Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jun 28, 2017

  I have played all of the Princess Maker series and this is by far my favorite. This game is currently playable in Japanese, English and Korean. So far, this version only allows players to play in English or Korean. But if you prefer to, you can listen the character voices in Japanese. ☆日本語のレビューは下に書きました。 [06/29/17] Currently the game is buggy. I can still play with some minor issues, but some has reported it's not playable. Looking at the patch notes in the game folder, devs are working on fixing the issues. Pro: - Albums. You went to vacation? You unlocked one of the special ending achievements? Re-visit the moment by opening your Album page! Or simply when you want to go see the beautiful artwork of this game! =) - Up to 30 save slots. - Background image (the room/event place) isn't as pixelated as the in-game characters. - Like in PM1 + 2, there are events that's held by the castle. With PM3, when you chose not to attend those events, you can actually spend your daughters time by either going to school or work at a part time job. - You can see the amount of Gil gained/lost just like in the original game! Make sure you're in the Scheduling window. Click on the Gil box, and it will tell you the estimated Gil gained while working, or how much it'll cost to take her to a Class. - You can schedule however the way you want. Unlike PM1 and 2, you aren't forced to schedule for 4 weeks. With PM3, you can chose to schedule for only a week if you want! You have more control over your daughter's stats =) - Different ways to start your game. Your job,as a father, has effect on your daughter's life. You have 6 different jobs to chose from. This will then gets reflected on how your daughter will be like at the beginning of the game. Also, your income will differ according to the job you chose. - If you have very high number on a specific stat, your daughter's performance at work or class will change. it's like a whole new game play =) - Have as many rivals as you want! Once they're friendly to your daughter, she's much happier. - Can play in Japanese. Open Client -> Library -> Options under Princess Maker 3 -> Set Language to Japanese - >save setting. Con: - In-game Font is deadly hard to read. I have to squint my eyes to read it. I believe they're using Asian font into English letters that they do not fully support (It's like using Mincho font (JP font) in English, it has a similar effect). - [08/30/17 fixed for Japanese ] Game isn't released for Japanese and Chinese. We are unsure when, but there was a reply from the developer saying they will be adding Japanese in the future update. - Characters are pixelated. - Can't fix the volume. Better to open Volume Mixer setting and lower the PM3 game sound. - Screen size is fixed. - Can't play with Keys only. If you press ESC, it'll prompt to close game. Mouse is a must-have. - There's no adventure mode like PM2. Bugs: - [06/28/17 Partly Fixed] When playing the game, you might randomly unlock achievements that shouldn't have unlocked. For example, I was playing my 10 year old daughter, and I had the "Princess" achievement unlocked. 懐かしのプリメ３が復活しました！プリメシリーズの中では一番かわいい絵柄の娘だと思います。 残念ながら今は日本語サポート化されていません。掲示板の方で要望したところ、近いうちに日本語版のアップデートをするとのこと。楽しみです！ 今のところ、英語版で遊んでいるので英語版のレビューとなります。 良いところ： ☆　８月３１日：日本語版に対応。 ☆ 今回もアルバム帳があります。懐かしいバカンスの思い出、あのエンディングをもう一度見たい！数々の美しいイラストを見続けていたい！というあなた、アルバム帳を開いていろんな思い出に浸りましょう！ ☆ セーブスロットは３０個。全部の思い出はセーブできないけど、セーブできるスロットはたくさんあります！ ☆ 背景画、昔のように今でもはっきり、くっきりしていて綺麗です。 ☆ 今回は感謝祭のようなイベントに出なくても習い事をしたり、働かせに行かせたりできます。１か月ダラダラ過ごさなくてもいいのでステータスがちょっと上がります。 ☆ オリジナルと同じで、スケージュールを立てているとき、お金のボックスをクリックすると、増えるお金の目安（バイトを選んでいるとき）や、お金の減り具合（バケーションや習い事を選んでいるとき）などが見れます。 ☆ あの懐かしい可愛いウズと娘の声が聞けますよ！ ☆　父親の職業が娘に影響を与えます。父親の職業が６つあり、その職業によって娘の性格やステータス、年収が変わります。新しいゲームを始めるたび違う育て方で始められるので結構楽しいです。 ☆　プリメ１や２にはない、ステータスによる娘の変化。とあるステータスがとても高いと起こります。習い事やアルバイトに影響するので娘との接し方を変えないといけません。 悪いところ： ☆ [8/30/17 修正済み]　今のところ韓国語と英語でしか遊べません。（上記に書きましたが、そのうちアップデートで日本語版を出すようです。） ☆ フォントが死ぬほど見にくい。明朝フォントを英語にした時と似た症状で、フォントがとてつもなく読みにくいです。 ☆ 可愛いキャラたちがピクセル化してる。粗い線が見えます。背景はきれいなのにキャラがピクセル化していてちょっと残念。 ☆ ボリューム設定がないのでうるさいです。デスクトップ上のスピーカーアイコンを右クリック。ボリュームミキサーを開けてプリメ３のアプリだけ少々ボリュームを落とすのをお勧めします。 ☆ スクリーンサイズはワンサイズ。1280ｘ720らしい。私の場、画面を大きくしようとするとゲームがクラッシュします。Windows10 64bitでプレイしています。ほかの人の報告によると、フルウィンドウで遊ぼうとするとクラッシュせず、ゲームが遅くなって遊べないようです。 ☆ そのままウィンドサイズで遊びましょう。 ☆ 前回のようにキーボードだけでは遊べなくなりました。ESCキーを押すとゲームを閉じますか？と表示されます。マウス必須です。 ☆ プリメ１や２のように娘を冒険に出すことはできません。 バグ？ ☆ [06/28/17 修正済み] ゲームプレイ中に解放されてはいけないはずのアチーブメントが表示される。（１０歳プレイ中にプリンセスのアチーブメントが解放されてびっくりしました・・・） ☆　ゲーム中のアチーブメントが解放されるも、エンディングだけ解放されない。 ☆　アンチウィルス・ソフトウェアによるが、実行ファイルが引っかかる。（除外できないソフトもある？） ☆　行商人が訪問ORアイテム購入するとゲームが落ちる。 ☆　スクリーンショットが撮れない。 ☆　英語での翻訳がいまいち。ちらほらと間違いなどが見つかる。
• gamedeal user

