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Monark (video game)

March 16, 2023

Monark[a] is a 2021 Japanese role-playing game developed by Lancarse for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. It was localized and ported to Microsoft Windows by NIS America in February 2022.[1]

Monark
Developer(s)Lancarse
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Fuyuki Hayashi
Mitsuhiro Hoshino
Composer(s)Tsukasa Masuko
Platform(s)
ReleasePlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
  • JP: October 14, 2021
  • NA: February 22, 2022
  • EU: February 25, 2022[1]
Microsoft Windows
  • WW: February 22, 2022
Genre(s)Tactical role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Monark is a tactical role-playing game with combat similar to Lost Dimension. Gameplay is split between the character evolving their own desires by exploring the school campus, and fighting monsters called "daemons" in the Otherworld.[2]

Story

Monark takes place inside Shin Mikado Academy, a high school sealed from the outside world by a barrier and enveloped in a mysterious mist that drives the students mad. The player is part of a group of students who gained the ability to enter an Otherworld, where the demons empowering the mist must be defeated.[3]

Development

The game is developed by Lancarse and published by FuRyu. Some members of the staff from the Shin Megami Tensei series were involved in the game's development.[4] Fuyuki Hayashi wrote the scenario and dialogue for all of the major characters, while Ryutaro Ito wrote for the NPC characters. Kazunari Suzuki provided supervision and feedback on all parts of the scenario.

Reception

Monark received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[5][6][7][8]

IGN lauded the game's personalness, combat systems, and abilities, and cited the unengaging story, characters, party member system, enemies, repetition, and puzzles as its drawbacks.[13] Destructoid severely criticized the game's repetitive nature and concluded, "There are some novel ideas here, and if you’re looking for something outside the RPG status quo and with a darker vibe, Monark could fit the bill. Just go in knowing that it can get arduous, and you’ll need to overlook those faults to find what Monark does that’s really different."[9] Nintendo Life gave the game seven stars out of ten and praised the high-risk, high-reward combat system, creepy aesthetics, interesting story, and replay value, while criticizing the lackluster graphics, repetitive environments, and lack of enemy variety.[15] Push Square reviewed the game much more negatively, giving it four stars out of ten, and cited the use of the horror genre, boss designs, and music, as positives, while calling the repetitive, grindy combat the game's biggest downfall.[17] RPGFan liked the vocal tracks, opening cinematic, characters, themes and combat, and said that the game's bad pacing, subpar graphics and the transphobic treatment of the character of Perrine held it back.[19] Nintendo World Report thought that the story was interesting and that the stat progression system was unique but disliked the lack of environments, character-locking progression system, and puzzle design.[16]

Sales

The Nintendo Switch version of Monark was the sixth bestselling game during its first week of release in Japan, with 10,521 physical copies being sold. The PlayStation 4 version was the seventeenth bestselling game in the country throughout the same week, with 5,242 physical copies being sold.[22]

Notes

  1. ^ Monark (モナーク, Monāku)

