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    Fat Princess

    Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Jul 30, 2009

    The controversial Fat Princess sees the endless battle of red vs. blue comes to a fight between two kingdoms who have kidnapped each other's princess and are stuffing her with cake to make her rescue more difficult.

    First impressions?

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    #1  Edited By Dizzyhippos

    For those of you that bought it already, how is it?

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    #2  Edited By SolidestChimp

    Loveing the game reminds me a bit of team fortress in a way but the servers are shit  very hard 2 find a game atm

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    #3  Edited By Dizzyhippos

    bump

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    #4  Edited By m1k3

    Cant seem to get into any online games... but played a few offline ones... pretty good

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    #5  Edited By Dizzyhippos

    so are the servers really crap like everyone says?

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    #6  Edited By WightnNerdy

    Well, the online doesn't work..... And the single player is meh..... So...... Yeah.

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    #7  Edited By thefreshmaker

    Online isn't working for me at all right now.  But its fun learning the ropes in the single player thus far.

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    #8  Edited By bekern

    Could only get into 4 games so far.. I like it though. My favorite class is definatly the archer guy, least favorite is the sword guy.
    And for those wondering, I've gotten a lot of people on mics.

    question: what are points for??

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    #9  Edited By DanielJW

    I'm hoping to get in on it tonight. I'm really excited.

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    #10  Edited By Spiritof

    I guess I shouldn't be too frustrated, I can't even get thru the check out at the PS Store, it keeps giving me error messages and won't let me add funds to my wallet. Not that buying the game would seem to get me much at the moment.

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    #11  Edited By Dizzyhippos

    first day connection issues are a small price to pay for a free internet store

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    #12  Edited By SolidestChimp

    just had a online game at last :D took over a hour to win tho lol loveing the dark priest :)

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    #13  Edited By Dizzyhippos

    so the general consensus for right now at least is that although there are connection issues it is fun as hell?

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    #14  Edited By chronix

    I'm looking at the levels, maybe we can get together a giantbomb party?

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    #15  Edited By MrMoonlight

    I'm really loving it so far, all the classes are pretty well balanced and the matches seem to last longer than I thought they would. All the classes actually feel like a necessary part of the team. The only problem I can find so far is it's pretty hard to find an online match at the moment

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    #16  Edited By Pedro

    I really like it, if I choose jump in on the online i get a game every time, but find a game did not work earlier. It has just worked 3 times in a row for me in the UK. Loving the worker and priest.

    Also i joined two games today that were 1 min away from being over!! Won both tho but felt cheated.

    Great game so far.

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    #17  Edited By metalsnakezero

    Took awhile for me to get online but I was having fun. Very much like TF2 in an overhead perspective and controls are pretty good. If anyone wants to meet me online my account name is Metalsnakezero, just say you found me on Giant bomb so I know where you got my name.

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    #18  Edited By sjschmidt93

    Well then I ain't buying it yet, I'll wait for the online to not be crap.

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    #19  Edited By vorsic

    The first time I tried to join an online game I got one and played for quite a while. First impressions, best $15 I've spent in a while, I can see myself playing this for a long time. Now I just need to get a headset.

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    #20  Edited By MikeHawk

    it's pretty much the greatest $15 i've spent on a game. the only complaint is that for me, the games i join lose their host after a little while. And for anybody who already bought this, please check out the credits because they're hiliarious!

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    #21  Edited By chronix

    spent a long time in a deathmatch game with mostly bots

    I want to play a princess match

    psn: playachronix

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    #22  Edited By FiZi

    It's hard to find online matches. My first match ended after 10 minutes because the host left. I'm guessing no dedicated servers? I hosted my own and not a single person joined and I gave up after 30 minutes hosting.

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    #23  Edited By CenturionCajun

    I'm not horribly impressed so far. It just ends up being a seesaw back and forth clusterfuck in the middle of the map. Maybe in a few days when some strategy takes over it will improve.

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    #24  Edited By Dizzyhippos

    I finally bought it and downloaded it, the company credits easy make this game worth 15

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    #25  Edited By MAST
    @CenturionCajun said:
    " I'm not horribly impressed so far. It just ends up being a seesaw back and forth clusterfuck in the middle of the map."

    Which is essentially what every Team Fortress 2 game is like. Everyone converging on a capture point with grenade and rocket spam coming from every direction. Yet people love that game to death.

    Basically, this game plays almost exactly like TF2. Which means it will have the same ebb and flow. The same pros and cons. The same trappings. The same fun... Obviously it's different in that it's not a first person shooter, but that's about where the differences end. If you like TF2 you'll like this game. No doubt about it.

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    #26  Edited By KamasamaK

    It's really fun. I beat the story mode already, but I still haven't been able to connect to an online game.

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    #27  Edited By MAST
    @Kamasama said:
    " It's really fun. I beat the story mode already, but I still haven't been able to connect to an online game. "

    Btw, the only way i was able to get into the game is by using the "Find Game" option. DO NOT use the "Jump In!" option or whatever it's called. It's broken for some reason. Someone even made a tutorial video about it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj20R0FExPQ

    Hope that helps!

