In ways, the gameplay is a bit archaic and clunky in terms of action, but it manages to be rewarding and fun nonetheless. It's a fun action/adventure with a cute anime style. Might be too cute for some, but from the screenshots, you know what you're getting.

Granted, the graphic is not stellar, but for an indie project is quite good. Overall, this is an interesting RPG with some good ideas and several problems. The story, for example, is serviceable but not great. The level system is original, if odd, in the sense that you do not increase stats of your character, rather you level up the items you obtain. Magic and spells are also very original; you can create different combinations using stones. Combat is pretty standard; maybe you have to rely a little bit too much on your dodge ability. Overall you cannot go wrong since it costs just a few dollars…

Ah, of course I assume you can get past the idea to play as a little girl with huge eyes... creepy..

This is a fun hack and slasher. The keyboard layout for this game is set to imitate a controller and it feels somewhat awkward. I would suggest only playing this with a gamepad. The artwork is great, but sadly the combat can get dull after a while.

This game is a typical RPG game with a small unique story. The graphics isn't breath taking, but its not a surprise. Yet the game is fun and for the price which its listed as is fair. 4 star out 5.

Good old-school action from a very cool developer. Seeing where the items from Recettear came from, really puts to light the style that they tried to convey. Cute story, with lovable characters = total win

The game is developed by Easy Game Station a great developer. Here's my review of this game:

Graphics: They look kinda like Dreamcast graphics except with 2D characters. You get the idea. Still looks quite good for the type of game.

Gameplay: Action RPG. It's a little difficult at first. But when you get the good gear and higher HP it's a bit easier.

Sound: Typical RPG music.

Replay: You can follow story mode or try to find all the hidden treasure chests for great items.

This is a very good game overall.

Chatenlize is an indie rpg from easy game station(creators of Reccetear) translated for english speaking audiences by the good folks at Carpe Fulgur. This was made before reccettear and while you managed an item shop along with dungeon running in that game this game is all about dungeon crawling you must make your way through various dungeons to progress the story which has you looking for a witch that turned the older sister Chante into a fairy.

You don't level up in the traditional sense you can only increase your stats based on the items you equip that you buy at the item shop you have a limited amount of items you can equip that raises the more dungeons you complete. Combat is pretty straight forward you have a jump and attack button that you can mash to combo or jump first then attack. You have a dodge step which makes you invulnerable while doing so so very useful when fighting bosses. There is also magic that your fairy sister can use by picking up magic stones combing different stone produces different spells you can charge to combine 2 or more at once. Game is pretty challenging due to the restricted leveling large amount of enemies present in each level that you have to beat in order to unlock the next stage of the dungeon although one you unlock a new area you can run past all the enemies on future play through.. Its fun to play though and has plenty of humorous dialogue thanks in large part to chante(The older fairy sister).

Mechanically, Chantelise is a fairly simple game. Combat is frantic and pretty fun. You lock onto enemies and wail on them with your 3-hit combo, while dodging incoming attacks with jumps or dashes. The most original part of the game is the magic system - enemies drop magic jewels when defeated, which come in 4 different colors. You pick up the jewels and, by mixing the type and order, can cast a surprising variety of cool spells.

Simple doesnt mean easy, though. The game is harshly unforgiving. There's basically no way to heal outside of rare drops, and if you die, you have to start an entire dungeon again from the first room (although you can choose to avoid enemies you've already killed). There's no leveling, so the only way to get stronger is with equips and better play. This is actually a good thing - I expect most people who play the game to be fairly seasoned gamers who will welcome the challenge.

Special mention goes to the graphics - you've got 3D Ocarina of Time like backgrounds, 2D pixel-ly sprites for the characters, and hand drawn anime-esque sprites during story scenes. The whole thing tickles me to no end =D.

The one really bad part of the game is the camera (which you'll unfortunately be wrestling with pretty much the whole time).

The most important thing about the game is that, like Racettear, it has Charm. Sure, a lot of bad decisions went into making it, but everything from the cute sprites to the dialogue (fantastic translation from Carpe Fulgur) to the nostalgic gameplay just come together to make it addicting and fun. I can't stress this enough. Did I mention that the Giant Enemy Crab is one of the bosses? And you indeed flip it onto its back and attack its weak point for massive damage?

This game is an interesting take on japanese rpgs.

Instead of getting experience points, you get coins for beating enemies. you can then buy upgrades to your health and better equipment with the coins.

It plays like a 3rd person action game, with lots of fast combat.

I would recommend it to those who enjoyed the dungeon crawling parts of recettear, or those you enjoy non-turn-based action rpgs

A fantastic game from the devs who brought you Reccetear an item shops tale.

