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

This is a great sandbox fantasy game. Tutorial part felt long and unpleasant for me but it is ok important to know how to play this game. Sandbox part is really working because give you the feel of free roam and act. MC is kind of creep but other characters (for exemple belle the pixie) makes him and situations funny. Lewd scene animations are smooth girls are all beauties.

The story is very nice and funny. The choice of mixing magic with investigation and psychology is interesting. The characters are well characterized and quite varied. The music is suitable when there is, good sound effect during the spells make the suspense of the circumstantial choice very well, absent or limited in many moments tends to flatten the atmosphere.
The subjects and environments are graphically well cared for even if the animations could be much better by adding frames to make them more fluid and pleasant.
Overall a good product which I hope will be perfected in the future.

Great potential to become the best storyline ever. Kudos to the details of the dialogues and few incoherences throughout the story. Need improvement on the sex scenes tho but definitely fixable. Haven't finish it yet but it's been awesome so far.

I honestly didn't like the game, renders are ok but I only find 3 attractive characters.
Story is boring, at first is interesting but the dialogues are so long that you get bored at the end with so much reading.
Gameplay is not straight forward, you will need a guide or you will waste time and mess up storylines, also you will have to grind like crazy and will get rewarded with few content.

This is a second review, after some time spend trying to discover the root of my issues with the gameplay the first time through.

I still find the game quite grindy, and in some areas difficult to know how to procede. Add in some seemingly random events, times and encounters, and the game can be a bit confusing. Without the forums, I would have never gotten to the current end of the game. Thus, I feel that the pathing needs to be a bit tighter.

However, the game is still very good. Bug free (save my corrupted save file once), has a very interesting investigation element and actually spends time on its own lore in a way that adds to the events of the game. I feel like even without the 'lewd' parts, you might still have a decent little fantasy mystery game here. There is still a long way to go (the princess needs to arrive, more material with Primrose and the priestess, Lilith, and some actual "dark" decisions would be nice), but so far this is a solid foundation that most games here simply do not have.

So I am upping my review score and will keep a weather eye on the game. If I see more, the score will continue to go up.

Simple review :
Art : 9/10
Story : 9/10
Gameplay* : 10/10
* since it is VN-type game by gameplay i mean such as the choice matters or not, how many options we can choose, etc..
Bonus points : I love nell *lennyface* + 0.4 and there are a lot of my fetish +0.3
Overall : 10/10 would fap again xD
keep up the good work mate

An actually engaging story in a porn visual novel. Most vns on here the story is rather bland or generic. To me this is one of the best visual novels on here and should be on the front page of trending games. Loads of content to. The animations and renders could be a bit better though.

The game is great. The stroy is great, characters are likeable and make you care about them, the renders are beautiful, and it's also really funny - i love Belle <3. Keep up the amazing work @Belle, i wish i wasn't broken so that i could support your work (and many others whose work i admire) on patreon - hopefully i'll be able to amend that soon.
Leaving the review is the very least i could do to support you and your game ^_^

Picked up this game again after a year or so, back then when I played it, I felt it had great potential but was poorly executed. Sadly, coming back after a year things have not changed much. That is not to say this game doesnt have good moments. That's why a lot of people give this 5 stars (highly overrated imho) whilst others give it 1 to 2 stars.

As I said this game has some great elements in it, especially if you're a fan of the genre. It's a fantasy with magic, pixy's, fey, knights, queen/princess ... in a sort of medieval time/place, character looks and interactions are represented in this; and usually done well (except for speech but who wants to read old english anyway?). There's lots of variety with a big cast and the dev provides lore for each indiviual as well as their clan and/or race.

Best part about this game (by far) is Belle or to be more precise the banter/interactions between Belle and the MC. Also, lets be honest, the sex scenes between MC, Belle, Queen Fey, Erato (because they are these mythical beings) I very much enjoyed! Although, a lot of the times these scenes felt forced. Queen Fey had a vision about having sex with the MC (oversimplified but boils down to this) so the Queen has sex with the MC. Erato needs seed of a strong man or whatever for her bush, I mean forest to remain healthy (I think it was something along those lines), anyway again feels forced. Many other examples like this! Granted, in old times the act of sex/love/marriage were often done through arrangements, so you can defend this approach by the dev.


