[archived from a cohost post, originally made on november 9, 2023] usually there's some redeeming feature or point in a game I play, even the ones I hate. something, ostensibly, to glean some value from the time I've spent on it. with this one, I have struggled for upwards of 14 hours (at time of writing) to process any component of this game that is worth even a dull compliment. ...the best I can really come up with is that the protagonist's villain form is a really good design. the caligula effect is, ostensibly, the name given by (apparently exclusively japanese) psychologists to the phenomenon where someone's desire to do something increases when they're prohibited from doing it. one must imagine the desire to make a truly dogshit persona game grew immensely in the heart of tadashi satomi after handling persona 1 and persona 2 and then not being involved in further persona games the short premise for the caligula effect and overdose , its... "