This Merchant Life is a trading strategy game set in the troubled medieval kingdom of Peregrine. Turn a rickety wooden cart, two horses and a few coins into a thriving entrepreneurial triumph!
Mostly Positive
184 Steam reviews
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game works and easy to understand. a good simple merchant game.
Fun merchant sim with dynamic economics and witty writing.
A simple game but tons of fun. the combat could use an upgrade but otherwise 10/10
ถ้าเกมนี้มีภาคต่อ ผมอยากให้ภาพpixelมันลื่นไหลและละเอียดกว่านี้ ปัญหาแรกที่ผมเจอหลังจากเล่นเกมนี้คือผมเวียนหัวกับภาพที่ตัดกันชัดเจนแล้วเปลี่ยนไปเปลี่ยนบ่อยๆ ทำให้เล่นเนื่องไม่ได้
It's a goofy little game, pretty addictive game loop of traveling around and buying and selling. It's right up my alley. It's got a few bugs, for sure.
Simple repetetive fun
Fun and easy game
Very good concept yesh! Loved the progress in this game, although becomes repetative towards the end. Must say i haven't played it in a while, so it could be changed with updates.
If you're in the mood for a quirky little trading sim to sink your time into, this one’s a decent pick! I had a blast while it lasted, but there’s a little hiccup that needs fixing. I’m hoping this review gets the developers back on track to squish those annoying bugs and fix the achievement that's currently broken. The game’s a fun ride, but not being able to 100% it? Ugh, it’s the worst kind of tease for us achievement hunters!
Honestly, these bugs are so minor that I think it’d take the devs about a week to sort it all out. So, come on devs, give us that sweet fix we need!
Now, let’s talk gameplay. It’s simple but effective, enough to keep you entertained for a good week or so. The music’s got some charm but, let's be real, after a couple of hours, you’ll probably be switching it out for your own playlist. But hey, that’s what makes this game easy to play in the background while you’re grinding away. 🎶
The battle system is a bit of a head-scratcher at first, but once you crack the code—red dice = attack, green dice = defense—you’re golden. The best part? You always attack first, so stacking offense is the way to go. Easy peasy once you get the hang of it.
Achievements are fun and have that perfect balance of being simple but just tricky enough to keep you coming back for more. No difficulty achievements though, so you can ALMOST 100% the game on Relaxed mode, which means managing your battles and cart is a total joke. Except for that one broken achievement... but until it’s fixed, 100% completion is a cruel mirage.
Overall, “This Merchant Life” is a solid indie time-waster with a lot of charm. It’ll keep you entertained for a bit, but the broken achievement really leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Here’s hoping the devs patch it soon so we can all get that sweet, sweet 100%!
I’d give it a rating of 70 barrels of gold out of 128 ants who try (and fail) to trade with you. 😅
I noticed other comments and I think I know why people complain about.
It is a nice game. I like it. It is fun. But ...
I played on normal dif and it was too easy, no challange. So, I go on hard and ... it becomes a grind. It is not just harder, progression becomes more expensive, while guards that are draining your resources become more needed (as they should be, that was my main complaint with the normal dif, but for the same goals).
So, nice game, but it does feel like its normal and hard dif could use some work, one is too easy, other is grindfest, as well as some bugs that should be fixed.
Also, band you manage is nice, but ... they are resting for too long, it feels like most of the game they do nothing. And I kind of don't know what their stats do. I do not know how to optimize them, feels random.
I love the stories and events: well though out with some suprising twists and a fun challenging gameplay loop ^^
8/10
Bug ridden and not balanced
This is a lot more fun than I anticipated it would be. It is predominantly "mindless" fun in that you don't typically have to make any excruciatingly difficult decisions to progress the game or character advancement and is delectably simple and enjoyable. Recommended. It would be cool to see an expansion into another land or perhaps naval trade, or both. I would buy it.
It's 6 to 8 hours long. Expected the world to be bigger. Band management is very slow (wait until they have energy). I give 7.5 out of 10.
This game is very good. Has a good amount of playtime and is very fun.
Love this game, absolutely hooked me despite the seemingly simple gameplay
One gripe I have with the game, as many others, is that there is no real goal
and that the game turns into mindlessly following the same highest paying
routine. Also, I am unable to continue the story past chapter 15 due to never
being attacked by grey bards.
Absolutely love this game, in the end, I think if this game got a major update
or a remake, it could be one of my favorite games of all time, however, as it is
right now, it's good in the early stage, great in the middle stage, and lacking in
the late stage.
I have played this game for 3 hours. I have not gotten too deep into the story but I find the core gameplay to be extremely boring. I still have not unlocked any other regions and grinding to gain levels and reputation to continue either the story or unlock new areas is not fun. The game gives you most of what you're going to do at the beginning and then does not deepen as time goes by in any meaningful way. The fact everything feels dragged out and that I'm gaining money, experience, and reputation at a snails pace without anything interesting to do is what ultimately causes me to give this a negative review. I feel dissatisfied and that I cannot continue to just grind to actually get anywhere. I normally write longer more detailed reviews but there just isn't enough here with how slow unlocking things is.
This is a pretty good trading sim... it feels a bit slow and grindy, but fun enough for the price.
Game doesn't run in a window. It is like it was programmed by Mayans back in 1500s.
Not bad to spend a few hours in, but then it gets very repetitive.
I just fired up this game for the first time, and I really don't have an opinion on it yet, but I do have a problem. Putting it into "Windowed Mode" replaces the game screen with the White Splash Screen for the Devs and locks there. I can either click "Close" on the "Now Windowed Game" or hit alt-Enter, and return it to fullscreen, where it then returns to working.
What is wrong with playing in a window? Kinda crap for a game that's been out since 2019 to have this problem.
