Mining Merchant

穴掘り＋店経営ゲーム。鉱石を掘って加工して店で売ってその金でアップグレードしていくのが基本の流れ。時々指定の依頼がある。 [h1]穴掘り[/h1] 下に行けば行くほど地面が固いとかいうことはなく自由に掘れる 他の穴掘りゲームと同じでPV見たそのままの内容 [h1]加工[/h1] いくつかの種類の加工品があるがそれぞれで品質がある 依頼の場合は指定されているので例えば「品質☆３の金の指輪のダイヤモンド付き」 を用意しなければならない　しかも期限付き 普通に売るだけなら問題ないが依頼だとかなり面倒に感じた こういうゲームは好きなだけ掘って余ったものを好きなように売ってアップグレードするのが面白いと思っていましたが期限付きの依頼のせいでそれが全くできない 依頼を無視すればいいのでしょうけどゲーム側が強制してくる感じがなんかモヤっとする [h1]加工自体も同じことをするだけで全く面白くない[/h1] アップグレードすれば自動で作れる速度が上がるが結局できるまで待ってなければならずほとんど意味がない ３割くらいは自動でやってもらいつつほとんどは自分で加工している 加工のシステムは本当に要らない [h1]店[/h1] 加工した商品を店に展示して準備ができたら開店するのだが・・ 〇客が空のショーケースを眺めていることもあるので無駄な時間がかなりある 〇レジ対応から商品の補充まで全部自分でやらなければならない [h1]店パートも全く面白くありません[/h1] ゲーム内アップグレードで上記の内容は改善されません 店が広くなるほど大変になっていきます テストプレイしていれば客が空のショーケースを眺めているのをボーっとみてるだけのプレイヤーの気持ちもわかりそうなものですが大変残念です 改善案としては 〇レジ打ちのアルバイト(レベルで商品の売却価格が上がる) 〇商品補充のアルバイト(レベルで歩行速度が上がる) 〇客が空のショーケースを見ないようにする 〇全ての依頼をメインとサブに分けて全て無期限にする といったところでしょうか これなら過去作の「Mining Mechs」のように純粋に掘って売ってアップグレードだけでよかった。加工と店は正直いらないレベルです。 今後のアップデート次第ですが現時点ではおすすめできません。 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3765160863

[h3][b]Гарна, чілова гра для відпочинку[/b][/h3] [b]Mining Merchant[/b] - це вже третя гра серії, і вона дуже змінилася в порівнянні з [b][url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1603180/Mining_Mechs/]Mining Mechs[/url][/b][b] та [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2830150/Super_Mining_Mechs/]Super Mining Mechs[/url][/b]. Якщо в перших двох частинах весь геймплей був зосереджений виключно на видобуванні ресурсів, то на цей раз розробник вирішив урізноманітнити гру, додавши також простенький крафт і менеджмент магазину. Нові зміни сподобалися мені не одразу, бо спочатку торгівля в магазині здавалася нудно. Але вже скоро, коли магазин трохи прокачав, стало значно веселіше заповнювати його й бігати туди-сюди з товаром. Те ж саме з крафтом: спочатку його треба робити вручну, що здається одноманітним і нудним, але після цього з'являється автоматизація. Окрім нововведень, значно змінився й базовий геймплей, пов'язаний з видобутком ресурсів і прокачкою мехів. У підсумку зміни вважаю позитивними, бо грати втретє в оде й те ж точно було б не цікаво. [b]Рекомендую людям, які іноді люблять пограти в щось просте, без смертей і зайвої напруги.[/b]

