A very "Japanese" indie game on Steam? I'm confused.
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I saw the title of this thread and knew it would be about Recettear.
I already pre-purchased it, and am planning on writing a review for it. I'm really excited for it since it feels fairly new and fresh. I'll be sure to neglect mounds of homework playing it.
I already pre-purchased it, and am planning on writing a review for it. I'm really excited for it since it feels fairly new and fresh. I'll be sure to neglect mounds of homework playing it.
I played the demo and it was a fun distraction, but in the end it felt a bit shallow.
The dungeon crawler was walk, dodge, hack, hack, hack, hack, hack, lather, rinse, repeat. Sure you can get a special move when you level up enough, but that part of the game felt hollow.
The selling part, which is the bulk of the game is a simple bartering minigame where you try to extort as much money from customers as possible.
Bread - $100 Value
Customer wants to buy. Ok, $180. No? That's too expensive? $140, ok? Great! Lather, rinse, repeat.
The demo was enjoyable, but a full-lenght game it doesn't make.
The dungeon crawler was walk, dodge, hack, hack, hack, hack, hack, lather, rinse, repeat. Sure you can get a special move when you level up enough, but that part of the game felt hollow.
The selling part, which is the bulk of the game is a simple bartering minigame where you try to extort as much money from customers as possible.
Bread - $100 Value
Customer wants to buy. Ok, $180. No? That's too expensive? $140, ok? Great! Lather, rinse, repeat.
The demo was enjoyable, but a full-lenght game it doesn't make.
At least Tear will buy stuff at 130%.Serenegoose said:Good luck with THAT until you've levelled up a few times. Old men and girls will be laughing at your attempts to get them to go above 125% and 114%, respectively, and then you'll feel like a right idiot.Mr. Gency said:
Alright you filthy CASUALS, I'm about to tell you about the BEST GOD DAMN GAME YOU'VE EVER HEARD OF!
What's it about? I'LL TELL YOU!
...
Your father is indebted to a ****ing **** of a fairy, probably because he LOVED DRUGS or something MORE THEN YOU and left FOREVER!
Do you care? NO YOU DON'T.
And you know why? Because you are his ADORABLE LOLI DAUGHTER RECETTE AND YOU HAVE TO PAY OFF HIS DEBT TO THAT GODDAMN TSUNDERE FAIRY!
And just how will you pay THAT HUGE DEBT?
NOT by getting your HEAD SHAVED TO JOIN THE SPACE MARINES TO FIGHT A BUNCH OF ALIENS. NO WAY. That's for FILTHY PLEBS with nothing better to do but DIE!
You're going to do this THE MANLY WAY. By OPENING, MANAGING, and RUNNING the most AWESOME ITEM STORE any RPG has EVER SEEN. You BUY LOW, SELL HIGH, NEGOTIATE, EXPAND YOUR SHOP, and become the GODDAMN SLUM LORD OF YOUR TOWN!
And you know what, YOU CASUAL, COD-LOVING, OVERPRICED MAP-PACK BUYING PATHETIC EXCUSE OF A GAMER? That's only HALF OF THE GAME. The other half is SENDING HEROES INTO 374,837 LEVEL DUNGEONS, forcing them to BRING YOU BACK PHAT LOOT OR DIE IN THE PROCESS!
I'm sorry, what did you just say? You DON'T LIKE WEEABOO games? You like to play nothing but games where all you ever do is fire various interpretations of firearms at various interpretations of baddies because it makes you feel like a man? WHAT? Are you worried that playing a game like this might compromise your FRAGILE SELF IMAGE OF MANLINESS?
Then maybe it's time you MANNED UP, because if your 'MANLINESS' can't handle RECETTEAR, then it's probably because YOU'RE SO DEEP IN THE CLOSET that you've found NARNIA!
So how about you stop buying DERIVATIVE SHOOTING GAME: HALF-ASSED SEQUEL, filling Bobby 'The Cancer that is KILLING GAMING' Kotick's pockets with your ****sucking money, and try something ORIGINAL for once!