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    #28  Edited By djstyles92

    its soooo much fun...i beat the singleplayer in like an hours but online games last 30 minutes+
    Add me yo,  psn: Twinsin92

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    #29  Edited By AsianSwagger

    Personally, I haven't experienced that many online problems besides that it takes a couple minutes to connect to a game. Also, I did have to go out to Best Buy and get a PSN card for 20$ because I wasn't able to add any funds from my credit card.

    Other than those set backs, I really enjoyed the couple hours I've put in so far. I've mostly played Team Deathmath but from the single Rescue the Princess match I played I definitely experienced the see-saw'edness mentioned earlier.

    -Edit-
    Oh yeah hit me up if you want to play: MasoutheAsian

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    #30  Edited By Max21

    I like it,  my only complaint is that some games can take a very long time to end, especially if your team isn't working together. 

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    #31  Edited By chronix

    played for like 2 hours on like 4 maps with the princess, that was fun

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    #32  Edited By CenturionCajun

    The servers seem to be working a little better now. I have to say I'm starting to warm up to the whole thing. Now that I'm getting the hang of locking and switching between targets it's alot more fun.

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    #33  Edited By SolidestChimp
    @chronix:  add Matkey i am up for a big giant fat bomb party o.0 as long as you have a mic had 2 play this game without  1
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    #34  Edited By chronix
    @SolidestChimp: Sorry I didn't see this message last night.  I eventually did get on a server playing rescue for a couple hours.  Too bad parties are probably harder to do on PS3 than 360.  Too bad it will only let me host a 10 player game -_-

    I do have a headset
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    #35  Edited By Vorbis

    Pretty much spent all day yesterday online, only failed to connect a couple of times. Reached Corporal rank, didn't even know there was a ranking system?

    It's fun but like others say, the plague of the ps3 continues in that only 1-2 people talk. So there really isn't much strategy. The gameplay is fun, even if slightly repetitive.

    But it's biggest issue for me is that theres no party system, was looking forward to following around and healing some friends but it's practically impossible to find them. A few of them aren't comfortable speaking globally, so we're stuck using vent while playing.

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    I'm digging it. I have to agree that if your side isn't working as a team that it can take a year and half to get through a stage. I do think that there is a bit of a learning curve when it comes to how to efficiently get around the level, attack, and strategize, but the more I play the more I'm drawn into this game. I hope that the online doesn't disappoint once the games been out for a while.

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    #37  Edited By Rhaknar

    i love the game, but it needs timers. as in, time limits. ive had matches over 1 hour long, it easy to get into a stand still if both teams are good (or equally bad).

    also, i got into several games yesterday, but today I ant...sigh

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    #38  Edited By spankingaddict

    i usally dont like online multi-player games but i really like this one....

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    #39  Edited By Pkshields

    Love the game. Haven't been able to try online yet, but offline is tons of fun! My first game took an hour to finish though, no one in my team would help get the princess.

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    #40  Edited By Crono

    The game is very fun but suffers from a problem that most online games that rely on immense teamwork suffer from:  A complete lack of teamwork.  Usually this is nullified through the passage of time but you would honestly think by now that when people see/hear:  "Class based multiplayer" they would be able to make the connection that this is going to be a game that requires a lot more teamwork to succeed than say, Counter-Strike as an example, where a single person can be the pillar of an entire team.  That just won't happen in Fat Princess, and it won't happen in any good class based multiplayer.  The class based part is to separate roles and the roles are divided so that no single one is the most important (arguable, of course) so that should say to most: "This game requires organization/teamwork," but I don't think it ever will click.

    So that is my impression, really.  Fat Princess is an amazingly fun game with a lot of potential and will likely hit that potential as more and more people learn, by trial and error, that you can't run off by yourself in this game and you need to work together nearly every step of the way.  Fat Princess is a game that could easily stay relevent against the tidal wave of downloadable games because it is unique, intuitive, fun, and when teamwork IS in effect, it is one of the most rewarding experiences you can have.  Not that anyone cares, but I plan to review it either later today or tomorrow depending on how much time I can get in with it today.

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    #41  Edited By TwoOneFive

    this game rules.


    /thread
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    #42  Edited By Mattzz10

    @ crono

    I think what really hurts the teamwork on teams without headsets is that you can have an imbalance of classes.  And because you have to pick you class from hats and it is hard to see what you other teammates are, you end up having a ton of workers and no one attacking.  Too many attackers no one feeding the princess cake.  If it was easier to tell what class your team needed at a certain point I think it would help.  If you have this game add me PSN: Redsocks10

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    #43  Edited By AsianSwagger

    One thing my friend and I did to overcome the lack of PS3 Headsets was to join a party on our 360's and just use the headsets for the 360. Its pretty inefficient but it works if you just want to hook up with a couple friends.

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    mostly the game is great. the servers suck for now, but that's a temporary issue. the big problem with the game is the story mode, because the games (almost literally) never end. i just sat there for an hour attempting to capture the princess once. finally i just gave up. i mean online is awesome, but when you're surrounded by idiot AI trying to play a teamwork-oriented game, it's about as much fun as running a power sander over your face for an hour.

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    #45  Edited By OutOfBounds9000

    Servers=Incredible.....y bad.
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    #46  Edited By gingertastic_10

    It's great. Other then the server crap.

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    #47  Edited By Flaminglizard

    I managed to get into an online game on my second try WOOOOO!!! :P

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