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Grace: college dropout, with no direction in life, #tell to us, girl. Lady Fate like to spice her life by intertwining hers with Calliope, whose strings of life ended in Grace's apartment #dead lesbian syndrome alert. A week is her true motivation to clean her reputation… and to discover the origin of the Stray Gods.

1. Visual Novel meets Broadway Musicals. As the power of the Muse, it's up to us to influence the course of the song to control your actors. Sweeten them with strings in a green "string"y tone, fire them up with a "bass"y the red tone, or outsmart them in a blue "clarinet"y way. See what I did? Pretty dumb and original.
   
2. Voice over included during the whole story That would be weird if they only sing, but they don't speak during the game, right? (Btw, poor the one who does Grace, singing all along, I would be mad as hell)
   
3. Greek mythology . A quick attractive for some, not only because of the naked bodies (which they don't appear, in case you are asking! ). Have you heard of Olympus? There you have it. Eros, god of s*x, being awkwardly shy? Spot on.
   
4. Dynamical songs. Wondered why they are more OSTs than the game? #thoughNobodyCares... The songs are the branches of this game, as if they programmed the songs inside the game. The composer itself claimed to be among 100 variations in your final (boss) song. Not going to replay it 100 times to prove him wrong...

1. Visual Novel's gameplay: Just choosing the best choice for you is the most exciting you can do with your hands… #NoOffense, Benny
   
2. Simple plot: . Don't expect too much of a triller here, when not singing, story can feel slow at times, as it someones watches a musical interlude between acts. Wait, is that really theater?

Such a beautiful game!

I got Stray Gods as part of June's Humble Choice and went in with no expectations whatsoever.
If anything, I was somewhat averse to the game because I feared that it wouldn't be my cup of tea.

Boy was I wrong, and I am glad I gave it a shot.
The mix of Greek mythology, musical and murder mystery feels highly unique and is written really well. Moreover, the cast is absolutely fantastic. Each and every character has a lot of charisma and acts believable, my favourites being Grace and Apollo. The whole lot of the songs is at the very least really good, with a couple of them being outright amazing.

The game can be finished in just under seven hours (at least that's how long I took), not once did I feel that it overstayed its welcome.

I really recommend at least giving Stray Gods a try, I for myself was more than pleasantly surprised by it.

This game is currently in the Humble Choice for June 2024, and this is part of my coverage of the bundle. If you are interested in the game and it's before July 2nd, 2024, consider picking up the game as part of the current monthly bundle.

American Gods the Musical.

Stray Gods does feel like a different take on American Gods, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it’s hard not to feel that this is a lighter version of American Gods, that doesn’t push the concept as far as it should have. The main idea is that the Greek Gods are now in America and have been in hiding. Grace, our main character, inherits the soul of a god but now needs to find out who killed the god to show she’s not a threat.

The entire game is done as a visual novel with a lot of musical numbers, using many of those musical numbers as the points where players make choices. The choices usually seem to be about who you will side with but are done in a somewhat entertaining and clever way. There’s a decent amount of music in this game as well.

Which, I’m not a huge fan of. I do like musicals, but I’m very picky and while the singing is good at times, it’s a very passive experience. It is a visual novel, but the experience isn’t great. The animation feels a touch cheap, at times, with it just moving between still images, and if anyone wants to see everything in the game you’ll have to play through it multiple times or just Youtube it.

Pick this up if you are interested, or like what you see. There are a lot of clever moments in the first hour, the songs aren’t terrible, and I’m just being picky as hell when I say I don’t like the music. It’s a me thing, and the game as it is will be enjoyable. I just have a bit of a high bar when it comes to music and this doesn’t reach it.


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