Would you like her to be charming, clever, or kick-ass? You’re allowed to add a second trait later, but for most of the game your selection means dialogue options for the other two personalities are greyed out.Ĭonversations work as expected, with most responses having two or three choices, but the songs are a little different, in that your muse powers mean you can inspire the singer’s emotions as well as what they sing about. Your choice of what to say is affected by an initial decision about Grace’s character. The upshot is that most major scenes in the game contain a conversation followed by a song.

After Calliope the muse is murdered, her soul and powers transfer to Grace, a mortal, whom the remaining gods strongly suspect may also have been the one that killed her.

The appeal is obvious: their gods all seem to be impressively powerful, ruthless and debauched, while also being paradoxically human in their motivations.Īside from having one of the best names ever trademarked for a game, Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical distinguishes itself by transplanting its ancient Greek cast into modern day America for a murder mystery. Hades, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and earlier God Of War games before they went all Norse, all use the characters and stories of the ancient Greeks. Greek mythology, or at least a bastardised version of it, has been doing good business in video games recently. Musicals aren’t exactly commonplace in video games but can this daring new indie title make them the hot new genre? Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – not exactly heavenly music (Picture: Humble Games)

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