The Caligula Effect: Overdose

I love me a good RPG with and intriguing story. The music and aesthetic really appealed to me as well, however I wish the in game models and animations were as good, they leave a lot to be desired. Admittedly it does take awhile for the game to rope you in with the good story and mechanics roughly about 10 hours? So it does have a bit of a slow start. Majority of the characters were well written and relatable which carried a lot of my interest in the game. The character episode were fun however the side quests with NPCs were some of the worst implemented I've ever seen I only did about 3 of them and needed a guide since a majority of them were so convoluted. Some of the dungeons went a little longer than I would have liked. Other than that it was a fun game that I was happy to play :)

First off you should play Caligula Effect 2, it builds on everything this game does really well and is a fantastic JRPG. You don't need to have played this one to appreciate it, and while I enjoyed my time with Overdose a fair bit of that came from finding it interesting seeing what came before 2. That's not to say that Overdose isn't interesting on its own merits of course, but it is a very flawed game (if steam reviews permitted a "Mixed" instead of the binary Yes/No I might go with that). The game features a group of misfits attempting to break free of a virtual reality that draws in those with a desire to escape from the real world and does its best to try and fulfill their desires. This premise enables some interesting characters and subject matter which you rarely see in video games, both on the side of the heroes and the villains. There are definitely some misses in how it handles some of this, but I think ultimately its heart is in the right place, which definitely comes thr...