл бұрын

No sorry this game is nothing like persona 3 I played the OG game and it's bad and from what this review shows not much has changed.

@stricknine6130 5 жыл бұрын

@@Princeomishore Okay well that's your opinion and you're entitled to it. I however like the game.

@Shiro92224 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing like persona

@thewanderer9371 5 жыл бұрын

Great review. Looks interesting to me. I'll give it a try despite the flaws

@hemangchauhan2864 5 жыл бұрын

FURYU in a dev studio that tries to experiment with the usual JRPG systems, but rarely get balanced well.

@SerotoninCrunch 4 жыл бұрын

Thats.... A really good summary of their games.

@brayanmartinez9063 5 жыл бұрын

Gonna wait for a sale on PS4, nice review btw.

@ShadowEliteHD 5 жыл бұрын

I did indeed skip this one because it was on Vita and looked meh. I'll try it out on PC and see what's up.

@idonotmakevidsyet 5 жыл бұрын

Its basically persona but like a budget version

@optimize0 5 жыл бұрын

Did they fix the causality link? Or still find guy lvl up take to other guy?

@Simon-xi7lb 4 жыл бұрын

@@idonotmakevidsyet it's nothing like persona...

@Shiro92224 3 жыл бұрын

@@Simon-xi7lb finally someone with a brain

@QudduwsCampbell 5 жыл бұрын

Played it on the vita, and the though it was ok it wasn't one of my favorite titles on the platform. I kinda view it as a basic JRPG. Not good, but not bad either. Solid review BTW.

@Addition2 5 жыл бұрын

This one looks interesting, might want to try it out. By the way, how many endings are there? I might not get every NPCs, but I think I want to try. Also do some of the NPCs missable?

@DuoBeard 5 жыл бұрын

This was a title I was really excited for, not sure why I didn’t pick it up; glad to see a few of these vita games making their way to other consoles. Although after this review I may wait for a sale :3

@guruthosamarthruin4459 5 жыл бұрын

I personally passed on the Vita version because it was digital-only.

@Ingeniousleo85 5 жыл бұрын

Man...great review first of all, I was intrigued at the very least about this game, the visuals in the marketing got my attention, I was interested but not fully convinced yet. Well your review doesn't help the game that much lol, but it delivered what I wanted. Real information about the game, I also know you like JRPGs so makes this hurt even a little more. I guess I'll be skipping this one for now, there are other games available to buy that I haven't played yet. I got to check if you reviewed TWEWY on the Switch, if not can you? lol Keep up the good work Tarks.

@cantrip7 5 жыл бұрын

Does this game... not significantly explore themes of escapism, disassociation, identify, etc. through the NPCs? Clever angles and insights? Or is it just normal anime-style ensemble stuff? Is all the thematic stuff surface level?

@MACZ2021 5 жыл бұрын

Does holding the A button for every battle work on the harder difficulty or is it just standard that it'll work on?

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

If you grind enough it'll work on any difficulty, but my brief run on hard after completing the game it doesn't seem like it'll happen just naturally.

@Dr.Sho_Minamimoto 5 жыл бұрын

9:32 While I get the gripe that the music can get irritating (trust me, I played the original and after farming to complete the game the songs got burned into my brain) my understanding is that, that is the point- μ and the “Ostinato musicians” use their music to brainwash the captives of Mobius thus corrupting them into digiheads. As someone who has realized the world is façade like the rest of the “Go home club” you are bombarded by this initially catchy music but... as time goes on it starts to wear you down getting you more and more agitated while those who have fallen get more and more feral. But hey, maybe that’s just me making excuses for bad design~ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

Nah, I hear you and I agree actually. It's one of those things that something that's actually a decent idea just doesn't feel as good in execution. They become frustrations because that's the point, but it's hard not to feel that frustration genuinely and genuine frustration is rarely a good thing.

@StrikerShawnSS 5 жыл бұрын

Not to mention it lagged like ass. It had potential, they just needed to balance out the game more. And the combat was pretty fun as well

@cantrip7 5 жыл бұрын

I think there's always an alternative to communicate the same idea in a way that's more... palatable. Like, what if the artificial, poppy tracks became "warped" over time? Like, say, a pop rock song decaying, track by track, to a garage, lofi, chop-amd-screw, or industrial track? Sorta like Grant Kirkhope but depressing

@Dr.Sho_Minamimoto 5 жыл бұрын

I can see that happening, the closest thing that your description comes to is the "thorn" remixes that appear later in the game. but yeah, the background music in dungeons becomes a problem if you stay in it for too long, Persona 3 ended up kindof remedying it later in the game by allowing you to play different music tracks when the default started to wear out its welcome.

