This game is heavily inspired by princess maker, but it completely missed the point. In long live the Queen, the events are set on fixed dates, and if you haven't raised the correct stats to the right number by that point... you die. There's just nothing you can do about it since these events play out as automatic cutscenes. I was left feeling like it was a surprise quiz where I was expected to give the precise answer, before the question had even been handed out. And then as punishment I was told to take the whole course over again. The constant failure caused by events I couldn't possibly plan for, set in cutscenes I couldn't do anything about, quickly became very frustrating and the lack luster ending doesn't justify it. PM2 did it right. It gave us free range and had dozens of different possible endings based on the player's actions, so decisions had weight and impact. Long Live the Queen on the other hand, has a dozen ways to die and only one real (boring) ending that didn't even feel rewarding or justify the struggles required to reach it. Verdict: It's lazily put together and not well thought out. Get Princess Maker 2 instead: it's compelling, fun to play, and it's freeware.
