It seemed like harmless fun…raising an anime-style “magical girl”, feeding and dressing her and sending her to school, and then when she turns 18 you get to find out what sort of life you’ve prepared her for. Who knew it would be the crack of computer games?
I’m missing sleep. I’m skipping my readings for class. I’ve got a paper due tomorrow that I haven’t started yet, because I’ve been too busy trying to get my daughter to become a warrior hero and she keeps ending up captain of the freaking royal guard. And I hate that stupid prince. I want my daughter to marry Cube the demon butler instead. But most of all I wish I knew of some sort of Princess Maker recovery program, because right now I am Princess Maker’s bitch.
I was mercilessly addicted to PMII for a while, until I successfully raised her to… ::Checks:: 18 different professions (not all of them ‘good’, but, dammit, I worked hard for that Harlot!), and all the marriages, save Cube (And, BOY, was I amazed when she said she wanted to marry ME in that one run through!). Cube’s damned near impossible, IMO. The Prince isn’t too hard, if you manage to keep the $$ up. Dragon and normal weddings are effortless. Still don’t know how I got the ‘Guardian’ wedding… (It’s not a blood relation…she’s a divine child that you’re given charge of.)
Dammit, you’ve given me an urge to play it again… Try to get the jobs I had to cheat for, and get her married to Cube… ::Sigh::
I’m telling you Daowajan, if you get this game you won’t be bored on Saturday night. Or Sunday morning. Or Sunday night. Or Monday morning…
Your daughter in Princess Maker can fight monsters in the wilderness outside town, or compete against other townsfolk at the annual harvest festival. She will also get duel challenges if she develops a good fighting reputation. The combat system is fairly primitive --you have a choice between regular attacks and magical ones. You can buy various weapons and armor to help her. There’s also a selection of outfits you can dress your daughter in (my favorite is the spikey dress), but she has to be real skinny to fit into the good ones.
Oh, and Tengu, I can manage to marry the prince almost every time (as long as I don’t forget to visit him), but I don’t know why he’s supposed to be such a prize. He looks like any shojou anime heartthrob, and he doesn’t even seem to inherit the throne! I was happier when my daughter married the Prince of Darkness, at least he has some ambition. But I was even happier when my daughter killed the Prince of Darkness and became Queen of Hell in her own right.
Where, pray tell, does one get a copy of this game? Is this shareware, pick up at EB, or send-money-to-some-strange-company-in-Japan-and-get-a-manual-you-don’t-understand?
I’ve seen the second one on http://www.theunderdogs.org, an “abandonware” site. From the write-up there, it’s a beta of the only English translation that was never officially released. I bet if they would have, there could have been a controversy that would have made it sell like hotcakes.
ObWarning: downloading any of the games from that site is likely in a legal iffy area. Of abandonware sites, though, they do seem to try the hardest to keep only the ones that simply aren’t possible to buy anywhere at all.
After reading this thread, I downloaded the game and spent all last playing it. It’s fun, but how the hell do I keep the money coming in? One set of classes and my salary’s shot!
AAAAAGGHGHG! Holy jumped-up Jesus Christ bundle of Christmas shit!
I just now got myself weaned from Rollercoaster Tycoon (because I beat all the damn parks). I managed to pry my fingers off the keyboard when the Sims were running. The cushion of the chair in front of the computer barely even shows my assprint anymore. I’ve almost got a normal life.
And now [sub]sob[/sub] goddammit, Lamia, I want Princess Maker. I cannot possibly rest until I get my princess to marry Cube. I don’t even know who Cube is yet, and I am prepared to go without food or potty breaks until she marries him. I will make her a Harlot. I will make her the Queen of Hell. I will learn what these terms mean and what the fuck I’m talking about.
I will get you for this! But first… I will get Princess Maker, and I will make her marry Cube, and I will post and tell everyone about it.
Posting this was like spiking the punch at an AA meeting.
Wait til you find the cheat, which allows you to edit the amount of money you have and buy any of the exotic items that the merchant has.
I am trying to raise her to be a brothel madam.
Last time I played I had her wearing the bondage gear and working at the sleazy bar all the time, plus I bought about a dozen bust expansion pills and got her up to about 47", and the bitch decided to become a mercenary, was crap at it, and married a farmer. I mean, for christ’s sake.
You’ve got to be like any loving father, and make your innocent ten year old daughter work for her keep. I usually start off with having my little angel work as a farmhand.
Well seawitch this is why I posted in the Pit. But now that I think of it, this may be the safest Pit thread ever, because anyone who might want to flame me for getting them hooked on PM will be too busy playing it to do so (or eat, sleep, and bathe, for that matter). Mwahahahahah!
I don’t think that’s really necessary if you want to marry him. The prince doesn’t seem to care how close you are to the rest of the court. He only cares that you visit him every year, and that you have fairly decent stats in refinement, charisma, and morality.
