Dear Apothecary

Dear Apothecary is a really fun little game. I really enjoy it, and I enjoy the challenge of figuring out what clients are requesting. A really good way to pass the time!

If you want the experience of being locked inside a Daggerfall House with nothing to do but create potions, this is amazing. 5/5 because there's not much out there to fill this need. While other apothecary games exist, I haven't come across anything quite with this unique feel.

This game has a lot of potential! Gives you a ton of stuff to work with! But I run into an issue where after some point, the game stopped giving me requests. I would have to quit the game to the title screen and go back in a lot, which is alright most of the time! ...Except for when I get back into the game and some of the requests.. break.. in which they do nothing and I end up standing around doing nothing. Game is good! Just has a lot of stuff that still needs fixing!

This game has a great concept and the foundations of a great future game. It took a bit to understand how the mechanics work, but that's just like any other game. I enjoyed playing this although I wish the mention of the hint book was placed earlier in the game. A few things bothered me such as the motion blur and the dark corner near the stairway making it difficult to view. Outside of the house into the backyard was extremely laggy although this may be caused by my personal laptop. The mechanics of picking up and placings objects could be brushed up a bit as well. But if you're looking for a game to waste hours on, I highly recommend.

It's a game that's relatively easy enough to learn and play. Grab ingredients, combine, complete quest orders. The quest hint is too vague. Maybe you can make it that you can pay in gold for the right answers/ingredient needed? So there won't be a need for a tongue twister in the quest and quest hint itself. About the display settings itself, my hardware is definitely not the best so my settings are usually low. Initially it didn't do anything but when I restarted the game, then the settings kicked in. So sometimes, when you change a setting from the main menu, the settings that you chose didn't register, so i have to redo. So glitchyness is still a work in progress. The game play itself is super great for those who like easy crafting games.

Unfortunately, I also experienced the camera sensitivity issue. I tried moving my mouse in the smallest gestures possible, I tried changing the mouse sensitivity in game as well as on the laptop itself, and finally I switched to a controller. The controller made it almost playable, but not quite. I really really want to be able to play this, as the concept is something I’ve been looking for, for years. I’ll keep an eye out for future projects from this developer, because their ideas have great potential. However, I can’t play this, which is disappointing.