Tag: The Caligula Effect
News Surreal JRPG The Caligula Effect 2 Rights Past Wrongs on PS5 in October
Redo, indeed
The Caligula Effect 2 is getting another chance to make things right, with a PS5 port officially dated for October 2023, the 17th in North America and 20th in Europe. This particular entry bucks genre trends and tells a sci-fi tale in which a group of students suddenly realise they are living inside a simulation. Persona fans might...
News Weird JRPG The Caligula Effect 2 Is Getting a PS5 Port Later This Year
Cause and effect
NIS America has announced that The Caligula Effect 2 is getting a PS5 version this Autumn / Fall. The quirky RPG originally released for the PS4 back in October 2021, and was fairly well received by fans of the genre. If you're out of the loop, The Caligula Effect 2 has some slight Persona vibes, as a group of highschool students...
News The Caligula Effect: Overdose Makes PS5 Bid for Freedom on 30th May
Rollcall
The Caligula Effect: Overdose is something of a reimagining of the first entry in the Caligula Effect series, with additional story sections, endings and gameplay mechanics. Originally released in Japan on PS4, it's finally coming West with a PS5 iteration on 30th May. It follows a group of plucky high schoolers as they attempt to escape...
News Maximalist JRPG The Caligula Effect: Overdose Is Getting a Native PS5 Release
School's in session
Relentlessly-anime JRPG The Caligula Effect: Overdose is getting a native PS5 version in 2023, publisher NIS America has revealed. Overdose is a remake of the original Caligula Effect, which smoothed away many of that game's rougher edges. Featuring a story penned by Tadashi Satomi, scenario writer on Persona and Persona 2, and...
News JRPG Sequel The Caligula Effect 2 Gets Weird on PS4 This October
Redo
The Caligula Effect 2 will be heading West this October, publisher NIS America has confirmed. A sequel the somewhat divisive The Caligula Effect, which first released for PlayStation Vita back in 2016 (and got an enhanced PS4 port named The Caligula Effect: Overdose in 2018), it promises more psychological drama and turn based battles. Just to...
Review The Caligula Effect (PS Vita)
μ got a friend in me
When a game features a story written by Persona veteran Tadashi Satomi it’s difficult not to get a bit hyped for it. The Caligula Effect is an ambitious sounding action role-playing game set in a high school with over 500 non-playable characters to befriend and a very unique battle system. Sadly, if you were hoping for a game...