Not a trading game beyond like. having trade in it.
Game is all about completing missions which will pay more than all but the most perfect of trades.
Probably one of the most charming grind games i've ever played. The graphic, music, game mechanics, the writing sprinkled with comedy and the huge amount of random events and encounters make this game a very enjoyable experience to me. Kudos to the devs!
Cute game. Good alternative to the "I only play RPGs so I can pretend it's an economy simulator" mode I've been finding myself in.
A casual, buy-low sell-high game. Earn money and gain xp thru various activities to unlock more skills and areas of trade, upgrades, etc.
The real fun and charm of this game is in the flavor text and dialog as you interact with events, build rapport with myriad NPCs, and engage in the story campaign of conspiracies and intrigue.
Plus there's a doge.
muito divertido
A really great game! A few minor bugs, but if you're looking for something very chill, with solid progression this is it.
It's okay I guess. I wouldn't buy it unless at significant discount. Might be worth it if you're into hardcore story based rpgs, but the gameplay loop is too simplistic imo
First of all, this game has a buggy achievement (World Tour), so you won't be able to reach 100% completion.
I started playing this game in 2020 and had some fun, but it felt a bit grindy because the profit margin was really low. As a result, I didn't finish the campaign.
I came back and restarted playing this game in 2023 with the goal of completing all the achievements. As I delved deeper into the gameplay, I discovered that settlements not only have low, normal, and high prices for different products, but also within settlements with low prices, there is a variety of prices (for example, super low prices in settlements where products are produced). I started tracking the different prices, and it added an interesting and balanced element to the merchant simulation.
During my first playthrough, I rushed too much and didn't pay much attention to the road and exploration events. These events add depth to the game, and if you pay attention, they can help you or at least not harm you.
Nice additional features in the game are:
- You can acquire guild houses if you have enough reputation, which adds different global bonuses.
- You can hire heroes, and each hero has a special buff.
However, some of the features in the game are pretty useless or don't contribute much:
- The combat in this game is kind of boring and doesn't add much to the overall experience. Fortunately, you can auto-resolve most of the fights.
- You can produce products in some settlements if you have the right goods, but the production is limited, and the profit margin is not very high.
- You can buy a house in this game, which does nothing but spend money and grant you an achievement.
- The storage in guild houses wasn't particularly handy for me.
I guess a normal first playthrough for this game would end with around 20-30 hours of playtime. The additional playtime for me came because I tried to get every achievement, only to find out that one achievement is buggy, and I wasted the additional time. This is also the main reason why I do not recommend the game.
Great trading game. Similar to Merchant of the Skies.
This would have done better as a mobile game, but as a PC game, there's not much meat to it. Lots of grinding with bodyguards taking too much funds too quickly, I found myself going without any to max out my cart upgrades before going through the story. Not looking forward to grinding more so I can raise heroes for that 10 stat unit to progress further. Granted, deaths only drain money, but it's time loss of failed quests and ambushes that turned me off. Even getting it on sale for 3 bucks didn't really do it for me. I hope Showrunner brings more to the table in terms of creativity, and it looks very promising, but if you're not fond of Dope Wars-like gameplay with some RPG elements, sit this one out.
it's bugging, it's always show me start screen when i do something,
example, when i start new game/ load game, it is show me a start screen then when back to normal its is really annoying
Bought it on discount however the game is deeper then I thought
Just the campaign + sidestuff is fun and its a typical ONE MORE TURN kind of game
So try it out and form your own opinion
very grindy an repetitive, it becomes a chore to play fast if you actually want to progress
black screen - game does not start
i like everything else but the combat is foreign arcanary to me. I try and move troops to reninforce a side. i expect to be able to do this. and im disallowed. Thanks game. also why is there no leg it button? im a merchant not a fight. why cant i run.
Fun, balanced, and well-designed. All you need from a trading sim, plus some fun RPG elements and a lot of replayability.
:steamthumbsup:
Şehirler arası seyahat edip ticaret yapabildiğiniz bir oyun. koruma tutarak kendinizi ve mallarınızı kurtlardan ve eşkıyalardan korumanız gerekiyor. şehirlere bağışlar yaparak popülerliğinizi artırıyorsunuz. seviye atladıkça ticaret ve savaş için gerekli becerilerinizi artırıyorsunuz. savaşlar otomatik atlanabiliyor, sadece yeterli koruma bulundurduğunuzdan emin olun. karşınıza çıkan eventlere göre kişiliğiniz de gelişiyor. kişilik özelliklerine göre bazı özellikler geliyor. şehirlerde popülerlik artınca depolama alanları açabiliyorsunuz. ilerledikçe haritada başka gidebildiğiniz şehirler de açılıyor. zaman zaman bazı ürünler bazı şehirlerde pahalı ya da ucuz oluyor, dilerseniz onları kovalayabilir, dilerseniz de görevleri yaparak para kazanabilirsiniz. sanıyorum ki en çok alıp sattığınız eşyaya göre title alıyorsunuz. mesela ben silah tüccarı oldum. bi takım özellik verdi.
önerim: karavan depolama alanını geliştirebildiğiniz kadar geliştirin. karavanı sık sık tamir edin. maksimum sayıda koruma tutun. gerisi kolay zaten.
confusing :(
for some reason this game gives me anxiety every time i move locations 6/10
This game feels like an oldschool flash game with more substance to it. I got it for ~$3 and think its a fair price. I wouldnt buy it for $11 BUT its not a bad game. Theres a lot of love that went into the writing and graphics and the gameplay is nice and relaxing.
