Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale

Recettear game loop has 2 main parts: the item store and adventuring. Adventuring works very much like standard action JRPG from the time. Graphics and music are very similar to Secret of Mana. Not bad, but nothing unique either. There is a story, sometimes funny and quite nonsensical. Adventuring in dungeons gives you items that you can sell at your item shop. The main thing of this game is running the item store, obviously. I haven't played anything else quite like it. You choose which items to sell, some of them might be high or low price at times. Then people come to your store, and will offer to either buy or sell items to you. Then you can haggle the price up or down, or play it safe to get combo XP bonus. By completing sales you gain store XP, giving various updates such as store expansion, expanded item collection, etc. Recette as character is cute, cheery, little anime girl, guided by a "teacher" style fairy Tear. Some of the comments from the game ("Capitalism, ho!", "Money can be used to buy goods and services"), have become memes. The game does have surprisingly good writing at times. You could call Recettear as having light visual novel sections as well, when Recette is browsing the town, meeting citizens. Recettear is not a super complex, but it is lighthearted, fun and unique. I have bought this game twice, first time was on Stardock Impulse many years ago.

I just kinda got this game since it sounds like something I'd like, get items through adventure (and other means) sell the items a store, get money, buy better items, get money, level up and get even more items, you get the idea, and the cute characters are a huge plus! Only downside is the combat can be a little boring at times but otherwise it's a really fun and cute little game! another factor it reminds me of an old 2005 flash game i used to play, uh... it was kinda NSFW but it's very similar to it, which gives me a nice flashback. btw this game is BRUTAL in terms of difficulty after week 4 you will probably be resetting

セール中に396円で購入し、ストーリークリアまで遊びました(PSコントローラーで操作できました) ゲーム内容はストアの説明などで分かるため省略しますが、毎週の返済ノルマが凄い勢いで上がっていくため段々苦しくなります 最初は苦しいですが、10日目からは毎日特定商品の高騰や暴落が発生するためそこを利用すれば各週の返済ノルマは余裕を持って達成できる難易度です（私自身一度も返済遅れなく一発でクリアできました） 長剣はよく高騰するので暴落時に仕入れ、牛丼などの高い食品で稼ぐのがコツかも 上手くハマって高騰時に在庫がはければめちゃくちゃ気持ち良いです 色々書きましたが、このゲームのメインはストーリーよりクリア後のやりこみ要素ですね アイテム合成やクリア後の追加ダンジョン、雇える冒険者のプラチナ名刺（周回要素）などもあり自分で目標設定してコツコツ収集するのが楽しい人にはオススメです 私はRPGみたいに8割くらいゲーム側から目標設定（ストーリー）され、残り2割がレベリングや裏ボス、レアドロなどのやりこみといった塩梅のゲームが好きで、某クラフトゲームのようなほぼ自分で目標設定するゲームはすぐ飽きるタイプなので、そういう方はストーリークリアまでやって終わりそうかな～という感じです 私と同じタイプの方は396円で約11時間遊べることをコスパ良いと捉えるか悪いと捉えるかで判断していただければ

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It would be nice if there were some quality of life options, such as remembering what you sold an item at last, or swapping to the category of the item the customer is asking for, it's a very lovely game. I like that when you lose you can start over but keep your progress. It's challenging, but not punishing. I feel the dungeon aspect is a little janky, and I didn't play with it much, but I did enjoy the dungeon designs and monster variety. Plus the traps were quite fun too. All in all, it's a cute little game. I like that there's an endless mode, but I probably won't play it. The game is starting to give me RSI from all the menus. Still, a fun little game.

Very satisfying gameplay loop.

Recettear is a classic shop simulator / RPG combo. It's a simple & easy yet fun game with major wholesome vibes. This game is not built for modern hardware, and is not visually impressive to begin with, so don't expect this game to look too good on a big screen. That being said, it's a cute & charming game to pass the time. I think there are better games out there with the same concept - "Moonlighter" comes to mind. That being said, I'm sure Recettear walked to Moonlighter could run. I'd recommend getting this game if you're looking for a simple, repetitive and fun game to pass the time & it's on discount. Otherwise, I think your money might be better spent elsewhere.