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

Very interesting game. Good graphics overall and VERY good and unique gameplay mechanics.

With a little bit of polish, there is certainly potential to become one hell of a game.

The investigation mechanics needs a little bit of polish, with more descriptions and insights of the clues you find. Maybe a "clue log" or a "journal" would do the trick. The problem is, when you play this game and leave it for, let's say, 3 days, you won't remember any of the shit you were "investigating", thus making it really difficult do keep track of what's going on some times.

With a little bit more of guiding (the pixie would be a very good way to do so) for the struggling player, it would be a very good mechaninc.

Overall, it's very focused on molesting and taking advantage of women, so that needs to be your thing.

This is a five star game. This is how indie porn game should look like. There's a story here, and quite original one, with deep characters and surprising, meaningful twists. The art is great and the dialog interesting. Surprisingly for a porn game, the plot provides independent and strong cast of women (for you to fuck) making you respect and desire them at the same time. Kudos.

I played it with a walkthrough (I always do when I play a porn game) but I suspect it can be quite challenging, if not downright frustrating, to play it without one. Even with a walkthrough I managed to get stuck once or twice but eventually found the solution.

My only minor gripe is the renders. While beautifully rendered, the artist decided to render all the sex scene from first person perspective. While this works reasonably well in doggy style position and blowjobs,the results are very unsatisfying in missionary position and are downright creepy when a girl "kisses" the MC: you basically get a screen full of the girl's face puckering her lips. Erotic? Not so much. Which is a shame for a game which put heavy emphasis on the plot and the first kiss with a character is actually an erotic moment.

All in all: great game, interesting plot, great renders. Highly recommended.

I gotta start by saying i'm a sucker for medieval settings. They don't have to be super accurate. That's what made me even download this.
(The following is just my opinion which could vastly differ from the general pov)

The PROS :

EDIT : I had to come back and say this is a major Pro for me. Characters have Normal - Small sized boobs. I hardly ever enjoy those massive atomic bomb death star tits most VN characters have and I GREATLY appreciate the variety here

The best part about this game is the clue system that you need to pay attention to. You bring pieces of clues together and come to conclusions that progress the story. The writing is not overdone and also not a dumbed down Click Here To FUCK game. I really enjoyed the way it developed. It didn't feel rushed and it didn't feel like I was reading walls of text to see what happens next. Some VNs although great, have moments where I read dialogue fast just to see what's happening next because a lot of it while nice for the 'detail' touch, just makes it seem draggy (new word).
I found myself actually reading every line properly with this one.

The Characters are super interesting and fun to interact with. My personal favorites are Belle, Nell and The MCs sister. I don't want to get into spoilers so I won't elaborate on details. Very well written with looks that fit the personalities.

I'm also glad this VN has audio. I know it's not a big deal for most, but I do enjoy some white noise / background music filling in the scenes. It just gets me more immersed. The audio does match the emotion of the scene a lot of the time so kudos to the Dev.

Smoosh scenes get better as you progress. They're not bad in the beginning but pretty much your basic VN scenes and I don't mind really. I play adult VNs for the plot too and so the scenes didn't really bother me that much. They do however grow in quality as you go through the days so I appreciate that the developer put more work into bringing them to life.


The CONS :

The biggest Con for me ( by no means is this gamebreaking. It's just my personal preference) is that sometimes you might get stuck and not know what to do next. That happened to me a lot and while I do appreciate the freedom the player has, a task list would've greatly helped. I found myself stuck with 'what do i do to progress here' a lot. Again this might just be me.

With regards to the Story and writing, the only thing that threw me off like 1% was that a fair bit of the dialogues fit current times and so watching characters dressed in medieval outfits talking like its the future kinda bothered me at first but it's really no big deal. I'm really just nitpicking here just for a complete review.

The renders in the beginning may sometimes feel weird like only the selected body part is vigorously moving while everything else is a statue. I understand it's not easy to develop these scenes so it's fine but I figured i'd mention it.


Overall a definitive 4.5/5 at the very least. Got much more out of it than I expected and i'm eager to see where the story takes me with the next update.