Download the demo... NOW!
What's it about? I'LL TELL YOU!
...
Your father is indebted to a ****ing **** of a fairy, probably because he LOVED DRUGS or something MORE THEN YOU and left FOREVER!
Do you care? NO YOU DON'T.
And you know why? Because you are his ADORABLE LOLI DAUGHTER RECETTE AND YOU HAVE TO PAY OFF HIS DEBT TO THAT GODDAMN TSUNDERE FAIRY!
And just how will you pay THAT HUGE DEBT?
NOT by getting your HEAD SHAVED TO JOIN THE SPACE MARINES TO FIGHT A BUNCH OF ALIENS. NO WAY. That's for FILTHY PLEBS with nothing better to do but DIE!
You're going to do this THE MANLY WAY. By OPENING, MANAGING, and RUNNING the most AWESOME ITEM STORE any RPG has EVER SEEN. You BUY LOW, SELL HIGH, NEGOTIATE, EXPAND YOUR SHOP, and become the GODDAMN SLUM LORD OF YOUR TOWN!
And you know what, YOU CASUAL, COD-LOVING, OVERPRICED MAP-PACK BUYING PATHETIC EXCUSE OF A GAMER? That's only HALF OF THE GAME. The other half is SENDING HEROES INTO 374,837 LEVEL DUNGEONS, forcing them to BRING YOU BACK PHAT LOOT OR DIE IN THE PROCESS!
I'm sorry, what did you just say? You DON'T LIKE WEEABOO games? You like to play nothing but games where all you ever do is fire various interpretations of firearms at various interpretations of baddies because it makes you feel like a man? WHAT? Are you worried that playing a game like this might compromise your FRAGILE SELF IMAGE OF MANLINESS?
Then maybe it's time you MANNED UP, because if your 'MANLINESS' can't handle RECETTEAR, then it's probably because YOU'RE SO DEEP IN THE CLOSET that you've found NARNIA!
So how about you stop buying DERIVATIVE SHOOTING GAME: HALF-ASSED SEQUEL, filling Bobby 'The Cancer that is KILLING GAMING' Kotick's pockets with your ****sucking money, and try something ORIGINAL for once!
Download the demo... NOW!
Hah this reminded me of this review of Azumanga Daioh,T_ConX said:
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/ir/tfstar/outsideot/22417-azumanga-daioh
There aren't an abundance of Japanese games for the PC, which is why there aren't many on Steam. There are a few Square Enix games here and there but that's why it seems rare to find on Steam, not to do with Steams market which is certainly not solely TF2 and Valve game players any more. The casual catalogue on there is huge, and they were shipping Steam with Portal for free on some pre built computers to get it to non gaming folk. They've done well to become mainstream, and people must be buying these family/casual games because there are a fuck load more coming as well.
Long winded way of saying it's not that Steam isn't for Japanese game fans, it's that there aren't many Japanese games on PC.
Long winded way of saying it's not that Steam isn't for Japanese game fans, it's that there aren't many Japanese games on PC.
im not buying the soundtrack to that game anytime soon holy shit lol it sounds like someone just recorded a stranger in a karaoke booth. and the game looks retarded and half, but im biased bcuz i cant stand these games. seriously im gunna have to plug my ears if i ever play this game.
i doubt jap games will become any more popular than a few indie games on steam, im not surprised to see this eventually, from a business prospective a games retailer should be taking small risks like these by branching out, but your right in that the steam crowd does not really overlap with the jap gaming crowd
i dont think we'll be seeing ff26 on steam anytime soon
i doubt jap games will become any more popular than a few indie games on steam, im not surprised to see this eventually, from a business prospective a games retailer should be taking small risks like these by branching out, but your right in that the steam crowd does not really overlap with the jap gaming crowd
i dont think we'll be seeing ff26 on steam anytime soon
