Being able to block, attack, evade, perform ranged attacks and use special potions to buff yourself or damage your enemy, there is a fair amount of creative latitude for the player to exploit when it comes to resolving Moonlighter’s many monstrous encounters.

Now, the first thing to note is that the combat in Moonlighter is pretty darn enjoyable. Rather than just one continual set of dungeons, Moonlighter splits up its levels into five very different realms with each one having a specific element attached to it that many of its monsters utlilise – the first realm is called the Golem Realm and sports a great many animated stone enemies as a result, and so on and so forth with the other realms being unlocked as you progress through them and become stronger. Being a dungeon-delving roguelike, Moonlighter displays many of the hallmarks that one would expect to see from an adherent to the genre, so expect to lose all your gear when you die, expect randomised dungeon layouts and quite obviously, expect shedloads of different types of loot for you to hoover up.

In terms of the former, Moonlighter acquits itself pretty well.

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