The inevitable comparisons drawn to the Persona series do not help. the main story and character arcs will keep you hooked and wanting to find out more. Repetition was a bit of an overarching theme sadly, from the music to the enemy variety, however. Overall, Monark is a good game and all of its systems executed well, however, I did feel somewhat let down by the repetitive setting and slow-paced dialogue at times. Sadly, I haven’t had a chance to check out gameplay on any other platforms, but Monark visuals do feel a little ‘soft’ on the Switch. While on the subject of visuals, Monark looks perfectly fine on the Switch, however, it’s worth mentioning that Monark does sadly suffer from what I’ve come to refer to as ‘Switch Fuzz’, the image seems a little hazy and this is noticeable while docked and also in handheld play due to running at a slightly lower resolution. It would have been nice to have a little more visual distinction between units rather than endless skeletal humanoid types, I found this actually made some of them quite difficult to tell apart once they surrounded any of my characters with the only real visual cue being the type of weapon they wield, a very minor gripe, but this did happen to me more than once. Enemy varieties, in particular, are pretty basic and repetitive besides the boss-type units. Here, you meet the school’s Dean who tasks you with getting to the bottom of the mystery of the mist.Īlthough Monark’s battle system is very good, I have a slight issue with some of the design choices. You wipe the floor with the enemies are you’re returned to the Academy.
Just as things seem pretty dire for our characters a friendly, bunny-like demon called Vanitas agrees to help you out and unlocks the main character’s power in a very similar manner to how the protagonists of the Persona series gain their powers. Chiyo receives a strange phone call that transports you to the ‘other world’ where you’re attacked by some skeletal looking demons.
Luckily, you are found by another student, the school’s medical officer and your younger sister, Chiyo. This is where we are introduced to the main protagonist who is suffering amnesia due to being nearby the mist. This unexplained mist induces madness in people who veer too close to it. Monark’s story kicks off with the vast majority of students and staff trapped inside Shin Mikado Academy, they can’t leave, and large areas of the school are enveloped by a strange mist.
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