Recent reviews by The Trust Melon

Just imagine the fifth one but better in every way possible

Introduction
So, where to begin with this. It's a nice idea. I've been itching for a market simulator without the city management aspect or what-have-you. But there are many, many flaws with this game that just makes it... meh.

The Negatives

The Price
This game is normally priced at $4.99. Four. Ninety. Nine. Even with the 15% off sale going on right now, it is nowhere near worth that price in its current state, if it's state were to even change at this point. If you can manage to get it at a price of $1.29 - $1.99, I would say it's a decent price, with $2.49 even pushing it. It is simply not worth the price.

The Market System
Think of the market system in this game not like a gamble, but like a boulder at the top of a hill. You don't even have to know what you're doing and you will likely make over 2 million RMD, or whatever the currency is, without even trying. Once the boulder starts rolling, there is no stopping it. With nearly zero risk and near infinite reward, this isn't a market you really want to get involved in.

The Encounters
The encounters are fairly straight forward. You shoot things. Things die. Things flee. You flee. You know, the usual stuff. Expecting to find varying encounters of increasing difficulty? Don't. In my 1.5 hours spent on this game, I have only seen three types of encounters, all of which were the same enemies either solo, pairs, or triplets.

The Token System
Surprise! This game has replay value (kind of) in the form of a Token Shop. You earn tokens based on your performance in the run, which you can use to unlock three classes along with three unique skins which serve no purpose besides changing how your character looks. Considering how gameplay is mostly the same for all classes, I really see no real reason to play as the other classes. I personally would just stick with the Junker class.

The Shop System
Considering how simple it is to purchase the best weapon in the game, alongside the fact that every town in this game sells the same items in the equipment shop, the shop is only used to gain back health, seducing, or robbing mid-late game. I have seen no need to purchase any of the equipment items from the shop, or Mercenaries and Travellers as well. Once you get the best Rifle from the shop and keep taking the Shopkeeper out to lunch, you are basically invincible.

But don't worry, the game isn't all that bad. There are some prevailing factors that keep this title from entering into the depths of Gaming Hell.

The Positives

The UI
I like the ability to move around the windows and such, but refocusing on the window prior to interracting with them, combined with the fact that the Player Stats screen resets the position you set it to after every encounter is keeping this attribute from being well done.

The Art Style
Simple and clean 2D Pixel Art. Nothing too spectacular about it, but it's at least nice to look at.

The Sountrack
It's okay. I never felt as though I wanted to mute the music and play my own through my 1.5 hours.

Summary
Overall, it's a semi-decent title with a rediculous price tag. Don't expect much out of it at its current state, but with updates and some changes, it can become a decent title worthy of a price tag like that. If you want a semi-fun/interesting title, this is a must... when more content comes and the price changes.

The first RPG I have played through fully (base endings). I couldn't have been happier with the time I spent and sacrificed.

The modding community isn't dead.

Worth the money. A great game overall that will have you pulling your hair out in no time at all. The sensitivity in the beginning is extremly high and the game just seems like a bunch of random peices thrown together at first, but then you play it more and more and it becomes a lot more fluent. Your brain begins to recognize patterns, and once you reach the near end of the game, you will thank the high sensitivity. Once you reach the end, it will make the first levels seem snail pace when at first you thought of them as sonic speed. The music is phenominal as well and is just a unique and simple game.

It is a very short game at that, but the initial way the game plays out is gorgeous. Adding layers upon layers onto the music only makes it the more better, and the challenges, or bosses, have a very unique set to them. This game only contains 3 levels, however you can truely challenge yourself to go onto the other end of the dark world and do them hardcore featuring harder levels overall, and having only a single life.

This game is very hard. We probably all know that (♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ you Edmund). But it has enough content in it to be found if you are that patient and willing to find it. This is a game that will make you pull your own hair out but that is a good thing. Imagine you are on the final level of the game and die... Approximately 541 times. You feel committed to beat the game and you do it. A victory. Your self esteem increases dramatically and you feel a very high sense of pride in yourself. Only to com and face reality that you still have to unlock all the characters and actually beat all the levels in the game...

This is a great puzzle game for when you are just passing the time. The beauty and sound to this game gives you something to come to when you need to calm down and it really does help. The game is not that hard however, but the replay value is basically unlimited. It's a good game to get if you like very calm and serene games.

This is simply a great puzzle game. Period. There is no other way I can put it out there. This game challenges you and messes with you the most it possibly can before you either sit there either in confusion on some puzzles, or squishing your brain inside of your skull from the use of many planes within planes and switching dimensions as well. It's very unique, and the guns you can aquire only give you even more possibilities. The first time you play this, you will become perplexed and spend hours on end trying to just get to the end. Then you start to realize that you could have done it within a few minutes is when the true beauty comes to be.

With the very little time I have had with this game, I can already tell you that this is overall a good tycoon game. You actually have the possibility to do basically anything you could ever imagine. This game features great attention to user creativity, and the carreer missions add an extra challenge in as well. Overall, compared to other theme park tycoons and just tycoons in general, this one is much more pick your own path and nonlinear and sparks great imaginative projects. Well made.