@jedimaster12100 5 жыл бұрын

The game looks interesting. I might have to pick it up.

@Ajia_No_Envy 5 жыл бұрын

I wanna know can you play this game like a simulation game or are you forced to go do dungeon crawling every so often

@JadesOfGrey 5 жыл бұрын

You said you can pick a male or female protagonist. Does that mean the drawn anime cutscene is different depending on who you pick? That’s a lot of effort.

@enumaelish2534 5 жыл бұрын

Yes,the 3 dungeon (which is the hot spring) for male MC he will wait outside,FeMc will go in to the bath together with the other female student

@JadesOfGrey 5 жыл бұрын

TPK Kaze I meant like the opening cutscene shown in the video that shows the protagonist as a male. That scene is completely redrawn for male and female?

@enumaelish2534 5 жыл бұрын

@@JadesOfGrey yes the anime part cut scene. Even when start the game as female,later on at the title screen u will see the female mc at the title screen. Some of the dialog in game have a little bit different too,that why i quite like this game (but not the graphic...should be better) and sadly no romance route :'^)

@jamesa.646 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome review man, pretty bummed that this game is super unpolished, but oh well I'll wait for a sale

@XDeadlyViperX 5 жыл бұрын

Looks Decent Lol Will Pick It Up.

@MsSaskue360 5 жыл бұрын

As a huge vocaloid and specific hatsune miku fanboy I really excited to play this game for the vocaloid parts

@ragna5902 5 жыл бұрын

I might pick this game up.

@ericnick4498 5 жыл бұрын

Do it!

@Jldnr77 5 жыл бұрын

Based on your plot description, it sounds like they crossed Angel Beats with SAO.

@Karmakin 5 жыл бұрын

Isn't this essentially Angel Beats! in story structure? Not that this is a bad thing, but boy does this remind me of that story.

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

I can see some of that, but this didn't punch the feels quite as hard as angel beats.

@larsweise8315 3 жыл бұрын

I played the vita version (only the main storry, no causality links). It was a fine experience but the difficulty was out of place. I beat the final boss in three turns without even healing. This was a massive blow for me, especially since the battle system was a real highlight. And there was only easy and normal mode to play 😭 even on new game+

@haruhisuzumiya6650 3 жыл бұрын

and caligula effect 2 is coming soon.

@damianserah 5 жыл бұрын

no mention about the anime?

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

Only in the description. Didn't think it was that important to the game review tbh.

@riguerraluisfernandoh.6415 5 жыл бұрын

Tbh my thoughts exactly regarding the gameplay and music. Tbh i think ppl would only play this for the story. Also the game is too easy even if its on hard. Played the game earlier than most since the game came out earlier on the ps4 (SEA)

@Yup712 5 жыл бұрын

I’m glad for this review! I was considering getting this but definitely not paying $60 for it!!!

@robotvm 5 жыл бұрын

It is 49.99

@Yup712 5 жыл бұрын

RobotVM That’s good, but still over-priced for an old game! Wasn’t it $39.99 brand new on when released on the VITA?

@robotvm 5 жыл бұрын

@@Yup712 Yes but this is a full remake using UE4. I think if you could wait till it is 30.00 that would be a fair price.

@SkiKoala 5 жыл бұрын

The text boxes are so small, I found it hard to read.

@zoozbuh 5 жыл бұрын

Been holding off from getting the Vita version as I was hoping this version would be a much better way to play. Despite some of the criticisms you made, I still think it looks pretty good (and a huge step up from the Vita version). Definitely going to pick this up on Switch.

@alfeiku9257 5 жыл бұрын

Oof so the final boss cutscene crash is also on the switch version. Uhh that's not good. And it's bad it's not really talked about either. I think to bypass it you have to discard a lot of traumas because apparently it has something to do with too much inventory you don't use.

@alfeiku9257 5 жыл бұрын

But anyways I'm super excited for this game! I'm more into the story and the characters than the gameplay. The songs are all wonderful to me. I first got into the franchise with the anime and boy did I enjoy it every week. So I'm looking forward to this very much so

@tatoba5066 5 жыл бұрын

There's only like three games on the Vita that HAVEN'T been ported over yet at this point

@WolfBetter 5 жыл бұрын

I'm STILL waiting for a Dungeon Travellers port.I have it on a pstv, but it's not the same thing.

@shadowX50 5 жыл бұрын

hey kinda like the matrix.

@80sCartoonVillain 5 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I had no idea this was a game. The anime sucked though so...probably won't be picking this up. Wished I knew about this being a game first to avoid the anime as I probably seen the major portion of the plots and subplots...

