No Umbrellas Allowed

This game is a real gem once you get past its rough edges. Some of the translations aren’t perfect and a few mechanics aren’t fully explained, so a little of the original intent feels lost along the way. That said, revisiting in 2026, the translation is noticeably better than it was around the time of the initial release when I had originally picked this up. Once you do understand the mechanics it is a very fun game however. The story, lore, and world‑building are fantastic. Quite disappointed to see the developers have moved on from the idea and have released very different games since, it’s hard not to feel like a great opportunity was left behind. Some further instalments like prequels exploring earlier events, or games set in the neighbouring cities and nations mentioned throughout the story; would have been fantastic. The world feels big enough and interesting enough that expanding it would have been a natural next step.

I personally like merchant-type games & choices matter and this fits!

Some people are talking about translation being bad, I was with the eng one and found no mistakes or sentences that were out of place, but I don't know about other langs so... It's good but the mechanics keep snowballing (story mode) and it became kind of a mush. Like selling and all is alright, but then you have to report people for avarice and it's so vague...and then you have to deal with fixies and their network. I like the auction house and repair shop mechanic. The signature system is kinda dumb because sometimes I can't properly tell what kind of celebrity they are. Also some mechanics aren't even explained or said. Like buying flowers for buffs or that you can go through garbage cans to get some cash or items that you can repair (really good in the early-game, but it will also hurt your rep if you do it too much). It's still a good game and I had fun for sure. 7.5/10 But maybe (slightly maybe) you should wait for lil' sale. Not much, I just think that not everybody will view this as a game worth 16,79€ (price in my country).

very fun

never finished

I remember rather liking the game the first time playing it but after playing other games of this style No Umbrellas Allowed just feels very janky sometimes, the most annoying part is not being able to reappraise items even after customers pointed out the appraisal is flawed, makes it hard to set proper prices, same goes with items you get for free, you are not able to appraise it all sounds kinda stupid.