My big issue is im playing on normal difficulty for my first playthough and the combat seems extremely unforgiving. if 1 single wolf attacks your caravan you can lost 50% or more of all your items and do massive damage to your caravan, to some points where you might as well start over
É um jogo com uma ideia diferente. A maioria se trata de um herói que tem que salvar o mundo, aqui não, você é apenas um cara que "quer fazer um dinheiro". Contrata seguranças, compra pelo melhor preço, vendo por preços maiores... É muito legal ver um jogo aplicar a lei de oferta e demanda, você planejar as rotas, saber quais cidade vendem ou tem falta de determinado produto, melhorar seu transporte, melhorar as habilidades como mercador, visitar cidades, conhecer pessoas e explorar pontos turísticos de cada lugar... sem contar os eventos casuais que você se depara nos caminhos. Achei a experiência muito divertida, não é um jogo de ação, mas a exploração e a aventura são bem legais.
Muita coragem e inovação em fazer um jogo desses, gostei bastante.
절대 구매하지 마세요.
도전 과제도 갱신 안되고, 게임 엔딩도 못 보는 게임.
스크린샷도 못 찍는 똥겜.
사막지역 마지막 도시에 도착해 밀린 퀘스트를 깨고 나니 게임에 버려졌다.
이게 끝인가?
영어 못해서 그냥 스킵했는데, 퀘스트도 더 없고 나 혼자 게임 내에서 무지성으로 돈만 벌었다.
친구도 다 해금하고 친분 쌓으려는데 일정 부분 이상부터는 지금 못한다고 계속 그러고, INTEL은 사도사도 뭐 해금도 안되고.
뭐 하는 게임인지 모르겠다.
It's alright
Surprisingly addictive.
Easy-ish to start, hard to master.
Very fun, good for offline.
Fun, simple, challenging at times. A casual experience that would be an idle game, but fortunately it isn't.
Do you know what is inexplicable in this game?the devs do not fixed the grafic issue that happens with some players for months, i really wanna play this game,but how?
I cannot start the games as it will not load past the select a background for your player screen. Once you hit begin it just goes black.
I have reinstalled the game 3x times and reset it a dozen, still no change.
Will wait to see if theres a patch or i am getting a refund.
A nice game. The 'pay your father's debt'-scenario provides intense 'earn enough money to pay next rate'-situations and you have to optimize routes regarding trading and mission accomplishment. The various encounters and events are well thought out. And the game has a nice tough of subtle humor :) Recommended!
Çok ucuz ama sarmadı.
Un jeu de gestion très original! La musique est cool, les graphismes sont tout mignons, et surtout l'univers est très bien construit (qqchose que j'aurais jamais cru dire un jour sur un jeu de gestion.) Mon seul reproche, c'est que la police de caractère utilisée est absolument illisible. Je sais pas pourquoi, mais à chaque fois qu'un pavé de texte apparait,je n'arrive jamais à le lire en entier.
Good
Good Game
Simple game with a bit to learn at first, and a sarcastic sense of humor. Originally it looked a bit complex getting started, but it does a good job easing you into the main gameplay with both the campaign and starting areas. Progressing through the game feels like a completely earned achievement, as you have to manage many aspects of the buying and selling process. Where do you buy your stock? Where do you sell them? What can you do in between to make ends meet? It all comes together for a surprisingly satisfying and lore-rich world that you can explore at your leisure.
Just remember to bring enough guards, those roads aren't exactly safe.
Un juego de comercio puro , vas de punto "A" a punto "B" para intercambiar bienes y sacar redito de ello. Con lo que recaudas, podes mejorar tu carreta para llegar mas rapido y contratar guardaespaldas o heroes para combatir cuando sos asaltado o si una mision requiere pelear.
Hay bastantes eventos, pero por lo menos en la primera fase se siente un poco repetitivo, el sistema de combate es particularmente entretenido, pero no por ser excelente, sino por ser diferente.
La historia de la campaña no es una obra de arte, sino mas bien safa.
Hay en el medio la gestión de una banda, pero me parece que esta agregado por que podían y no por que fue pensado desde un inicio.
Es mas bien un juego para tenerlo de segundo plano, e ir realizando las quest de a poco. con un lofi y un cafe va como trompada.
I love being able to just get on this game and play. Super relaxing and chill game
Tout a commencé par un "Pourquoi pas?" en voyant ce jeu qui ne payait pas de mine, et dont le concept semblait assez classique, à un prix si bas. Moins de 3€ en promotion, on peut se permettre de tenter.
Et au final, un jeu très prenant, duquel il m'a été difficile de décoller.
Les graphismes : assez simplistes, ils font néanmoins le taf et ne sont pas déplaisants à regarder.
La langue : alors ce jeu est uniquement en anglais, et comme il est truffé de blagounettes et d'énigmes, il est conseillé de se débrouiller correctement dans cette langue, au risque de répondre de travers ou de ne pas comprendre ce à quoi on s'engage au détour d'une conversation. Les plaisanteries ne sont tout de même pas dignes d'un Pratchett, mais devraient faire au moins sourire la plupart de ceux qui les liront.
On peut regretter l'absence de traduction dans d'autres langues, mais mieux vaut un jeu de ce genre non traduit que mal traduit, car cela nuirait à son utilisation.
Le jeu en lui même : il commence tout en douceur (en tout cas en mode normal, je n'ai pas testé les autres), et ajoute petit à petit des couches de complexité.
Cela permet de le prendre en main sans se retrouver immédiatement noyé.
Cela n'empêche pas de faire des erreurs stratégiques (^^) mais pour ces dernières, on ne peut s'en prendre qu'à soit-même. La plupart des choix ont une conséquence logique, même si le hasard semble intervenir parfois.
En mode normal, vous être un pauvre marchand solitaire (enfin accompagné de deux adorables chevaux obligés de supporter vos monologues), essayant d'éponger une dette qui lui ruine le sommeil. Hélas, les temps sont durs pour tout le monde et les routes que vous parcourez sur votre minable charrette brinquebalante sont tout sauf sûres.