[h1]Pico, pala y... espera, que tengo un cliente en la tienda[/h1] [b]Presentación[/b] Mezcla dos cosas que funcionan bastante mejor juntas de lo que esperaba: bajar a las minas para conseguir recursos y gestionar tu propia tienda para vender todo lo que vas consiguiendo. Es un juego sencillo de entender y bastante entretenido, que sabe mantener bien el ritmo. El farmeo no se me ha hecho pesado y, algo que valoro bastante en este tipo de juegos, tampoco he tenido la sensación de que el endgame se convierta en una tortura simplemente para alargar artificialmente las horas de juego. [b]Interfaz y controles[/b] La interfaz es sencilla y bastante fácil de entender. No he tenido problemas para saber qué tenía que hacer o dónde encontrar las cosas, y los controles cumplen perfectamente para el tipo de juego que es. Todo resulta bastante accesible desde el principio y puedes centrarte rápidamente en avanzar, conseguir mejores recursos y mejorar poco a poco. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3767351827 [b]Argumento e historia[/b] Aunque la historia no es el principal atractivo del juego, no está nada mal y sirve para darle un sentido a la progresión. Mientras vas avanzando y haciendo tus cosas, poco a poco te van contando lo que está ocurriendo y tienes diferentes misiones que completar, además de alguna secundaria. No esperes una historia especialmente profunda, pero acompaña bien durante la partida y ayuda a que avanzar no sea simplemente minar por minar. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3767351719 [b]Jugabilidad y rejugabilidad[/b] El bucle principal funciona muy bien: explorar, minar, conseguir recursos, mejorar y volver a por más. La progresión está bastante bien medida y, al menos en mi caso, nunca he sentido que tuviera que pasar horas farmeando simplemente para poder avanzar. Pero lo que realmente me ha gustado es la tienda. Me parece un puntazo porque no es algo que suela encontrarse en este tipo de juegos y consigue romper un poco con la rutina de estar constantemente minando. Eso sí, aquí también está una de las cosas que menos me han gustado. He echado bastante de menos poder automatizar un poco más la gestión de la tienda. Cuando un cliente compra algo tienes que ir al almacén, coger otro producto y volver a colocarlo en su sitio. Poder dejar varias unidades en los estantes en lugar de tener que reponerlas una a una habría hecho la gestión bastante más cómoda. En cuanto a la rejugabilidad, para mí es prácticamente nula. Una vez has completado la historia y llegado al final, realmente no hay demasiado motivo para empezar otra partida. Es uno de esos juegos que disfrutas, completas y das por terminado. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3767352012 [b]Conclusión[/b] Me ha parecido un juego entretenido, con una progresión agradable y un bucle jugable que funciona bien sin hacerse pesado, ni siquiera cuando llegas a las últimas horas. La incorporación de la tienda le da bastante personalidad y es probablemente una de las cosas que más me han gustado, aunque precisamente por eso creo que habría ganado mucho con algunas opciones adicionales de automatización o, simplemente, permitiendo almacenar varias unidades directamente en los estantes. He llegado al final, completado todos los logros y me ha dejado buenas sensaciones. No es un juego al que probablemente vuelva después de terminarlo, pero he disfrutado las horas que me ha dado, que al final es lo importante. Si te gustan los juegos de minería, progresión y un toque de gestión, merece la pena darle una oportunidad.

Всю игру можно охарактеризовать "и так сойдёт": небольшое разнообразие… всего; необходимость повторять один и тот же ручной крафтинг для каждого рецепта; дрон-помощник, который не помогает; полезные абилки мехов, но забагованные, так что рациональнее их не использовать; гигантский магазин, который слишком хлопотно одному обслуживать; половина функционала игры на кнопке "E", срабатывающей или не срабатывающей когда нужно из-за пересечения функций… ну и так далее. Так-то бы вложить в эту игру больше труда, было бы неплохо. Но тут все игры этой серии такие.

