Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault

Had somewhat low expectations since it introduced so much more content but it blew me out of the water with the amount of extra content that had been added and how it was introduced.

[Decent] rogue-like. Interesting combination mechanics of selling items found during a "run" improved via inventory management. The rogue-lite upgrades ramp up progression in different aspect (combat, items, shop), but it reaches a stalling point mid-game and grinds to a halt in end-game. Nonetheless, good variety and pace if you simply complete each region just a few times. The replayability falls off once you get a decent amount of upgrades. Few negatives: - The Vault goal of earning a certain amount of money is capped. For example, the first challenge is earning 10K, second is 25K, third is 50K. If you earn 200k you will only complete the first challenge, then start the second challenge from 0 and must earn 25K again. Feels like a waste, and you might as well stop selling if you have reached the goal. Gets worse in the end, [spoiler]earning 300k in a single day, then the next one is 400k, but at that point you can get +20M in one day[/spoiler]. Not sure why the excess earnings don't count towards the next challenge. - Around mid-game, gameplay elements ([spoiler]perkometer, pets, furniture[/spoiler]) don't do as much as pure item quality. The price increase from them becomes less and less relevant, and after [spoiler]sparks[/spoiler] they become obsolete. - After just 2-3 runs the 'region' loses variety, everything stays quite the same, same mechanic, same best way to get the most of the relics. - Bloblet requirements are too high. You might need to choose a worse route just to get 1/3 of the needed currency to get the pet. Some reward besides the bloblet currency would be great, even if it's just random something. Overall, I think my 'issues' come from a 100% and seeing a lack of complexity/replayabilty mid to late game. Despite that, all the different features kept the interest up to beat the game, afterwards, the 100% is somewhat regrettable.