Néanmoins, toutes les rencontres ne sont pas néfastes, et viendra un temps où vous serez en mesure d'engager des gardes, et même des héros, pour protéger votre vie et vos marchandises.
Vous allez devoir optimiser vos déplacements entre les produits en vente qui prendront de la place et ralentiront votre carriole, tout en attirant les convoitises, le temps passé pour faire le trajet, plus ou moins long selon l'état des routes et la taille de votre chargement, les quêtes que vous aurez éventuellement prises et qui vous demanderont de prendre certaines routes ou d'aller dans une ville précise.
Vous devrez jongler entre la vitesse de votre véhicule, son état général, la taille de votre chargement, la sécurité assurée par vos gardes (et les améliorations de votre carriole) et votre capacité à rester discret.
Les quêtes sont du type "gagner contre un type d'attaquant sur une route précise" ou "aller de A vers B (avec retour éventuel en A pour finaliser)" ou encore "visiter A, B et C pour trouver un truc, à ramener à la ville de départ".
Concept très simple donc. Mais voilà, vous disposez d'un nombre de jour limité pour chaque quête, et la route est longue. Surtout si vous vous êtes chargé comme un âne dans l'espoir de faire des profits sur le trajet, ce qui en plus augmentera vos chances de faire de mauvaises rencontres.
Et comme le/la/les concepteur/s du jeu sont d'un naturel sadique, les trajets sont exprimés en heures et visibles uniquement de la ville où vous vous trouvez vers les villes à côté. Impossible de savoir combien de temps pour faire A vers B puis C dès le départ. Et vous n'imaginez pas en plus combien il est peu naturel de traduire des heures en jours. Vous finirez forcément par rater une quête ou deux à peu de temps près, mais après tout, vous n'aviez qu'à calculer correctement et tenir compte de l'heure qu'il est!
En dehors de vos déboires de marchand, vous vous retrouverez embarqué dans des luttes d'influence, et une mystérieuse conspiration. Je ne vous en dirais pas plus, car elle est toujours très mystérieuse pour moi! ^^
Quoi dire d'autre? J'ai certes regretté de ne pas pouvoir choisir le sexe de mon marchand, mais comme j'ai pu choisir le nom de mes chevaux, je leur pardonne! :p
Dans les mécanismes de jeu intéressants, il y a l'habituelle gestion des talents, mais vous devrez aussi choisir quel genre de personnalité vous avez (à la création puis en fonction de vos choix lors d'interactions avec des PNJ), ce qui se traduira par des caractéristiques qui évolueront. Serez vous calme, brave, malin par exemple?
Selon vos caractéristiques fortes ou faibles, les héros que vous recruterez vous aimeront plus ou moins. Et il est préférable qu'une personne en charge de votre sécurité vous aime, n'est ce pas?
Par contre, gare à ces héros : ils coûtent cher à l'achat et cher à l'entretien, alors n'oubliez pas de toujours prévoir à long terme, et de ne pas engager trop de dépenses en même temps, au risque de voir vos troupes déserter au plus mauvais moment.
Pour conclure, je ne regrette pas mon investissement, et même à plein tarif, ce jeu vaut la peine.
Le seul reproche que j'aurai à lui faire, c'est que j'ai du mal à m'arrêter, car vous êtes toujours "en train de faire quelque chose", et j'ai toujours envie de faire encore un petit truc...ah mince, il est déjà cette heure là...? Oh misère...
Vous êtes prévenus. ;)
PS : j'ai failli oublier : en plus des amis que vous vous ferez de-ci de-là, dont certains plutôt excentriques, vous pouvez devenir le manager d'un groupe de musique. Ok, on peut se demander ce que cet ovni fait dans un jeu de ce genre, mais au final, on s'amuse à gérer le groupe, à chaque fois qu'on repasse par la ville où ils sont installés à ce moment, et cela rajoute au jeu, sans nuire au reste. Il faut aussi avouer qu'entre le nom du groupe qui peut être...discutable, et leurs inénarrables chansons à texte, les clins d’œil sont nombreux
Edited:
first of all - minimal requirements won't let you run this game.
I have tried it on those requirements and it did not work.
As soon as I have installed it on a stronger laptop (not one to run cyberpunk though) it started with no problems
The game:
just a recreational game where you can move from town to town, sell and buy stuff
it has some extra things, like missions, fights, upgrades, buildings, band, but generally its a merchant simulator (guess looking at the title)
If you need just a slow peaceful game its just for you. No rush. slow pace. easy.
The graphics:
the standard for an indie game is 'pixelation'. and yes, we have pixels. lovely.
Ths sounds:
Well, since previous encounters with the game left me with only sounds, I skipped this and run this in silent mode.
Previous entry:
Looks good, doesnt work.
the screen goes black after char creation (or freezes when in window mode)
Feature creep? No depth. The interface is always a clusterpuck, a million things on your face at all times, all for no discernible gameplay purpose. Not to mention the clicks go through popups, clicking things behind them and making an even bigger mess. The main gameplay loop is: Get a mission, for the mission you have to move X towns, for every single move you'll compare merchandise between towns to buy and sell. Just a chore. Plus all the other mechanics around for I don't know what, won't stick around to find out.
A shame, idea was great, but needed a more solid approach to the main game before adding tons of features.
If your looking for something that will not hurt your brain or hold too much attention but scratch the ... look, trading and stuff itch, this is a good fit for the price (2.74$ on sale).
kaliteli
i dont really like the game but for those that have ♥♥♥♥ pc or laptop this is fine
I am loving it!
Though I have no clue how the hell fighting works. It's really weird and seems sorta unbalanced...
