
It's a good thing your village is near some dungeons, and your whole world is set in a fantasy realm.

Since you can't order swords and other items from a local distributor, you have to find them yourself.

In Moonlighter, you play as a proprietor of a shop in a small village. Town upgrades are important as they offer a means to purchase better weapons etc.Some players will find this action game difficult and others may wish they spent more time in the dungeons and less time in the store, but this is a fun, unique, tough, old-school adventure. Any money earned can be spent on upgrades both for the town and your shop. These rewards will sell for much more than in the first couple of dungeons, so I would aim to get to the latter as fast as possible. There are four or five dungeons to conker if you manage to get through the other four, these get progressively difficult and as you guessed offer better rewards the more difficult they get. It is certainly a good experience and one that stands out massively amongst Nintendo’s indie store of hell. While there is no voice acting to be had, the text isn’t drawn out like other games in this genre and the soundtrack does well to lift the mood and set the tone in the game. Textures pop really well as they are super sharp and vivid on the Switch’s screen and the animations are super fluid too.

Visually, it is stunning with a mix of 2D and 2.5D objects. It’s something that I normally would detest doing but Moonlighter, well, it has that charm. There are so many items in this game and micromanaging is key especially with such limited bag space, cursed items can also make or break you with some cursing anything around it, even when brought back to the shop.

This essentially means that while a bulk of the gameplay is indeed challenging and rewarding, the other part is relaxing by selling wares. You get to choose the price and you get visual feedback from your sometimes annoying customers as they call you out when they can’t afford something, much like those antique dealers you see on television that have to knock the price down a ton before they are happy.
