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Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale PC Game

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Newest Review: ... an eye sore as the text is decorated with colourful icons, well drawn backgrounds and anime style portraits of the characters ... more

 ... that grab your attention during the story segments. When you go dungeon exploring things look far less flashy, but are still appealing to fans of Japanese animation. Small chibi versions of the characters are presented from an aerial vantage point similar to the old Zelda games. There's a large cast of characters, monsters and items so the artists responsible for the title must have been busy. It's a similar story in the sound department. What we get is nothing out of this world, but the package we get is compet...more

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Crowned ReviewRecettear: An Item Shop's Tale: Capitalism Ho! (2012 words)
by - written on 09/08/11 (Very useful, 86 readings)
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Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is a unique game as far as Japanese Fantasy RPGs go. Instead of playing a hero who is trying to save the world you adopt the role of a humble shopkeeper in charge of one of the item shops that players of such games frequent to stock up on supplies when tackling a quest. The game was developed in the land of the rising sun by EasyGameStation who sold it at Comiket (basically Japan's version of Comic-Con.) Fledgling publishers Carpe Fulgur translated the game for an international audience hoping to sell a few thousand copies online via services such as Steam (where I discovered it.) It has however exceeded all expectations with sales of over .  Read the complete review

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