Sadly fighting wasn't shown in the Tutorial and I still am very confused after a few manual fights. I lost all of them. Even those I could've auto-resolved as difficulty "Very Easy".
재밋는데 내가 제대로 하고잇는지 모르겟음 ㅋㅋㅋ
2/10
Показалась крайне унылой, не зашло.
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It's exactly what you think it is. You go from town to town buying and selling goods, while encountering all sorts of things in between. You upgrade your caravan, hire guards, and progress a story. The writing is well done and witty, and the leveling/progression is exactly what it needs to be. Ultimately, this game is perfect if you know what to expect!
Steam says I played 30+ hours but I'm pretty sure it's over 50h...anyway, I finished the campaign and still have 2 heroes to unlock. Here's what I think about the game thus far:
PROS
great story - the campaign is not your average ''hero'' saves the kingdom, but you still play a major role in orchestration all of it
great music and art - you constantly watch an animated pixel map and, the animation box on the left while you travel changes according to characters you have on board, cart upgrades, climate and regions.
the writing style is funny and clever
the band management system is very original and adds new flavour to the constant buy/sell system
lots of events on the road and at the settlements
the heroes events and conversation are amusing and very rich
the combat has it's own mechanics and takes time to get used to but the learning curve is fun in itself
yeah it can be grindy - at the beginning it's actually exciting even though you are running a negative balance and cannot pay enough mercenaries to protect you. The game will provide you with some quests that does not required combat so you can earn back your wealth..unless you get attacked on the road defenceless...I don't know if I was just addicted at that point or discovered to be very resilient myself xD
CONS
the combat system could use some more strategy mechanics, a lot is based on luck or you get the same scenario over and over again. It would be nice to have more enemy variety, perhaps even in the same combat.
I wish there were more ways to personalise the cart and skills to unlock. Also, the guild, it just serves as storage basically. Maybe adding other elements to it would make it more worth acquiring various guilds throughout the kingdom.
Ok, the really grindy part is the money obviously, and after you reach 50K you still are not close paying for a house. Is this supposed to emulate real life? Because if so it does it very well....housing is crazy expensive and at the end it may not be worth it :,D
I will get back sometime to reach the 100K or 250K for a house...hopefully there will be some cool stuff included :)
In summary...I would definitely recommend the game to someone who likes trading strategy games. I found just the campaign itself to be worth the price, but you still get 2 other modes to play.
[h1]荷馬車でチマチマと地道に商売を続け、最後にはビッグビジネスに昇り詰める。ゲームではありません。[/h1]
見た目が地味なんで、勝手にそんなゲームかと思ってましたが・・・
実際は荷物を運んで差額を儲けても、せいぜい数十円にしかなりません。メインは「何日以内にあの町まで木材を２０個持って行ってくれ」みたいなお使いになります。これなら一回数千円になり、また町内の評価も上がるので一石二鳥です。
で、小銭ができたら傭兵を雇って賞金稼ぎ。が一番儲かるかと。
一応メインストーリー終了まで４０時間は楽しませていただきましたが、そんなわけで、チマチマゲームを期待すると残念な結果になりますのでお気を付けください。
No way to see the average price you've paid for an item after purchase, basically requires you to take notes or have a great memory
I consider this feature a requirement for a fun trading game, gonna have to pass
I have a problem that plenty of other players have had as well: After we choose our characters, the screen goes black and nothing happens. I have installed and uninstalled but that changes nothing. Pls help I want to play
Underrated little gem.
I jumped on this because of the huge sale and generally liking merchant type games. I fired it up to mess around with before launching into a game I was more excited to check out. But before long I decided that other game can wait.
I wasn't sure whether it was fun at first. Like many books with a slow start, it got a lot more fun as I kept going. Gameplay is varied and deep enough to keep it interesting. The writing is very good, giving a nice charm to the game and making you feel like you're playing a character. There's riddles, choose-your-own-adventure aspects, and good strategic combat in addition to playing the markets. There is an option to autoplay the combat, but I never have. I think combat is fun. There are regular fighters and then heroes which can level up and add additional story and benefits to your playthrough. After all these hours I feel like I've barely scratched the surface of unlocking places, skills, abilities, characters and merchant options.
The game doesn't allow save scumming. There are multiple save slots, but once you start a game you can only "save & exit" so it's permadeath. But losing in combat doesn't mean it's game over. You have 3 hearts and losing depletes one, which you can have healed for money. You'll also have to repair, replace fighters & heroes, and pay more in lost morale. But it's not hard to make money.
I've put 12.1 hours into this game across 2 sessions in 2 days. Normally I'm playing Rimworld, but I'll be in this for a while. Great game if you can give it a chance (it's a bit different) and get into it. This is worth the full price if you like merchant type games. If you don't know, it's worth a shot!
Apparently I bought this game a long time ago, refunded, but Steam still wants me to review it.
Let's see, what can I say but.. a cheaper alternative is to take a blunt knife and try peeling your skin off. It'll be slow, painful and you'll wonder why you're doing it. Kinda like this game.
So yeah, don't buy it.
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Not for the graphicaly demaning player, but oh so full of charm and wounderfull humor!
The basic gameplay is very simple to grasp, buy low, sell high. But there is suprising depth behind it once you get into it.
The combat is a bit lack luster though and it's not very intuitive. It takes some getting the hang of and can be very punishing befor you understand it.
Over all though, the atomsphere, the humor and the briliant writing allways brings a smile to my face and the hours just fly by... Just one more trip...
Hi~
After I picked my char's background, the game starts acting funny. Sound effect for next scene is working alright, but the screen got stuck (later crashed). Please help!
Win8 DirectX11
Oregon Trail meets Escape Velocity in a fantasy setting, in an extremely satisfying way.
