I thought Id never see the day that a time management game compared to Sallys Spa, but with Miriel the Magical Merchant, GameHouse truly delivered. The graphics and sound/music are perfect; the tutorials are well-written. Ive not experienced any bugs, no unusual battery drain, or anything bad actually. Its nice to play a game that has clearly been tested through-and-through before being released.
Im on the 5th town now and so far, heres the gist of the game... Miriel owns a shop, selling goods to townspeople. Sometimes you just sell them something like eggs and other times you have to combine ingredients and bake them in the oven (example: milk + milk = cheese). As you progress throughout the game, you earn new products. Each time you advance to a new town, you play a mini-game to earn upgrades for your store (faster baking oven, faster regenerating specialty products, etc.).
One of the neatest things about this game: youre given actual recipes to make the items that you cook in the oven. So far Ive gotten recipes to make Miriels bread, farmers cheese, apple jam, farmhands omelet, warm cheese sandwich and strawberry jam. There are 13 more recipes Ive yet to unlock.
All in all, GameHouse has given us an amazing game here and if youre a fan of time management games, you will not be disappointed in this one. Absolutely, hands-down, one of my favorite purchases ever.