Maybe I'm missing something as I've only played 2 hours before getting bored out of my mind, but it feels like this is just an average story with some repetetive gameplay glued onto it. [h2] Each day is split up into 2 sections: [/h2] [h3] Mining section: [/h3] Pretty average mining game, this is the part I have the least issues with as I like the genre in general (big fan of number go up -> upgrade -> number go up faster games). I didn't get a chance to check if the mining actually progresses in a fun way, as I only got as far as [spoiler] Unlocking the first drill, which skips a large chunk of the level. [/spoiler] If you look past the beautiful art, this game would've been better as a clicker cookie style game in my opinion. There's no variety in the rocks (everything is mined at the same rate), there's no danegrous terrain, there's no failure state. If you can't lose, all that's left is a chore. [h3] Shop section: [/h3] When buying this game I assumed there'd be some kind of managment in the main gameplay loop. Y'know, not many mining games actually require you to craft the ore into jewelry. But no, the whole "jewelry store" part of the game only functions as additional layers of stuff to do before you can turn the ore into money. The shop is built as follows: Entrance | Shelves accessible to customers | checkout | stairs | storage | bed (to end the day) At least for the first few days the only type of managment you'll do is running between the storage and the shelves to restock. The "loop" is built around the fact that you have a lot of storage and not that many shelves. This means that the day will start with you picking up a ring from storage (you have one "hands" slot where you can hold a SINGLE ring) 1. A customer will go in 2. Stare at the ring you have on the shelf for a solid lifetime and a half (while you're breathing down his neck) 3. Once he picks up that ring you rush to the storage to get another one. 4. By the time you got the ring, the customer slowly walks to the checkout section where you can actually sell him the ring. 5. By this time (hopefully) another customer walked in and you can start the process again. Note: You can uprade the number of shelves you have (I had 3 by the time I gave up on the game), but that doesn't change the loop one bit. You still run around the store like an idiot with a single ring in your hand. I would prefer if this part of the game actually had a loop that is something more than repeating the same squence of button presses while you wait to get your money. [h2] TLDR:[/h2] Didn't like it, will probably come back to it someday to check if I was completely wrong about everything or not. The art is nice tho! If I turn out to be wrong, and the game gets better later on. I still think that the first part of the game should be exciting and hook the player in, and it didn't.

The other games were fast simple and fun progression. This game is mostly a tutorial, everything is locked behind a quest, Ugly NPCs, no text speed, almost all actions require chat with an NPC(not instant text).

I wanted to revise my review based on further playtime. The game does get better after you get through day 10. In the beginning there's just too much being thrown at you in the form of long dialogue. Yes, you can skip it, but then you're skipping the story; so I felt inclined to read. DO NOT use a controller for this game. It was not made with controller in mind. There's certain functions that are impossible to preform on controller and the mini-games just aren't fun with the controller. KB+M is a must if you plan to play. I've been a fan of mining games since I was playing Bolder Dash on my C64 in middle school. There's just something fun about digging treasure. The original Mining Mech fulfilled that itch perfectly. This game does not and it's unfortunate. Digging, mining and getting ore is almost a side job as your main focus is on running a store and fulfilling special orders from customers. As you mine you fill up a container of dirt that has limited space. Once you're out of space you can no longer mine stopping the fun. Then you produce jewelry and sell it in your store for a profit. You take those profits and buy upgrades. However customers aren't the smartest and they will spend time looking at every empty display. You'll find yourself wasting time as you wait for the last 1 or 2 items to be viewed and hopefully sold. Progress starts slow, but builds and I do like the progression. There's plenty to upgrade and after playing for a while and leveling the game opens up. However, when you start you'll be moving at a crawl and wondering if things get better. They do, just stick with it! This game also includes mini-games that are hit and miss. There's an automated option to just skip them once you've done it once, but the timers are long. The mini-games are the number one reason I do not recommend a controller. Some of the hit boxes are small and navigating can feel cumbersome. It's just a let down on controller. So overall, once you get past the non-stop story being thrown at you, you can finally mine for a while, before you have to quit and sit around in a shop waiting for customers to hopefully buy your merch. It's not bad, but it's just not as fun as the previous titles. If you haven't played any of the Mining Mech games I would say give one of them a try first. If you already have and you enjoyed them, then I think you'll find enjoyment here too. Just be prepared for what it is. It's not just about mining. I like that the Dev tried something different and expanded the genre, but I just do not really enjoy the direction. [h3]Original Review[/h3] I really want to like this game, but the dialogue is a big hinderance. The game starts slow and there's a lot of millennial writing. Every action you do brings up more dialogue, then more, and more. I just want to mine and play the game. I'm pushing through it because I've enjoyed the other games from this Developer, but if you haven't tried their games before, then go for a different one and put this on the wishlist

A solid mining and crafting game. Eventually you can start automation and then it is mostly mining and selling jewelry with some shop updates, Lots of biomes to discover, a decent story.

nice and cozy

Pacing just didn't feel as good as the other games from this dev. After the initial novelty it just felt like a grind but there was still so much to go. Also a lot of long repeated animations and waiting that just didn't help in keeping me interested.