Princess Maker 2 Regeneration

Princess Maker 2 Regeneration is a solid remastering of the second game in Gainax’s child-rearing simulation series. It’s still the same charming experience that was released in 1993. All of the depth is retained, and the remastered art is handled by the original director and artist, ensuring that PM2’s legacy is preserved 30 years later. Decision-making is the name of the game. The stats your daughter works so hard to gain mean nothing if she doesn’t have the proper guidance. Your sc...

With only a handful of new refinements, Princess Maker 2 Regeneration is most notable for bringing Gainax’s classic life simulator game to a wider audience than ever before. While its retro aesthetics are charming and its no-wrong-way-to-play design philosophy is still just as rewarding to tinker with all these years later, there’s no denying that this title is beginning to show its age. That said, those with a deep interest in game history or the simulator genre should still be able to find plenty of enjoyment in helping their virtual daughter grow up to face the world head-on. It’s an experi...

Princess Maker 2 Regeneration is a solid rendition of Princess Maker 2 with a variety of improvements to the art and dialogue. I do wish for more improvements that utilize QoL changes.

Folks may never fully understand what it is to enjoy a title like Princess Maker. At its core, it’s a bizarre affair: suddenly doing a sim game where you dictate the life and choices of a young girl through adolescence and into adulthood. It’s something that, when taken out of context, feels utterly creepy and unsettling, and that’s perfectly fair. Then again, people have been crafting nightmare realities in Sims 4 for more than a decade now, and it’s almost a mainstay install on many...

A solid retro fantasy life simulator, with a lot of depth and possible paths. However, the myriad of possibilities are too obscured to make for effective and strategic planning.

Princess Maker 2 Regeneration was a prime reminder that some things do not need a re-release, despite some artistic additions.