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* CorruptChurch: The Obbligato Musicians' base of operations is a church.


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* EvilTowerOfOminousness: The Obbligato Musicians' base of operations is the Tower of Epimethius. Fitting, as [[MeaningfulName Epimethius means hindsight.]]

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* DownloadableContent: Similar to the first game and its remake, the DLC offers players Stigmas, which can be obtained as early as the beginning of the game. The passives skills the Stigmas offer beneficial effects, such as tripling the amount of Mastery and EXP you earn in battle. Additionally, the DLC offers three songs from the first game for χ-jack; Distorted Happiness, Orbit, and Suicide Prototype.



* EarnYourBadEnding: [[spoiler:If the protagonist decides to kill Marie, it will result in the bad ending. Not only does Marie regain all of her memories as Wicked, but she also attacks her former allies, wanting to go out with a bang instead of letting them simply kill her.]]

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* EarnYourBadEnding: [[spoiler:If [[spoiler:In order to net the protagonist decides Bad Ending, you have to kill Marie, it decide to go along with Marie's MercyKillArrangement. Do so and she will result in the bad ending. Not only does Marie regain all of her memories as Wicked, but she also attacks her former allies, wanting identity as Wicked from the failed attempt, leading to go out with a bang instead of letting them simply kill her.confrontation between the Go-Home Club and the Ostinato Musician.]]



** It's possible to win this boss fight if the Protagonist is extremely overleveled, but even if the player wins, [[spoiler:[[CutscenePowerToTheMax the game will progress as if Regret had completely dominated the Protagonist anyway]]]].

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** It's possible to win this boss fight if the Protagonist is extremely overleveled, over-leveled, but even if the player wins, [[spoiler:[[CutscenePowerToTheMax the game will progress as if Regret had completely dominated the Protagonist anyway]]]].



* {{Leitmotif}}: Each of the Obbligato Musicians has a song sung by Regret, that they wrote themselves and represent their characters. Additionally, each of these songs has a version of it sung by χ which corresponds to a Go-Home Club member.

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* {{Leitmotif}}: Each of the Obbligato Musicians has a song sung by Regret, that they wrote themselves and represent represents their characters. Additionally, each of these songs has a version of it sung by χ which corresponds to a Go-Home Club member.
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* DevelopersForesight: Certain interactions with the protagonist will change accordingly depending on whether they are male or female. For example, Kobato will try to hit on the female protagonist while being envious at the male protagonist for being friends with Marie.

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* CorruptChurch: The Obbligato Musicians' base of operations took place at a church.

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* CorruptChurch: The Obbligato Musicians' base of operations took place at is a church.



* EarnYourBadEnding: [[spoiler:If the protagonist decides to kill Marie, it will result in the bad ending. Not only does Marie regain all of her memories as Wicked, she also attacks her former allies. The Go-Home Club has to put her out of her misery.]]

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* EarnYourBadEnding: [[spoiler:If the protagonist decides to kill Marie, it will result in the bad ending. Not only does Marie regain all of her memories as Wicked, but she also attacks her former allies. The Go-Home Club has allies, wanting to put her go out with a bang instead of her misery.letting them simply kill her.]]



* {{Leitmotif}}: Each of the Obbligato Musicians has a song that sung by Regret, that they wrote themselves and represent their characters. Additionally, each of these songs has a version of it sung by χ which corresponds to a Go-Home Club member.
* MultipleEndings: Similar to ''Overdose'', the game has different endings depending on your choices, which occur near the endpoint.
** Good Ending: The Go-Home finally confronts Regret [[spoiler:and, as per her wishes, defeat her and return to the real world. To achieve this ending, the President must not attempt to kill Marie]].
** Bad Ending: [[spoiler:The President chooses to kill Marie, which results in her suddenly regaining her lost memories and engages the Go-Home Club not as their former friend, but as Wicked of the Ostinato Musicians.]]

