Volcano Princess Games like Long Live The Queen and The Life And Suffering Of Sir Brante provide visual novel experiences that guide young children through their formative years and prepare them for the adversities they will face as adults.
This style of game often introduces its own spin on a formula that may take several failed attempts to understand. These hints are aimed at saving you time without spoiling the plot or advanced gameplay.
Don’t panic by misusing your stat points
It’s an unfortunate truth of RPG games sometimes. A bad choice in character creation can cause you to lose before you start.. those familiar with this The first decision they are offered is choosing the daughter’s blood type and birthday.
The choices you make here, thankfully, It won’t affect your stats or lock you out of certain endings.
Likewise, this is not a game where success is determined by focusing on one area to the exclusion of others. If you befriend a character that helps with one of your stats, It often requires investment in other statistics. It demands a balance of learning. This also means that stat points aren’t really wasted.
A good example of this is the knights Lebsa and Hackett, who can become friends through playing warrior. You have to develop feelings to learn about them as peopleSeeking their advice will actually increase. your intelligence. This game rewards both professional and broad focus.
Choosing the Right Parenting Style
Right after the previous scene where you choose your blood type and birthday, you come across one of the important early game choices. Three parenting styles are offered, and choosing one of them will have a huge impact on your daughter’s stats and how she will respond to your future choices.
These choices are There are three main paths you can take in the game:
- Making your daughter feel safe is a priority. intellectual growth.
- Doing Your Daughter a Proud Favor courage and physical growth.
- Love your daughter and she will grow up good social statistics.
This is a great opportunity to decide which way to play. The three options here are: Three talent trees focused on combat, life and social skills. Similar selections are offered at intervals and follow trends. Determine optional objectives that will speed up your progress upon completion..
Specializations are rewarded for: Assign a study plan at the end of each turn. If you meet or exceed the stat requirements for a lesson, you can complete it faster, and some can be cleared in one day if you overwhelm them with raw stats. Completing lessons will give you more stats in that area, so once you get the ball rolling you can snowball a certain level.
Do not take these promises to mean that you must study only one field. Even for expert playthroughs, the spread benefits. while Literature and culture classes have a broad preference for emotional skills.you can do better in Dance lessons if you have good strength and stamina.
Likewise, there are lessons in swordsmanship that require significant appraisal points to properly perform chivalrous etiquette.
The three broad playstyles are color-coded for each major selection. Red favors warriors, green scholars, and purple artisans.
Each resource is managed differently.
between gold, action points and mood; It comes with many resources you can manage right from day one.. Action points you always want to fully use Because it is restored at the start of each turn. You can recover this by resting at home or having a meal or meal by the lake.
Do not confuse the action point system with the energy system used in combat. During combat, energy can be stored for later turns, which is often required to use more expensive abilities.
Unlike working points, you’ll want: Be more conservative with your mood. The moment my mood drops below 50 Your attributes will be severely penalized. Slows growth and makes many skill checks impossible.
keep the mood About 70 can serve as insurance About unexpected events that may have to drain your mood Don’t waste a feel-good event. A full week of classes is often Mood 50 consumed, So you would want a method Take it before or after you end your turn.
Some activities that seem to make you feel bad are actually rewarding. In a game like Darkest Dungeon, adventures and battles can get you crazy, but here you can be rewarded with: Generous mood boost for the satisfaction of success. poor performance If you lose early in the dungeon, you’ll feel bad.. Gathering friends to venture out with will improve your dungeon performance and provide a feel-good downtime activity.
Keep your eyes open for free content
Starting the game unlocks the ability to travel on the map. The tutorial suggests: go to a local restaurant and explain it Snacks and food can restore mood and action points. each for a small price in gold. Ignore this advice and head to the lake to end the game. Miri Cooking and Farming Systemas well as a good find strength training place by adjustment.
At the end of the tutorial, you will only be able to engage in major social interactions with 3 characters each day. Acquire stat points, rare items, and large amounts of affection. Along with this, there are: Lots of activities you can do without draining your resources Or there are dedicated resources that are easy to collect.
each character Chat once a day for a little boost to your relationship with them. Also, if you see something flashing on your screen, it means you can: Click to collect resources like gold or cooking ingredients.. They aren’t great on their own, but they add up over the course of the game.
Some free tasks provided by the game, such as: Sleep at home or relax by the lakeIt upgrades with repeated use and provides a bigger boost if you remember to revisit it daily.
Use of RPG elements in the game
Not so common in this genre. Randomness function greatly, many visual novels prefer static checks to ensure they meet the conditions to achieve a result. Fans of the genre will still find that maintaining multiple saves leading to key decision points is always worthwhile.
Volcano Princess features some randomness. Sometimes you get better results from your activities. like gathering and craftingMore like what you would find in an RPG.
The first example you’ll encounter is an alchemy shop that offers cheap equipment and stat-boosting potions. You only have a 5% chance of getting what you bought. Unless you invest in relevant skills and talents.
you can Choose a risky action like this at the start of your turn. Reset your turn if you don’t like the result. One example is the job offered to you. You have four options, but if you don’t like any of them, you can: Save and refresh to change.
The task is a long-term commitment spanning many months, so it can help a lot with the next one. Reset to give a good pay or bonus items you can use.
Unlike games where saving and reloading to get better results is an intended part of the gameplay loop, manipulating game systems in this way can ruin the fun. Decide for yourself if this is worthwhile, or reserve for a second playthrough that you can use to dodge content you’ve already experienced and experiment with different playstyles.
that much The combat system is also more like an RPG than a life simulator.. With the right strategy and equipment, you can weave your combat system to get more resources. A useful companion to this is Nina healing on the cheap Greatly increases how far you can go in a dungeon. Enemies in the game attack hard and have low HP totals. So having a way to mitigate or restore damage is important in long dungeons.
Utilize the game’s achievement system
The game features a reputation system upon reaching the first ending. Even a bad ending can give you a chance to do better in future playthroughs. Achievement points are converted into starting boosts..
You can also use some knowledge about upcoming events to optimize your playstyle. For example birdie festivalHeld every summer at the same time It generally improves your mood significantly and allows you to use your resources more aggressively in the previous month..
You can review the Achievements window in the top right to see which results you can aim for and which endings you may have missed. Certain achievements can be completed midway through. Provides a motivational bonus that doubles skill acquisition for one turn. Clearing this at the start of your turn will benefit you longer.
Some Triumphs can easily be completed multiple times at once, such as: After acquiring new party members, immediately clear the dungeon with them.. It can be easily stacked 50% increase in stat growth.