***** 5/5 Story telling
**** 4/5 Renders
***** 5/5 Character Development
**** 4/5 Animated Scenes

Okay so I generally don't have a very high opinion as far as story telling goes for most games in general. I'm often of the opinion that devs care more about cheap sex scenes, and making a quick buck off of fetishes than they do about telling a good story with good character development. That is not what you will get with this game
I was skeptical at first because the beginning was very slow and slow beginnings often end up telling a slow or dull story. Man was I wrong. The story doesn't start off very fast but as it picks up pace the lore and character development had me playing untill 5am without even realizing it. I highly recommend this game for anyone who enjoys page turners or great story telling.

I give this game a total of 5/5 stars ***** any dev who takes the time to focus on a unquie, lore rich story with well developed characters deserves a 5 star rating even from me.

The endgame gave me chills. Excellent story. Never expected such twists in a game. There are a few games which have a good start but only a few end it the same way. And this game is one of those. Loved all the models. The tag mentions pregnancy but I have not come at that choice. Maybe I need to play differently to get through that route. Overall the game is excellent. Can't wait for the ending.

Good game: Awesome story, neat puzzle/investigations mechanic, women look normal with normal proportions, character development is good, choices in relationships is good.

Animations are meh, but solid art lets the imagination take over where they fail.

This games story-telling is great although the intro kinda drags. it also doesn't actually feel a whole lot like a VN, it's more akin to a sandbox point-and-click game. the characters are likeable and make you care about them, the renders are good as well. The music is surprisingly good.

My only gripe with this game is that the MC like 99% of all MC's acts like a sex-starved junkie.

You can't play this without a walkthrough, the gameplay is too confusing with a bit of grind too. what killed the game for me is the MC he is one of the most stupid MCs I've ever seen without any backbone. I'm not looking for an ALPHA BADASS MC but this MC has no redeeming quality at all.

Generally, people play erotic games for you know, erotic stuff, I have a bad habit of playing erotic games for its story. Sometimes I start to care more about the story than the sex stuff and this game is one of the top examples of that exact thing.
This game does something other top erotic games rarely do is setting up there world and lore. Although you don't meet all people you can guess how people are like in this world.
Characters are pretty well crafted in this game. You started to care about a lot of people in this almost no one is a throwaway character or Stereotype fetish characters. (Well, I think Callie could be developed more) . Belle is the best character in an erotic game period.
The story is pretty dark compared to normal romantic complex stories we get in these kinds of games. The protagonist is relatable with the story and mysteries are well crafted and don't seem placed just to be mysterious.
The gameplay is good. Despite this being the Grind style game, this doesn't seem like a chore. And earning those skill points are fun. And despite their warning at very first, I am astonished how the choice affects the game. This isn't I want this specific girl ending or anything the choices affect the original story which is very nice.
Characters are well rendered. Although I have seen better animations it doesn't matter. I'll play this game even if the remove sex stuff lol.

Good graphics, but more importantly one of the view games with a good story.
Good:

• graphics.
• story
• puzzle/clue system.
• characters

Bad:

• Time/turn limit on solving puzzles. I'm ok with spending time finding clues. I'm not ok with having to do everything all over again because I'm running out of time.

Review of 0.32
I've been following this game for quite some time...probably too long. LOL. Now we're near the end...and I've not been let down thus far so here's my review.

This game has all the elements which make up a very good erotic game. The story is interesting with real stakes. The characters are interesting and beautiful...the women are varied...no BTS here. There's some good humor in the game which is worth noting because many times humor in these games is unintentional.

The renders are excellent, sex scenes are varied as are the renders of the women who are beautiful and varied (note to other devs, this game is a perfect example of having varied female characters both in body, looks, and breast size).

Overall, I really enjoyed this game is just interesting and fun to play. I can't wait for the end as I'm sure there will be a payoff worthy of what Belle has built here.