Key takeaways:
-Simple but satisfying gameplay loops.
-Not a game I'll binge, but one I'll likely return to in short bursts for a while. Felt like I got my money's worth.
-[u]If you don't like "buy low sell high" simple-style trading you will probably not enjoy this game[/u]
-Limited character customization and as you progress, cart customization through unlocks. Always love some dress-up/aesthetics options in games :)
-Main campaign took about 10 hours of play, but there are no wasted moments in that time. Despite travel taking in-game calendar time it's almost instantaneous in terms of [i]play[/i] time, so 10 hours represents essentially 10 hours of me making decisions and actively interacting, without the down time for travel/loading/etc a lot of games introduce. In addition to the campaign there's an alternate-campaign style of play "Payback" and a sandbox mode which I have not checked out. I don't expect surprises from the Payback gameplay, as I've done the "climb out of debt as the story" trading game before, but I appreciate that they included it as another campaign to have, and will play through it at some point.
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I found this game to be extremely refreshing. I feel like lately there's been such a focus for a lot of games, even indie games, on having every mechanic be part of some revolutionary mind blowing new gaming experience that will forever change the way you blah blah blah, rather than on whether or not it's [i]fun[/i].
This game is definitely not that. I was not kidding when I described it as Oregon Trail meets Escape Velocity, but it goes a bit beyond that. It feels like a lot of classic trading and travel games because it takes what the classics got right as its basis. The interface is clear, the graphics are fun, the story and world+character development is text based, but chunked up into bit size pieces and easily skippable.
This is not a massive resource management or super complex economy simulator, or some open world 8x the size of North America, but it doesn't need to be. It has a variety of simple mechanics that you're looping through in overlapping ways, that were clearly play-tested and revised until they were polished and worked smoothly, and they all fit together into a cohesive whole extremely well.
In this game, you don't stack the deck against yourself and see how hard a challenge you can overcome, you progress through a world and a story, growing your character. A limited amount of aesthetic customization brought in from cart upgrades, and the ability to reskin your merchant, along with a basic leveling system with unlocks, lets you feel a sense of investment and growth, again without needing to be boundlessly deep.
I would probably describe this game best as being "Refined". Simple, clean, in itself not a new idea, but done with a precision and talent that should demand respect. The developer clearly understood both what they wanted, and what made the type of game they wanted enjoyable. It's unfortunately rare to see a game demonstrate understanding how restrictions can be used as a [b]positive[/b], and that understanding is also often the thing that can push a larger project from good to amazing. I will definitely be keeping an eye out for any new games Inexplicable Games puts out in the future.
About what you might expect from a merchant simulator. Thankfully the game is designed in such a way that even if you become broke you can still get back on your feet in fairly short order by running errands between cities, so you always have a way forward.
Aside from the occasional typo, I was happy to see the game uses good writing, with a light-hearted, comedic style. Here's a few excerpts that made me smile:
['Maybe this healing business isn't so hard after all!' the trainee exclaims, spinning happily and almost elbowing you in the face.]
[There is an air of reverence in the Museum of Weaponry. There is an entire wing dedicated to the Bardiche, a particularly nasty looking polearm weapon. You wander back into the sunlight blinking several hours later, having successfully navigated the most dangerous gift shop ever devised.]
상인 인생
상인이 되어 여러 도시를 돌아다니는 게임입니다.
도시에 들려서 상품들을 구매하여 다른 도시에서 판매를 하고
이를 통해 수익을 내면서 마차를 강화하여 더 많은 물품을 실어가서
더 많이 더 비싸게 판매하는 방식이죠.
초기에는 거래만으로 수익을 내기 어렵기 때문에
도시에서 수령가능한 미션들을 받아서 수행하는 것이 좋습니다.
호위, 물품 운송, 조사 등의 간단한 미션들도 존재하고
도시 사이의 늑대나 도적 등을 토벌하는 미션들도 존재하죠.
토벌 미션의 경우에는 호위병들의 고용을 해야만 정상적으로 수행가능합니다.
호위병은 도시에서 고용할 수 있으며 이들은 매일 돈을 주면서 계약을 유지할 수 있습니다.
도시 사이를 이동하다가 도적을 마주하거나 토벌 미션에서 전투를 진행하는데,
간단하게 동서남북에 호위병을 배치하고 전투 턴이 되면
기본능력 + 주사위의 눈을 합쳐서 더높으면 적들을 처치할 수 있는 방식이죠.
숫자가 적거나 같으면 처치가 실패하고 역으로 당할 수 있으니 주의!
도시 방문, 거래, 미션 등 게임을 진행하다보면 경험치를 얻어 성장이 가능하고
이를 통해서 스킬들을 배울 수 있고 일정 레벨이 되면 잠긴 기능의 언락도 가능하죠.
그에 따라 더 많은 상품의 거래가 가능해지고 마차의 최고 강화도 상승하게 되죠.
아쉬운 점
-구매 가격/ 판매 가격 등을 비교할 수 있는 가계부같은 기능도 있었으면...
-초반부가 지나면 단순 반복형이 되어 지루할 수 있음
Alright, TLDR is Merchant Life worth Playing? Yes. A resounding yes.
Long(Er) Version. I have honestly lowkey always looked for a game like this. And It is perfect in most every way. The Writing? Funny. Cute. Wholesome. And your choices mostly matter. Through the randomly cycling economic world in the same kingdom you feel like every second counts, even when its partially turn based.
My ONLY complaint, is it feels like there are only a handful of events, and very little availability (To my knowledge) for the community to add their own content.
It is fun, and a real rewarding experience in my opinion, and will be staying in my library for a long time to come.
