Moonlighter is one of the best games you?ll play all year. Digital Sun Studios? debut title not only effortlessly combines aspects from some of the generation?s best roguelikes, it also presents an utterly addictive loot system that will have you unleashing your inner shopkeeper long after the main game has been polished off.
The premise is deceptively simple: you play as Will, custodian of the good shop Moonlighter, and one with dreams far beyond his station. He longs to be a Hero, with the aim of conquering The Dungeons, the five ominously looming areas to the east of his hometown of Rynoka. To pay for his precarious adventures, Will goes the extra mile with every enemy he slays, every chest he opens, and every boss he bests. Hilariously, it all goes towards lining his pockets, with loot being sold to his customers through his shop. Talk about gaming the system. The gameplay loop that you?ll find yourself stuck in for the next 15-20 hours should be tedious, but it?s not. Moonlighter keeps things abundantly fresh with several choices a player has to make on their (hopefully) profitable journey. Do you pour all of your profits into the town, upgrading it with better merchants to aid you on your quests; do you only go for the best weapons and armor so you can make your way to the end of the dungeon far more quickly, or do you go about upgrading your shop, with all the positives and negatives ? thieves, more space than you know what to do with ? that come with it" Event...