References

  1. ^ a b "Monark Worldwide Release Date Set for February 2022". Silicon Era. October 12, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "Monark, the School RPG from Ex-Shin Megami Tensei Devs, Comes West in February". IGN. October 12, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "New Monark Trailer Reveals More of Its Story and Characters". Siliconera. September 10, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. ^ "'New school RPG' Monark launches October 14 in Japan for PS5, PS4, and Switch; developed by Lancarse". Gematsu. June 9, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Monark for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Monark for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Monark for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Monark for PlayStation 5 Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  9. ^ a b Van Allen, Eric (February 22, 2022). "Review: Monark". Destructoid. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  10. ^ Brian, NE (October 6, 2021). "Famitsu review scores – October 6, 2021". Famitsu. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  11. ^ Shive, Chris (February 16, 2022). "Review: Monark". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  12. ^ Muñoz, José David (February 16, 2022). "Análisis Monark para Switch, PS4, Ps5 y PC; cuando el colegio SÍ que es una pesadilla" [Monark review for Switch, PS4, PS5, and PC; when schools IS a nightmare]. HobbyConsolas (in Spanish). Axel Springer SE. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  13. ^ a b Hawkins, Cameron (February 18, 2022). "Monark Review". IGN. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  14. ^ Midnailah (February 16, 2022). "Test Monark : Une version revisitée de Persona 5 par des anciens de Shin Megami Tensei" [Monark Review : A revisited version of Persona 5 by former Shin Megami Tensei]. Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  15. ^ a b Vogel, Mitch (February 16, 2022). "Monark Review (Switch)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  16. ^ a b Theriault, Donald (February 16, 2022). "Monark (Switch) Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  17. ^ a b Cal McCormick, John (February 16, 2022). "Monark Review (PS5)". Push Square. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  18. ^ Mauricio, Luis (February 25, 2022). "Monark Review". RPGamer. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  19. ^ a b Parsons, Izzy (February 16, 2022). "Monark". RPGFan. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  20. ^ Saba, Gian Filippo (February 16, 2022). "Moanrk – Recensione" [Monark – Review]. The Games Machine (in Italian). Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  21. ^ Musgrave, Shaun (February 22, 2022). "SwitchArcade Round-Up: Reviews Featuring 'Sol Cresta' and Monark, Plus the Latest Releases and Sales". TouchArcade. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  22. ^ Romano, Sal (October 14, 2021). "Famitsu Sales: 10/4/21 – 10/10/21 [Update]". Gematsu. Retrieved October 19, 2021.

External links

  • Official website (in English)

