https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2010/12/03/oneaday-day-320-achievement-locked/ Memoirs of a nobody Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:32:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://imnotdoctorwho.moegamer.net/2010/12/03/oneaday-day-320-achievement-locked/#comment-3415 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:52:00 +0000 http://angryjedi.wordpress.com/?p=1852#comment-3415 […] I can't quite pin down exactly when this shift in attitudes happened, but I do know that I've 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 one of the service's many sales, and promptly played all the way through for 40 hours. This was something of a difference from my expectation, which was that the game would be a shallow, social game-style experience with little depth and no long-term appeal. How pleasantly surprised I was when it turned out to be quite the opposite — deep, fun, well-written (kudos to Carpe Fulgur's wonderful translation efforts — we're talking PS1-era Working Designs-quality work here) and immensely satisfying to play. And not an Achievement in sight, either. […]

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