Posted on: November 12, 2020

chrlpolk
Verified ownerGames: 640 Reviews: 30
Give it time to sprout!
I played this game twice and rage quit. Then I tried it again and loved it! I grew up playing a C64 game called, "Jimmy the Self-Made Man" about a retail shop owner. Later, I played Dragon Warrior 4 on NES, and the most fun part of the game was playing Taloon's shop chapter. There aren't too many retail-based games and that's a shame, so I was excited when I saw this one! The main "problems" with this game is the meta-humor (lots of Pokemon/Angry Bird era pop culture references that I was not familiar with) and unclear mechanics. Supposedly, you are supposed to pay attention to what the buyers want and craft weapons accordingly, but I found it simpler just to spread my shop workers around, making more average weapons, and selling what I had to the highest bidders. The second "world" is killer and *spoiler* I advise waiting until you have $100k saved up, move to the next area, do all upgrades, and hire better shop workers as soon as the opportunity comes up! After that, everything practically pays for itself. Many reviewers complain about the "going through the motions" feel to the game, but you know what? That's the reality of retail.
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