With the untimely demise of her mother, it falls on the frail shoulders of 14 year old Elodie to ascend the throne. Your only goal is to ensure that the princess makes it to her coronation but if you think the 40 intervening weeks is going to consist of riding ponies and entertaining suitors you have another thing coming. The kingdom of Nova has a rather high mortality rate for royals and even with your help her future is looking rather bleak.
Beneath the cute, manga exterior of Long Live The Queen beats the cold, calculation heart of a strategy game. The gameplay concept is deceptively simple; you choose a morning and evening class for the princess to attend during the week and an activity to engage in over weekends. Classes increase stat …show more content…
There are various outfits to unlock but you are mostly staring at text and statistics. Once you are hooked this doesn’t really matter but some small animations for the activities or key scenes would have been a nice touch. The audio features tunes as diverse as “God Save The Queen” for the title screen to some strains of classic Chopin for your demise. The piano music that plays during gameplay is unobtrusive and soothing making it a perfect fit for the game.
Long Live The Queen is a compelling but relaxing game to play. The story is rather short but has many branches that you can miss completely if you don’t have the right skill sets. As a big fan of titles such as Princes Maker and Monster Rancher which share some traits with Long Live The Queen I enjoyed the game immensely. It is undoubtedly a rather niche title but before you dismiss it out of hand I urge you to check out the demo first. You might just be pleasantly surprised by what this game has to offer.
Long Live The Queen makes for a nice change of pace and is one of those titles that you will probably end up playing way longer than expected. It has a lot of replay value and once you are hooked you will want to see everything that it has to offer. Don’t let the cute visuals fool you into thinking this title is aimed purely at the female
Beneath the cute, manga exterior of Long Live The Queen beats the cold, calculation heart of a strategy game. The gameplay concept is deceptively simple; you choose a morning and evening class for the princess to attend during the week and an activity to engage in over weekends. Classes increase stat …show more content…
There are various outfits to unlock but you are mostly staring at text and statistics. Once you are hooked this doesn’t really matter but some small animations for the activities or key scenes would have been a nice touch. The audio features tunes as diverse as “God Save The Queen” for the title screen to some strains of classic Chopin for your demise. The piano music that plays during gameplay is unobtrusive and soothing making it a perfect fit for the game.
Long Live The Queen is a compelling but relaxing game to play. The story is rather short but has many branches that you can miss completely if you don’t have the right skill sets. As a big fan of titles such as Princes Maker and Monster Rancher which share some traits with Long Live The Queen I enjoyed the game immensely. It is undoubtedly a rather niche title but before you dismiss it out of hand I urge you to check out the demo first. You might just be pleasantly surprised by what this game has to offer.
Long Live The Queen makes for a nice change of pace and is one of those titles that you will probably end up playing way longer than expected. It has a lot of replay value and once you are hooked you will want to see everything that it has to offer. Don’t let the cute visuals fool you into thinking this title is aimed purely at the female