Ren'Py - Completed - Long Live the Princess [v1.0.1] [Belle]

NO SPOILERS.

I don't even know what to say about this game. I really don't. If I were to describe this game with just one word, it would be this: DISAPPOINTING.

Yes, on one hand, it has cool innovative game mechanics with detective-like gameplay, which makes you try to figure out what's going on in the story through clues and dialogue. But honestly, chances are you are gonna figure it out sooner, than the author of the game intended. So, to "compensate" for this discrepancy, the MC (you) is really stupid (most of the time, not always).
For example, in the end, you figure out that something bad is happening that is most likely beyond MC's capabilities of solving. But don't worry, you have a bunch of other characters to help you overcome this obstacle, right? Sure, you do. So, how does the MC react in this situation? Does he spend the last day planning, coordinating with everyone, trying to cover all the possible outcomes, just in the case something goes horribly wrong? NO. What actually happens is, even though you are almost certain you can't actually win on your own, you don't tell anyone almost anything at all, and you decide that the best plan is no plan at all, and just rush into the danger trying to wing it. I mean, come on! How does that make any sense?

There is not enough development with individual characters to actually form any meaningful bonds to them emotionally. Too little time for too many characters. I mean I get it, it's not real life, but still... Some other games make me care about the characters way more than this game. Like, actually care.

The sex scenes are average. Not bad, but not great.

Belle made me laugh a few times, so that's a plus.

Why so harsh rating then? The ending is just bad. Like, this kind of game with clues and figuring out what is happening lives or dies based on what it leads to. And as I mentioned earlier, the ending is not thought out very well. It also feels rushed (I mean the epilogue). You can't just spend all this time and effort to get to an ending, that is simply bad, and then feel good about the whole experience. At least I don't.

I dont usually give a game 5 stars and even now i debate giving it 5 but guess i feel generous today,still i dont agree with the 5 start system,the real rating is 9/10. The review contains SPOILERS so read at your discretion.

First of all i gotta start with what I believe is this game's greatest asset,its story that is among the best on this site if not the best for a porn game,maybe even rivaling some normal games in terms of the story.

From the start we get the impression its gonna be another of those anime shonan protag 360 big chungus keanu reeves crap that keeps being used over and over again and expecting different results but no the Protag which unfortunatly has no name,I called him Fred because of the whole charming and clue finding to solve mysteries thing,starts off as a semi-normal character who suprisingly has a bad relationship not just with his sister (who isnt step) and his uncle,his parents are gone and we get no explanation till later.He is apparently lazy and does nothing but feebly train his only talent on the world that being his truthsaying,to tell when people are lying but apparently its more to that,its like the first step on the road to real magic.

Here I was dissapointed that Fred doesnt have any relationship to the royal family or monsters since its explained that magic abilities are the result of monster blood and thats how the royal family has them since they intermarried with monsters,this was one of the few predictions I didnt manage to get right and waited the whole game to see if there is a relation,that and not seeing that Taddeus will have a major role in the story,the dev hid him quite well in plain sight and giving him the background NPC vibe.

Things take a turn and to keep it short Fred somehow find the opportunity of a lifetime that gives him the necesary ambition (from his former lazy self its something) to do things people never thought possible such as meeting the fairy queen,uncovering not 1 but 2 conspiracies,meeting a love diety,a driad,defeating a demon,hook up with just about anyone including the royal family potentially making a name for himself.Although the character development is subtle and gradual we do see the Protag change alot during it,wish the game was more detailed and there being more interactions since in some areas it feels very dull.

The wholesome paths of making a shy girl with some trauma get out of her shell and live a normal and happy life (Rose),free to now express herself is satisfying,next you can finally achiev Fred's dream of dating and marrying his crush and childhood friend who apparently is very much alike (atleast in perversity and will to corrupt someone to the bone),I like that unlike others you had to put considerable effort to make it work,like learning the spell to make Callie normal or as close to normal as she can be,helping her come to terms with her new reality which is liking men and getting her close,to let her know you do care and want to stick with her.

