
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!
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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.
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Languages: English, Japanese**languages with full audio support
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This is the standard by which all other shopkeeper games should be judged (and many fall woefully short). A lovely game that's beautifully translated to keep the charm of the characters and writing. I pirated the game long before it came on Steam but I'm delighted to see that it's here. Some of the mechanics of the game are a little obscure, but that doesn't detract much from how enjoyable the game is. I personally find the shopkeeping and dungeoning aspects fun, but you can play the game solely as a shopkeeper without going into the dungeons much at all. There are no minigames or other layers to the game (such as farming, fishing, romance, etc) but the simplicity and focus is a selling point to me. The shopkeeping aspect feels very hands-on and personal, which is in contrast to many games in the genre that feel like they shuffle customers through your store and they either buy something immediately or leave. In Recettear, you can haggle, receive orders in advance, suggest items, buy items, and more. It absolutely could be a better game and is not flawless, but it doesn't need to be. It stands on its own and if you want to be a shopkeeper in a game, this is a must-play.
This gem is an ageless masterpiece. Getting Cuisineer (another great game, btw), I noticed how good this game is. Thirteen years after its release, it still offter countless hours of fun and things to do. A lof of dungeon levels to explore (randomly generated, of course), many characters to use and level, plenty of choices to manage your shop, the possibility of equipping aforementioned characters (either selling equipment to them or letting them borrow it), funny events to deal with and many NPCs to meet... and even a surprisingly very nice story. There is no ending to this game, and other later games that followed this format, though very enjoyable, still can't surpass this one. The normal price tag is already cheap enough considering the hours of fun this game offers, but being on sale by Black Friday at only 2,99 €, it's a crime not to get it.
Ci avevo giocato anni fa su consiglio di una blogger che seguivo all'epoca, poi lo avevo perso tra vari cambi di computer e update. Adesso finalmente l'ho ritrovato e sono felice di poterci giocare di nuovo. Sembra lì per lì un giochino stupido e ripetitivo, ma mano a mano che si va avanti le dinamiche cambiano e diventa impegnativo. Fila bene narrativamente anche la storia, i dialoghi sono divertenti (a volte un pochino lunghi, ma si possono saltare) e le meccaniche di gioco sono soddisfacenti. Si vede proprio che è stato sviluppato con cervello, passione e minuziosità. Tra i pochi che mi siano mai rimasti nel cuore.
A great little game to play when you're looking to sit back and embrace the "THIS IS FREE REAL ESTATE" / "CAPITALISM HO!". It's chill and could be a bit grindy, but not hard to beat in one go. Ain't nobody gonna tell me to sell at lower price, fook that ♥♥♥♥. THIS! IS! CAPITALISM! YOU HO! Get out of my store!
突然想起童年时玩过一款游戏,模拟经营,还有地下城打怪等等各种要素,找了半天找不到,差点给我逼的去淘宝花二百让人找了,幸亏b站有个UP开了个频道,在里面发帖,很快就有人回我是这个游戏。 68直接买,买了两天游戏时间快20个小时,很治愈很上瘾,2077 2.0都不玩了,我现在只想帮女孩还钱挣钱,让她俩能天天吃大餐而不是吃咸粥
buying things for 33% of their value and selling them back to the same person at a 243% markup from market rate. this game is a joy.
It's one of the earliest Business Simulation/JRPG Hybrid games, but it's still the best one as far as I'm concerned. There's really not a lot to say about it, though. You pretty much know if you'll enjoy the game based on the screenshots alone.
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