• Publisher: Degica
  • Release Date: Apr 14, 2016
  • Also On: 3DS
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Negative: 2 out of 9

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  1. Apr 17, 2018
    8
    Game: Code of Princess
    Genre: Action RPG
    Developer: Studio Saizensen Publisher: Degica System: Steam (PC) Year of Release: 2016 Length of Playthrough: 7 Hours Total Score: 78/100 Value Score: 7.8/10 • Story: 7/10 • Characters: 8/10 • GamePlay: 7/10 • Graphics: 6/10 • Sound: 9/10 • Music: 7/10 • Length: 7/10 • Replay Value: 9/10 • Player Value: 8/10 Pros +4 Playable
    Game: Code of Princess
    Genre: Action RPG
    Developer: Studio Saizensen
    Publisher: Degica
    System: Steam (PC)
    Year of Release: 2016
    Length of Playthrough: 7 Hours

    Total Score: 78/100
    Value Score: 7.8/10

    • Story: 7/10
    • Characters: 8/10
    • GamePlay: 7/10
    • Graphics: 6/10
    • Sound: 9/10
    • Music: 7/10
    • Length: 7/10
    • Replay Value: 9/10
    • Player Value: 8/10

    Pros
    +4 Playable characters in the main story mode and over 30 playable characters in Free Play and Bonus Quest mode
    +Three single player modes, Main Campaign which is story, Free play allows you to play story levels without cutscenes and Bonus Quest mode which allows you to fight harder enemies
    +Online mode allows you to play together with another person or against
    +Option to play in 3 different visual modes (one that looks like you are on a 3DS screen, one that looks like you are playing a DS game on the Wii and a close up of the top screen)
    +Complete voice acting in cutscenes
    +Ability to customize your characters stats and equips on however you want

    Cons
    -Repetitive gameplay and repetitive enemy designs (with color changes)
    -Characters are super pixelated due to developers not changing much on from 3DS to PC porting
    -Voice acting is only in Japanese
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  2. Dec 2, 2018
    5
    Code of Princess is a mobile game that was ported over to various other platforms, including the PC.

    As for what it is, it is your standard beat-em-up game that mixes in some light RPG like elements and a equipment system. If you are a fan of games like Streets of Rage, this game might be for you. If not, well it's rather grindy and is going to require you to take time to actually
    Code of Princess is a mobile game that was ported over to various other platforms, including the PC.

    As for what it is, it is your standard beat-em-up game that mixes in some light RPG like elements and a equipment system.

    If you are a fan of games like Streets of Rage, this game might be for you. If not, well it's rather grindy and is going to require you to take time to actually level up character in order to be able to actually finish the game.

    The games not bad, but it uses the leveling and equipment system to increase the length of the game. Without it, I doubt this game would be more than an hour or so worth of play. As it stands, I wasn't a huge fan of it.
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  3. Apr 17, 2017
    8
    An entertaining little Beat 'Em Up/RPG hybrid with an extremely large roster of playable characters. There are just four in the campaign mode, but it would appear that ANY character in the game is playble in free play, including, funnily enough, incidental nameless NPCs. Given that individual levels are quite short, consisting of just a few enemies and/or a single boss, there a lot ofAn entertaining little Beat 'Em Up/RPG hybrid with an extremely large roster of playable characters. There are just four in the campaign mode, but it would appear that ANY character in the game is playble in free play, including, funnily enough, incidental nameless NPCs. Given that individual levels are quite short, consisting of just a few enemies and/or a single boss, there a lot of levels in total, including many bonus levels that are as one might expect, much harder then the campaign. In combat, you can whail on enemies using light or heavy attacks, and the main characters at least have a small set of special attacks that are activated with 2D-Fighter-style directional inputs. There is a large amount of equippable gear items to find, overall making the game similar to other Japanese games like Earth Defense Force or Samurai Warriors, where the design philosphy seems to be to squeeze the maximum amount of gameplay out of a set number of assets. Wether this is good game design or not is up to the player. I've enjoyed many games of this type, including the aforementioned ones as well as Naval Ops: Commander and the English version of Shin Combat Choro Q, called Seek And Destroy in the US. The music and in-game voice lines of Code of Princess are a tad repeitive, as the characters make the same callouts every time they use even basic attacks, but the English subtitles are hilarious and very self-aware, and worth reading. Looking forward to trying the coop mode. Expand
  4. Oct 19, 2016
    9
    Excelente video juego, simple, sencillo y sin cosas complicadas. Si disfrutaron de Guardian Heroes en Saturn, este juegazo les encantara por sus muchas similitudes. Code of Pricess es un port perfecto de la version de 3DS, y ahora aparece para PC para que mas gente lo disfrute. Una autentica joya. Muy bueno.
  5. May 10, 2020
    6
    The game is mostly uncompromised fun, but the levels can be quite repetitive. The difficulty and battles are unbalanced. The plot is a good fantasy/medieval comedy and only because of that I kept playing to the end.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 4
  2. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Sep 28, 2016
    20
    I could not crack the code of how to enjoy this game. [Aug 2016]
  2. PC PowerPlay
    May 28, 2016
    70
    Fun combat and a genuinely funny script rescue this incredibly lazy port. [Issue#251, p.63]
  3. Apr 20, 2016
    50
    The battles can be fun and reminded me of the old school Mortal Kombat game. What I didn’t love was that if you die you have to redo the entire battle all over again.