<s>
The	B-Application
Caligula	I-Application
Effect	I-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Aquria	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
Atlus	O
USA	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
in	O
May	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Caligula	I-Application
Effect	I-Application
:	I-Application
Overdose	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
worldwide	O
by	O
NIS	O
America	O
in	O
March	O
2019	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Caligula	I-Application
Effect	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
June	O
24	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Caligula	I-Application
Effect	I-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
featuring	O
turn-based	O
combat	O
in	O
dungeon	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Caligula	I-Application
Effect	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	O
reality	O
program	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Mobius	O
"	O
,	O
created	O
so	O
people	O
can	O
escape	O
pain	O
in	O
their	O
lives	O
and	O
live	O
in	O
an	O
idyllic	O
high	O
school	O
setting	O
,	O
forced	O
to	O
live	O
out	O
their	O
3	O
years	O
indefinitely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Caligula	I-Application
Effect	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
FuRyu	O
and	O
published	O
worldwide	O
by	O
Atlus	O
USA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Tadashi	O
Satomi	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Persona	B-Application
series	O
–	O
Revelations	B-Application
:	I-Application
Persona	I-Application
,	O
Persona	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Innocent	I-Application
Sin	I-Application
and	O
Persona	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Eternal	I-Application
Punishment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
former	O
Megami	B-Application
Tensei	I-Application
series	O
composer	O
Tsukasa	O
Masuko	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
theme	O
song	O
is	O
performed	O
by	O
a	O
three-person	O
group	O
:	O
Eriko	O
Nakamura	O
,	O
Emi	O
Nitta	O
and	O
Yuka	O
Ōtsubo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
define	O
Caligula	B-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
next-generation	O
juvenile	O
RPG	O
"	O
focusing	O
on	O
modern	O
pathology	O
and	O
trauma	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
stems	O
from	O
the	O
psychological	O
term	O
"	O
Caligula	B-Application
effect	I-Application
"	O
,	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
want	O
to	O
see	O
and	O
do	O
prohibited	O
things	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
FuRyu	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
June	O
23	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Atlus	O
USA	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
May	O
2	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
May	O
9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Atlus	O
USA	O
did	O
not	O
rule	O
out	O
a	O
physical	O
release	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Caligula	I-Application
Effect	I-Application
through	O
Limited	O
Run	O
Games	O
,	O
but	O
eventually	O
decided	O
against	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
anime	O
adaptation	O
,	O
Caligula	B-Application
,	O
premiered	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
April	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2017	O
,	O
a	O
remake	O
titled	O
The	B-Application
Caligula	I-Application
Effect	I-Application
:	I-Application
Overdose	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
on	O
May	O
18	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
NIS	O
America	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
Windows	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
March	O
12	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Caligula	I-Application
Effect	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Josh	O
Tolentino	O
from	O
Destructoid	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
4/10	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
fresh	O
idea	O
and	O
the	O
battle	O
system	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
shallow	O
character	O
bonding	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
long	O
length	O
of	O
battles	O
and	O
the	O
poor	O
performance	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
sold	O
20,399	O
copies	O
within	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
on	O
sale	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
placing	O
it	O
at	O
first	O
on	O
the	O
all	O
format	O
sales	O
chart	O
.	O
</s>