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Monark video game news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Monark a is a 2021 Japanese role playing game developed by Lancarse for the PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch It was localized and ported to Microsoft Windows by NIS America in February 2022 1 MonarkDeveloper s LancarsePublisher s JP FuRyuNA EU NIS AmericaDirector s Fuyuki HayashiMitsuhiro HoshinoComposer s Tsukasa MasukoPlatform s PlayStation 4PlayStation 5Nintendo SwitchMicrosoft WindowsReleasePlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Nintendo SwitchJP October 14 2021NA February 22 2022EU February 25 2022 1 Microsoft WindowsWW February 22 2022Genre s Tactical role playingMode s Single player Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Story 3 Development 4 Reception 4 1 Sales 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksGameplay EditMonark is a tactical role playing game with combat similar to Lost Dimension Gameplay is split between the character evolving their own desires by exploring the school campus and fighting monsters called daemons in the Otherworld 2 Story EditMonark takes place inside Shin Mikado Academy a high school sealed from the outside world by a barrier and enveloped in a mysterious mist that drives the students mad The player is part of a group of students who gained the ability to enter an Otherworld where the demons empowering the mist must be defeated 3 Development EditThe game is developed by Lancarse and published by FuRyu Some members of the staff from the Shin Megami Tensei series were involved in the game s development 4 Fuyuki Hayashi wrote the scenario and dialogue for all of the major characters while Ryutaro Ito wrote for the NPC characters Kazunari Suzuki provided supervision and feedback on all parts of the scenario Reception EditReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreMetacriticNS 62 100 5 PC 73 100 6 PS4 56 100 7 PS5 66 100 8 Review scoresPublicationScoreDestructoid6 10 9 Famitsu30 40 10 Hardcore Gamer3 5 5 11 HobbyConsolas75 100 12 IGN6 10 13 Jeuxvideo com13 20 14 Nintendo Life 15 Nintendo World Report5 5 10 16 Push Square 17 RPGamer3 5 5 18 RPGFan70 100 19 The Games Machine Italy 7 5 10 20 TouchArcade3 5 21 Monark received mixed or average reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic 5 6 7 8 IGN lauded the game s personalness combat systems and abilities and cited the unengaging story characters party member system enemies repetition and puzzles as its drawbacks 13 Destructoid severely criticized the game s repetitive nature and concluded There are some novel ideas here and if you re looking for something outside the RPG status quo and with a darker vibe Monark could fit the bill Just go in knowing that it can get arduous and you ll need to overlook those faults to find what Monark does that s really different 9 Nintendo Life gave the game seven stars out of ten and praised the high risk high reward combat system creepy aesthetics interesting story and replay value while criticizing the lackluster graphics repetitive environments and lack of enemy variety 15 Push Square reviewed the game much more negatively giving it four stars out of ten and cited the use of the horror genre boss designs and music as positives while calling the repetitive grindy combat the game s biggest downfall 17 RPGFan liked the vocal tracks opening cinematic characters themes and combat and said that the game s bad pacing subpar graphics and the transphobic treatment of the character of Perrine held it back 19 Nintendo World Report thought that the story was interesting and that the stat progression system was unique but disliked the lack of environments character locking progression system and puzzle design 16 Sales Edit The Nintendo Switch version of Monark was the sixth bestselling game during its first week of release in Japan with 10 521 physical copies being sold The PlayStation 4 version was the seventeenth bestselling game in the country throughout the same week with 5 242 physical copies being sold 22 Notes Edit Monark モナーク Monaku References Edit a b Monark Worldwide Release Date Set for February 2022 Silicon Era October 12 2021 Retrieved January 27 2022 Monark the School RPG from Ex Shin Megami Tensei Devs Comes West in February IGN October 12 2021 Retrieved January 27 2022 New Monark Trailer Reveals More of Its Story and Characters Siliconera September 10 2021 Retrieved January 27 2022 New school RPG Monark launches October 14 in Japan for PS5 PS4 and Switch developed by Lancarse Gematsu June 9 2021 Retrieved January 27 2022 a b Monark for Switch Reviews Metacritic Red Ventures Retrieved August 19 2022 a b Monark for PC Reviews Metacritic Red Ventures Retrieved March 21 2022 a b Monark for PlayStation 4 Reviews Metacritic Retrieved May 10 2022 a b Monark for PlayStation 5 Reviews Metacritic Red Ventures Retrieved March 9 2022 a b Van Allen Eric February 22 2022 Review Monark Destructoid Retrieved February 23 2022 Brian NE October 6 2021 Famitsu review scores October 6 2021 Famitsu Retrieved February 23 2022 Shive Chris February 16 2022 Review Monark Hardcore Gamer Retrieved February 24 2022 Munoz Jose David February 16 2022 Analisis Monark para Switch PS4 Ps5 y PC cuando el colegio SI que es una pesadilla Monark review for Switch PS4 PS5 and PC when schools IS a nightmare HobbyConsolas in Spanish Axel Springer SE Retrieved February 24 2022 a b Hawkins Cameron February 18 2022 Monark Review IGN Retrieved February 23 2022 Midnailah February 16 2022 Test Monark Une version revisitee de Persona 5 par des anciens de Shin Megami Tensei Monark Review A revisited version of Persona 5 by former Shin Megami Tensei Jeuxvideo com in French Retrieved February 23 2022 a b Vogel Mitch February 16 2022 Monark Review Switch Nintendo Life Retrieved February 23 2022 a b Theriault Donald February 16 2022 Monark Switch Review Nintendo World Report Retrieved February 23 2022 a b Cal McCormick John February 16 2022 Monark Review PS5 Push Square Retrieved February 23 2022 Mauricio Luis February 25 2022 Monark Review RPGamer Retrieved March 2 2022 a b Parsons Izzy February 16 2022 Monark RPGFan Retrieved February 23 2022 Saba Gian Filippo February 16 2022 Moanrk Recensione Monark Review The Games Machine in Italian Retrieved February 24 2022 Musgrave Shaun February 22 2022 SwitchArcade Round Up Reviews Featuring Sol Cresta and Monark Plus the Latest Releases and Sales TouchArcade Retrieved March 2 2022 Romano Sal October 14 2021 Famitsu Sales 10 4 21 10 10 21 Update Gematsu Retrieved October 19 2021 External links EditOfficial website in English Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Monark video game amp oldid 1127300269, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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