Moonlighter

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☑ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ PC Requirements }---
☑ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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This is a game where I really wish there was a mixed review option.

The game is charming and fun to begin with.

The shop mechanic is quirky and its a cute little puzzle to figure out item prices.

Unfortunately, the game sort of falls over as you get further in. Weapons and gear are pretty much a soft difficulty lock to progression, so despite how good at the game you may be, in a normal playthrough you are going to have to grind a bit. I really hate grinding when I feel like its simply to meet a numerical threshold, especially due to the way the gear scales in this game, with huge number changes at each interval.

I think if this scaling issue were to be smoothed out, the game would be a lot more enjoyable.

Decent combat difficulty. The town and shop management linked to the story are the more interesting elements for me.

Game is well worth a dollar. Pixel graphics visuals are great and it is a fun roguelike.

At the time of writing this, there are approx 32% of people who played this game who have gotten the achievement just for beating the 2nd boss. Which makes me sad! This game is awesome! The art style is charming and the songs are catchy! I absolutely recommend this game and plan on playing it all the way through! Great job, game devs!

First expectation was that this would be pretty boring to me. 5 hours in, and I am wrong - such a satisfying gameplay loop! This plays very much like a good old top-down Zelda game mixed with roguelikes mixed with market tycoon shtuff. This roguelike has an unusual attention to both detail and variety - what at first seems boring (go hunt in a dungeon, sell your loot, go back and hunt, etc.) is made much more enjoyable by some wonderfully varied surprises that pop up every so often while you play. They don't occur so often that they feel gimmicky, butp happen just enough to catch you by surprise. The amount of loot to pick up and sell is incredible, and the game includes a surprisingly varied crafting system. Even selling stuff has changes as you progress - as soon as I leveled up my shop to the first upgrade, I started getting burglars and rich people entering the shop.
Combat starts out as being too hard - your character has a fairly large hitbox, and you start with a very short range sword. After you become accustomed to the combat system, it takes on a level of action and depth that is fantastic. The bosses are wonderfully varied and surprising as well, and I've only seen three.
The gameplay loop is SOOO well balanced - At first, I was selling everything I was finding in the dungeons. I learned pretty quickly that I was shooting myself in the foot - I was selling all of the items I needed in order to craft better weapons and armor, as well as the things I needed to enchant my equipment. If you save items so you can craft, you'll make SOOO much less money, but then you'll be able to upgrade your gear and perform better. If you get more money, you can purchase more upgrades for your shop and your town, but you'll be stuck with lower level gear for longer. It's simply impressive to see how much thought went into this simple factor: you have to manage your money right, or you'll be stuck with limited progress. Much like life, eh?
The cool thing is that the game inadvertently teaches you to how to succeed. You learn from failure and observation what prices to set on each product you sell, and it makes the money you earn feel so much more valuable and hard-earned as a result. Nothing in the game tells you what to focus on buying first - you get a bunch of options, and you have to choose what's most valuable to you. Whichever choices you initially make will have benefits and drawbacks alike, forcing you to develop your money management skills so you can get what you need. Simply a brilliant system despite its simplicity.
The level of detail in the spritework and backgrounds is simply astonishing. Having attempted sprite animation years ago, I can say that this is a graphically impressive game for the sheer amount of work put into how everything looks. This was a labor of love, and it shows. Nothing feels out of place - I've only played for a short time, but the game just feels polished and complete. I'm very impressed, and I will probably be playing this one for a while.
I highly recommend this game. The developers did a great job, and they need money. Give them money. This product is well worth it. I'm looking forward to getting the DLC later.

"Moonlighter is a scam, that Will guy keeps up-charging all his goods. I'll keep telling him his item prices are unreasonable, but he has the gall to discount an item by 5 gold and offer it to me again 5 minutes later."
"He knows I'll still buy it, his only competition would charge an arm and a leg for some notes."
10/10 game, genuinely.