Recettear Demo Review

Recettear starts off as a pretty mild game. Your dad is gone off on an adventure and left you, a very young child, alone to fend for yourself. Instead of calling the social services, the town sends a fairy that tells you that your dad had a loan that he has to pay back, and since he is not present, the young child would have to pay it back for him.

Being a child, you have no clue how to do this. But then the fairy has an idea. Turn your house into an item shop, and sell random wares for money. You have to save up money in the coming weeks or you will not be able to make rent, and your house will be seized as collateral for the debt.... fun.

But this game is not ALL business. You can hire adventurers to do quests and obtain items for you, risking their lives, and you can then sell your items for money to help you buy merchandise, and pay back the ever increasing monthly debt. Things get harder as you go, with competition, and Capitalism, ho!!! It's like what would happen if you mixed Harvest Moon with Chantelise.

So, for this game, I'll give it a yayification.