Callie is of the biggest tragedies in this game,she is lesbian and feels unhappy with it,cant find someone to seattle down with,it doesnt help that she is a massive pervert and not really the kind to have just 1 lover at a time unless he is Fred,leaving her be as she is will condemn her pretty much to never having children and never having someone to care about and vice versa,even the ending where you let her pregnant and run off to be King makes it clear she cherrishes the child born out of love and would find a ad for him,the romanic,not sex,interactions with her are just wholesome and give off the feel that you are doing the right thing,problem is that there is a good alternetive to this too like accepting the royal offer and becoming King,having 2 women to yourself who arent bothered by the other,becoming a watcher over the royal family so another Taddeus or world ending event doesnt happen again,the royal siblings arent very stable emotionaly or mentally either so leaving them be will be a recipe for disaster such as the incest is found out and boom revolution or coup or at THE MOST they have no children with the whole lesbian thing and the royal family dies with them potentially making other problems as a succesion crisis and looking at Spain that can be bad enough on its own. Callie still feels the best personally choice for wife but taking the whole picture you kind of need to pick the royal option for the stabiliy of the real and its not that bad either.

Belle is ok,she starts as a typical entitled and spoiled piece of shit but grows on you,still i never considered her even a option for ending neither i've seen her as a major character,more like a commentor or if a average joe was teleported in Naruto for example,its the mascot of the dev so i guess that somewhat explains her passive addition as observer.

The various lore and personal segements like with Evelin to find your true parentage is something,so is with Samara and Nell who are some of the best story parts,you learn alot and they almost feel like genuine real people.

The plot twists as I said and clues really makes the game unique,the plot twists arent cliche or easy to see,they are executed well for the most part but most of them I did see,the clues are way too easy to find and game keeps giving you clues where,when and how to use them,its holding your hand too much,I wish they had a LA Noir system implemented,God that was a really great game,still this is a porn game guess we cant have too much of a good thing now can we?

The last part of the game,which I will call the climax of the story from meeting the princess (Selena but I guess works for the other one too) was story heavy,dynamic,engaging and I didnt see it coming with the whole Thaddeus being a cultist,the demon getting out of Selena,lilith abandoning you if you didnt succed a very annoying skill check A LONG TIME AGO by the part of the story,there are so many ways to fail the endgame part with the Demon but its so satisfying to get all things right and watch it play out,Thaddeus despite proving to be a spiteful coward son of a bitch in the end,war a cool and likable character initially and I was somewhat dissapointed it turned out like this and there was no way to change things like allying with him but guess that wasnt possible with the way he turned out,from his presence to his dialogue is has to be hands down the 2th best character in the game,the first spot is taken by the Demon unsuprisingly is a major character so thats that,if i were to place a 3th I would say Samara tied here closely with Lilith but only really by her whole act and predictable but interesting reveal which was the game's way to say "you just reached the endgame motherfucker so fasten your seatbelt"

Dialogue with Merek was also enlightening and finally gave some screentime to him,he is such a major character,no even saying major isnt enoguh HE PRACTICALLY SET EVERYTHING IN MOTION, who could even have his spin off about his youth and he barely gets any screentime despite the events of the game not being possible without him neither your victory.
Overall I hope we will see a whole franchise about this universe and characters like a continuation (or not,its up to how its made) spin offs,events in different times like Merek in his youth. Or The supposed father of Fred not his real one. The King,etc.

Now to gameplay: The clues mechanic as i said is kind of underwhelming,dialogue is ok but only a few really shine,Music for the most part is either absent or poor,most of the time while scrolling the map or going on the world or normal locations there isnt any music, which is a huge minus for me,music is important to the athmosphere,thanfully in the most important scenes like mind control,endgame and others have music that nicely fits and complements the events,after all you should feel like you are in the engame if you are in the engame or making a big decision.