You just weren't that good. I felt like you were going to be more of an economy and travel focused game with a merchant focus. You weren't really that. I'm not sure what you were. I've had better random side quests and side mechanics in other games that do the same thing you do, but better. The fact you tried to make a game centered around something, and then didn't centre it around that, and in fact centred it around seemingly nothing, is impressive. But you don't get points for bad game design. Sorry lads. 3/10.
Fun for maybe 30 minutes then it just becomes a repetitive grindfest.
Very good and original game with great potential. I like this game just for the concept. Relaxing and funny. You're just a small trader in debt from the start (story line), then you start playing and u see when you try it. This game is sufficiently taken care of by the creator or developer or owner (IDK, what word in English it is the correct word). Many bugs are already fixed and many are waiting to be fixed. But this game is moving forward and I'm going with it.
Get rich by trading while fending off bandits with unruly guards in a pimped out caravan. Can get grindy but unexpected roleplaying elements and a quirky sense of humour keep the game interesting. Fun.
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I really wanted to love this game. After playing for a couple of hours and trying a few different difficulties, I found the game-play to be just flat.
In campaign mode there's supposedly strategy to employ, however it feels more random than calculated.
real fun
Die Simulation für den Händler im Mittelalter.
Das Spiel ist eine recht umfangreiche Simulation für den fliegenden Händler im Mittelalter. Auf einer Insel mit 16 Ortschaften transportiert man mit seinem Karren (anfangs) bis zu 9 Waren von Ale bis Wool. Mit dem Gewinn baut man seinen Karren in 4 Eigenschaften aus (Ladekapazität, Sicherheit, Geschwindigkeit, Verdeck). In den Ortschaften gibt es jeweils unterschiedliche NAchfrage und Angebote sowie häufig kleine Geschichten zu erleben. Diese Geschichten machen eigentlich das Spiel aus. Meist liest man eine Geschichte in 1-2 Minuten und muss dann eine von 2-3 Antworten geben. Je nach Antwort wird das Profil des Händlers bestimmt: Bestraft man ein Kind, dass einem einen Apfel gestohlen hat oder lässt man es laufen? Je nachdem gibt es Punkte für Eigenschaften (Mut, Barmherzigkeit, Gelassenheit, Mystik etc.) und für den Ruf in der jeweiligen Ortschaft. In jeder Ortschaft kann man auch Missionen annehmen, die fast immer nach Motto "Gehe nach A [dann nach B ] [erledige dort dies] [und komme wieder her]" verlaufen. Dafür gibts dann Geld und Erfahrungspunkte.
Unterwegs wird man gelegentlich (oder häufig wenn man eine entsprechende Mission annimmt) überfallen. Die Kämpfe sind recht simpel und haben einen hohen Glücksfaktor. Man kann wenige Söldner anheuern, die 4 Werte haben: Angriff, Verteidigung, Leben und Platzierungspunkte (manchmal auch noch eine Spezial-Fähigkeit). Im Kampf platziert man seine Söldner in den Sektoren, die angegriffen werden. dort werden dann die Kampf-Werte aller Söldner zusammen gezählt und mit nem Würfel von 1-3 ergänzt. Dieser Wert wird gegen die Verteidigung der Gegner in dem Sektor plus einem Würfelwert von 1-3 gerechnet. Es gilt also eigentlich nur, eine Überzahl zu haben. Nach einem erfolgreichen Kampf gibts Beute und Erfahrungspunkte. Nach einer Niederlage verliert man evtl. einen von drei Lebenspunkten und reichlich Warenvorrat. Tipp dazu: wenns mies laufen sollte einfach ALT+F4 und den letzten Spielstand laden. Der Spielstand ist ein Rogue-Save, man kann also nicht dauernd neu anfangen sondern muss mit den Konsequenzen leben.
Mit Erfahrungspunkten kann man dann verschiedene Fähigkeiten des Händlers freischalten und auf jeweils 4 Stufen erhöhen, z.B. das man mehr Söldner anheuern kann. Oder mehr Missionen gleichzeitig bekommt. Oder Kosten für den Ausbau des Karrens senkt. Oder mehr Waren da sind.
Gute Englisch-Kenntnisse sollte man schon haben, wenn man die ganzen Geschichten verstehen und daraus Nutzen ziehen will. Bei richtigen Rätsel-Antworten winken halt Belohungen in Form von Geld oder Erfahrungspunkten. Die Texte sind sehr kurzweilig geschrieben und lassen einen häufig schmunzeln. Beispiel: "Bei einer Rast stellst Du fest, dass Waren vom Karren fehlen. Deine Pferde kannst Du schlecht einschätzen, aber Deine Wachen sehen alle vertrauenswürdig aus. Würden sie stehlen? NAtürlich würden sie das, wenn ihre Hufe sie nicht so ungeschickt machen würden." Mit solchen Wortspielen und Wendungen hat man öfter zu tun.
Zu Anfang ist man auf zwei Provinzen (mit je 4-5 ortschaften) beschränkt, die anderen beiden muss man wohl durch Passierscheine freischalten, die mir aber noch nicht angeboten wurden.
Als Nachteil ist der recht zähe Aufstieg zu nennen. Nach 10 Stunden Spielzeit bin ich Level 5, habe alle Fähigkeiten aber noch auf Stufe 1. Mein Karren kann 44 Einheiten ziehen (anfangs 20) aber richtig viel verdienen tu ich nicht. Die Kosten für die Söldner nagen am Geldbeutel und ich habe immer nur so 200-2000 Münzen. Ich musste laut lachen als mir ein Haus angeboten wurde. Für 500.000 Münzen. FÜNF HUNDERT TAUSEND. Keine Ahnung, ob das auch wieder einer dieser Witze sein sollte.
