70/100
Players23 ratings: 75/100
Critics2 reviews

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2013 · Action · Beat 'em up

Fat Princess

PlayStation exclusive

Rescue your beloved princess through teamwork in this comic medieval battle royale. There's a catch, though—the other team has been feeding her magical cake, making her harder to escort back to your castle. Choose from five distinct character classes and switch at any time to best help your team. Charge head first into battle, heal teammates as they break through enemy lines, and upgrade your team and the castle defenses as you work with your team to save your princess.

Released: 30 July 2013
Platforms: PlayStation 3 PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita
Genres: Action Beat 'em up Real-time strategy Strategy
Developers: —
Publishers: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action Historical Comedy
Country: United States
Age ratings: PEGI 16 USK 16 ESRB T
Languages: English, Portuguese (Portugal)

About

Fat Princess is an action real-time strategy video game developed by Titan Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It was released in North America, Europe and Australia on July 30, 2009, and in Japan on December 25 the same year, as Pocchari Princess (ぽっちゃり☆プリンセス, Pocchari ☆ Purinsesu). It was included on the Best of PlayStation Network Vol. 1 compilation disc, released on June 18, 2013. A PlayStation Portable version, titled Fat Princess: Fistful of Cake, was released in 2010.

Fat Princess is a multiplayer game for up to 32 players, with the basic goal of rescuing the Princess and bringing her back to the team's base, a twist on capture the flag. The players pick up and carry cakes to feed the Princess, which makes her heavier and harder for the enemy to carry back to their own castle. The game contains six character classes (Villager, Worker, Priest, Ranger, Mage and Warrior) and three downloadable classes (Pirate, Ninja and Giant), each of which contributes to the team's task of capturing the princess in a unique way.

Keywords

bloody
wizards
medieval
magic
death
female protagonist
brawler
multiplayer online battle arena
online
princess
capture the flag
base building

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Gameplay

In Fat Princess, players play as team members. There are two teams, red and blue, with up to 16 members each (32 players in total). To make their opponents' task more difficult, players can feed the captive princess cake slices. With each slice, she becomes heavier and harder to carry back to her respective castle. Over time, the effect of the cake wears off.

Players can change their character classes and abilities by picking up hats that are generated by the hat machines at their team's castle. Hats can be found on the warzone where enemies have fallen. The game's six classes are the Villager, Priest, Mage, Warrior, Ranger, and Worker with three additional classes (Pirate, Ninja, and Giant) from Fat Roles add-on pack. Each class has its own unique set of abilities and skills, and different amount of health.

Development

The game was originally developed by Darkstar Industries, which went defunct at some point; the developers opened a new studio named Titan Studios under Epic Games China. Fat Princess was their only original game as they mostly provided support to other Epic Games projects. A private beta for the game was held in June 2009.

There were several supporting reports dealing with the game's release date before it was confirmed for release on July 30, 2009. While some sources presently indicate the game should be ready by "late August", it was later revealed by the PlayStation Store team that, while the game will have a simultaneous local release, its release window could only be told as "[at] some point this century".

Reception

The original Fat Princess received "generally favorable reviews", while Fistful of Cake received "average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. IGN praised the PS3 version's versatility and charm. GameTrailers gave the same console version the award of Best Downloadable Game of 2009.

5 out of 10 and called it "a breath of fresh air: A good multiplayer game that is not another generic shooter, with an excellent art style, quirky charm and well-balanced units. Two thumbs up for Fat Princess." V. Club gave it a B− and said that "the core design, which seems so elegant at first, leads either to quick decisions between teams of unmatched skill, or long slogs worthy of a Russian winter campaign.