The map is too small and places have few interactions,wish the game had the courage to expand beyond the main story like in Skyrim where the sidequests are very numerious and I might say confidently even better than the main one,few characters like the town feels empty,no combat,in terms of scenes i must say im dissapointed its all vanila with little options but its ok.

really cool story with really hot girls and good sex scenes and some decent humor (finally) but having to do what you want to do in a limited time is not fun for me, maybe it is for others. i just did the play : )

Even without the sexual contents, this is still an excellent game. The logic is hidden deeply between the clues and the conversations. Without walkthrough, it will be very hard to solve the mystery if you are not careful enough.

I have basically played this game at every available moment all week. Its fun with good graphics and so much replay ability. The Gallery and Achievement system provided me with a reason to keep playing and hints for scenes i didn't even know to look for.

I rarely submit a review playing VN games. Either it was really suk or really good. And in this case the latter one. The story, the writings is good enough to make me questioned some of the game lore. The graphic is decent, the clue mechanics is outstanding and I really love all the music. Not to mention no oversized boobs and all. The characters could use a bit more depths in developing actual relationship with the girls instead of under magic influence. The downside is the main char did not have many interactions with the princesses.

Hope to see a sequel or something similar in the future. After 3,000 playthroughs finally found the perfect ending & Electrum achievement . 10/10 would play it again. Amazing!

My favorite part of this game was the story, considering that it's a adult game, it was actually very well thought out and had me interested throughout the entire game! I also do recommend following the walkthrough linked in the main page, but it's only one of the possible endings that you can get.

I have to say this was quite a nice suprise once i actually got around to playing it.
The renders are overall pretty good but my favorite thing with the renders is that pretty much all of the sexy ladies are sporting pubic hair.
Which is slowly becoming a pet peeve of mine how rare it is to see some sexy bushes.
But if you do not enjoy that you do get the option to tell them to shave it off.

One thing that i saw on some of the few other reviews is that the way the dev intended was for you to play during a time limit trying to piece together the puzzle and raise stats.
While earlier it may have been mandatory but now as of this writing (jan 2023) is that you don't have to. At the very start after prologue they give you the option to play without a time limit.
Which i love, since for me to appreciate a game like this replaying the same thing a few times trying to figure things out will only lead to me frustrated and not looking kindly upon the game.
But instead i can take my time appreciating all the events, girls and the writing at my own pace. While i was younger i cared about playing a game the way it was intended but these days i care about playing a game the way i wish since that increases the chances of me enjoying it.

Overall the gameplay is pretty straightforward where you need to raise stats to be able to progress in the story. One gameplay element is also to use clues confronting someone about a lie they told you to get more clues which generally i didn't have any problem with except once or twice.
Which did take me some extra in game days to figure out(also why i like option of no time limit).

Now the writing i found to be overall good. The overall plot kept me intrigued to the point where i stayed awake a few hours longer just to finish it.
The characters are generally one dimensional and get little to no development but this is not strange since the game takes place during a short time period where you interact with alot of people.
That said the protagonist and her side kick(MC) *wink* do get some development as they are present the entire game.
In short the character are interesting and good looking enough for me to share the same desire as the MC which helps when i get a say in how the MC acts.
There are also a decent amount of choices and while most generally only give flavor text it is good flavor text that enhanced my experience.

Overall i think this is a good game, it hooked me in with the premise but mainly pregnancy tag(I love spreading my virtual seed to all the women i can find) kept me staying with the plots twists and turns and when it was all done it left me generally content with my choices.

Would have loved a harem ending but that is just me being nitpicky.

The Good:

• Great story that actually changes based on who you talk to and what your stats are
• good scenes with good variety
• actually compelling writing
• great replayability

The Bad:

• First Run expects you to fail, this plays into the replaying mechanic of the game
• honestly thats it

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Key mechanics (these tie into plot points but IMO its not that big of a deal, you can enjoy the game knowing them):

3/5
i've play n decide to make it drop in the middle of game,
4/5 render was actually good,
4/5 char dev, decent but for me its too complicated
4/5 story was interesting it just the point where u need to get the clue is hard to get , even if u have the walkthrough it doesn't help at all cuz in the meantime the walkthrough just to get the right decision not for every path for the girls
my point is the story complicated to solve

I love this game, it's a very good game.

