This.

This is what I wanted. This is what I've craved for.
This is what dreams are made of.

Moonscars sets the bar for the niche 2D grim-fantasy Metroidvania genre so high that it's on another galaxy.
It fits together all the great elements not only within it's genre, but as a standalone game as well.

It's got marvelous graphic-design, using a waterpainted look, almost like we are playing within a painting. The music is soothing to the atmosphere of the places you visit and adds to the apocalyptic and hopeless vibe of it's "inhabitants". The Lore is amazingly detailed, yet it demands care from the player to be unvailed. The socratic dialogues between the characters are really well written and they carry a great deal of nihilism and materialism, questioning you as a person and not only the protagonist of the game.

Nonetheless, I can't wait to grab my hands onto a deluxe-physical version of this game. With all due respect to other great games I've played this year, Moonscars is definitely my personal GOTY.

Do yourself a favour and play it.