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The Saturn is a 2D powerhouse. If you're looking at buying this game, you already know this. And the strengths of the system ore on full display here. The graphics hold up. If you like 2D sidescrollers with large sprites and amazing animation, you'll probably like this game. The folks that made it went on to do Muramasa on the Wii, another game with amazing graphics, art style, and animation. It is, however, pretty pedestrian when it comes to gameplay. mash button until enemy is dead. Toss a dagger if you're having trouble. Eat an apple if your health is low. And so on. It's enjoyable enough to go through the game -- there's nothing wrong or broken with it -- but it does wear thin after a while. Still, you are a PRINCESS dammit a PRINCESS and you are slaying demons and goblins and all sorts of horrifying enemies in a quest to become the most powerful bad-@@ little girl on the face of the PLANET and this should be enough motivation to keep you walking from one area to another, saving townspeople and collecting items and eventually restoring peace to the land. Warning though: It's in Japanese. I don't know a lick of Japanese and found it to be OK anyway. No idea what's going on, plot-wise, of course, but at least the game basically makes sense -- it's intuitive to play. Plus, this is 2016. If you're stuck, everything is easily resolved using free online walkthroughs.Read full review
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Princess crown is a Japanese Sega Saturn game made by Vanillaware. Their PS2 game, Odin Sphere, is considered a spiritual successor to Princess Crown. The story is split into multiple sections, allowing you to play as a few different characters. The main character is Princess Gradriel, who is put in charge of her kingdom. She finds out that all sorts of trouble is afoot, but is advised to let her knights handle it. Of course, she doesn't agree and sneaks out of the castle one night. In the course of the game, her sister is kidnapped and a sorceress sets out to summon a great evil. The other character's stories will overlap with hers in places, adding depth to the experience. Princess Crown looks gorgeous, with highly detailed sprites and environments. The sprites are also extremely large, really showing off how much of a 2d powerhouse the Saturn really was. The music isn't that great unfortunately. It never stands out and it tends to be repeated often. It's a shame that the music seems to have been forgotten, a good score would have added so much to the experience. The battle system is rather clunky. Item selection is similar to what was used in the Secret of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 2). You open up a ring and spin it around until you get to the item you want. When you get into fights, you are only able to do a limited amount of attacks and they feel very slow. I've heard the battle system described like it's set up as a 2d fighter but doesn't flow like one and I would agree. You are dependant on the Power meter, which fills up fastest when you stand still. Attacking or guarding will make the meter run down, thus making your attacks less useful. This can lead to enemies getting hits in when you're attempting to regain your strength. You'll probably find yourself using the dash attack most of the time, as it will take care of enemies without leaving yourself open to hits. While Princess Crown is hampered by a slow battle system and mediocre soundtrack, it's still a worthwhile play, even if just to see the graphics in action. Unfortunately, this is one of the pricier games for the Saturn. Additionally, this game's storyline will be missed by those who cannot read Japanese. It's still playable for the most part, as the menu is really straight forward and many puzzles can be muddled through (especially with a walkthrough).Read full review
Princess Crown is hailed by many Saturn fans to be the best game of its type on any system and its easy to see why. Princess Crown is an action RPG that features some of the best looking character sprites ever seen in a 2D action RPG. The animation on the sprites is truly wonderful from the very beginning plus they are massive. Add to that a wonderful story line (in Japanese), suitable music and a very interesting battle system and you've got a very nice game. However, I do feel that Princess Crown is over praised by quite a few people. The game can be a little slow at times and I wish the battle system was a bit more varied than it is. Saying that though I still would seriously recommend getting Princess Crown for your Sega Saturn but don't expect to get it cheap. Even in Japan this is a pricey game. One thing that may worry people buying this is the language. True that you really should be able to read some of it to find out what to do but even if you can't there's no need to worry since I'm sure you can solve the puzzles with a bit of wondering around trying out different things. The battle system is pretty simple to learn since it's played like a side scoller slash'em up. So, if you don't mind the odd puzzle giving you a head ache then by all means buy this quality release. BRead full review
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