My World, My Way: embrace its fun and power!

What a little dark horse of an RPG this is. Over four months after its release, I can't find a walkthrough on the online to save my life. Most of the discussion I can find has been (biased paraphrase): dude it's for like girls and stuff. The marketing campaign can be damned for this. From the official description:

However, only one young man catches Elise's eye, and, as it turns out, he is no prince, but an adventurer. Knowing that fate itself has ordained him as her true love, she confesses her desire to share in his life ... Only to be flat out rejected, unless she can proves herself to be a worthy adventurer on her own. And so, much to the Kingdom's shock and dismay, Elise, the clueless princess, sets out on her adventure!


If you thought, 'ew, lame,' reading that, I can't blame you. Not only does this press my inner feminist's 'ARRRGH HULK SMASH' button, it's also entirely inaccurate. The lead character is about as hilarious and likable as a spoiled sassback can get. 'Silent hero' she's not, and in the best possible way. Is anyone else tired of being a bland androgynne that says '...'? Elise's character and dialogue is a perfect antidote. The game is full of hilarious, straight-out mockery of RPG character conventions and scenarios.

It has a stats menu!

Not only is the game a fine little RPG, it's got a sophisticated twist: 'pout points.' Please don't be putoff by the word 'pout,' folks getting mid-'90s Kate Moss flashbacks at reading that word. They're a way of adjusting the difficulty of all manner of things. Seriously, if you want Etrian Odyssey-style impossible masochism, you can spend a while playing that way. Or, if you're like me and tire after 20+ minutes of grinding, you can change the landscape to fight different kinds of baddies, or you can slightly up the Experience Points you'll get, or, or, or...tons of options. It's so broadly customizable, anyone could enjoy it.

I said, "POUT FOR ME!"

I know it's made out to be 'little darling's first RPG' by its (foolish) advertisers, but it's got a treasure chest full of mass appeal, even for crazy Atlus-RPG slaves. Seriously, overlooking this would be a sad, sad shame.