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* HotForTeacher: The "Extracurricular Affair" questline is part of a school girl's attempt to get into a relationship with one of her teachers. [[spoiler:Megumi Arata has her eyes on Jou Takihara, one of the teachers at Tatefushi Academy. She tries to pressure him into a relationship first after he's forced to deal with one of her friends falsely accusing him of sexually harassing her (Megumi asked her to put pressure on him), then have her friend take back the accusation in exchange for a "private lesson".]] It's PlayedForDrama as the teacher does ''not'' entertain the idea of going out with a student since it would mean he'd lose his job.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Each of the Obbligato Musicians has a song that sung by Regret, that they wrote themselves and represent their characters. Additionally, each of these songs has a version of it sung by χ which corresponds to a Go-Home Club member.
* MultipleEndings: Similar to ''Overdose'', the game has different There are two endings depending on your choices, which occur near the endpoint.
** Good Ending: The Go-Home finally confronts Regret [[spoiler:and, as per her wishes, defeat her and return
to the real world. To achieve this ending, game, though one can be reached before fighting the President must not attempt to kill Marie]].
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** Bad Ending: [[spoiler:The President chooses protagonist agrees to kill Marie, perform a MercyKill on Marie in order to destroy the micro-Mobius inside her, which results would in turn destroy Redo. The process goes awry, however, and Marie regains her suddenly regaining former identity as Wicked, leading to her lost memories and engages fighting the Go-Home Club not as their former friend, but as Wicked of the Ostinato Musicians.Club.]]
** Good Ending: [[spoiler:The protagonist refuses to kill Marie and chooses to continue fighting Regret.
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* TimeSkip: The prologue reveals that [[spoiler:5 years had passed since the events of [[VideoGame/TheCaligulaEffect the previous game]]]].

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The ''Caligula Effect 2'' (known simply as Caligula 2 in Japan) is an RPG for the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, developed by Historia and published by [=FuRyu=]. It was released in Japan on June 24, 2021, with a North American release date coming October 19, 2021 and a European release October 22, 2021.

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The ''Caligula Effect 2'' (known simply as Caligula 2 in Japan) is an RPG for the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, developed by Historia and published by [=FuRyu=]. It was released in Japan on June 24, 2021, with a and in North American release date coming on October 19, 2021 and a soon to be released in European release on October 22, 2021.
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* CallBack: The ending credits theme for the Good Ending is [[spoiler:Orbit, μ's Leitmotif from the first game, but sung by χ—one last reminder of their relation before the game ends]].

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* {{Leitmotif}}: Each of the Obbligato Musicians has a song that sung by Regret, that they wrote themselves and represent their characters. Additionally, each of these songs has a version of it sung by χ which corresponds to a Going-Home Club member.

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** It's possible to win this boss fight if the Protagonist is extremely overleveled, but even if the player wins, [[spoiler:[[CutscenePowerToTheMax the game will progress as if Regret had completely dominated the Protagonist anyway]]]].
* {{Leitmotif}}: Each of the Obbligato Musicians has a song that sung by Regret, that they wrote themselves and represent their characters. Additionally, each of these songs has a version of it sung by χ which corresponds to a Going-Home Go-Home Club member.
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* HopelessBossFight: The first fight against Regret ends this way, with the Protagonist taking a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from her after getting isolated from the rest of the Go-Home Club. [[spoiler:This sends χ into a HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath, as she begins doubting that Regret can be defeated, opening up the subplot of killing Marie as a shortcut for the rest of the Go-Home Club to return to reality without having to fight Regret.]]
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* BrutalBonusLevel: The Tower of Prometheus, accessible after beating the game. It's a 100-fight gauntlet where you can't save or change your party members, and also your healing skills have their strength greatly reduced. The rewards are well worth it, though.
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* FiveStagesOfGrief: Denial. [[spoiler:Niko's parents haven't moved on over the real Niko's death and believe their only remaining child Iori is "Niko". They still refuse to acknowledge Iori as being alive since they favor Niko so greatly that they believe Iori died instead of Niko.]]

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* PietaPlagiarism: The game's cover art shows Regret holding χ like this.

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* PietaPlagiarism: The game's cover art shows Regret holding χ like this.this.
* TimeSkip: The prologue reveals that [[spoiler:5 years had passed since the events of [[VideoGame/TheCaligulaEffect the previous game]]]].
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The ''Caligula Effect 2'' (known simply as Caligula 2 in Japan) is an RPG for the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, developed by Historia and published by [=FuRyu=]. It will be released in Japan on June 24, 2021, and in North America on Fall 2021.

