PSN Review – Fat Princess
The objective in both of the standard game modes is to go to the enemy base and retrieve the Princess. The interesting part though is that each team can feed the Princess cake to make her larger, and therefore harder to carry. However, when more than one player is assisting in carrying the Princess, it speeds up on-foot movement, creating some great teamwork possibilities. There are two other game modes, which mostly focus around deathmatch-style gameplay, but these two are not as popular as the Princess-based game modes.
The controls in Fat Princess are very unorthodox compared to other RTS titles. Attacking is done by either tapping or holding the Square button, which allows you to define how much you want to charge your abilities. For some classes, holding the Square button down changes the attack completely, such as the Warrior switching from a regular melee attack to a spinning attack. Aiming is a bit tough and usually involves holding L1 to lock onto a target. However, locking on doesn’t always target the enemy you are attempting to attack, which can be frustrating. Most combat is dependent on good timing of charged attacks, and simply charging into a fight doesn’t work against skilled opponents who strafe to dodge incoming projectiles.
The artistic design of the game can be compared to games such as Team Fortress 2. Fat Princess has a beautiful, vivid look to it which gives the game a very unique atmosphere. The game looks like a child’s game at first, but the buckets of blood and gore easily earn its Mature rating. Fat Princess really is a pretty game with great visual design, and while it might not satisfy the high-definition fiends, just about everyone can appreciate the prettiness of the game. The look of each class is fitting and appropriate, and the presentation of the game is also terrific. The menus are easy to navigate and the overall look of the game sets a great mood.
The main theme of Fat Princess is catchy, and gives the game an easily lovable vibe. The voice acting by both the single-player narrator and playable characters are well done, and a lot of the dialogue is witty. The sound effects are appropriate and have a cartoony appeal to them, and really help give the game an uplifiting personality. The graphics and audio mesh together very well, creating an enjoyable environment where people of all ages can have a good time in the world of Fat Princess.
27 Responses to “PSN Review – Fat Princess”
definitely a 5/5! good review… i cant wait for some add ons
I absolutely love this game
“easily one of the best downloadable games to date, if not the best”. Coming from the same PSN as Warhawk, Tekken and Flower, it’s obviously NOT the best, but it is a fun game, for now.
Sadly it lacks both the depth and the teamwork of Warhawk and though cute, the gameplay seems rather limited. Am I going to spend 800 hours in Fat Princess? Don’t think so.
I’d say it has plenty of depth. Maybe a lack of teamwork, but thats only because its a casual fun game and there aren’t many players who want to actually coordinate the team side of it.
The depth easily comes from the multiple setups of classes you can use in an assault, ensuring you have people healing properly, using support ranged characters and moving together at the same time. All that while ensuring several people on your team are obtaining resources and upgrading the correct units in the right order. I mean its not Warhawk but its also not Galaga. There’s plenty in this game to enjoy and do.
I’m sure i’d love the game but im on the fence at the moment, in the UK its 12 POUNDS! This is a total rip-off and can spend it much more wisely and products that have much more replayability with LBP at 12 pounds.
If it would be lowered to a better conversion rate to at least 10 preferably 8 pounds this would be priced just right, but at the moment it just cant do as i don’t have that much money to spare.
Wish you could change the game mode or vote to change it (not just the map online).
Also wish you could host a dedicated server.
However, this game is well-worth the price tag and I’ll be playing it for weeks, if not months. 5/5 and should probably be an editor’s choice award-winner!
Is anybody else unable to play online even after the patch? My PS3 is in DMZ, I have a NAT 2 connection and I factory-resetted my router but it still won’t let me play online.
false, soccer is the best online mode, after that is snatch and grab.
Id have to agree with nemo20000 its a great game but Sadly it lacks both the depth and the teamwork of Warhawk and though it has its moments, the game play is limited. I dont see myself playing Fat Princess for 800 hours and everyone as well (based on the very little time they play) it shows it. Im still interested in the DLC and some new maps Id also like to see voting on the mode of play.
@ Joshstork
its a great game, just don’t expect it to blow you away.
@ Jonathan Leack
i could have sworn you mentioned a video review?
fat princess = a fantastic experience.
I Love it
@nemo2000
Sorry, but Warhawk can’t be classified in the same way that the other downloadables are. Warhawk was a full-priced retail game at launch. The only games I feel compare to the overall value of Fat Princess are Braid, Castle Crashers and Flower. Braid is great but I find it far less enjoyable than Fat Princess. I haven’t had a chance to play Castle Crashers so perhaps that’s the only comparable game. Flower was far too short, and was limited to single-player. I loved Flower but Fat Princess is just a better buy.
@shadowjin
I’ve been doing video reviews for a few months now, and my video review for Fat Princess was finished last Thursday. You can check it out on my blog @ http://jleack.blogspot.com
I started to have my doubts about this game after many failed attempts to play online. The patch they released this past weekend quickly changed all my doubts. I went from not being able to join a single online game to being able to join every single one. Great game. Well worth the $15 I spent on it and definitely deserving of the 5/5 score.
Great review, Jonathan!
Fat Princess is a great game, however, I wish people would communicate more. I played in a silent room for about an hour last night…and we lost. I’m still trying to get familiar with all the classes and their abilities. Even when I don’t exactly know what I’m doing, it’s still a fun experience.
@ Jonathan Leack
i got confused.. i thought you meant PSL video review.
Great review!
Great game, another satisfying PSN purchase!
I’m just going to say, if you find a lack of teamwork existing within the game, you’re not playing with the right people. PERIOD!
When you coordinate priests, mages, workers, etc… you dominate online just like in Warhawk. There are choke hold points, and everything. This game is wonderfully deep when you understand and work the strategy of it. I’ve taken out 5 enemies at once as an Ice mage by freezing htem, running into the outpost, freezing, outpost, freezing, etc… keeping my health replenished. I’ve also killed a ton of people that couldn’t reach me by throwing bombs off of the Outpost as a Worker class. Without a good strategy the game takes 30 minutes plus per match. With good strategy the games take 5-10 minutes on average.
There’s PLENTY of strategy to compete with games like Warhawk, but it’s a 15 dollar title compared to a 40 dollar (on release) title so you can’t pretend like they have to be equal in every strategic respect.
They’re 2 completely different games and well.. Warhawk is a retail PSN title so it doesn’t specifically count as a PSN title since that was an after thought to boost sales.
with the right team, this is a great experience
I like Cake.
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Can’t wait for DLC
yes DLC will be nice.. still trying to get 6 ppl with a dmn bomb
that and knock 20 things out of someones hands… altho i do love smacking the princess outta someones hands :b gimme my b*tch back!!
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i honestly didnt enjoy this game.
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