Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
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Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer! As Recette, you have to decide how you'll get your stock - either through playing the markets in town or going out into the wild with an adventuring friend and thrashing beasts until they give up the goodies - how much to sell things for, what the shop should look like, and how to best go about getting the money Tear needs to pay off the loan. If you can't come up with the money... well, hope you like living in a cardboard box.. Key features:. Manage all aspects of an item shop – from stock to interior design!. Explore randomized dungeons – never quite the same twice!. Multiple adventurers to choose from when dungeon-diving – no two play the same!. Plenty to do after beating the game – challenge yourself with Survival Mode or play to your heart's delight in Endless Mode!. Engaging story, localized by Carpe Fulgur – get to know the people of Pensee!. .
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Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is, without exaggeration, my favorite game of all time
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is, without exaggeration, my favorite game of all time. The art and characters are absolutely adorable, the protagonist is even more so, and the gameplay is incredibly addictive. You not only get to spend plenty of time squeezing every last possible cent out of your customers, you get enormous dungeons to go adventuring through and plenty of amazing spoils to bring back to the surface, craft into amazing items, and sell right back to the adventurer who helped you acquire them. And once you pay off your loan, you unlock Endless Mode and get to finish exploring those dungeons and becoming a billionaire. I have 225 hours of this game under my belt, and I STILL haven't finished finding every item in the game. The plot(that is, the plot that isn't related to your loan - yes, there's more!) is definitely fun, although you won't be able to see the whole thing during your first story mode, but since Endless Mode allows you to pick up right where you left off, it's not a problem. Basically, what I'm getting at is that Recettear is an amazing game, I love it, and you probably will too. Base price for hours of entertainment? It's a bargain. Capitalism, ho!
- Graphics4.5
- Gameplay4.5
- Story4.5
- Value4.5
My good friend Louie found an interesting taiyaki and sold it to me for 500 pix
My good friend Louie found an interesting taiyaki and sold it to me for 500 pix. At the end of the day he was hungry and bought the same taiyaki for 2000 pix. I think I understand how life works now.
- Graphics4.0
- Gameplay4.5
- Story3.5
- Value4.0
You think this is a cute little game about running an item shop and having fun, but it's not
You think this is a cute little game about running an item shop and having fun, but it's not. It's a game about crippling debt and trying your hardest to claw your way out of it. The bank comes to your house and tells you that your dumb deadbeat dad is probably dead, and that they're going to repo your house. Instead of making you homeless, the bank fairy just turns you into a slave and turns your house into an item shop (because zoning regulations and child labor laws don't exist here) and you spend the rest of the game trying to make payments to buy your freedom. Fun game, but god help you if your hustle isn't strong enough. Would not recommend to the capitalistically weak.
- Graphics4.0
- Gameplay4.5
- Story4.5
- Value4.0
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