In a heated and exciting round of voting, the eighteenth round of Articles of Excellence saw a twice in-a-row win for the PC title Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale by Dark Moor. Also scoring it healthily with a 4.5/5, she too talks about the difficulty, though also discusses the highly addictive nature of the game, as well as the enjoyable and refreshing originality.

You know how in most RPGs, you have to buy weapons, armor and items from a shop in order to stand a bit more of a chance against the forces of evil, right? You'd think that the shopkeepers would cut you some slack and give you a discount because you're saving the world from said forces of evil... nope. Shopkeepers can't play favorites here! And that's the case for this game, where you ARE a shopkeeper, needing to make sure that you earn as much money as possible without driving the customer away because you're demanding a thousand dollars for a piece of candy.

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