@eziotru 5 жыл бұрын

Can confirm Day 1 patch is a thing

@TheWipal 4 жыл бұрын

over a whole ass GB for the damn patch like what the hell 💀

@jconny65 5 жыл бұрын

i'll wait for a patch... if that happens lol

@acebreaker7 5 жыл бұрын

I've imported the asian english release on Ps4 and the game ran extremely smooth for what I believe is 60fps could be wrong there but the game plays very smooth and is very clean in comparison to the switch release as to be expected with zero crashes

@zempmasterz 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'll probably get this for 20 or 30 bucks. Whats next zanki zero?

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

Death end re;quest next Monday, after that I'm not sure. Zanki I definitely have an interest in even with the censorship they had to put it through. Sekiro is also out soon, and though I may not review it, I'm definitely gonna play it lol.

@zempmasterz 5 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! I wanted to check out out death and request. Also When I posted that I thought zanki zero was out very soon but it's not actually out for another month.

@LovelyMinmay 5 жыл бұрын

So you said nothing about the new route

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe because it doesn't add anything that I didn't already cover in some capacity?

@guruthosamarthruin4459 5 жыл бұрын

It's more than an enhanced version; it's a complete remake from the ground up.

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I said at the beginning. Referring to it as enhanced wasn't meant to take away from it as a remake, just stating that it's a better version. That as a remake it didn't become worse, that it added improvements rather than remain the same.

@furkan1503 5 жыл бұрын

Are the two greatest jrpgs of all time : Final Fantasy XV and Persona 5 ?

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

I mean, definitely not to ff15

@heyjeySigma 5 жыл бұрын

FF15?? You out of ur dang mind?? The game has shitty story and bland as hell characters and dialogue and very average music. Its ONLY saving grace is decent combat and decent graphics. A 7/10.. or 8/10 at best if one's generous

@jase87 5 жыл бұрын

You must be 12 years old

@prodigous21 5 жыл бұрын

Bruh Persona and Xenoblade these are amazing jrpgs

@elslord16 5 жыл бұрын

CMIAW but the music in each dungeons always the same because i guess we (the player) could a little bit share a same struggle of the protagonist. the point of the music is to brainwash everyone so the protagonist and gang fight their way while hearing a same goddamn music. it's battle of physical and emotional at a same time. or the development is out of budget for the music 😂

@andrewrootz1577 5 жыл бұрын

The combat is what concerns me the most. We shall see...

@andrewrootz1577 5 жыл бұрын

And hey, Steam offers refunds.

@martinszmidt6121 5 жыл бұрын

oh i remember that anime the shit version of guilty crown

@edoardofedrighi2102 5 жыл бұрын

Well, I guess I'll wait for trial of cold steel

@djukor 5 жыл бұрын

I think its bean established long ago that noways especially in Japanese games normal difficulty is actually easy difficulty. It just states its normal so it doesn't make casual players feel bad for playing on easy. Hard is the actual normal difficulty nowadays. And i am not even sure who easy is for. Maybe people who have anxiety or something unless they play on easy. Japan just has more causal casuals than the west nowadays. I think easy games acualy sell better in japan to a mass audience.

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

It's really a game by game basis. Some definitely don't work that way. But yeah, for a lot of them it seems easy now has all the difficulty of a visual novel.

@guruthosamarthruin4459 5 жыл бұрын

You should leave Patreon behind, and move on.

@Skyte100 5 жыл бұрын

It's Mu not Yu.

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

Technically it's, "μ." Which yes, is pronounced with an M. But if that's the extent of your complaints.. despite being minor enough that it should go without even acknowledging, I think I done well enough. Have a good one.

@user-zr4dg3xq2u 5 жыл бұрын

if you're getting scared of games being longer than 20-25 hours, jrpgs are not for you lol

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

Huh? I'm not worried about games being longer than that, but they need to have a decent progression both within the narrative and gameplay to support that length and remain interesting, and this game just doesn't really. I play mostly jrpgs. I'm used to 60-100 hours.

@lolnothxyt 5 жыл бұрын

I am because usually that gameplay is padded with repetitive torture you have to slog through to get to the story. Heaven forbid the whole game be rewarding and fun the entire way through.

@GG_Nowa 5 жыл бұрын

D I dunno if a game has 25-30 house of quality content that has progress in gameplay and narrative I find that alot better than say 60+ hours where a quarter of it will be needlessly padded out.

