The game is quite simple, a visual novel with all manner of choices. The first scene addresses the death of the Queen, you play the part of her daughter, Princess Elodie. This puts you on the fast track to becoming Queen, placing the realm of Nova in under your care. To properly tend to Nova you must decide which skills are necessary for Elodie to rule.
Long Live the Queen follows a cycle: each week you (Elodie) choose the subjects you wish to study, and how much you learn is dependent on your mood. There are a total of 10 moods that can be dominant at any time: angry, afraid, cheerful, depressed, willful, yielding, pressured, lonely, injured or neutral.
Each mood can either help or hinder the learning process, for example: with pressured as the dominant emotion, athletics or faith will increase at a higher rate. Each week you can train in two skills and each skill, at a neutral rate, will gain 10 points, but with the right mood it is possible to get a boost of +1.00 per 5 day period garnering a total of 15 points week. Also studying the skills in the same set will boost the amount of points you can earn, sometimes up to +3 which will allow a boost of 25 points a week.
On the other hand, if your dominant mood is yielding leveling skills such as weapons or lumen will be impossible with a hindrance of -3.00. To be safe, try not to increase or decrease any one mood to an extreme as it will make switching emotions more difficult. With that in mind, events that happen to Elodie during the week can also influence her emotions.
Leveling a set of skills enough unlocks outfits that boost the entire set which can be useful when you are dangerously close to your goal. That tea dress could be what decides your fate...
Each week there are a variety of different events that will occur and choices that must be made which will impact the future. Depending on your choices there is a possibility that other nobles will either be for or against you. There will also be a slew of assassination attempts, so many assassination attempts. And the assassins aren't all you have to worry about in this game, depending on choices there are any variety of deaths waiting for you.
What makes this game for me is the checklist which has three categories; achievements, deaths, and epilogues. There is a nice abundance of possibility from this game, one of the main reasons I keep getting drawn back for more. I honestly didn't know it could be fun to find ways to lead this innocent girl to her coronation, or even her death, and keep trying to do it until I finished that checklist.
Keep in mind that the choices you make affect the outcome of the game, there isn't one set way to solve a problem. There are a variety of ways to escape assassins and other dangers that lie in wait for you. I won't spoil anything for you in this article so I can't detail too much of the game but I can tell you that if you enjoy a good story and guiding a character down a treacherous path, this game will be worth it. Making it to the coronation isn't the best part of this game, the best part is knowing there are secrets you missed and going back to discover them.
The game pits you against other nobles, some of which are treacherous, and you have to be clever enough to outmaneuver them in this battle royal. If you want any kind of pointer in this game, be careful not to focus too much on just one set of skills. The game is trial and error and it's easy enough to learn from mistakes but the more difficult obstacles require a variety of different skills.
There is also a dash of romance thrown into this game, although be warned it is just a dash. There are possible encounters with individuals and if you play it just right, at the end of the game it will outline your marriage to them. It isn't the main aspect of the game but it is still a nice touch, I am actually glad it isn't a main aspect because with assassins lurking, possibly around every corner, who can be romantic?
I spent my first couple playthroughs with the mentality that I was meant to put a little emphasis on each skill, but depending on your playthrough you may not even need certain skills. I highly recommend Long Live the Queen for anyone that enjoys a fresh taste after so many repetitive games, it is cheap and worth every penny.
Congratulations! You completed Level Three!
Coronation
Trophy (Or Achivement if thats how you roll) Unlocked!
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