Man bekommt auf jeden Fall ordentlich Spielzeit fürs Geld. Die Grafik finde ich unter aller Sau und verstehe nicht warum man auf so minimalistische Weise versucht besonders auszusehen. Musik und Athmosphäre sind jedenfalls sehr gut und stimmig.
I love this game, the art is gorgeous and the writting too !
A silly little game about being a merchant with an engaging enough gameplay and a pretty funny story that doesn't fail to make me smile.
I do enjoy the game, some of the UI is a bit clunky, figuring what is buying high in the next location, back and forth hovering over the towns is a bit of a pain. But overall I am enjoying the game and the riddles :)
とても丁寧に作られているゲーム。
交易ゲーム好きにおすすめ。
中世を舞台に、馬車をアップグレードしながら交易。
特筆すべきは、たくさんのイベントだろう。
道中や街で、多くのイベントに突き当たる。
テキストと選択肢によるものだが、その多くにそれぞれのドット絵がつきその雰囲気がとてもよい。
戦闘はシンプル、スピーディーで単純でありながら、組み合わせなどの思考も要しそこそこ楽しめる。
キャンペーンのストーリーも悪くない。
その他に、楽団の経営や、生産ギルドの運営などもある。
まったりと楽しむのにおすすめできる。
I hated the UI, not gonna lie. It felt like looking at a mobile game. Giant buttons, can't drag anything around, no resolution over 1080p... It doesn't seem optimized for PCs.
Enjoyable. A bit light on content but rather good while you learn the ropes. Campaign is neatly folded into the game. "end game" (after finishing the campaign) exists but is horribly slow.
Pretty fun game as you have to be a money grubbing j- ahem need to make money in every way possible to pay of that damn debt.
I really like trading games, but this is just really average. Not terrible, but not great, at all.
I wanted to like this game as I'm the ideal target market for this game having played and enjoyed trading adventure games all my life. Sadly upon loading up the game there were a few issues I had which made me refund this product after a short time of playing. Firstly the graphics are extremely block style and simple, which usually I don't mind, but visually I find this game difficult to look at and play with for a long period. The real deal breaker for me was how clunky and slow the game moved on my particular laptop. I have a fairly basic laptop but should meet the minimum requirements for this type of game and according to the store, but when the cart was moving along the road it was extremely jerky and hence I couldn't stand watching this game and had to refund it. My personal preference for this type of game is Merchants of Kaidan which looks FAR better, has great lore and quests, is challenging enough and interesting in its developing gameplay. This game feels bland in comparison. My rating is therefore only 2/10 - avoid! Another game that's cheap for a reason.
i mean for a $5 game, you get what you get.
the game is basically you go from one location to another buying low and selling high. you can take on contracts instead that are either bring a thing there, pick a thing up then bring it back, search for a thing in 3 locations, or go and fight a group on the road to there. suffice to say, the game is incredibly repetitive. theres a story that was interesting, but sadly as much as i would love to know whats been up with the cultists, the game gets a bit boring pretty fast.
the combat is a neat concept. i could not for the life of me tell you how it works though. theres dice rolls involved and i could not figure out the pattern.
all in all, if this game is around $5. yah sure pick it up. might give you a few hours of fun. otherwise.....meh?
Awesome!
TLDR:
I got around 20 hours of gameplay so far and there's still more to discover. It's a ten dollar game. there's a lot of interesting features and fresh concepts so if you're into rogue-lites and resource trading games wrapped in fun pixel art and quaint music, than this is one I'd recommend.
The Gritty:
This game IS pretty fun, it has some funny dialogue and implements a several interesting concepts well. The early game is pretty challenging at normal difficulty, especially if you don't know what you're doing. The main campaign is funny enough to keep you laughing into the early late game but doesn't quite pull off getting you to the deeper secrets of the game.
My favorite feature of the game is probably the band. Eventually you're given the option to run a troupe of bards and you can take them around the continent and make them perform to gain fame and possible fortune for you or have them do odd jobs and earn you a little extra cash passively. Sadly, they need a little more tuning because right now I've beaten the game in both modes and they've barely even become known in the first town.
Unfortunately the game falls off really hard in the late game. For instance, eventually you have the option to buy town houses, but most of them cost 50k+ and the only thing they do is provide a flat boost to reputation. The problem with this is that by the point in the game you have 50K to waste on a building that literally does nothing else besides reputation your merchant will already have maxed it out by buying the ridiculously cheaper town buildings that provide a weekly reputation boost (3k for the best version). I think this could be easily remedied by making the town houses have hints to the secret areas in the cities or by being able to buy furniture and upgrades for the house, or making it so that your bards can only stay in towns with the town house. the houses could also provide bonus' for the bards because you're essentially their sponsor/manager.
The other huge problem is combat. At first it's pretty hard, especially if you're facing multiple enemies, because you have to defend all sides of the caravan. and if even one side loses you lose the entire battle. This can be super frustrating, especially if you've got the max number of troops, but can only deploy 4 on each side. I think that this part could be fixed if there was an ability called emergency scout or something that let some of your standby units leap in once per combat to save a side or something. Another option would be that by having a unit on a side even if they all die you have one more turn to get a new unit over there.
I also think your character should be considered a unit, even if he sucks at combat, Any merchant with his life savings in his cart would fight tooth and nail to protect it.
Also something that make the late game more interesting is making it so that other merchants start joining your guild. It seems weird that you're the only merchant in the entire continent that not only spent 100k+ on townhouses and guild halls, and yet you are the only person using them.
*EDIT*
So I've put a few more hours in and only have band stuff to do. most of the hidden areas don't amount to anything interesting and require ridiculous amounts of grinding or obscene amount of money to unlock. The band seems cool, but it takes too long to make it interesting or fun. It takes way too long to regain energy and they regain inspiration way too fast. I've beaten the main story line, but i'm not even max popularity in the first town yet.