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The ''Caligula Effect 2'' (known simply as Caligula 2 in Japan) is an RPG for the UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, developed by Historia and published by [=FuRyu=]. It will be was released in Japan on June 24, 2021, and in with a North America on Fall American release date coming October 19, 2021 and a European release October 22, 2021.
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* MultipleEndings: Similar to ''Overdose'', the game has different endings depending on your choices, which occur near the endpoint.
** Good Ending: The Go-Home finally confronts Regret [[spoiler:and, as per her wishes, defeat her and return to the real world. To achieve this ending, the President must not attempt to kill Marie]].
** Bad Ending: [[spoiler:The President chooses to kill Marie, which results in her suddenly regaining her lost memories and engages the Go-Home Club not as their former friend, but as Wicked of the Ostinato Musicians.]]

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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:If the protagonist decides to kill Marie, it will result in the bad ending. Not only does Marie regain all of her memories as Wicked, she also attacks her former allies. The Go-Home Club has to put her out of her misery.]]


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* EarnYourBadEnding: [[spoiler:If the protagonist decides to kill Marie, it will result in the bad ending. Not only does Marie regain all of her memories as Wicked, she also attacks her former allies. The Go-Home Club has to put her out of her misery.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:If the protagonist decides to kill Marie, it will result in the bad ending. Not only does Marie regain all of her memories as Wicked, she also attacks her former allies. The Go-Home Club has to put her out of her misery.]]
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* HiddenVillain: Two of the Obbligato Musicians (#QP and Kranke) are actually students, and the Going-Home Club doesn't suspect either of them being Musicians. By extension, Doctor is this as well, as he's most often seen with Kranke.

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* HiddenVillain: Two of the Obbligato Musicians (#QP and Kranke) are actually students, and the Going-Home Club doesn't suspect either of them being Musicians. By extension, Doctor is this as well, as he's most often seen with Kranke.Kranke, including when she's at school.

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* {{Leitmotif}}: Each of the Obbligato Musicians has a song that sung by Regret, that they wrote themselves and represent their characters.

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* HiddenVillain: Two of the Obbligato Musicians (#QP and Kranke) are actually students, and the Going-Home Club doesn't suspect either of them being Musicians. By extension, Doctor is this as well, as he's most often seen with Kranke.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Each of the Obbligato Musicians has a song that sung by Regret, that they wrote themselves and represent their characters. Additionally, each of these songs has a version of it sung by χ which corresponds to a Going-Home Club member.
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* CoolTrain: The Go-Home Club's base of operations this time around seems to be onboard a subway train that's been renovated with all kinds of furniture.

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* CoolTrain: The Go-Home Club's base of operations this time around seems to be is onboard a subway train that's been renovated with all kinds of furniture.furniture, called the χ Train.
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* NoNameGiven: The protagonists, regardless of gender, don't have official canon names, and the players have the opportunity to name them instead.

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* NoNameGiven: The protagonists, regardless of gender, don't have official canon names, and the players have the opportunity to name them instead.instead.
* PietaPlagiarism: The game's cover art shows Regret holding χ like this.
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* CorruptChurch: The Obbligato Musicians' base of operations took place at a church.
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* FacelessGoons: Like ''Overdose'', the Digiheads who you fight are more or less servants of the Obbligato Musicians who want to stay in Mobius and are hostile to anyone who isn't like them.

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* FacelessGoons: Like ''Overdose'', the Digiheads who you fight are more or less servants of the Obbligato Musicians who want to stay in Mobius Redo and are hostile to anyone who isn't like them.
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* {{Leitmotif}}: Each of the Obbligato Musicians has a song that sung by Regret, that they wrote themselves and represent their characters.

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* {{Leitmotif}}: Each of the Obbligato Musicians has a song that sung by Regret, that they wrote themselves and represent their characters.characters.
* NoNameGiven: The protagonists, regardless of gender, don't have official canon names, and the players have the opportunity to name them instead.
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* Leitmotif: Each of the Obbligato Musicians has a song that sung by Regret, that they wrote themselves and represent their characters.

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* Leitmotif: {{Leitmotif}}: Each of the Obbligato Musicians has a song that sung by Regret, that they wrote themselves and represent their characters.
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* FlowerMotifs: All around with the protagonist and the Going-Home Club members when they activate their catharsis effects.

