And while that’s just about the perfect number for a standard RPG, in a game that’s all about micromanaging stats, that’s not nearly enough. Princess Maker only has 16 stats to manage, several of which you have no direct control over.
To be fair, Princess Maker 2 is arguably just as pointless, but the mechanics of that game have enough depth to them to keep things feeling fresh.
I don’t think I’ve ever played an RPG before where your character will occasionally just refuse to fight, and it’s especially frustrating when she flees from fights she could win in her sleep and runs straight into some invincible boss monster instead. Keeping her stress low and her morale and spirit high will help prevent these random acts of stupid, but you’ll never get rid of them completely. It doesn’t help that your daughter is quite possibly the most stupid child ever to live, guaranteed to randomly fail activities or get scared and run from combats she could easily win. For my first playthrough I decided to buck tradition and try to make the most moral character possible, eventually landing her the position of Archbishop.īut while living vicariously ( vicar-iously?) through my fictional child was fun for a little while, the lack of any real focus makes everything you do in Princess Maker feel kinda pointless. She could become a general, or a priest, or a bandit chief…or, yes, if you let her stray too far down the path of sin, a high-class harlot. The game has multiple endings (though nowhere near the 70+ boasted by its sequel), and as such Princess Maker is less about trying to “win” and more about setting your own goals for what you want your daughter to be. You play as a noble hero (see above) who after a lifetime of battling demons has decided to settle down and care for a young orphan girl, who comes to you at the age of 10 and who you will raise until she reaches the age of 18, whereupon the game ends.
PRINCESS MAKER 2 ENDINGS ARCHBISHOP SERIES
There might be something for you here if you’re a die-hard fan of the series and you’d like to see how it all began, but otherwise, there’s really no reason why you wouldn’t get the sequel, or any of the many games that took the same formula and did it better. In fact, I was half-tempted to simply copy Jonathan’s review of PM2 and just append “but worse” to every sentence, because that’s really all the original Princess Maker was – a less-polished prototype of its superior sequel. The recent re-release of the original Princess Maker, however, hasn’t received as much press, probably because it’s nowhere near as good.
While the Steam port itself may have been lacking in substantial improvements, fans of the regal stat-em-up were glad to see its return to modern PCs, in all its ridiculous, complex, making-your-15-year-old-daughter-work-in-a-Cabaret-you-monster glory. When the “Refine” edition of Princess Maker 2 came out last October, it inspired a lot of buzz. When it comes to Princess Maker games, the first is the worst.
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