@enumaelish2534 5 жыл бұрын

I have played the PS4 platform Caligula Overdose i never experience any glitch at all (i 've played 3 times NG+ so far) i quite agree that the graphic can be more better,and the fighting gameplay is really easy to get bored after a few hour...when they announce this Caligula Effect Overdose at twitter i though it will have some different,but seem like it still the same...that quite little disappointed actually i would say.But it doesn't change the fact i love this series,I personal like the character design alot (Love Male MC and Eiji here 💙) and they back story deployment. Also i love alot the music from this series it was the highlight of this game, some of it is really catchy and the part i like is the song lyrics actually mean alot (Lucid theme is the best,you can't change my mind.)

@enumaelish2534 5 жыл бұрын

And 1 more i wan to add that,This is a strategy game is not really that Smash A button to play...is kinda hurt to see. There is i think 2 character that can break enemy shield is MC and Eiji they are really useful when you fighting those enemy keep guard when you deal meelee attack will get stunned.

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

It's a strategy game where using strategy only limits your ability to succeed. Which means it's a failed strategy game. Glitches are probably already patched for release, but the character writing is all pretty decent. And there's a lot of it!

@aerami9881 5 жыл бұрын

Initially clicked cos “Was this even out yet” but I got my answer few seconds in lol Frankly, I’m gonna get this game for the sole fact that they decided to add a female protagonist for the enhanced version. But going through the basic info, I think it’s conceptually interesting, story-wise. I’m honestly *happy* there’s so many characters to interact with and get to know better. I live for these kinds of details instead of rushing through the main story. Escaping the reality made to escape from reality, finding out dark truths behind characters, seeing the POV of the ‘bad guys’ etc seems interesting. Gameplay is secondary to me as long as I can enjoy a good story. This isn’t for people who wanna ploughing through things so that should be kept in mind.

@chaikagaz 5 жыл бұрын

I think i tried to watch the anime but the story was so boring i abandoned it. Guess ill pass on this game

@XadventureXtimeX 5 жыл бұрын

Is there english voice acting in this game ?

@Chelaxim 3 жыл бұрын

Your Mii is horrifying.

@TarksGauntlet 3 жыл бұрын

I know. He's just too accurate.

@tenkuken7168 5 жыл бұрын

lmao granblue a browser games has tons of battle themes than this game lol

@martinomagic9230 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like a NiS game for the most part, which is a game I would buy if I literally had nothing else to do and even then I would probably better off doing something else. I pretty much had signed off on this company, but with their recent localizing of Falcom games they finally have some franchises that arn't just do something a tad original but do it 9000 times type games. Its really a shame because all the games they localize have some promise but they all just miss the mark haha. Like Disgaea probably their best franchise has fun weird comedic banter that I love but if you truly want to play the game your talking like a year of your life in grinding to accomplish everything. Plus something about the places you go just always feels so random, it never really feels like its following a story you just kind of fight wherever whenever.

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about Danganronpa! NISA definitely has one of the most inconsistent catalogs I find, but I kind of appreciate them for that as I just like exploring these games most other people probably wouldn't bring over. At least.. most of the time. They did localize Tokyo Tattoo Girls after all.. and fuck that game.

@martinomagic9230 5 жыл бұрын

@@TarksGauntlet haha That's true I really was only talking about RPGs since that is my thing I don't really play much of other genres. I also appreciate them bring games that would never see the light of day over here even if I am not interested in them. But I for sure am thankful that they are going to bring over Falcom games as everything they make is a top class game and I hope they can do them justice like Xseed has managed to do because they might finally have their hands on some series that can bring them up to the levels of other RPG giants.

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

@@martinomagic9230 They got old xseed staff on cold steel 3 so here's hoping haha. My most anticipated game of the year!

@martinomagic9230 5 жыл бұрын

@@TarksGauntlet Yep mine also! I hope it does really well and they do a good job so we can for sure get the 4th one also! I think they will do a good job because other then Ys 8, I really have not seen a ton of problems with translation in their games I am hoping that was a one off.

@raremessagefound7138 5 жыл бұрын

This game isn't my cup of tea no matter how long it is; the premise fails to catch my attention and the fact there is people out there has that need to defend the game knowing it's a terrible game. Or maybe not, another man's trash is another man's treasure. Personally I shouldn't compare other games out there to this. It would be unfair but the asking price when I saw the rerelease of the game is between 40 to 50 dollars give or take. And it's not worth that, it be about 19.99 at the most sorry

@EruYagami 5 жыл бұрын

Shave your beard...

@TarksGauntlet 5 жыл бұрын

No.

@anthonypham7630 5 жыл бұрын

I wish this game would have a dating sim similar to Persona, but based on the storyline of anime adaptation, a high school girl could be a mother in real life... 😢