History VideoGame / OmegaQuintet

''Omega Quintet'' (オメガクインテット) is a video game developed by Galapagos RPG, a subsidiary of Creator/CompileHeart, for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. It has been described as a hybrid between an idol simulation game and a Japanese role-playing game. The player plays as Takt, the manager of the Verse Maidens, an idol group that use the power of song and dance to fight off a phenomenon called the "Blare" and save the world.

''Omega Quintet'' is the first game by Compile Heart for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, the first [[EasternRPG JRPG]] for the system, and also the first retail game for the [=PS4=] to utilize Playstation Move. It was released in the West by Idea Factory International in early 2015, and was then ported to [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] in 2017.

* BoobsOfSteel: Kanadeko has the largest, most obvious bust, and is also the most physical of the Verse Maidens. Her attacks consist of punches, kicks, and acrobatic leaps into the air to build up speed then come crashing down on foes. Her field skill also involves knocking down objects to create bridges or jumping much higher than the rest can.

* StageMom: Shiori is a variation, raising Kyouka as a solo Verse Maiden to try and show Momoka up by proxy. It's of particular note that Shiori herself was a Verse Maiden, paired up with Momoka. [[spoiler: When Kyouka points out her antic are risking people's lives, she [[HeroicBSOD locks up]].]]

* WhatTheHellPlayer: Angling the dungeon camera for a PantyShot will make the girl pull her skirt down and chew the player out.

* BlackComedy: Constantly. Though the setting is a crapsack with a bright coat of paint on it, there's still plenty of Compile Heart's signature ridiculous humor. One example is the incredible contrast between Nene's shy, nervous wreck of a personality and the numerous dark aspects about her, like how unhealthily she loves guns, having to disable booby traps before leaving her room, and ''giggling'' as she's shooting Blaire to death and swooning about the delightful smell of ''gunpowder''.

** When Shiori [[spoiler:goes one step too far in using Kyouka as a pawn in her spiteful popularity contest with Momoka by saying she shouldn't team up with the other Verse Maidens and defeat the Blaire rampaging through the city]], Kyouka lets her have it.

* GunNut: Nene is absolutely ''obsessed'' with guns, being in love with their functionality in combat, the smell of gunpowder, filling her own bullets, and pretty much everything else about them. It's telling that when she's faced by the prospect of losing her Verse Maiden status, she isn't worried about the Blaire or her disappointed fans, it's that ''she won't legally be able to use her gun anymore.'' It's also implied she's not beyond ''illegally'' carrying firearms; she's only authorized to use her mic but allegedly has several concealed firearms on her person at all times. The one person that tried to investigate ended up in the hospital the next day.

* {{Expy}}: A group of monsters in series centering around music that kill people and can only be harmed by a handful of people, The Blare sound strangely similar to [[Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear The Noise]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking They both even have sound based names]].

* GunNut: Nene is absolutely ''obsessed'' with guns, being in love with their functionality in combat, the smell of gunpowder, filling her own bullets, and pretty much everything else about them. It's telling that when she's faced by the prospect of losing her Verse Maiden status, she isn't worried about the Blaire or her disappointed fans, it's that ''she won't legally be able to use her gun anymore.''

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Despite being one of the nicest, most polite of the Verse Maidens, Nene has some ''extremely'' dark aspects to her personality that peek out from time to time. For example, there is her suggesting underhanded, illegal tactics to upstage Kyouka, when she steals the spotlight at Otoha's debut.

** When Shiori [[spoiler:goes one step too far in using Kyouka as a pawn in her spiteful popularity contest with Momoka]], Kyouka lets her have it.

* [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling The Old Woman Out]]: When Shiori goes one step too far in using Kyouka as a pawn in her spiteful popularity contest with Momoka, Kyouka lets her have it.
* CerebusSyndrome: The game starts taking advantage of its crapsack setting in chapter 7.
* ClothingDamage: A Verse Maiden's costume will eventually rip as they come under attack.

* CutsceneIncompetence: The party tends to be rather inept in combat when there's a cutscene. Even if they stomp something either before or after the cutscene, odds are they'll be having trouble with it when you aren't in control.

* GloryDays: Momoka and Shiori alike are both fighting a popularity contest for popularity neither of them are even entitled to anymore.

* IronicName: Takt starts the game utterly lacking in it.

* NoSocialSkills: Kyouka. Averted for Aria, which is surprising [[ReiAyanamiExpy considering her character type]]. Aria's issue is that while she ''has'' them, she doesn't quite know how to use them, due to her terrible memory and self-inflicted isolation leaving her without talking to people for years.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Momoka is in her 30s, probably closer to 40[[note]]Various evidence suggests the exact number is 37[[/note]], but she can still pass for a teenager.

* StageMom: Shiori is a variation, raising Kyouka as a solo Verse Maiden to try and show Momoka up by proxy. [[spoiler: When Kyouka points out her antic are risking people's lives, she [[HeroicBSOD locks up]].]]

