The Caligula Effect
- June 23, 2016
- FuRyu
It’s a rarity these days to see a PlayStation Vita exclusive, five years into the platform’s life, but The Caligula Effect is a game that will speak to its audience.
Featuring a story written by Persona veteran Tadashi Satomi, The Caligula Effect takes you inside a digital prison filled with brainwashed high school students, evil musicians, and an all-powerful virtual idol.
Reviews
- music7 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 57 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
- story6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
- grinding4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
- graphics2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 100 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- gameplay2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 100 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- replayability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 100 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- emotional1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- optimization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
It's always sunny in Mobius: The Caligula Effect Review
The Caligula Effect offers a fascinating story inside of a huge virtual world. Filled with heavy concepts, writer Tadashi Satomi weaves a complex story about human suffering, artificial happiness, and the lengths people will go to find inner peace. While not nearly as developed or immersive as Persona 5, the game's flashy graphics, star-studded soundtrack and solid story help to make up for what the game lacks in a depressingly shallow and unfulfilling social system, unclear objectives within dungeons and a rather tedious battle system.
60%The Caligula Effect Review
Technically messy and relentlessly shallow, The Caligula Effect is one taboo better left unbroken.
40%The Caligula Effect Review
The Caligula Effect is an average JRPG with a memorable soundtrack that has some ambitious ideas for mechanics, but fails in executing them in a constructive manner.
40%
