Just finished a replay of Princess Crown
Still an an incredible game, beautiful presentation, immaculate vibes and really fun to play. And Gradriel is a great warrior princess protagonist who feels especially subversive for the time the game came out.
Of the characters that have their smaller side stories, not the biggest fan of Edward the knight but only because he's boring, Prosopina the witch is amazing both because she's a witch but also because she's a hilariously vindictive fail girl in her rivalry with Gradriel, and Portgus the pirate is still cool and hot as a fuck and I want to peg his ass. Then the true final boss, being a dragon who showed up in everyone's story and manipulated everyone into giving him these gems that Gradriel then has to defeat in the final battle is a great payoff.
But yes, Princess Crown VERY good and also a very cute and cozy sort of experience. It's Vanillaware's first ever game and I feel like they nailed it on their first try, and it's no wonder they wanted to reuse it's dna and created 2 spiritual sequels to build on it's ideas with Odin Sphere and Muramasa.