Common Sense Media Review
By Chad Sapieha
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Bloody but funny game makes obesity a game-changing trait.
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Fat Princess
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Based on 11 kid reviews
Kids say this game offers a fun and charming hack-and-slash experience with the option to customize the level of violence through settings that allow users to turn off blood and gore. While many enjoyed its humor and gameplay, they caution that the violence might be unsuitable for younger audiences, prompting recommendations for age-appropriate play based on personal settings.
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What's It About?
FAT PRINCESS, a downloadable game available exclusively for the PlayStation 3 through Sony's PlayStation Network, is an online brawler/shooter played from a top-down perspective. Players take control of tiny cartoonish soldiers belonging to several classes (such as warrior, priest, or ranger) and try to accomplish a variety of objectives. Depending on their character's abilities, players might spend their time building bridges, gates, and trampolines, harvesting resources to upgrade each class, rescuing or kidnapping princesses, healing others, or simply attacking enemy troops. There are several multiplayer game modes, as well as a short single-player campaign that acts as a tutorial and explains why the titular princesses are obese (they're addicted to a cursed cake) and why the two kingdoms are fighting.
Is It Any Good?
There's no denying the humor in Fat Princess. The cartoonish graphics, though decidedly bloody, will evoke laughs from older players, as will the witty pop culture-referencing taunts uttered by the tony soldiers, such as "Fracking toaster!" (BattleStar Galactica), "I'm going to cut you into little pieces like the ice-truck killer!" (Dexter), and "I'll bite your legs off!" (Monty Python and the Holy Grail).
What's more, the game play is marvelously deep for a downloadable game. While the concept of feeding someone to purposely make them obsese is disturbing, in this world it happens because the cake is cursed and creates an unstoppable craving. Whether you're collecting bits of cake to feed your princess to make her heavy and difficult for the enemy to carry away or building strategic entry points (like trampolines) into enemy castles, there's no shortage of things to do. However, the game's cartoonish look will almost certainly attract younger players, and may lead their parents to think that it's okay for them to play. Make no mistake; this is not a game suitable for pre-teens.
Online interaction: This is a predominantly online game that facilitates open voice communication between all players. With the right group it can make for a very pleasant social experience. However, a few bad eggs can spoil the experience. Players can mute those who bother them.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about weight issues and societal perceptions of those who are obese. The game depicts its princesses as being addicted to a cursed cake, but is it possible to become addicted to real, non-cursed food? Do you think that the game handled its obese characters with tact, or do think it would make overweight players feel humiliated? Can you think of other games that feature obese characters? What sort of roles do obese characters typically fill in interactive entertainment?
Game Details
- Platform : PlayStation 3
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- Available online? : Available online
- Publisher : Sony Computer Entertainment
- Release date : July 30, 2009
- Genre : Third-Person Shooter
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : October 9, 2025
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