The Caligula Effect 2 came out last year in 2021. It's the sequel to a little known JRPG, called just Caligula in Japan, that was originally on the Playstation Vita and later given an updated re-release on Playstation 4. Despite the updated re-release improving a lot of aspects about the original, it was still a very lackluster game. There were lots of janky combat mechanics that didn't come together in a coherent way and the story didn't manage to grab my attention due to some poor pacing and narrative structure. I never managed to finish it.

The second game in the series is a big step up though. Mind you, it was never going to win any awards for it's appearance; the game looks like it would've been right at home on the PS2. But when comparing it to the first, it's a strong improvement. The story flows more naturally and the overall presentation has improved, even if the character models and animations are unimpressive.

The combat got tweaked too and it's really my favorite part of the game. It's a system that incentivizes being patient and planning out your actions carefully. The way the combat is designed, it's entirely possible to manipulate your characters positions and actions so that you never take a single hit. And being able to manipulate things in that way is completely mandatory if you play the game on Extreme difficulty, which is what I did. I actually recommend that everyone play the game on extreme because I feel like the lower difficulties don't force you to engage with the combat mechanics in the same way. There's nothing like dying in two hits to make you think more carefully about what decisions you're making. This is especially true in the boss fights where you're constantly having to make meaningful decisions about where to move your characters to, when to guard, dodge and watching your attack cooldowns to try and avoid taking any hits at all.

The downside of the combat is the lack of enemy variety. You'll be fighting the same two or three enemy types throughout the entire game. Sure, they get new attack types that change up combat a little but it still gets boring seeing the same enemy models over and over. I know the game is a budget title but still.

Anyway, I almost forgot that I'm a porn artist. The game has some cute girls and I kinda doubt it's going to get much smut so here's the male MC fucking one of the girls. I have at least one more Caligula Effect 2 picture planned but I have no timetable on when it'll be done. That one is going to be an orgy picture with all the playable female characters. In the meantime, please enjoy this Kiriko pic.