The bad:
You cannot play this game without a walkthrough or without having massive amounts of time and willingness to try everything out; but I sincerely doubt you'll have fun while doing so. Needing a walkthrough might not be a huge issue for everyone, but it is to me and should be for the dev. Because this means: the game, the story, the characters, all of it, is disconnected; and that in turn ruins immersion. -1

You have certain goals you need to reach but no knowledge (or sometimes options) on how to reach it. Hint system (or some quest tracker) would be extremely helpful. -1

Mindcontrol, not original. It tries to be more in depth by finding clues, interrogating people (often your love interests) and once you find out their secrets, you gain massive control over them. Still, having to conquer your love interest by basically mindcontrol, is not very satisfactory, even done by this longwinded approach. It's no substitution for actual build up and/or character progression. -1

Molesting people in their sleep..? Ugh.. Do not understand the appeal, put your finger in ass/vag, push, pull...? Who has fun with this? Kinda wished Samarra wouldve done something to the MC when she caught him but no the story explains this away like its nothing. Molesting people helps you become more stealthy, at least I think it does. Actually I'm not even sure what purpose it serves except making you a rapist. Off course this a game so take it with a grain of salt some might think. That being said even in a game, I don't want to be a rapist or worse, enjoy being one (so why put it in at all)??!!! -1

Sandbox, badly executed but manageable, I won't deduct points for that, could be improved upon however.

As such I'd rate this as 6/10 or just above average, for actually having moments of sheer brilliance, this game falls short on what it tries to deliver. Do not recommend unless you're a fan of the genre or you're bored and got nothing else to do.

Tortuous story, perfect rendering, stable update.
I think the game is no longer a visual novel. The game is not an RPG, but it is more like an RPG. The sense of participation is getting stronger and stronger.
I don't think adult games should all be pornographic pictures. Attractive stories are the foundation of a great book.
Should MC Return to Human Society? Or into the realm of elves? Or do you want to be a messenger of peace for two parallel worlds? We will wait and see.

As of v0.26
So, this game...
Well, it's great. Like, really great. Should I say more? Well, I might as well, now that I have slept on it.

Graphics:
They are good. Nothing obviously broken. I didn't really like the combat choreography, but that's just me.
There are animations for those who wonder and care (I don't). They are decent.

Characters:

The Main Character
He is a looser. And I mean a total looser. I really didn't like him at the start of the game, but he grows and grows a lot. Not always in a good way (he is going around messing with the minds of people) but he is not evil for the evilz sake. He has his good qualities (or at least you have enough control over him to nurture them) - he is loyal, brave, surprisingly caring and smart and his main problem was always that he is lazy. And the game makes it painfully obvious this is what the problem was.

As a whole he is a good character and is not as bad of a person... if you can look past the mind control part of the story. I know a lot of people won't be able to, but as far as MCs in adult games go - he is surprisingly nice. I liked him (you can bring the torches now).

But to like the character you must let him grow. At the start he is kind of the bog standard creep MC. And he gets pushed around a lot. But as he gets stronger he turns the tables, so don't despair.

The rest of the cast:
The cast is pretty big and most of them work well. You won't be meeting the same girl over and over - each one is different and a surprisingly well-rounded character. They are doing their own shit... until you mess with them and even after that they are not your puppets. I won't go in to detail for all, but I like most of them (like being defined as - they are well-written characters, I still wanna punch the royal envoy in the face).

Special note about your constant companion - at first I thought her annoying as hell, but as the story developed she grew on me. Half of the fun in the game is the constant banter between the two of you.

Another really good point for the game IMO is that it treats sexual orientation pretty decently. You can't just wave your hand and make a lesbian hungry for cock. Yes it's probably still quicker than realistic, but considering the very strict limitations in time the game gives you... yeah, it is really well approached topic.

Story.
Honestly... while engaging and well-written, the story is nothing stellar. Almost all "twists" are obvious. Some of them from a very early point in the game (If you don't know who the Lady in the Lake is - you are pretty blind )
This is strangely not exactly a criticism of the story. It doesn't try to be more than it is and knowing where and when to stop is one of the hardest things about writing. I can't stress this enough.

Gameplay.
It's probably my main problem with the game. I get the idea, but I do have several problems with it, that I can't really ignore.
New Game Plus - I'm not certain it's a good idea in an adult game. I'm really not.Especially with such an otherwise simple system.
Training - while I like the idea of the different training sessions, I really don't like there is only one way to improve. There are no shortcuts, no alternative routes. Bravery training is the worst in that respect alongside Pathfinding.
Spell-learning - with the game having such a great secrets and investigation sub-systems in it, I would have really liked to see them involved in learning spells.
That said, none of those things is bad per se. It's my personal preference so... take it as you will.

Conclusion:
It's a very promising game with more than enough content and I'm not certain we have seen even half of it. Play it. You probably won't regret it.

Played with a guide, no NTR, 1st time played at version 0.25 - 21,22, 23 and 24 of October 2019
The pixie Belle is fantastic, sometimes I laugh hard, for me she makes this game. (Literally )

The story is engaging, I assume that without a guide could be a bit more challenging to view all scenes considering a lot of clicking is needed.

