Of course, regular readers to TheSixthAxis will be all too aware of our love of Fat Princess, so I’ll continue hoping that you’re also a fan of the original, Titan Studios developed cartoon brawler and are wondering how the thing has been ported down to the smaller, less capable piece of hardware. So, whilst it’s a shame that Fistful of Cake wasn’t pushed as hard as its big sister, perhaps its almost surprise arrival on the PlayStation Portable is for the best – if you’re a fan of Fat Princess you’ll have been watching it like a hawk, and if not, well, listen up because Fistful of Cake is a brilliant game, one that deserves your attention. The PSP game is, whilst a stunning technical achievement for Supervillian Studios and Sony Santa Monica, an almost exact port of the PS3 version. And while it’s worth it for that, well-seasoned vets of the genre shouldn’t be surprised if their interest falls off shortly after.The lack of hype, build-up and eventual fan-fare for Fat Princess: Fistful of Cake is both bewildering and obvious. The production values feel a bit lesser than they should be for a Sony-published games, as the map is too flat, the gems could pop out a bit more, and the game gives too much space to the gem board and not enough to the battle on top.įat Princess: Piece of Cake is not a bad example of a match-3 RPG, it’s just a rote experience once you get past the fact that you get a free game for playing it long enough. This is fairly standard free-to-play match-3 RPG stuff, of course.īeyond the free game and the formations, there’s nothing too groundbreaking here. Upgrades start to cost more gems down the road, and battles are of course a lot easier by purchasing the boosts. It’s also possible to buy out of it, but that requires spending $20-$25 for the coins to do so. There is an energy system, but it recharges within a couple of hours. It’s a fresh alternative to elements beating one another like in other match-3 RPGs. If there are enemies in the middle row, go for the bombs, which also stun enemies from attacking on their turns. If there are lots of enemies in the front row, go for the gun. The game’s use of enemy formations throws an interesting wrinkle into which sort of attacks are worth using – if a powerful enemy up front needs to be taken out, it’s worth going for the red swords. When characters are killed they can be revived by healing, or by making matches of their color of gem, though of course this means one fewer attack to use. There are boosts to buy and power-ups to use in-game. It’s possible to spend diamonds (the soft currency, as opposed to coins, which are the hard currency for some reason) to upgrade characters. Six different types of gems, all corresponding to different kinds of attacks. There are also healing matches that can be made to heal all the characters, diamonds for additional currency rewards, and cake, which can be used to charge up the eponymous hefty princess who too can attack enemies. The goal is to make matches to attack with different units: a warrior who hits an enemy with a sword, a gunner who hits all enemies in the front row, and a bomber who does damage to the first two rows and stuns. Sure, getting a free copy of Fat Princess is the big hook here, but what about the match-3 game itself? Fat Princess: Piece of Cake has got some cleverness to it, but if it didn’t come with a free PS3 game, I wouldn’t see much of a reason to pay attention to this when there are so many other match-3 RPGs worthy of your time ( Adventure Xpress, for example). All you have to pay for Fat Princess is your time and a Facebook login. I earned the voucher without spending a dime, so hey: free game for playing a free game! It’s the best bargain I’ve seen since getting a $20 mail-in rebate from Gamestop for buying Phantom Dust on Xbox, which itself was $20. Thankfully, the game doesn’t pull a lot of tricks, like making level 15 impossible or locking the voucher behind an impossible challenge level. As a library title whose prime selling point passed a long time ago, it’s not the greatest deal in the world – but still, this is a free-to-play game that is going to give you a $14.99 game for free, so long as you make it to level 15. Fat Princess: Piece of Cake comes with a free voucher for the PS3 version of Fat Princess, Sony’s 2009 online multiplayer game. Here’s a free-to-play game that gives back. It's a match-3 RPG, and isn't anything revolutionary in what it does.
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