Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault

Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is a top-down roguelike slasher with a shop management meta-loop. Essentially, it's an extraction roguelike where you gather loot during your runs and then have to exchange what you've collected for currency in your shop. [b]The Short Answer: Is It Worth Buying?[/b] In my opinion, it's pretty cute. Considering the amount of playtime you get for the price, it's definitely worth it. [b]Playtime[/b] Right now in Early Access (EA), it took me about 25 hours to upgrade almost everything available. Once the full game drops, it will probably take around 30–40 hours. [b]Story:[/b] 6/10 You used to be a merchant in another world, but you got kicked out. Now, you are working for an ogre lady under harsh conditions just to keep a roof over your head. [b]Music:[/b] 6/10 It's pleasant. It is good that it's there, but there isn't quite enough of it at the moment. [b]Graphics:[/b] 4/10 Chibi, cel-shaded style. [b]Mechanics:[/b] 7/10 The roguelike loop is decent, but room layouts already start repeating by your 3rd to 5th run. The shop mechanic is convenient enough, but there are very few items available for the shop itself (meaning options to customize/upgrade the store, not the actual inventory you sell). The more loot you grab during a run, the more you take back to sell. When it comes to upgrades, some feel completely useless to me, while others are incredibly helpful but carry an insanely high price tag. Weapon variety is solid—there are 21 weapons in total, which feel distinct yet share some core similarities. The actual combat and bonuses feel incredibly satisfying for a game like this. However, the level design is a bit flawed; there are spots where you fall when you shouldn't, and others where you should fall but don't. [b]Personal Take[/b] It’s cute, fun, and lively. What's missing are random events that actively affect the shop itself, rather than just shifting the market prices. It would be cool if the items you found had some sort of functionality within the shop world too. The store could definitely use more variety, and the lack of proper shop upgrades is a huge letdown right now. [b]Overall Score:[/b] 72/100

Not as good as the first game, it seems to have lost it's charm in favour of chasing the next big thing and in this case Hades, The shop system is still there and just as fun to do, but now items don't drop off the things you kill but once you clear the stage you get a chest to open or a power up. If you want to play something like this go and play Hades, if you want to play something like Moonlighter as you remember it then go play the first one again.

the game is good don't get me wrong but it's full of bugs especially in the colosseum mode and i feel like there should have added a 4th world

я не умею пиздатые текста писать, так скажу кратко и не оч красочно. мунлайтер -- игра с безумно (по моему мнению) вайбовой графикой и в целом атмосферой. пусть геймплей в забегах несколько однообразен, управление своей лавкой между ними невероятно расслабляет и заряжает тебя на следующий спуск за лутом. в целом тут нет каких то инновационных механик для рогаликов, но это не делает игру плохой, она всё так же остается крайне атмосферным и расслабляющим проектом. если вы не гонитесь за революционными механиками в рогаликах, и супер разнообразными забегами то я крайне советую второй Мунлайтер. в противном случае, можете проходить мимо, не думаю что вы найдете тут что то интересное для себя

Had a genuine blast playing through this. Fun sense of progression and really liked the shop mechanics at the end of each run, the endgame stuff felt a bit superfluous as the multipliers became insane, but it was fun seeing just how high relics would sell for. P.S. The song in the Gallery Exhibition Wing is a bop! P.P.S The Tony Hawk reference spoke to me.

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This is an ok game for its money, if your good at roguelike games, you can probably finish the game under 20-30h. Its roguelike elements are ok at best, its shop keeper elements are also meh. For being a sequel i was hoping for more, it feels worse than the first one since its uniqueness is less now. What shop keeper doesn't have any employees? They should really have added something to the shop. They even removed thieves from the shop... so it's even less now than before. It also feels like the game was made for an even younger audience than moonlighter 1 was. The bosses feel, trivial or more of an chore. I do recommend the game, though if there was an neutral option, i would hit that.