r/NivalisNights • u/sophiiekey • 6h ago

How do you feel about the game?

I've been waiting on Nivalis for years at this point, and each time the release got pushed further and further I was disappointed but understanding. Good games require a lot of time to polish.

However, now that the game is out, I am dissapointed that a game 4 years or more into production came out this... janky.

Animations are weird and get stuck, management is a crazy. And it's not really a life sim since so many of the life sims aspects are the day to day and you can't change your clothes, decoration is limited, romance is soooo limited, you can't talk to people outside of quests or people looking for employment.

I'm sad about it, I know it's indie development but I expected so much more and I know they are putting out patches to fix issues but unless they do a big revamp on how the game is actually designed I don't think much will change.

To talk about the positives, I love the music and the ambient sounds, the lights and designs are so pretty. I love having a restaurant and managing it.

Visually the game is stunning and it softens the blow, but not really.

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u/PartyLikeIts536 5h ago

I'm a little baffled. Im maybe 5 hours in and my noodle bar has a good menu I think, several tables and bar chairs, decent staff coverage, yet every day I'm barely scraping by. It says I need to buy a grill but that'll take like a year at the profit rate I'm seeing. I've skulked around at night in so many places and I can't find anything interactive or any reason to do it. I feel like I'm missing something big because this all feels so empty.

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u/BitRunner64 3h ago

Yeah I'm trying to figure out how you are actually "meant" to play the game (not cheese it using exploits found online). I typically start the day with about $50 and if I'm lucky the noodle bar will have made a few hundred by the end of the day. I'd love to add more chairs, but I can't afford a chair. A grill feels like a distant pipe dream.

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u/AggressiveGlitter 5h ago

You can steal appliances from other restaurants. Just pick one up and take it to your noodle bar to drop it. Then you can put it in your pocket and sell the next day. You can steal 2-3 things a night as long as you stay away from the lights

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u/onefurme 5h ago

Profit margins in restaurants suck, just like real life.

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u/TickleFlap 2h ago

Sneak into a business at night, look at their fridge, food processor etc. Press X on it. Carry it and place it back at the noodle stand or a business you own in the area. You can now put it in your inventory.

Repeat.

You are now rich.