I'd love to see a Quick Look of this game because it's such a clever concept for a game and I've been really enjoying playing it.

" I'd love to see a Quick Look of this game because it's such a clever concept for a game and I've been really enjoying playing it. "

There's a free demo; go check it out.  It's a pretty small download (under a gig), and is quite fun.

If I knew how to make a quick look for myself I might make one.

You have to ask yourself, which one of the GB crew wouldn't shit all over this game? Maybe Vinny or Dave, but would they bother?  
Sometimes its best that they stick to what they like so that the videos stay upbeat and funny.

" You have to ask yourself, which one of the GB crew wouldn't shit all over this game? Maybe Vinny or Dave, but would they bother?  Sometimes its best that they stick to what they like so that the videos stay upbeat and funny. "

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There's a free demo; go check it out.  It's a pretty small download (under a gig), and is quite fun.

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i dont care i would love to see what they think about the game :) 

Does this game have naked cartoon pussy?

" Does this game have naked cartoon pussy? "

" @Bocam said:

" Does this game have naked cartoon pussy? "

haha! meme's are funny!  but it wouldn't be on steam if it did "

I checked out the page, sounds reasonably interesting and unique. 
 
But yeah, it's not really something that looks like it would appeal to any of the GB crew. I reckon at least Ryan would actively dislike the artstyle and anime-ish sensibilities that it looks like it'd have. Look at the way they just got the intern to check out the JRPG's when Kessler was there :P

" @Shirogane:  Yes, hopefully soon Steam will have Sengoku Rance "

I've had my eye on that game since it popped up on Steam - is it really worth giving a shot? There are so few good RPGs on Steam aside from Torchlight... uhhh... Torchlight... what else is there really?

" I've had my eye on that game since it popped up on Steam - is it really worth giving a shot? There are so few good RPGs on Steam aside from Torchlight... uhhh... Torchlight... what else is there really? "

I tried the demo for like 4 hours and it is grindy and unforgiving as hell.  I don't see how any of the Giantbomb guys would have the patience for it.
 
Despite what it seems, it's pretty much just a JRPG dungeon crawler with a pain in the ass SELL A THOUSAND ITEMS OR START OVER mechanic added on.  You go to dungeons and die in like four hits.  If you die, you lose all but one item.  The rest of the time you are basically navigating menus to buy and sell lots of the same items over and over.  Every time someone wants to buy an item from you (which is often) you have to manually set the price (to simulate haggling!).  If the whole game doesn't sound like a chore, I am describing it wrong.

Someone get Matt Kessler.

The dungeons are actually not all that necessary, if you give people good prices (start at 104% and feel out what people are willing to pay from there) you can build long chains of sales that give you a ton of experience, and leveling up your item shop is how you actually make money. I suggest running the dungeon a few times for cheap product to sell, but pretty soon you're better off just playing the market. Keep lots of stock and when the price of something goes up sell all of it you can, when the price drops go buy all that you can.

" I tried the demo for like 4 hours and it is grindy and unforgiving as hell.  I don't see how any of the Giantbomb guys would have the patience for it. Despite what it seems, it's pretty much just a JRPG dungeon crawler with a pain in the ass SELL A THOUSAND ITEMS OR START OVER mechanic added on.  You go to dungeons and die in like four hits.  If you die, you lose all but one item.  The rest of the time you are basically navigating menus to buy and sell lots of the same items over and over.  Every time someone wants to buy an item from you (which is often) you have to manually set the price (to simulate haggling!).  If the whole game doesn't sound like a chore, I am describing it wrong. "

This thread has a severe lack of Capitalism, ho!

I love the game. The characters are, in fact, what make it worthwhile. The shop mechanic is fun, but gets old, the dungeon crawling isn't incredibly enjoyable, but I don't regret my purchase at all.

" @Koobz said:  
 (ie. the little girl would NEVER take more than 10% markup and wouldn't even take base price when she put in an advanced order, making me ask the obvious question -- "Why can't I just tell her off so she never comes to my shop again?!") 

The game is on the front page now, if that makes any difference. How does a game end up there anyway?
 
Anyway, i quicklook would be nice, not because I want to find out more about the game but because i want to see their reaction to the game.

It reminds me of what you get if you cross an Atelier game with a Ys game. 
 
 
And I think it's charming as hell. 
 
 
 
But I don't suggest playing it on an empty stomach because I had a huge hunger for sweets after playing.

man, f a QL I think Recettear has all the making of an endurance run title. Yeah!

The Giantbomb crew needs a taste of capitalism, ho!

" The game is on the front page now, if that makes any difference. How does a game end up there anyway? "

" @Koobz said:

" I tried the demo for like 4 hours and it is grindy and unforgiving as hell.  I don't see how any of the Giantbomb guys would have the patience for it. Despite what it seems, it's pretty much just a JRPG dungeon crawler with a pain in the ass SELL A THOUSAND ITEMS OR START OVER mechanic added on.  You go to dungeons and die in like four hits.  If you die, you lose all but one item.  The rest of the time you are basically navigating menus to buy and sell lots of the same items over and over.  Every time someone wants to buy an item from you (which is often) you have to manually set the price (to simulate haggling!).  If the whole game doesn't sound like a chore, I am describing it wrong. "

You pretty much hit the nail on the head.  I enjoyed the game for the first few in-game weeks. The humor was cute and the mechanics were interesting, but it quickly became apparent that the game was nothing more than a buy low / sell high grind with a piss poor haggling mechanic (ie. the little girl would NEVER take more than 10% markup and wouldn't even take base price when she put in an advanced order, making me ask the obvious question -- "Why can't I just tell her off so she never comes to my shop again?!") and a bland dungeon crawler that felt pointless. By the time I went in and completed the second dungeon, I was already buying and selling things on the market worth ten times the value of the items found in the dungeon...   But I can see the charm and appeal the game could have for some who enjoy the grind and find the characters endearing, so all the power to them.  Edit: Whoops, I mean 10% markup not 110%. >.> "

I'd love a quick look of this. I'm still on the fence on it, but I've heard lots of good things about it.

This game definitely needs a QL to garner some awareness, and also to support the Something Awful members who translated it.

" @VelvetLore04: The description of this game being a combination of Atelier and Ys made me rush out to immediately start downloading it off of Impulse.  I hope to not be disappointed :P "