Fat Princess Still Fat, Still Awesome

Plenty of video and hands-on impressions of the controversial PlayStation Network title trickling from its Las Vegas showing

Every year, the editors of tech-influenced publications have the exact same discussion: should we bother going to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas? If you're from somewhere like Cnet or Engadget, its a no-brainer, as the audience demands to know about the latest and greatest in television technology and bizarre accessories. But if you're from somewhere like Game Informer or hey, even The Escapist, CES usually means disappointment and wasted airfare as publishers typically hold off on surprises for the gaming industry, with of course, rare exceptions. This is one of them.

Titan Studios' PSN exclusive, Fat Princess, was made available for hands-on play, having been largely hidden since its initial debut at E3 2008. In its original 30 second trailer format, gamers were immediately intrigued by the idea of a simplistic capture-the-flag game featuring an adorable yet violent visual style and of course, one major change to the standard formula: the flag was an increasingly obese woman. Naturally, this revelation ticked off certain activists, but its hard to argue with its message. If you keep someone captive and feed them nothing but cake, they're going to become festively plump.

GameTrailers returned from Vegas with a three-part walk through of the basics behind Fat Princess, hosted by Brian Dunn of SCEA, which goes a long way to show off not just the technical aspects of the game but exactly how the five classes and princess capturing nonsense fits together. IGN and GameSpot continue the trend of glowing praise for the game, with the former reconfirming that Sony's goal is for it to feature 32-player online play with voice chat for all. Fat Princess is most definitely one of the most exciting digital titles in 2009 and so I hope that Sony doesn't keep it in the dark for much longer.

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This would be fun to play, I could go to my mom and tell her she's in my game!

But seriously it looks funny.

mattttherman3:
This would be fun to play, I could go to my mom and tell her she's in my game!

Oh, you are just horrible. For. Shame.

Who doesn't love fat chicks?

....wait, that came out wrong...

Cannot wait for this, i was playing the LOTR conquest demo and just thinking how much better it would be if it was this game.

Now this looks intresting. Too bad I havn't got a PS3, I love wierd shit games.

Man, looks like next year is going to be a good year for PS3 owners.

I find the feminist backlash amusing. Way to make your community come off as petty and lazy.

EDIT: I just read a few of their blogs. Now I kind of feel sorry for them, typing so angrily Crisco leaks from their pores.

Looks interesting, let me know when there's a decent PC port. :P

I'm confused, why is capturing a fat lady a great break through in gaming? And I laughed at the feminists, they seem to get pissed off at the fact that you make a chick fat and then rescue her, I just love that. I specially like how they think it's some great affront to feature fat women in games, I would love to meet one so I could go through the whole "So what you're saying is that because she's fat that makes her bad?" etc. arguments. I could get days arguing out of that topic.

Cannot wait to play this one. Really love the art style.

Reaperman Wompa:
I'm confused, why is capturing a fat lady a great break through in gaming? And I laughed at the feminists, they seem to get pissed off at the fact that you make a chick fat and then rescue her, I just love that. I specially like how they think it's some great affront to feature fat women in games, I would love to meet one so I could go through the whole "So what you're saying is that because she's fat that makes her bad?" etc. arguments. I could get days arguing out of that topic.

Wait, people are saying this game is a "breakthrough" for gaming?

What?

But I do pity the feminists. While I get their offenses, it's still funny to see them rage in anger. The wonders of the internet, eh?

pyromcr:
i dont get how it is that good...

Oh come on, this game's "meaning" should be obvious. Just pure, blissful, brutally murdering your oppenents. What do you have to "get" to "get" this game?

There's blood! And fatties! And cartoon characteres! And blood! Who wouldn't want that?

Heh, this reminds me of that fat blogger that got all pissy at the game.

John Stalvern:
I find the feminist backlash amusing. Way to make your community come off as petty and lazy.

EDIT: I just read a few of their blogs. Now I kind of feel sorry for them, typing so angrily Crisco leaks from their pores.

Conversely, way to make your community come off as insensitive and intolerant.

This awesome BECAUSE it's offensive. Thaatts the point of comedy.

Indigo_Dingo:

TsunamiWombat:
This awesome BECAUSE it's offensive. Thaatts the point of comedy.