* {{Tsundere}}: Takt is a RareMaleExample. While on the surface he's blunt, disconnected, and doesn't seem to give a damn about anything, when Otoha is genuinely in trouble, the heroics start without a second thought. He's also this for the party, as he gradually warms up to them and starts doing more as their manager than he previously would've. [[spoiler:His attitude is implied to be because of the Blare attacking him as a child.]]

* TurnBasedCombat

[[caption-width-right:330:InAWorld [[TagLine on the verge of destruction, singing might be their only hope.]]]]

* ClothingDamage: A Verse Maiden's costume will eventually rip as the come under attack.
* CloudCuckoolander: Aria was pegged as a space case from her reveal, but this is surprisingly PlayedForDrama. She's not just a StrangeGirl, but rather suffers from difficulty communicating and possibly cognitive interference after being overwhelmed by Blare.

Omega Quintet (オメガクインテット) is a video game developed by Galapagos RPG, a subsidiary of Creator/CompileHeart, for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. It has been described as a hybrid between an idol simulation game and a Japanese role-playing game. The player plays as Takt, the manager of the Verse Maidens, an idol group that use the power of song and dance to fight off a phenomenon called the "Blare" and save the world. Omega Quintet is the first game by Compile Heart for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, the first JRPG for the system, and also the first retail game for the [=PS4=] to utilize Playstation Move.

The game was released in the West by Idea Factory International in early 2015.

!!Tropes present in Omaga Quintet:

* WhatTheHellPlayer: Angling the dungeon camera for a PantyShot will make the girl pull her skirt down and chew the player out.

* CrapsackWorld: People live in a world without hope and are being killed by monsters that can't be harmed by people.
** Going through the various [[ApocalypticLog records]] you find laying around, things were considerably worse once people realized there was a way to fight back but before the ''concept'' of Verse Maidens was introduced. Girls revealed to be capable of fighting off Blare would be abducted, experimented on, used as political bargaining chips, and forced to fight. Things began to improve when they started pushing the idol angle for PR but even then they're still lying to the girls about some details, [[spoiler:such as the idea that popularity equals power not actually having much basis in reality, that they'd be better served with proper combat training over pushing for popularity]].
*** JerkassHasAPoint=/=NecessaryEvil: The above spoiler might be a dick move, but [[spoiler:it gives people hope they wouldn't otherwise have, and the girls find it glamorous. [[TykeBomb Children]] being whisked away for military training when they showed anti-Blare abilities would create a PR problem on both sides.]]
** CrapsaccharineWorld: The bright and colorful aesthetic, combined with ShowDontTell, means it can [[FridgeHorror take a while]] before one realizes just how bad things are. The CityOfAdventure the game is based in is completely cut off from other hubs of civilization - and however many of them there are, it's not many. Governments have completely collapsed, taking currency with them; the populous survive on an EnergyEconomy. Mind-affecting Blare can appear anywhere without warning, and even if it's been cleared from an area, giant, vicious mutants remain. The city limps along thanks only to the efforts of teenage girls, the only ones capable of matching the mutants and clearing Blare. Most of the populous have fled, half are nuts and cling to Verse Maidens as they only hope they have; the other half are apathetic at best, nihilistic at worst. Takt suddenly gets a lot more sympathetic when you realize he's intended as a product of his environment, not a reasonless JerkAss.

* {{Expy}}, SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A group of monsters in series centering around music that kill people and can only be harmed by a handful of people, The Blare sound strangely similar to [[Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear The Noise]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking They both even have sound based names]].

* WhatTheHellPlayer: Angling the dungeon camera for a PantyShot will make the girl pull her skirt down and chew the player out.
* XMeetsY: Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear meets VideoGame/{{Neptunia}} meets Franchise/LoveLive with a dash of VideoGame/SenranKagura.

* FakeDifficulty: Once you get to chapter 6, enemies start gaining moves that can hit the entire party multiple times ForMassiveDamage and can inflect every single ailment (including instant death) in one attack. The rest of their attacks are just as pitifully weak as they were before, but they ''love'' to spam their new, incredibly powerful move, to the point where boss battles amount to hoping the boss/mooks don't use that attack enough times to wipe your party (2-3 uses, for those wondering) and don't order break before you're able to heal.

* ATasteOfPower: You first start the game as Momoka, a veteran Verse Maiden who is at level 100. Enemy levels are in the 90s and below.

* {{Tsundere}}: Takt is a RareMaleExample. While on the surface he's blunt, disconnected, and doesn't seem to give a damn about anything, when Otoha is genuinely in trouble, the heroics start without a second thought. He's also this for the party, as he gradually warms up to them and starts doing more as their manager than he previously would've.

* WhatTheHellPlayer: Angling the dungeon camera for a PantyShot will [[spoiler:make the girl pull her skirt down and chew the player out]].

* {{Tsundere}}: Takt is a RareMaleExample. While on the surface he's blunt, disconnected, and doesn't seem to give a damn about anything, when Otoha is genuinely in trouble, the heroics start without a second thought.