  Jun 28, 2017

  Princess Maker 3: Fairy Tales Come True is a perfect blend of the first two games in the series. I personally spent two hours playing so far and got the "Miner" ending. There's about fifty endings total. The schedule restrictions are gone and you can plan as little as a week or even several months in advance. The game also expands on your daughter's attitude. If she's in the "Delinquent" mood, she will be turned away from most jobs and do poorly in school. If her mood is normal, she'll do an average job at everything she does. You also get to choose the father's occupation for the first time in the series. Father's occupation will determine how much money you get, if you get any at all, a year and the daughter's starting mood. Here are my pros and cons. Pros: Retro graphics, lots of endings, lots of new features Cons: Some achievements are bugged, the text can be really hard to read at times
• gamedeal user

  Jun 28, 2017

  This was my most anticpated game in the series to get an english translation, and I can say I'm very pleased with how the game plays out. If you've invested lots of time into the other games and think you're hot shit at Princess Maker, jumping into PM3 blind may very well throw you for a loop. There are a lot of changes from the games that precede, and succeed it. It has some unique mechanics, some of which will make you wish the future games kept, and some at the very worst, make PM3 stand out from the other games in the series which as good as they are, sometimes are a bit too similiar. Two thumbs up for any fan of the series, and a recommendation for anyone interested in the series.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 29, 2017

  I REALLY want to recommend this game. But in it's current state, I cannot. It's small things, but they add up to a big mess. 1. Translation. I've found grammar errors, spelling errors, untranslated text, question marks randomly appearing in text boxes, the flow of sentences is just awful... The list goes on and on. Get someone who speaks native English and edit the script. 2. Text color. I could barely read the white text on the ending I got, I feel bad for anyone who has even worse eyesight than mine. Same with other parts of the game, the text is really hard to read. 3. Achievements are bugged. I've been getting random achievements and achievements that I got legit suddenly vanished. I didn't get an achievement for the ending I got either. 4. I played in window mode for the most part, but I heard the game doesn't run too well in full screen. 5. Word wrap. It was annoying in PM1, but it wasn't that text heavy. Here, it's annoying as all heck. This is being looked into, however. 6. Random bugs. Like the box wasn't showing properly when I did well in school and had the option to decrease tuition or take a lump sum. These are all small minor issues, but they pile up and ruin what should be a really fun experience. The game itself? It's fun, though I am sort of disappointed that there's no adventure mode, you're pretty much stuck to life simulation mode. When the small bugs are ironed out (aka, when the game feels less like a beta), I change this. But as of right now, I think everyone should be aware of these issues and see if you want to take the risk or wait till these flaws are fixed. Edit (1/15/18): I'm making an update to this since this needs to be said. I updated my PC from Windows 7 to Windows 10 a few months ago. I tried to play this game shortly after, and currently, it does not run, it forces my resolution and then crashes the game, and I have to actually change the resolution back to what it was. Seems to be an issue with Windows 10, since I did not have this problem on my old PC with Windows 7. And sadly, since there's like no word from the devs, I doubt this is going to be fixed. So buyer beware if you have Windows 10, this game may not run for you.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 30, 2017

