![]() The puzzles in MONARK range from quite obvious to nearly painfully obtuse. ![]() These rapidly speed up your meter and the only way to deal with them is to beat that section’s “Pact” or accept the call this results in end-game level enemies stomping you down. This makes time and planning essential.Īnother thing that can happen in these areas is you’ll get a “death call”. Once this hits 100%, you’ll blackout and return to the doctor’s room. If you spend too long in these or get “influenced” by other students a MAD meter rises. While the game doesn’t have dungeons, there are areas covered in MIST. You’ll speak to NPCs, collect items and find files to read, it’s basic but it gets the job done. You’ll wander around the school grounds, controlling the protagonist with a 3rd-person view. One is world exploration and the other one is combat.Įxploration is quite basic for the genre. The gameplay in MONARK can be easily split up into two clear sections. It’s a gripping story, but at times quite distressing. The story leans heavily into the occult and also human desires i.e acknowledgment, lust, and so on. It’s no secret that some of the staff that worked on MONARK also worked on early Shin Megami Tensei titles and their influence in the writing just soaks through. Coupled with the atmosphere, when MONARK wants to go hard, it goes dark. One section actually brought me to a physical halt, as I witnessed mass suicide without prompt. Now I’m a firm believer in not spoiling too much of the story but I will say that there is some tough subject matter to be experienced here. ![]() It goes a great distance to make the NPCs feel a little more fleshed out. These are tucked away in a menu and can be accessed at any time, much like in The Caligula Effect. Your answer will build how much you lean into a certain sin such as Gluttony or Anger this plays into a gameplay aspect but it’s also incredibly thought-provoking when you read exactly why you got that result.Īs a nice extra, each student you come across has a biography. I.E what you would do in a certain situation. Quite a quirky aspect of your character building is that you’ll often be asked personality questions. While there is a much broader narrative, the smaller condensed stories are given a lot of time to shine and allow for plenty of character development – something essential when the story relies on human emotions. MONARK is chapter-based and almost like a T.V series in its approach Each chapter follows a smaller narrative based around a Pactbarer, their motive, and a party member that joins you for it. Your character naturally isn’t based on one though and is the Pactbarer of Vanity making you an anomaly. The Pactbarers are all themed around the 7 Deadly Sins. He explains that you’re a Pactbarer, someone capable of manipulating people through crystals called Pacts that tie into the mystery of the mist. It’s puzzling that this is happening to a guy who seemed to be a bit of a nobody prior.Īfter introductions to the cast, you meet the mysterious Vanitas, part rabbit cuddly toy, part force of the underworld, and part rhyming lyricist. ![]() To top matters off the current student president seems to have a god complex and students have formed a cult around him. Mysterious events are happening throughout the campus and it’s tied to this mist students are wandering in and coming back out insane. With you heading it up as its amnesiac leader, you should know exactly what you’re getting into.Īs it turns out you’re trapped in the school. It’s your usual rag-tag band of misfits for a JRPG. Surrounded by mist you’re saved by a party involving your sister, the ex-student president, and the school doctor. You’re soon entered into an unwinnable battle before a mysterious lady hints that you are involved in the recent phenomena that have plagued this school. MONARK starts you as any modern-day JRPG tends to do – stood in a school hallway with amnesia in the middle of some kind of supernatural event. With some tried and tested talent on the development team, will it be the King of the genre or the Ruler of false hope? All Hail, The King of Kings MONARK is tipped to be the latest standout title published by Nippon Ichi Software. ![]()
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