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* FlowerMotifs: All around with the protagonist and the Going-Home Club members when they activate their catharsis effects.effects.
* Leitmotif: Each of the Obbligato Musicians has a song that sung by Regret, that they wrote themselves and represent their characters.
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* DramaticShattering: The appearance of floating glass that then shatters is used to indicate a character awakening their Catharsis Effect, and a similar effect is used when confirming that you want to dive deeper into a teammate's Character Episode.
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* BodyHorror: A mild example, but the Catharsis Effect causes alterations to parts of the user's body, along with a stake rupturing through the chest from which flowers grow. The Digiheads aren't any better, as the anime depicts the black armor on their bodies growing straight out from them.

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* BodyHorror: A mild example, but the Catharsis Effect causes alterations to parts of the user's body, along with a stake rupturing through the chest from which flowers grow. The Digiheads aren't any better, as the anime depicts the black armor on their bodies growing straight out from them.

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The ''Caligula Effect 2'' (known simply as Caligula 2 in Japan) is an RPG for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, developed by Historia and published by [=FuRyu=]. It will be released in Japan on June 24, 2021, and in North America on Fall 2021.

Like its predecessor, The ''Caligula Effect 2 ''takes place in a virtual world where inhabitants can start over and live as their ideal selves. This one is called Redo and is presided over by the “virtual doll” Regret. Regret uses the power of song to show people their ideals.

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The ''Caligula Effect 2'' (known simply as Caligula 2 in Japan) is an RPG for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, developed by Historia and published by [=FuRyu=]. It will be released in Japan on June 24, 2021, and in North America on Fall 2021.

Like its predecessor, The ''Caligula Effect 2 ''takes place in a virtual world where inhabitants can start over and live as their ideal selves. This one is called Redo and is presided over by the “virtual doll” “virtuadoll” Regret. Regret uses the power of song to show people their ideals.


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* CoolTrain: The Go-Home Club's base of operations this time around seems to be onboard a subway train that's been renovated with all kinds of furniture.

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The ''Caligula Effect 2'' (known simply as Caligula 2 in Japan) is an RPG for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, developed by Historia and published by FuRyu. It will be released in Japan on June 24, 2021, and in North America on Fall 2021.

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The ''Caligula Effect 2'' (known simply as Caligula 2 in Japan) is an RPG for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, developed by Historia and published by FuRyu.[=FuRyu=]. It will be released in Japan on June 24, 2021, and in North America on Fall 2021.



* FacelessGoons: Like ''Overdose'', the Digiheads who you fight are more or less servants of the Obbligato Musicians who want to stay in Mobius and are hostile to anyone who isn't like them.

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* FacelessGoons: Like ''Overdose'', the Digiheads who you fight are more or less servants of the Obbligato Musicians who want to stay in Mobius and are hostile to anyone who isn't like them.them.
* FlowerMotifs: All around with the protagonist and the Going-Home Club members when they activate their catharsis effects.
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* BodyHorror: A mild example, but the Catharsis Effect causes alterations to parts of the user's body, along with a stake rupturing through the chest from which flowers grow. The Digiheads aren't any better, as the anime depicts the black armor on their bodies growing straight out from them.
* FacelessGoons: Like ''Overdose'', the Digiheads who you fight are more or less servants of the Obbligato Musicians who want to stay in Mobius and are hostile to anyone who isn't like them.
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The ''Caligula Effect 2'' (known simply as Caligula 2 in Japan) is an RPG for the UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, developed by Historia and published by FuRyu. It will be released in Japan on June 24, 2021, and in North America on Fall 2021.

Like its predecessor, The ''Caligula Effect 2 ''takes place in a virtual world where inhabitants can start over and live as their ideal selves. This one is called Redo and is presided over by the “virtual doll” Regret. Regret uses the power of song to show people their ideals.

Also like the original, a small group of people can see through the illusion. They form the Go-Home Club and are committed to breaking out of Redo and returning to the real world. Opposing them are the Obbligato Musicians, similarly powered individuals loyal to Regret and maintaining the integrity of Redo. Bar changes in naming convention, the narrative setup seems almost identical to the original Caligula Effect. Even the battle system is still based on combos and making predictions off information surfaced in a timeline showing the likely result of a given action.

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