  I am a huge fan of Princess Maker 2 and still to this day have a ROM version with all my saves on a USB key somewhere. When I realized I could buy Princess Maker 3 this month I was floored and excited, I'd seen the Princess Maker 2 Refine work and it was so well done that my expectations were high for PM3. And I was very disappointed. The translation and text is atrocious, words completely cut off in the text boxes, they have missing letters, random punctuation marks and extremely awkward sentences. I'm not being picky, if you play this game for even 10 minutes you'll see how bad it is. Full-screen is pretty much impossible, you have to play it windowed, and no matter how much I tried to tweak it, my mouse settings were always clicking on the wrong selection boxes because the tracking is wonky. As stated below, achievements are borked. It looks pixelated and weird, definitely not quality like the PM and PM2 releases. Total pass until this is fixed. If it's fixed. I ended up getting a refund because I couldn't even get through 2 hours.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 2, 2017

  I'm going to be blunt: I don't think this game was tested before release. Unplayable in fullscreen. Bad, sometimes outright cryptic translation. Bad wordwrapping, with text sometimes escaping the speech bubbles entirely. Graphical glitching that makes it impossible to read some choices. Just go to the discussions page for this game, and you'll see what a hard time most of the people who bought it have been having. I am a longtime fan of this series and was excited to see this game get an English release. I wanted to love this. However, I cannot recommend this game in its current state. I got a refund, and I won't repurchase until the game is at least playable.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 4, 2017

  I waited years for them to translate this, and it's release on steam was cause for squee. However, it has a lot of issues, and they're not all down to the translation Firstly, the art is pleasant, and I like the touch of having your girl from the other PM game I've played, PM2, compete against your girl at the festivals. That's a nostalgia hit right there. Staying on the subject of the festivals for a moment, there's 3, not just the Harvest Festival, but they're not as satisfying as PM2's harvest festival. In PM2, it didn't matter if you were raising a warrior or a princess, you could still win at festival time. In PM3, you better be raising a beautiful, healthy girl with great manners, or there's no point in entering. They removed adventuring! I liked adventuring on PM2! And Uzu your fairy helper just doesn't compare to Cube, your fairy butler from PM2 (who was, btw, a marriage option for your girl) There's a lot less options for jobs here too. It's nice that they unlock throuygh stats rather than age in some cases, but there's something weird about sending a 10 or 11 year old off to do bar work, with the squicky possibility of her stress going up as she's sexually harrassed by a drunk guy. At 10 years old. Because she's got the stats to unlock the job. There's far fewer endings in this game too. In PM2, you could become the god of war, or marry the devil, or become a high or low class prostitute, or, obviously a princess, or a nun, for that matter, and there were so many options for who she could marry, and she'd let you know if she remained unmarried. She could also die or get taken off you. Not so much in PM3. The game has it's own issues with the endings you do have, the text is practically unreadable, white text on a white background, and you can't highlight it. Basically, this feels like a lazy cash-in rather than a true sequel. Do yourself a favour if you're considering this game, go get Princess Maker 2 instead.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 17, 2017

  This one can be a mixed bag, but overall I really liked it. The Good -They got rid of the money sucking diet management that often sent me rocketing to the poor house in part 2. -Better graphics with a more three-dimenional feel when you do jobs and classes. -Still has the same Princess Maker charm and some hidden princes to marry. -More to do in the jobs and classes like get rivals, nice results for working (like if you complete a building as a carpenter, you get some money for it) and possible scholorships. -You can plan the schedule even months in advance and if you want to change things while it's running, you can by pressing the right button on the mouse. Also you can fast forward my holding down the right mouse button. -You can choose the kind of career your father can have which effects the kid. -Daughter can have different moods that can effect the kinds of jobs and classes she takes. The Bad -No adventuring. -There were some bugs, but those were fixed up for the most part. So it helps to save quite a bit. -The festivals lack variety and are all pretty much beauty pagents. -The white font with the endings is a bit tricky to read. -It's not a Refine version. Overall, it's an enjoyable game and worth a buy, if not just to get parts 4 and 5 brought over.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 24, 2017

  This game is alot of fun. Lots of endings, endless combinations in order to raise your daughter, and the mood system is nice though a bit confusing. It's challenging but still fun. But there are a few things it could use for example, the text wrapping could be better. The ending could have a different font color. Lastly an option to turn on and off the music would be nice.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 30, 2017

  Princess Maker 3 is a beautiful game with a daughter, gifted by the fairy queen, which you can raise from the age 10 to the age of 18. Depending upon how you assign classes, work and choices you make when she is ill there is a chance she can become a variety of professions. These professions include, but are not limited to: -Royal Professor -Dancer -Farmer -Housewife -Writer -Princess -Queen The original game is absolutely wonderful and should be looked into further. So why have I marked this as not being recommended? To see up-to-date information feel free to check out the Discussions tab. In the future, as the developers work on issues, I will change my review. This game is ridden with bugs which stop the game from starting, randomly shut down the game, give you achievements which spoil the story and are unearned yet, when you start a new game, several achievements you DID earn will be missing. The English translation is choppy, Engrish at its finest but, my biggest issue, is that you can barely read the endings. I suggest waiting until the developers put more work into their product before investing the overpriced amount it is selling for into a half-finished game.