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Anonymous08/27/25, 20:34No.3834366Varlet
This came out today. I’ve only played a little so far, but it’s like a fusion of Caligula and Monark. I had wanted more of a straightforward Monark sequel, but this seems fine so far. The Masuko score is pretty nice, and the combat has some promise to it. The story is slow-going and hasn’t had a major hook yet, but both Caligulas had meh intro chapters, so I’ll give it a pass for now.
For the five or so people like me that really likes Monark, what do you want to see from the game? I’m hoping it ties into the lore and adds more character cameos.
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Anon08/27/25, 22:05No.3834408
Should I buy it? Aruka looks cute enough.
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Anon08/27/25, 22:21No.3834419
>a fusion of Caligula and Monark
In what way? I liked Caligula but didn't really like Monark's combat.
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Anon08/27/25, 22:30No.3834422
Is there any interesting side content or do you just waste time and do tedious sidequests like with Caligula?
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Anon08/28/25, 08:00No.3834573
Why does this girl just look like Chiaki Nanami with smaller boobs
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Anon08/28/25, 09:05No.3834585
Well I'm hoping to see more like Monark, since Reynatis was very fun to play and had unique characters, but didn't reach to the depths nor the cathartic peaks that a FuRyu game always drives me to. Monark, Crystar, CRYMACHINA and both Caligulas had unique pathos in the story, methods, quirks in the gameplay and OST, ways of peeling the characters like an onion, and moments that transcended the medium and made them feel personal and even become a part of myself, but.... I really did enjoy Reynatis and some parts like the Shido fight reached levels of ludo that I didn't get from an action game since the second KH game, but, yeah, it was too short and lacking something despite having vestiges of the usual FuRyu to touch me that deeply. Maybe the OST and story were too intervened by Square-Enix.
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Anon08/29/25, 17:49No.3835322
This localization is pretty iffy. Here they misspelled Date’s name. I wonder who Furyu hired to translate this? I know they self published this time, so I imagine they contracted some cheap localization team. So far it’s still not as bad as what happened to Caligula 2 though.
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Anon08/29/25, 18:21No.3835342
No song rips? I'm not watching gameplay footage, is this like CE where the songs play in the background while you fight? And do the bosses sing their own versions of the songs?
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Anon08/29/25, 20:01No.3835386
I guess Furyu doesn't have a Switch 2 devkit. Too bad, would've enjoyed playing this on the 1080p handheld.
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Anon08/30/25, 22:58No.3836028
She kinda mogs the rest. Maybe the girl that looks like Kokoro can compete whenever she finally shows up.
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Anon09/02/25, 08:03No.3837594
Monark had much better villains/reveals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P43TyDkqBKs
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Anon09/02/25, 15:04No.3837773
but how is the story of monark and varlet, reviewers compare this so much to persona its fucking annoying. it's like they can't even review the game on its own merits rather than OH ITS NOT LIKE PERSONA or other atlus games
like no shit?
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Anon09/02/25, 15:49No.3837802
I liked Monark. But I also got it for 10 dollars.
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Anon09/03/25, 14:26No.3838295
They need to go back to Caligula's combat, the vita original, not the demake.
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Anon09/04/25, 05:08No.3838815
I’m about halfway through I think, getting towards the end of chapter 4, and it’s honestly become quite dull. The story just feels anemic and unoriginal. FuRyu games need to have edge and passion to stand out. They’re the weird, low budget hidden gem games that appeal to a specific niche, where you either hate it or become obsessed. Varlet strongly gives the impression that they wanted a more approachable school RPG that wasn’t as edgy, and didn’t have any difficult theming. And that is a major misread on their part when it comes to why anyone would play a FuRyu game.And the gameplay isn’t any better here. It’s not a horrible combat system, but it’s pretty basic compared to Caligula and Monark, and is poorly balanced to boot. Having Aquria work on this was a weird decision when they could’ve had Lancarse return to expand upon what they had going in Monark. You know, the game that takes place in the same universe as this one?I really really hope something weird and fucked up happens to change my mind and recontextualize what I’ve seen thus far, but at the moment I’m feeling like a jackass for getting excited to play this.And god I wish they’d get Hayashi and Yamanaka back. I’m really beginning to think they were the secret sauce that made these games any good to begin with. The Caligula games from Yamanaka are really striking and unique, and Crystar, Monark, and Crymachina are a solid trilogy from Hayashi that still live rent free in my head.