The Plot: It's Good.
The Gameplay: Very Good with funny mechanics.
The Art: It's Very Good with Animation.
The Durability: It's Average but with NG +.
The Sound: It's Inmersive (the Song Red Church I loved).

Sorry for my English is not my first language.

Outstanding game. Truly a masterpiece.

I should admit, I love sandbox games, though I totally get why a lot of people don't - they can be tedious and grindy, adding little beyond arbitrarily inflating play time. This, however, is a perfect example of how to do it right. There's a great sense of freedom and discovery, and I had fun exploring efficient routes, building my own priorities, and uncovering the mysteries in the game.

To that point, I loved the clue system. Obviously a labor of love there, and it was worth it. Really inspired. The spells were interesting too, though the clues definitely stole the show. I hope to see more games with innovative mechanics like this. I'd honestly be thrilled to see the developer just do this exact game again with a new settings, characters, etc. It's that good.

The girls all had a ton of character and depth, with compelling relationships and sensible progression. They're also all absolute smoke shows. I know not every girl is going to be your perfect type, and a couple of them missed the mark for me, but even then, they were still very appealing and I genuinely enjoyed the ride with each.

I have a few nitpicks, but only because this developer could easily be the best - no exaggeration.

- Humor in these games can be a big risk, and I'm usually pretty dubious about it. Tends to fall flat a lot. However, I think this game nailed it most of the time. Belle's dialogue was occasionally a little contrived, especially when first meeting her, but it wasn't off-putting. The sassy, wise-cracking thing was lighthearted and fun, but don't go full cartoon. Have it add value and not just be a gimmick.

- I would have loved to see a little more content in the epilogue with regards to your final love interest. I don't think it fell short, but I can't get enough of this game and these characters, so there could have been more depth and impact there.

- Again, the girls are all absolute babes. Some of my favorites from any game. And I hugely appreciate the more realistic, proportioned appearance, but a tad more variety would have been great. What can I say, I likes 'em curvy.

- A couple of the relationships felt a little shoehorned and inorganic. Nell's, specifically. It seemed disjointed, I'm just not sure how or why it started in the first place, much less grew to be something so significant for her. Honestly, that's probably the only one I have issue with, all the others were excellent. Samarra, for example - even if she wasn't my favorite, I still respected her character and could see the genuine bonds growing there.

- Being able to do more with magic, outside the one specific situation each spell was created for. Knock felt like a missed opportunity, shrink too.

Not to sound unappreciative. There's already a ton of content in this game, and I can't imagine how much work went in to it, so I don't want to just blithely be like "add more stuff lol" but that would have made the difference between like a 9/10 and a 10/10 here.

So stoked to see new projects from this developer, seriously can't wait to see more absolute gems from them.

Great game with awesome writing and an interesting story! I can recommend playing it through on timed mode first and then going for the unlimited mode if you don't get the ending you want.

Pros:
- I loved the clue mechanic.
- The story is good and pairs great with the clue mechanic. It made me want to figure out all of the secrets.
- As such, this is one of the very few games I've completed.
- Decent amount of variety with sex scenes and kinks. It was fun to have different species involved too without things getting too crazy.

Cons:
- Some of the sex scenes felt a little bit flat due to the animations. The story was more compelling than the sex scenes, which is unusual for me with this type of genre.
- There wasn't quite as much variation in body types as I had hoped with it being a fantasy game. Most women were average height with slim bodies and medium-sized boobs. A little bit more variation here would have been fun.

Great game with engaging gameplay mechanics. It's like part medieval rpg and part magical noir/detective story. With lots of sex and a variety of kinks. Multiple endings too. I didn't try the new game + mode, but it should help those who played with the timer on and didn't finish everything.

Wow! One of the best games i've ever played.

tdlr: highly recommend if you like either: proportional girls, great story, incest and fucking royalty, medieval time, magic, riddles here and there.