Graphics - 9/10
Story - 9/10
Characters - 9/10
Fun - 9/10

The game is nigh-perfect all along and definitely among my favorites. Belle (the character) has banter with the MC that isn't distracting nor conflicting with the tone of the game, characters are interesting but, most of all, I think that the gameplay elements are among the best-handled here. Most games feel that they have a choice between being linear and including a stat-grind, here the fact that character- and relationship-progression are handled by puzzles as in a point-and-click game make it actually challenging and enjoyable.
I don't know if it is among the scheduled updates but it is weird that one can't watch Evelyn and Thaddeus make out (despite there being the ntr tag) and that you can't do much to Samarra and Neil in their bed (only fondle Samarra's boobs I think). Anyway, it's almost nitpicking at this point, the 5-star rating is completly deserved.

---- Chara Design :
A lot of variety, a lot of personality, a lot of cuteness, a little bit of sexyness, and quite fun. Well it works, they are interesting and match the lore.

---- Renders/Graphisms :
The models are not top notch, but sexy/cute enough and the background is fitting well the story

---- Story/Writing :
Yup, the main sucess of the game. The setup of the story works, the progression makes sense, the detective/mentalist aspect also works well, the writing is excellent, the humor is on spot.

---- Background/Atmosphere :
The lore is well done, the music and sounds help the immersion, good job.

---- Animations :
I am surprised to see a lot of comments saying it's the best animations ever. They clearly did not play much other good games. That said, it is still above average and you have a lot of variety due to the different type of characters.

---- Sex scenes :
The good thing is that there are some original sex scenes, some cute ones, and some scary/disgusting ones as well, overall it is nice, but not great.

---- Gameplay :
The dev tried to create a meaningful gameplay, although a bit tedious at time but still playable and interesting overall. The next step is not always obvious but somehow you will get to it, it's not like there are always 35 options. Objectively it is well thought, but it makes the game slow and the story less epic/memorable than what it could be with a better pace (imo).

---- Contents/Updates :
In total, you will have some hours of play, no problem. But if you consider the number of updates and the fact it was released a few years ago, it is not that much. The progress seems slow but the quality is there.

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I had hard time deciding between 4 and 5 stars, I will still go with 5 because of the creative work, the nice story, the lore and blablablah...
Ok ok, in fact it's because Belle didn't leave me much of choice, it was either I rate it 5 stars, or who knows what she will do in my sleep...-_-'.

I hope belle release a new update as quickly as possible (the pregnant route of all the girls and the route of the princess), it is an excellent game, with one of the best 3d animations out there... Good job Belle

I'm a big fan of big tits tag. But I know well whether the storyline is unique and deserve appreciation. This game offer different premises than most of others. The idea of magic and truthsaying are also fresh idea for gameplay and story. However, I suggest developer to add other prominent tags possible to make it more attractive as an adult games. Some character with bigger tits, harem or pregnancy may help

A hidden gem, one of the most engaging storylines I have played. The plot was wonderfully woven through every character.

I would have liked to have higher resolution renders. Keep up the good work. Let's hope for a pregnant harem ending...lol

A pretty great game with good graphics and interesting characters. As somebody who usually isn't a big fan of fantasy style adult games, this is probably the best of the genre.

Only major issue is the incredibly slow development. I discovered this game around a year ago and in that time only a couple of disconnected scenes have been released, still less overall content than you would expect from 1 major update. Sort of feels like the dev is deliberately dragging their feet in completing the game to keep sucking up patreon money.

All that said, this game is still undeniably a quality product and the rating should be bumped to a 5 when its finally done.

Edit: After 4 months my views on this game haven't really changed. Updates are still painfully slow and thin and the game's total content is still disappointing considering its promise and prominence. Good game, but the update cycle is killing my enthusiasm.

Edit 2: Another 4 months on and the game is in total limbo. I have lowered my score to 3 stars to reflect my disappointment.

- Small grind
- Decent animations
- Beautiful graphics
- Engaging story
- Fleshed out characters

Definitely worth a try. Has minigames which are quite original. You should check it out. Has a decent amount of content already.

The game is well thought out, and well rendered., and in many ways quite good. However, you have to follow strictly follow a loooong walkthrough to play it, and if you miss a step you have to essentially start over. Also, it doesn't lend well to replays, once you have gotten to the end.

Pros:

• Well drawn characters.
• Better than average renders and animations.
• Engaging story.

Cons:

None.

Belle is the standout aspect of this game. This pixie’s attitude and sense of humour makes this game compellingly playable. I eagerly await every new installment.