Honestly the thing i love about this game is how unique it is, you don't really see a ton of japanese style games on the PC so when some come along like this it's nice to see and expands on library of games you can have.

The gameplay is fairly simple, all you have to do is swing your sword (much like reccetear) aswell as use magic combinations from orbs you collect off the ground. So far i love this game and can see it being one of my favourite games of 2011, not to mention it's DRM Free which is always important to note.

Basically, this is a long version of Recettear's dungeoning in Third Person view.

You make your way through the mob with a mix of melee "button mashing" attacks and (quite good) magic gems combination.

The thing is though, that it's clear this game was the devs first one, even with all the goodness in it.

The story was nothing special, but if you like the anime-style character design, you'll definitely get a few chuckle every now and then during the....10 or so hours you'll be playing it....yeah.....that's the other thing: it's not that long.

But all in all, it's a fun game, that you can still come back to once or twice after beating it if you want to blow of some steam.

And supporting the developpers (that are currently working on a new title) is also a good reason to be buying it if you liked Recettear (and hey....it's not that expensive seriously).

It might be cute, and it might be made by a bunch of people who call themselves EasyGameStation, but don't be fooled. I was expecting a walk in the park, only to get thoroughly thrashed by the first boss in the demo. Well, maybe I just suck. Fun and challenging nonetheless, with a great localization courtesy of Carpe Fulgur.

This game was made before Recettear but released after.

The Company translated the game for us non-japanese so we can enjoy it.

If you liked Recettear because of the Fighting - buy this imidiatly

If not well ... buy it to support them.

Its only fighting with and interesting magic system.

Very very small RPG-Part

You gain better equipment after defeating a boss or looting it in chests.

No level up or something like that.

From the makers of Recettear, Chantelise brings you another charming fairy/girl pairing. This game is more combat based, focused on action/adventure aspects of game play. It plays similar to a Zelda game or perhaps a better comparison is a very simplistic version of Dawn of Mana (without the annoying aspects of that game). This game is fun, challenging, and has a nice little story. For under $10, it's well-worth the play.

I had a very fun and wonderful time with this game. It has a certain charm and feel to it of the PSOne era games where the graphics were 2D and the environments were all in 3D, which is a mix I always really loved with games like Thousand Arms and Xenogrears especially.

The gameplay is a nice hack and slash game with Legend of Zelda like puzzles added in from time to time. A very fun game and for the price it is on sale for right now, I would say hurry and snatch this one up!

Pretty cute game. Excellent localization - even though this game is as Japanese as you can get, all the dialogue sounds perfectly natural in english and all the characters have charming personality. It's a classic story, and it's told well. The presentation is also very charming; PSX-style 2D sprites over a simple 3D engine. Simple, but the art still makes for a beautiful game. The controls are...well, I wouldn't say simple, even though the game doesn't use a ton of buttons. But, for me personally, I wouldn't play this without a gamepad (I've been playing with my PS3's Dual Shock 3). I find the key layout (the arrow keys, W, A, S, Z, X, C, and V) to be cumbersome.

The game is simplistic without being monotonous, pretty, fun, sounds great and is charming as all heck. I definitely recommend it!

I'm very much enjoying this game, if you played this company's other game you already know about the strange controls but even if you don't it isn't hard to get used to. It shares the same animations and images as Recettear and puts you more in the shoes of the advnturer than in that game. One annoying note is the openning is hard to follow because again as with their last game the voices are in Japanese but the english lettering is in a font that is very hard to read. Still if your looking for a casual game for low spec computers I think this would be worth your time.

I originaly played chantelise in full japanese and thus didn't get to enjoy the story due to the language barrier.

I'm happy to say that carpe fulgur has done another great job on the translation, and I'm happy to support the title now that its finally available legaly.

it plays very similarly to threads of fate for the ps1, which happens to be in my list of top ten rpg games of all time. its a simple beat em up system,(with an interesting magic system thrown in) and is fairly fun despite the fact that there isn't much variation in the combat.

the story is fairly light hearted and interesting, and doesn't take itself too seriously. it may not make you cry, or inspire any particularly strong emotions, but the characters are likeable and the game doesn't drag on forever like many other games I could mention.

the real reason I enjoyed it so much I suspect is just that its simply fun smashing enemy's and almost feels like a classic ps1 game that just got lost somewhere and is coming out ten years later than it should.

if you want some light hearted entertainment, or feel like smashing some slimes I suggest giving it a try, you cant go wrong for 10 dollars. (and you get to support carpe fulgur one of the only localizing company's doing underated japanese games, by the fans for the fans. check out their website, or their forums, where they actually answer questions personally, and help support a company that truly cares. there are far too few as is.)