Comments on: #oneaday, Day 316: Pity The Poor Shopkeeper

By: #oneaday Day 773: Off the Beaten Path | I'm Not Doctor Who

#oneaday Day 773: Off the Beaten Path | I'm Not Doctor Who — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:51:57 +0000

[…] come across some truly remarkable games in the process. One of the most memorable of these is Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale, which I picked up as part of one of Steam's characteristically generous Indie packs during […]

By: Pete Davison: Enchanté, Elise « The One A Day Project

Pete Davison: Enchanté, Elise « The One A Day Project — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:49:29 +0000

[...] I very much enjoyed EasyGameStation’s Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale, mostly due to the wonderful localization job done by Carpe Fulgur. I booted it up for the first time half expecting to be done with it within less than an hour — most games involving supposed “shop management” and the like these days are in fact social games and therefore pretty much devoid of any meaningful thought whatsoever.Recettear, though, was different — by blending the loot-whoring dungeon crawler with a simple business sim and some lovable characters, EasyGameStation and Carpe Fulgur managed to create easily one of the most memorable games of last year for me. [...]

By: #oneaday, Day 560: Enchanté, Elise | I'm Not Doctor Who

#oneaday, Day 560: Enchanté, Elise | I'm Not Doctor Who — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:48:25 +0000

[…] very much enjoyed EasyGameStation's Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale, mostly due to the wonderful […]

By: #oneaday, Day 320: Achievement Locked | I'm Not Doctor Who

#oneaday, Day 320: Achievement Locked | I'm Not Doctor Who — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:47:01 +0000

[...] game was Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale, which I enthused about at some length a few days ago. I beat it tonight, but there’s a load of stuff after the ending, too, so this isn’t [...]

By: angryjedi

angryjedi — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 03:05:48 +0000

In reply to Kittycow. I'm afraid you won't be able to steal it from me because of Steam's copy protection. Check again around Christmas, though, as I don't doubt the pack it was in will be on sale again. In the meantime, there's a demo here or on Steam.

By: Kittycow

Kittycow — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:20:27 +0000

It sounds like an RPG designed by an accountant* – and I think I might have to steal it off you! (missed the Steam sale)

* this is not necessarily a bad thing.

By: angryjedi

angryjedi — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:33:28 +0000

In reply to ianos83. Yep, exactly right. Those indie packages have been too good to ignore. And I'm glad I fired this up out of curiosity - you're absolutely right, it's insanely addictive. And not just for the "screwing people out of money" and dungeon crawling aspects; the characters are genuinely likeable too. I'm really impressed with it. It's a really polished product that has obviously had love and attention spent on it both in its original Japanese form and the translation. I was going to go back to Fallout after beating Deadly Premonition, but I think I'm hooked on this now.

By: ianos83

ianos83 — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:59:34 +0000

Bought it on a whim, I'd assume at the same time you did seeing as you're talking about it now(Steam sale?). Sank about eight hours into it on Saturday. It's a bit bloody good/massively addictive, innit? Also reminds me of Harvest Moon in a few ways.