"It's been a year of massively anticipated indie sequels, from Citizen Sleeper 2 in January to Hades II and Hollow Knight: Silksong in September. Sneaking in before the end of the year, Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault is only entering Steam Early Access, but so far, it's building on the original Moonlighter in ways that have me captivated far more than I expected."
"At others, it's a shopkeeping sim, putting you in charge of your own store selling the relics you unearth on your adventures. Despite how much is familiar, a lot has changed, too. Moonlighter 2 replaces the first game's pixel art with a new 3D style, moves its setting from the village of Rynoka to a town full of interdimensional travelers, and trades out the original's dungeon for a series of encounters spread across the kind of node map that's now ubiquitous in roguelike games."
Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault arrives in Steam Early Access while maintaining the original's dual loop of dungeon delving and shopkeeping. The game alternates between third-person roguelike combat and running a shop that sells recovered relics. Visual presentation shifts from pixel art to a new 3D style, and the setting moves from Rynoka to a hub town of interdimensional travelers connected by portals. Traditional dungeons are replaced by node-map encounters and teleportation between worlds. Combat has been overhauled to feel deeper, addressing earlier rudimentary mechanics, even though teleporting between rooms reduces exploratory continuity.
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