Ask anyone on the Comedy channel.

Damn right.

"Princess is most definitely one of the most exciting digital titles in 2009"? Christ, hold on mate, it's only thirteen days into the bloody year!

Indigo_Dingo:
I personally am a little worried about the gameplay side. The actual defense part seems to require time (building structures, upgrading classes, stuffing the fatty, so on and so forth). Doesn't this mean that the highly practical first option is a Zerg rush? To which there seems to be no defense?

Given the mechanics involved (not least the princess becoming harder to move as she gets fatter) I think the first wave rush is probably what they want unless theres some other mechanic in the way like 5min ceasefire at start or something. Gives an incentive not to have everyone just turtle up at least which is a nice change.

Damn you Sony. Thats 3 games you now have that I want...only need another 5/6 more n I might consider forking out £300 for ur obsidian monolith.

Samah:
Looks interesting, let me know when there's a decent PC port. :P

Ahahahaha! Oh you kids and your jokes.

Indigo_Dingo:

Cousin_IT:

Damn you Sony. Thats 3 games you now have that I want...only need another 5/6 more n I might consider forking out £300 for ur obsidian monolith.

You're convinced by a downloadable title?

An exclusive downloadable title :-)

Indigo_Dingo:

Cousin_IT:

Indigo_Dingo:
I personally am a little worried about the gameplay side. The actual defense part seems to require time (building structures, upgrading classes, stuffing the fatty, so on and so forth). Doesn't this mean that the highly practical first option is a Zerg rush? To which there seems to be no defense?

Given the mechanics involved (not least the princess becoming harder to move as she gets fatter) I think the first wave rush is probably what they want unless theres some other mechanic in the way like 5min ceasefire at start or something. Gives an incentive not to have everyone just turtle up at least which is a nice change.

Yes, but then is that to be the eternal struggle? Its either gonna be over before half the people haqve figured out whats going on, or dragging on until its decided by forfeit?

Or is it possible to have a compromise between the two? How do Starcraft gamers manage to solve it?

Couldn't you have a barrackad deviding the battle for the first 20 seconds so you have enough time to build some doors and get organised for any serge attempt?

is it just me or are feminists being rather hypocritical? they complain when you have games that objectify women, they complain about games where women are there as sexual eye candy and are just the damsel in distress!

Now they are complaining about a game where the woman is

a) a bloody cartoon!

b) not thin and un-natural (just fat and un-natural but more possible than being that thin and having gravity defying tits!!)

I really dont get their argument here, developers go too far one way or the other and they get complained at for it :S what do feminists want from a female in a game nowadays?

Dommyboy:

Samah:
Looks interesting, let me know when there's a decent PC port. :P

Ahahahaha! Oh you kids and your jokes.

A man can dream... :)

Timelord91:
is it just me or are feminists being rather hypocritical? they complain when you have games that objectify women, they complain about games where women are there as sexual eye candy and are just the damsel in distress!

I don't see them complaining about the male heroes in a lot of games being topless with muscles bulging everywhere (sexual eye candy for women). It's hypocrisy at its finest.

Timelord91:
is it just me or are feminists being rather hypocritical? they complain when you have games that objectify women, they complain about games where women are there as sexual eye candy and are just the damsel in distress!

Now they are complaining about a game where the woman is

a) a bloody cartoon!

b) not thin and un-natural (just fat and un-natural but more possible than being that thin and having gravity defying tits!!)

I really dont get their argument here, developers go too far one way or the other and they get complained at for it :S what do feminists want from a female in a game nowadays?

They want female characters who aren't treated like objects. Which, in my opinion at least, isn't all that much to ask for.

Susan Arendt:
Cannot wait to play this one. Really love the art style.

Ditto - I am really excited to see this!

Indigo_Dingo:
"Step right up folks, come and witness the wonders of the year soiled before your eyes as activisits square off to ruin it for everyone. Who will be successful?"

Uggh. Oh well.

Game still looks great, but to be honest I'm slightly more drawn to Noby Noby Boy. The guys who made Katamari decide to break out their stash again, I personally look foward to the unveiling day.

Katamari Damacy confused me just like Noby Noby Boy; the screenshots are just so random.