The graphics are great, not the best, but I like them.
Large heterogeneity of girls, is this a harem game or not (?), some girls presumably care about this. Have background music. Amazing.

87,7 out 100
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Great sarcastic humor, especially the interaction between the MC and the pixy is really funny. I like the fact that jou need some detective skills to uncover secrets. The woman in this game are beautiful but still real (no overly big breasts or something like that). I enjoyed playing this game and I hope to continue the story soon.

This is one of those games where you go in expecting it to be a typical porn game, but end up staying for the game itself. The writing is great and fun to read with a good story and character interactions with a simple but neat investigation mechanic. The renders and character models look great with well done and fun intimate scenes. Overall greatly enjoyed the game and personally consider it to be one of the best on this site.

I've played this game long enough and want to give it a review now.

TL;DR: Definitively one of the best renpy adult games you can find on Patreon or here.

Ps: A reply to the review below me from user @Ceesko: This isn't PornHub. If you want to wank your off in light speed you might find other "sources" better.

Story

The Story is nicely written and very interesting to follow. Compared to some other games where a boring Story is just used to fill up the content, in this game you actually have a legit one. It makes fun and it makes you want to play more (not only for the adult content). There is a nice mini game / feature which I don't want to spoil and this feature makes the Story even more interesting. You play in a fantasy world but not to just to slay the evil, you've to solve problems and mysteries.

Characters

One of the big plus points in this game are the unique Characters. Each one is very interestingly written and you feel attached to them. Especially Belle (the fairy) which travels with you in this adventure is a very nice companion.

Gameplay

As mentioned above there is a very interesting feature in this game which is used to go through the Story. I personally like this feature a lot and it helps one to treasure the whole Story even more. This game has a day / night cycle which means you've several options each day and that makes it non-linear. You're free to explore as much as you like and I'm pretty sure it'll get even more "sandbox" in future updates. Overall, the gameplay is very nicely done for a renpy game.

Graphics

The render quality is good and it goes well with this game. The animations are great and you can tell that the dev worked a lot to make these. Even though I'm not that into graphics, i personally very appreciated the render models, expressions, backgrounds and everything else.

Quite boring in my opinion. If you enjoy pixel hunting for clues in order to unlock scenes, so that you can grind those scenes to unlock more scenes, and then pixel hunt some more, then this is the game for you. The game is very time consuming and is plagued with "sandbox" curse that plagues nearly all sandbox eroticas.. In that it is extremely time consuming and most likely you will get bored from the tedious gameplay before any actual scene shows up.

Sex scenes in the game are not complex and are nothing special, they mainly consist of groping or a dick in a pussy/ass whatever but no real movement.

I like how the game mixes story, humor and gameplay.
One big aspect of this game is solving puzzles by sleuthing (doing detective work!) All this is embedded in a mysterious story plot.
And the sidekick in this game is the most hilarious (in a good way) sidekick I have seen in an adult game or even non-adult games – and sympathic.
The renders are pretty and the animations are decent enough. The writing is excellent, as far as I am able to judge this as a non-native speaker.

One game I keep coming back to. It sticks to the Medieval setting and doesn't drift. The bugs gets ironed out pretty quickly and there are generally not any. anyway. I like the skewed humor contained in the game even though the NTR hating assholes don't but screw them. Most of the NPCs I find tolerable unlike most of the games/visual novels here. First and foremost there is a story here and I like a good story.

I've played a lot of games now. I love this game because of its originality in the gameplay. The story is intriguing too but what got me hooked to this game is the puzzles you need to solve which aren't that easy to solve. Also, the graphics of the game are pretty good though not the best. I'd like to give it a 4.5 but it isn't in the option. I'm giving it a 5 because it's definitely more than a 4. This game really needs to be out there at the leagues of Big brother and Dating my Daughter. I'd say the gameplay is better than even Big Brother.

Now please, hear me out I have not played the recent version of this game nor will I, but I did play a very early version a few months ago. So, with that in mind, this game is still 5 stars as since back then, it has been the only game that made me super, super excited to see more of, I don't want to play it before it's released fully because it was just so perfect and I want to experience it start to finish in all its refined glory.

It hit all the nails right on the head and just stuck with me till now. I can recall so many things I liked about the game and in pretty vivid detail both the side, and main plot points. I typically forget these within a few days for most games, even if I enjoyed them at the time. But the writing and interest building this game does is on another level. I remember sneaking out into alleys to see where my sister goes, even remember her meeting someone, I remember training up in the courtyard with two characters that I enjoyed reading about, I remember thinking I wanted to sleep fuck the sister who shared a room (another room? either way it was close to the MC's bed) and getting the shopkeeper to try on dresses. I remember so much and I've not touched this game in months.

If that's not a huge nod to the quality of the game, I have no idea what is.