Recettear - An Item Shop's Tale (English + Non-H)

So just what is Recettear, you ask?

Recettear is a game about an item store, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy whose job it is to make sure that the girl doesn't burn down the item store by accident.

Playing the game involves gathering items - either by playing the markets in the city of Pensee, or grabbing an adventurer and delving into the dungeons that dot the countryside - and selling them to the customers who come through your doors. Tear, the fairy, is here to collect on a loan your father took out - and she'll have to take the store, which doubles as your house, if you can't pay up!

The game is split into two main parts, then: selling items, and exploring dungeons. There isn't really much of anything quite like this combination in any other game, and the number of items you can find is massive.

Selling items and dungeon diving isn't all there is to do, however. There's quite a cast of characters to meet in Recettear, some friendly, some less so. Their fates tie into your own, though, and helping them out could lead you to riches beyond your wildest dreams!

So what're you waiting for, Recette Lemongrass? You've got a debt to pay, and only so much time to do it in.
Better get cracking.

-from official website




-Screenshots shamelessly taken the from official website

Yeeeyy

I'll rep when i can

once again

YEEEEEEEEY

Downloading it now

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Nice upload. Thanks and +rep

it's small... it's not hentai... it's not a visual novel...

...FINALLY, SOMETHING NEW TO SINK MY TEETH INTO!!! :D

Will DL after DLing "Symphonic Rain".

Oh, does this contain romance, or is it just purely for laughs?

Did it come from steam? Will it cause any problems with steam?

same case as Mangagamers game.

and I don't think, it's hard "Steam connected" like every other western Multiplayer games.

lol, just purchased the game and it shows up here a few hours later.

Lol.

Japanese PC games, that resembles a VN hentai/non hentai have a high probablity to appear in here. XD

I've been waiting for this!!!

Thanks!!!

+rep for you!!!

Awesome, the RPG from "the other side of the table".

NPC Stores will never be the same

This looks awesome i m downloading now.... Visual novels are good but i m quite bored of them. This kind of game is my thing :)

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I congratulate you on buying this game... It may not be (originally) free, but at least you're supporting the creators... which is something that the majority of the members here can't normally do... myself included of course.



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Anybody else having problem installing the game? Everytime at the end it always says there is a problem with the .exe

What i get is "An error occurred while trying to copy a file:
Incorrect function"

Anyone know what is the problem? Redownloaded the files once already with the same results.

Having the same problem, I made it up to the setup point but an error comes up saying im missing a file.

It is a pretty fun game, it is pretty unusual being the one selling the items for adventurers as a merchant and not an adventurer. But does anyone finds the game a touch unreasonable?



Anyway it is a pretty fun game, a bit unreasonable in the demands, but it is fun.

Anyone knows what are the requirements to change stuff inside the shop, I got on lvl9 or so with the girl and it says that I can change the wallpapers, floorboards and carpets of the store, I tried it lots of times and could do it, I even bought more units of the wallpaper thinking that maybe just one wasn't enough. And anyone knows how to unlock more adventurers in the guild? So far I only got the default one.

On the first run, i couldn't get it into 500.000!!

On the second run.. it's too easy to get it 500.000...

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any walkthrought for this game?

many kind of item i'm still haven't got it yet...

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btw my favourite character for battle is charme...
she's fast and deadly for boss battle....
just di mirage for over five times and start slashes bosses...
they will die quick...

Worst case scenario is you fail, then loop around with all the items you had on hand before you failed. If you want to be cheap and know you're not going to make a deadline, you could cheat the system, spend all your money on goods, and then loop around to make the first 2-3 payments easily. From that point on your debt would just play catchup and you should have an easy enough time as long as you make as you keep a steady pace.

If you'd rather play without looping, it may take a minute to figure out, but isn't all that hard. Most people recommend buying stuff at 70% and selling at 104-108% for the first few weeks so that your loyalty ratings with the customers level up. After a doing this for a bit (while making enough to pay off your debt, of course)you can jack up the price considerably to everyone but the stupid little girl, friends (can usually sell for 110-120%), and the snob's fairy.

As for what to sell, food, weapons and armor all seem to sell pretty regularly. Once I have a bit of breathing room (be it because I just made a payment, or have 20k over my next payment amount) I'll buy up one of every item that only has 1 left in stock. That way if someone requests a certain type of item, I can usually meet it (and thus receive experience/money) and the items are usually a good amount more expensive than lower level items.

A key concept is to buy red items and try to hawk them off immediately. It's not the biggest deal if you don't sell them (unless it goes to blue, in which case you should hold onto it for a bit), but you can sell them for at least 200%. I can easily get 230-270% now from just about anyone, even the little girl on occasion (usually don't bother with her and sell at 210%.) And if the items goes back to white before you sell all your goods, you can still sell the item for a profit, granted not as big of one because you paid a couple hundred/thousand more for the item. Another option, if you have some spare cash and can afford to have it held up for a bit, is to buy blue items. They don't sell for shit when they're still blue, but they're fairly cheap in the store. Once they go white, you just made a decent amount of profit, and I've had some items go red in no time at all.

Of course jump at the opportunity to buy both red and blue items for customers. You might want to be a bit wary of red items, but if you can get away paying 60-70% for a red item, and then sell it for 200%+ you just made a nice profit. Blue items are even better for either dungeon use or to stockpile for a later time; once your loyalty levels have gone up a bit you can generally buy for 15-30% of a blue item.

On the topic of dungeons, some fusion items have really complete ingredient lists that take forever to gather (personal experience may differ, of course), but I found one that's relatively easy and kinda farmable, though might not be the best use of time. Level 1 necklace requires a lizard tail and a 1000pix charm. It has a base price of 14k, and can easily fetch 15-17k. The lizard tail is a rare drop from the gnolls, but drops pretty frequently from the floor 10 forest boss. This is why it might not be the best use of time, but if you're absolutely strapped for cash, you could boss rush for the lizard tail. Of course selling the necklace may take some time, but the Guild master usually buys it from me in a few days, if I put it in the window.