The Shopkeeper

This "game" is a waste of time. You click on a gift (or sometimes your not even allowed that much control), then you click on an item in your mum-in-laws office, then you select a few levels of dialog to get one of 4 or 5 endings. Sometimes those selections seem to make sense to the ending, sometimes they are nothing to do with it. Frankly this seems like someone had a decent idea for a branching storytelling framework, did the artwork for the shop, a few branches and then thought "I can't be bothered to put any more effort into this" but released it anyway.

An interesting story, but it takes several very similar runs to really get the whole picture. Figuring out how to reveal the whole story is also unclear, forcing frustrating retries. Better direction, some polish on the art, and better voice acting could pull this game together into a good experience.

I found this one interesting, though it helps having a guide to get to the ending proper if you dont have the patience to trigger things through trial and error. It's very amatuer (voice acting is only passible, for example), but there are some neat ideas there. Three bucks is definitely a good price for it.

So, after just over an hour of gameplay I've achieved all of the achievements and gone through the different more dialogue options more times than I care to think about. Do I feel satisfied with that hour? Not really. Would I reccomend you spend your time on this game? Not at all. As others have said in their reviews, the purpose and intent of the game isn't entirely clear, and this lets it down.

The french have a way of thinking about art, they say "l'art pour l'art" - it's just art for arts sake. Bear this in mind when enjoying this game, Entrance yourself in the atmosphere of a small town, its antique shop, and the stories of the shopkeeper. Use your imagination. Try out different things not to WIN the game, but try to understand the characters, feel them and so on. The atmosphere is a bit like Twin Peaks or an episode of Columbo. A gem game.

[h1][b]The Shopkeeper[/b][/h1] O jogo não tem nada de interessante, consegui terminar o jogo e liberar todas as conquistas em menos de 1 hora. Não consegui entender muito bem o jogo ou então o jogo não é interessante o suficiente para eu perder meu tempo tentando entender, uma perda de tempo. O objetivo do jogo talvez seja jogar várias vezes e fazer escolhas diferentes e tentar entender alguma coisa da história, mas o jogo falha em fazer isso do jeito certo e acaba se tornando chato e repetitivo, não há nada um único positivo aqui. [b]Nota: [u]0/10[/u][/b]

A looping adventure game about business and personalities. I do not think that the Very Negative rating is justified, even if the game is flawed. I had some fun getting to know the characters, but the length of loop is much too short. I would have enjoyed a more fleshed out loop and an easier path to the different endings. If you have this game in your library, you should definitely try it out.