Meet young Princess Elodie, a bright-eyed young princess suddenly thrown into a web of plotting nobles, black magic, and unforgiving commoners upon her mother's untimely death. Now she must survive and hold on to her throne long enough to reach her coronation, less than a year away. Long Live the Queen is a stat management game in which you must choose what Elodie learns in her quest to become queen. With a limited amount of time, you are forced to prioritize your time and determine what is most important. Do you spend your days learning military strategy or studying the history of the kingdom? Practicing your reflexes? Learning falconry? The addition of moods adds another layer to the puzzle, affecting how well Elodie learns certain subjects at any given time. Events have a complex and branching web of cause and effect, and nothing is random. Each choice and check has consequences down the line, and will affect events later in the game. There are countless different roads to coronation, each laced with different subplots and challenges along the way. Scholarly and wise, quick and silver-tongued, military and brutal; there is certainly no one way through the game, and discovering all the different paths will keep you occupied for dozens of hours. Long Live the Queen is a pleasantly challenging stat management game that will keep players on their toes. Highly recommended to anyone who enjoys a game of strategy and planning and a solid and detailed story.
