First reviews

[Ogami]

So the first few reviews are coming out for this game and its a rather mixed bag.

Destructoid: 65/100
RGP Site: 5/10
Playstation Life: 50/100

In the end this comment by RPG Site makes me wary to give this game a chance:

In the end, I couldn’t answer why The Caligula Effect Overdose exists. Instead of fixing some of the fundamental issues that the game had, like the combat, the writing or the animations, the remake seems to have doubled down on quantity over quality. While the game's performance is certainly better than it was on Vita, most of the other issues persist. There are more characters, but they’re only mildly interesting at best. There are more narrative beats, but it comes with the same poor writing as before. The combat is perhaps easier to understand, but it’s just as boring and there’s more of it to slog through.

[Nope]

I don't really care about critics, but I do pay attention to users reviews

[Syltti]

Reviews need to always be taken with a grain of salt. From critics AND users.

[dude2]

Feels like a very love it or hate it affair.
I've waited since Satomi Tadashi teased he was working on something though. I do feel that this is heavily niche, since the target audiences are kinda small (SMT fans and VOCALOID fans). Personally excited! I kinda felt like it'll get slammed but I'm here for the ride, if I don't like it then so be it. But as of right now a game written by Satomi Tadashi filled to the brim with talented VOCALOID producers is a must buy for me. Very rare intersection of interest, but it makes me wonder why the western PR never really mentioned the producers working on the music much
Anyway buying on Day 1 if possible, people laughed at me when I wanted it localized then laughed when I hoped it would be on PC. Feeling pretty vindicated

[Meistr755]

I dont believe in critics. Not after they gave Battlefield V 80 and DA Inquisition 85 average scores

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Meistr755:

Not after they gave Battlefield V 80 and DA Inquisition 85 average scores

Well, i have 250 hours in Dragon Age Inquisition and think its a great game, so....
In the end its always about personal taste.

[Meistr755]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by Meistr755:

Not after they gave Battlefield V 80 and DA Inquisition 85 average scores

Well, i have 250 hours in Dragon Age Inquisition and think its a great game, so....
In the end its always about personal taste.

And I completed that game and think that it was complete waste of time and money based on hype so... ye

[Soak]

Lets be honest, you can't trust these reviews "This game was awful no one should play it 5/10" I don't know about you but if the reviewer is saying the game is awful and isn't fun at all, how is it getting 5/10?

[dude2]

Originally posted by Soak:

Lets be honest, you can't trust these reviews "This game was awful no one should play it 5/10" I don't know about you but if the reviewer is saying the game is awful and isn't fun at all, how is it getting 5/10?

Any reviews under 7/10 are terribad to them I guess...
But I was shocked by how harshly worded RPGsite's was. I usually really trust them, but the review felt really mean-spirited and hellbent on hating it from the start?

[RexEviL]

Uh dunno. I read God Eater 3 review 7/10. mhw mentioned 4 times. Totaly one sided.
At least they mentioned Persona only 1 time in Caligula.... ah well.

Edit: nvm, I checked other reviews as well, I never read reviews for other games before. All of them mentions another game in their review 2-4 times totaly professional.

[Eri]

People read reviews in 2019? LOL

[dynastystar]

people still go to Destructoid?

[Stone IV]

Just play the game and experience it for yourself whether if it's good or not. No one really reads reviews nowadays, some of these reviews are just completely biased. I've played games with poor review, and they aren't all that bad.

The only real concern, is that if the port is good enough.

[korsobar]

Originally posted by [e-mail]:

The only real concern, is that if the port is good enough.

I agree with this. Review sites are mostly worthless. Some of them don't even know how to play games and others reviewers seem to think they are engaged in a literary criticism exercise.

If you consider artwork and music to be a factor in whether you enjoy a game, how can anyone presume to tell you whether you will like some particular piece of art or music?

When it comes to the technical aspects, the post release steam reviews and discussions in the forums here will tell you more than any game review site.

[cub]

Originally posted by [e-mail]:

The only real concern, is that if the port is good enough.

I've already played through the game and can confirm that the port was pretty solid - definitely the best NISA port I have played. No crashes, frame issues, etc.

[[HTT✰] Ayase Eli]

Originally posted by cublikefoot:

Originally posted by [e-mail]:

The only real concern, is that if the port is good enough.

I've already played through the game and can confirm that the port was pretty solid - definitely the best NISA port I have played. No crashes, frame issues, etc.

Seriously? thats good then, ill pick it up when its out then, I was worried about the port being bad.