Your Crown Is Mine

[i] Your Crown is Mine [/i] tells a polished and intriguing story about the rise of a villainess character as the eventual monarch of her kingdom. It features gorgeous artwork, a solid cast of characters (including a few good side characters), and its fair share of political commentary around populism and the trade-offs of governance. I was particularly intrigued by the prominent inclusion of a foreign country named Atissia, which is not only the birthplace of two of the country's four love interests, but also features prominently as the locus of people's anxieties; hell, the most effective means of rallying the public at several points is quite literally to scapegoat Atissia, no matter how close the MC may truly be to its citizens. Developer Lyyycaena paints a strikingly Machiavellian picture of imperial politics and even name-drops Thucydides at one point. Lovers of historical fiction and aristocratic power struggles will certainly find a lot to like in this work. However, the game is nonetheless a bit rough around the edges, in no small part thanks to the daily activity mechanics. While the first act of the game provides a fairly decent variety of possible activities and events, the other two acts confine the MC to only four strikingly repetitive activities on weekdays, and because the mechanics are so strongly centered around maintaining stats, the second half of the story in particular often amounts to senseless grinding with little narrative substance. The availability of specific stat boosts changes overnight (for instance, charisma is a massive pain in the ass to raise after Act I, and wealth too is far easier to acquire early on, whereas you will practically be swimming in intellect by the end of the game if you are trying to accrue wealth to support your spending habits at all), and Edgar in particular is a royal pain (no pun intended) to romance because most of your chances to raise his affection involve meeting up with him at a fiendishly expensive inn (and even then, the gains are extremely modest, so you basically need to design your whole strategy around making money during the week so you can afford to be with him on the weekend). It doesn't help that there is such an abundance of dialogue choices with few to no consequences, and in general, the paucity of different story paths makes many of the choices seem completely trivial. There are zero consequences to polemicizing against Atissia on the campaign trail, for example, and the political faction the MC joins also seems to be almost completely irrelevant to the plot. This lack of real split paths outside of the fifteen endings makes the game hold up extremely poorly to replays – why would anyone spend half an hour skipping through the dialogue and grinding stats to read a new ending of some 150 to 200 words? For that matter, I very much would have liked to see more of the love interests in general – you can indeed socialize with them over the weekend, and all of them are well-integrated into the occasional plot event, and yet I still feel that I know rather little about, say, Helius even after romancing him multiple times; having the MC spend more quality time with the love interests would have added to their charm. The developer has thankfully provided an in-depth guide helpful for navigating the more opaque elements of the game, which allows for the comfortable navigation of different plot points and endings; this helps to somewhat mitigate the issues mentioned. As I have by now outlined in significant detail, the gameplay is by far the biggest weakness of [i] Your Crown is Mine, [/i] yet the game still offers breathtaking art and a good story for lovers of political intrigue to sink their teeth into. For me, it's a light 7/10 and a recommendation primarily to fans of similar villainess plots. If you're into other historical romances with a political bent on this platform, like [i] Bewitching Sinners [/i] or [i] Ambition: A Minuet in Power, [/i] then you will definitely like this game – but it lacks the narrative ambition of the former and the meticulously crafted story paths of the latter to truly become timeless. It's good, but man, it could've been something for the ages.

Fun game, but you can tell which love interests the creator was more interested in. Don't understand why there's even male love interests if the creator wants more attention on the female ones? Nothing wrong with that, just as someone who likes Helius and Edgar especially, those two barely get any focus. Edgar in particular like drops out of the story after the election pretty much lol

No review on the game itself yet, but works well on steam deck - either use the track pads or the touch screen to make choices. No hiccups so far

[h1] A Peak Yuri Monarch Game (Half-Spoiler Review) [/h1] I have to say, I did not expect this game to secretly be a Yuri Lesbian VN Game with a side of Bisexuality because they kept it Equality in 2 Females and 2 Males for Romance Options. Anyway! Surprisingly, this game only took me 5 hours in 2 days. Originally, I wanted to see if I could beat the game under 2 hours in case I would not like it judging from Other Reviews over Fair Complaints that the game is Very Grindy and Punishing. However, I got deep into it and I found it challenging yet Easy to Adapt because I've gotten used to Grindy Strategy Games. If anything, this reminded me closely to V-Lover and Fire Emblem: Three Houses having a Baby. While I wish I could have done Different Routes, the Game really Limits you, HARD on what you can do and what you CAN'T do without getting a Quick Bad Ending especially in the First Chapter Arc. On the Other Hand, the Story and the Characters is what Really Carried the Whole Game. Especially the Easy Chemistry between Rosalie and Lucena because the Game Heavily Focuses on These Two A lot. Not a Problem for me because Honestly, Spoiler Free, Rosalie is the ONLY One I can think of and Trust that Literally won't betray you while the Rest Do NOT Give a ♥♥♥♥ 😭. This Game is Perfect to Make YOU Feel like a Villain in a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Up World that is SO Corrupted while you are trying to be a Hero with Necessary Evil Tactics Left and Right. It's a Perfect Game that Tests Your Morality. Like Cyberpunk and Real Life, Heroes Don't Really Exist because Everyone is Morally Grey and it Depends on Who You Think is a Good Guy based on your Feelings and Instincts. That being said, I love this game. Super Easy to Beat if you Play your Cards Right. And yes, the Walkthrough Guide CARRIED My First Run with Little to no Spoilers so I enjoyed using it for my Whole Run because I hate losing in my games Lol, I'm not proud to be a Sore Loser. Anyway, my Advice? Rosalie, Rosalie, and Rosalie. Because really, Edgar is a Douchebag for Dumping You, Helius is a Good Boy that I see him as a Friend, Aeriselle is SO Shady but a Necessary Evil Ally, and of course, Rosalie, the Princess Peach Heroine that you can easily Steal and Romance away from Edgar because Man, F3CK Edgar, He HAD it Coming. Also, here is a Speedrun Secret Alternate Ending if you want Rosalie away from her Arranged Marriage, Pay her to Not Need to Marry Early at Act 1 with Budget, it was worth becoming Broke to Skip the Whole Destroy Edgar's Marriage right in Front of Him, Kissing His Girl Right in Front of him During a Scene was Enough LMAO. I hope You'll Enjoy this Game if you are Planning to Test Yourself. I recommend you get it on Sales so you don't feel like you Wasted Your Money and Best of Luck! I give this game an 8/10. A bit too Difficult but Short Enough to leave you Strategizing more and Satisfied.

Achei genial deixarem sairmos com garotas e deixarem os garotos mais como sendo uma opção, gostei do plot da coroa, e os personagens se desenvolvem de um jeito bom, além da narrativa e dos momentos serem bons e diretos.

I haven't finished most of the endings, but I think I've played enough to give a review. The artwork is just as gorgeous as the store page, I am happy to report. The story is very interesting, and the LIs are enjoyable. I dislike Edgar's personality, but if you want a hate/love story, it hits the mark well.

I really enjoyed this game. I love the dating sim genre-- but I've never played a stat builder type Otome/Yuri. It was surprisingly fun and a good introduction to the genre! The characters were well fleshed out, as well as the story being interesting and full of twists with great writing which I think carries the game. I would've liked more chemistry between the characters as I think Rosalie was the only character that had true dedication to the main, with less romantic tension with Helius (my favourite love interest). The sprite art was not as good as the CGs and backgrounds, but I don't know the credits of the art because there wasn't an easily viewable credit screen. So I don't know if it was all by the same artist. It looks inconsistent. But for a first game by this developer, it was really wonderful anyway. Thanks so much for the experience!