Pros:
- Story is so good! interesting women and everything connects beautifully in the end. the climax was amazing, i couldnt stop playing. it takes place in medieval times and not a lot of games are doing it well.
- the girls. i like them to be realistic so thanks for not having them huge asses and tits. they are sexy and really really beautiful, and diverse (you can see pretty well in the images). you can decide bush/no bush for most of them. the faces are really really well made, especially the princess, the sister, the fey queen and the blonde one.
- the game play. well explained throughout the game. the acheivments add to the feelings of progression.
- sex stuff. the animations/videos of the act for most of the time is well done. some acts can be replayed again and again.
- if you dont like molesting stuff- you can skip it without hurting your game play which is nice.
- if you dont like incest you kinda can avoid it too, but dont be a weirdo.
- loved the idea of all the "time" things there.
- humor.

Cons: first i will say every con is really not that big of a deal, just me being picky:
- some sex acts are only 1 position where you cant even see the women's face or whole body all together, and thats too bad cause they are so sexy and beautiful.
- i liked it when the "toggle camera" was in the corner and not as an option in the middle of the screen, but sometimes it was that and sometimes the other.
- could be a tough game sometimes, when the riddles and stuff get really hard, but if you dont want to handle it, there is a very good walkthrough.

Dev, thank you so much for all your efforts, lots of love, good health and success and hope to hear from you in the future.

Writing: 7/10
Imagery: 7/10
Gameplay: 6/10
Kinks: 7/10
Overall: 7/10

The princess is dead, long live the princess.

Been a long time coming, but it's done. Had some fun with this one, the story is kinda interesting, but what kept me around was the variety of ways you can pork the girls while they sleep. The pixy is right, you are a sleep creep. And I love it.

However the only ending for me is the harem ending, which is technically the bad one? I mean, if you get the "good" ending you only get to pick one chick and the rest are forsaken. Screw that. I took the power for myself, and made myself a harem of the women I've been filling with cream filling the entire game. Well, besides the pixy, who for all her horny nature ditches you because you made a naughty choice that is somehow worse than taking virginities while girls sleep. Whatever.

Sadly unless the story truly grips you, you'll be clicking through a lot of it, and I do mean a lot because this is a book before it is a sex game. Which I am leaning away from more and more, probably because I don't have time to muck about when I just want to get my jerk on.

Overall the best girl is the library girl, had the most fun with her the whole game.

Hands down one of the finest adult games I've played.

The biggest standouts for me were the story and the magic which provides phenomenal context for the sex scenes. The plot is intricate enough to keep you hooked till the very end. And the endgame, every variation of it, was satisfying conclusion.

The writing is certainly top-notch, with clearly defined characters. Bella is obviously the clear oscar winner, but every character feels distinct and yet, sufficiently familiar.

The soundtrack only adds to the mystery and the depravity while the writing keeps it lighthearted. Mind you, there were some moments that moved me and were very well scripted.

I am only sorry I won't be able to play this game for the first time again. But I am now a fan of Belle and will be following their devs closely.

This is my favourite game on the whole site. Belle really knows her stuff, from the animations in the game to the beauty of the models, everything is top notch. The replayability of the game is very high, I plan to play it a few more times. The story impressed me a lot, I wish the character stories were longer. Game mechanics, rpg elements were nice. I liked the spells very much, I wish Belle had added some more spells. The number of girls was satisfactory, one or two more bonus characters could have been added. I hope we will see a sequel or a completely new game soon. Thank you Belle for bringing us such a beautiful game.

Long Live the Belle.

Amazing game with really great characters! And a coherent believable storyline. No, it's not Tolkien but for what it is this is almost AAA levels of variability and choice/consequence. An incredible feat and worth every bit of praise.

One of the best games I have played. One of the few I have finished.
It actually feels like a game rather than a story told, like most visual novels; which makes it different and kind of unique. The characters are great and you actually have to put effort to advance into the different relationships.