Oh no! It's pink! Must be girlie! Double oh no! I play as a little girl? Must be pedo! Triple oh no! Japanese! Must be hentai! *facepalm*

I kind of figured what the discussion would be like in this thread when I just saw the sheer size of it. Disappointing to say the least. Talk about insecurity much? Here are some facts you might want to consider:
- As has been stated already, it is only fairly recent in human history that the 'age of consent' has been set higher, yet there are still countries that do have it around 14 still. As this is supposedly around medieval times, I really don't see a problem one way or the other.
- The game may be in Japanese style, but Hanako is actually a Western (US?) developer
- Anime/Manga =/= Hentai, Tentacles =/= Rape - If that's all you can think about then the problem is you, not the game.
- Just watching the trailer alone should clear up most misconceptions, but I guess it's easier to spew garbage

That said, these kind of games are a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. I certainly hope this silly adverse reaction from some of our forum folk won't discourage GOG from bringing more here. I'm very much considering buying this just to say "Hey, GOG! I approve of this!" and to thank Hanako. That's in addition of me actually being interested in the game. So, might we expect the Cute Knight games here as well? *crosses fingers*

Yup. I'm a man. I'm 31. I like this shit. Deal with it.

*high five* Bring out the tutu and tiara! =P

I haven't known about the game. Abundance of pink with lolicon material aren't exactly tempting... yet the idea looks interesting. I enjoyed Princess Maker. *goes to check the demo*

By the way, is it just my limited knowledge or does she really do a Sakura/Usagi crossover?

The fascist regime!

It's a genre.

Thanks, gOg, for offering something other than the adventure and platformer games that have been the mainstays of the new game releases for quite a while now. Likewise, thanks for bringing in another developer / publisher.

I would liken this to King of Dragon Pass or Zafehouse Diaries, gameplay-wise. The meat of the game is managing the princess' mood and taking advantage of the related bonuses to your studies. In my first playthrough, I unlocked two outfits (which you do by achieving a certain level in a skill set and they provide a bonus to *that* skill set) and in no way would I consider them whorish or excessive. Of course, I concentrated on rather pointless skills and paid the price by being killed by bandits. If the graphics were more westernized, I'm sure more people would be less bitchy and call this a engaging strategy game. So if you don't like the window dressing, don't buy it, but I assure you that you're missing out on something good here.

played to week 10 on the demo and passed two or three checks. instead of spacing stuff out evenly i was focusing on just a few things.

This game / topic could really benefit from some pic unrelated.

Seriously.

the thing is, I did focus only on a few skills and had most of them at 50 quite early... yet the story always demanded things I had zero in :D I just wonder if there is some kind of way to KNOW what you'll need further in the story based on your choices

I was for example quite good at dexterity and dance, yet I sucked utterly at the royal ball as it was more about behaviour and knowledge of etiquette :)

If you want to cheat, there's a wiki for the game.

Thanks GOG can't wait to play this :)

nah, I'll probably give it a hundred more tries or so :D it's really quite fun to play... (and I should probably experience all possible deaths before attempting to win this with a cheat ;)

EDIT: also, I know now that I should really pay attention to everything that is said and learn what moods affect which skills...

Thank you :) hope i am. Let's see what all the fuss is about.