Alchemy Emporium

Can't really recommend the game as it stands. I bought the game due to having a weakness for shop / alchemy type games, but this one has too many issues to be worth your money. Lets start with the objective stuff: The game has no video options, no way to put it into window mode or change resolution. Some of the text is not translated and still shows up as what I think is italian. The actual translation is readable, if wonky at times. On the more "your mileage may vary" side, the game has little to no strategic depth. You slap three ingredients against each other until you get a potion via trial and error. Initially this is doable, having access to about 10 of them. But as early as reaching level 2, suddenly you have dozens upon dozens. The game does track for you if you already tried a combination, but there is simply no excitement into randomly mushing stuff together until it makes a viable potion. Potion effects are unknown until you "taste" them. They have to be successfully tas...

Dang. Good thing I'm still within the refund window. Thought the game looked good, but soon it was very clear that this game is unfinished. Sometimes stuff is randomly in Italian. I can understand it well enough, but why is this a thing? I love how my character was an apprentice alchemist for years yet seems to have opened shop with no business plan, no knowledge, and no skills. Determining potion effects is super unsatisfying. After playing for an hour I don't think I learned anything except where the tutorial button is for each page. Determining ingredient effects is super unsatisfying. After playing for an hour I don't think I have the faintest idea how it works. I'm pretty good with puzzles and logic, but it seems the ingredients do nothing except for when they randomly do something. Sometimes my week was gone with no explanation. I don't understand why suddenly I can't play out the rest of my week. I literally had to schedule selling in the shop for the first thing of the fir...

I really like the game concept of planning your day and by trial and error make money from the potions you are creating. However i have run into a lot of bugs which didn't allow me to continue with my game. I think if we give the developers some more time, then the game can become very good maybe great even. But I would recommend to wait a bit until some patches come out.

**INFORMATIONAL REVIEW** 2nd / 06 / 2021 Before the 'recommended' label is read, first of all I do not recommend buying this in this state, I do recommend looking out for its future potential with a wishlist. Steam doesn't allow account reviews to show as 'Informational' so I've done this as to not confuse people completely. Lets be honest. This game is unfinished. It isn't bad for what it is; but it isn't outstanding in any regard. Intro to the game: You can select anything from what person you play as, to the location you stay at and which person gives you funds and everything. It seems like a lot of customisation but also comes with no tooltips to explain what those things are. The game lists 'unique perks' without any reference for a new player to know what that perk does. It lists stats and lets you choose which you start with; while giving minimal understanding or tutorials to them before you have attempted the task during the gameplay. Getting into the game: The intro doesn'...

First, the game seems at least decent given the selling price, but... it's bugged and unfinished! I am from Italy, and I really would like to support companies from my country, but this game wasn't tested enough to justify the release! I will refund it, for now, and see if they will solve the various problems and do a better job with the translation... A pity, as the game can be, as I said, quite funny.

The game is not listed as being early access. It definitely should be though. The game has a bug infestation that competes with the large cities of the world. Nobody ever seemed to think about how odd the story is when an experienced apprentice ends up running a shop and has zero knowledge. Perhaps her apprenticeship was not in the area of alchemy but more in the line of personal services? The tutorial is total garbage. It gets silly randomly trying combinations of ingredients (it says you can make something like 12,000 or 18,000 potions) to see what you get and tasting them all to see if they are toxic. Try that as an apprentice in a potion shop and see if you can live a week. The logic of the game is horrible. I love alchemy games, but, this is a disaster right now. It should have been EA for a year or two to fix it all. Perhaps if come back in a year or two it will be a great game. Right now it is not good at all. Time to refund. I have far better alchemy games. Even Skyrim is far...

i wish i could recomend this product i relly do iv wanted an alcamy game like this for so long but it continusly crashis by intracting with the basic ui i have what should relly be overkill for this game becuse i can run cyberpunk on the highest settings but i cant play this game in its curent state

My overall impression of this game is positive despite the shortcomings as mentioned in other reviews. Yes, there is a learning curve and some of the mechanics are not explained well, or at all. However, those types of things can easily be patched and addressed with a tutorial and if you're someone like me who enjoyed potion making in Skyrim, this game has lots to offer. Since the other negative reviews sum up the shortcomings pretty well I'll add my own views on different aspects. Adding flavor text or short, fun descriptions to the ingredients would add a fun lore element to the game. Also, adding more details when selling potions would be helpful. There were many times where a potion was well within a buyer's budget but they still thought it was too expensive so clarifying what specifically the buyer did not like about the potion would be helpful. To sum up, adding some more guides for mechanics and some lore elements would make this game much, much more fun.

As it stand it needs work but as the potential to be a great game. When you start up the game, there is some selections that come with perks. As of right now you have no way of telling what the perk does besides judging the name of the perk. As a new player, it can be even harder as you don’t know the game mechanics so it's even harder to choose. How you view the formulas needs changing. There are only two columns that you can view, but you can easily see five columns on the screen. You should also be able to filter the view for game play reasons. For instance, I noticed that a lot of my customers are asking for potions for being an actor, I should be able to narrow the formulas to see what I have already created. Ingrediencies need to be updated to be more user friendly. You can select them in the formulas screen to buy them the next time you are out buying new products. It's more of a broad buy, meaning that you select them and you can easily forget which formula that you need...

Alchemy emporium was a nice surprise. I was expecting a very simple game but I found myself in an extremely complex game, which takes a few hours to fully understand. The notes system helps a lot to improve the gaming experience. The easter eggs are so many and very well done, which is cool. I recommend that you find your favorite blends and push a bit with sales using those, it works well as a strategy. Once the initial obstacle has been overcome (the game is very complex), especially for those expecting a casual game, it becomes very deep and intriguing. Interesting art style, very nice music.