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Anon09/06/25, 19:15No.3840150
This game just doesn’t have anyone as good as her.
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Anon09/11/25, 16:08No.3842967
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Anon09/13/25, 21:29No.3843989
game is alright so far. the older i get the more i appreciate the school settings.
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Anon09/13/25, 23:08No.3844027
Battlesystem seems okay. Nothing special. I bet there will be one mechanic that will make it somewhat interesting, e.g. those time shenanigans in Caligula 2. Otherwise, 'hard' is actually difficult. Still in the first mini-dungeon and if you fight two Desire then one does 200HP aoe and that other dude almost 400HP single-target slash. I learned my lesson and now just stunlock them, gauging turn orders with normal attack so i can always time my breaks right. I really hope the battlesystem still has some nice surprises, i dont ask for much..
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Anon09/14/25, 00:13No.3844049
any info on the traits? i believe your armor can change but is that tied to your triad stats? choosing psychopathy makes me feel sad. sympathy is often better but i want the edgy armor
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Anon09/14/25, 03:48No.3844121
so if I wanted to play just one, is it caligula, monark, or varlet?
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Anon09/17/25, 06:23No.3845595
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Anon09/18/25, 20:06No.3846373
so im 5 hours in and finished the first boss fight. you mean to tell me that this cutie is unplayable whatsoever?
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Anon09/18/25, 23:28No.3846508
monark's battlesystem and everything surrounding it is much better. but varlet has better characters hands down and they are much more charming. overall like both games.
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Anon09/19/25, 01:01No.3846547
Isnt this game kinda too easy? The newly introduced stun feature made hard a piece of cake. I still dig it. Game is fun.
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Anon09/21/25, 11:26No.3847639
I wish FuRyu focused on the niche aspects that made its games shine.... The casualizing permeates the whole experience and ruins it
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Anon09/21/25, 18:25No.3847760
I guess I will have to ask the question.
Is there romance in the game? As in, something you actually have to pursue/engage with, not a companion or NPC liking you regardless. I am playing the game regardless, but I am curious
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Anon09/21/25, 18:39No.3847764
>varlet
>reynatis
>crymachina
>monark
>the caligula effect
these guys really want to kill the studio, huh?
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Anon09/21/25, 18:46No.3847767
It's disturbing how effective pedo bait actually is
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Anon09/24/25, 17:47No.3849473
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Anon09/29/25, 04:29No.3851465
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Anon10/03/25, 00:44No.3853114
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Anon10/03/25, 04:30No.3853185
Are games like this an elaborate tax write-off scheme or something? They sell sub-10k copies across all platforms, which is clearly not enough to sustain a studio. And there's zero interest or demand for these ultra low budget weeb games that have neither good gameplay nor story. I mean, this one doesn't even have romance mechanics from what I gathered. There's literally no audience.
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Anon10/06/25, 06:08No.3854599
Where are the discounts? I still want to play this game.
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Anon10/06/25, 18:13No.3854893
>Varlet
What's it about?
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Anon10/10/25, 23:10No.3857063
Not exactly about Varlet but... the furyu composers can be funny sometimes
https://youtu.be/ViBlMIhglWs
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Anon10/16/25, 12:26No.3859610
Just getting it out there that if someone wanted to start a Furyu general on /vg/ I would help keep it alive on life support if need be. The most criminally underappreciated jrpgs of all time.
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Anon10/16/25, 18:38No.3859774
I love Yoru
