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[ESC]I am a very bug fan of the Coffee Talk series on Steam, they just released Coffee Talk Tokyo and the first couple days so far are exactly like the first two games on vibes!
There's not many games I know that have such chill to them and the characters are quite lovable in their backstories and ongoing "torments", exactly like a bartender listening to their patrons' issues but instead you're a barista serving up (mostly) hot drinks and witnessing a flurry of characters forming ties from strangers up to various genres of relationships!
There's no "gameplay" per se other than cooking up drinks but if you get the mix wrong or forget a requirement, that can decide their mood shifts and the outcome of the following conversation...
In the first two games (and so far in the third) there is no conversation fork where you can choose a reply to give so ultimately the success of the conversations are only defined by your guess work of the correct recipes (a bit light of a gameplay mechanic but I don't mind and guessing the right recipe is still a decent challenge, you only get so many tries).
Tavern Talk (from a different studio) is very similar in experience and different in story/vibes (obviously), though the drink making is more of a "chore" since you're basically told what to make and there isn't many options (though I didn't try to fail on purpose yet) you do get occasional conversation choices and have to build up quests for adventurers to pick off the board from information you get in the various talks.
OSTs are extremely nice, the character design and behaviors are damn well composed & offer a nice spectrum of encounters, absolutely recommend the series!
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