How Stray Gods Turned Greek Mythology Into a Musical Murder Mystery

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00:00Musical theater gamers rejoice! Olympus has answered our prayers! Stray Gods, the role-playing

00:07musical, is a feast of storytelling, music, and murder from the brilliant minds of developers

00:13Summerfall Studios and legendary writer David Gator, who worked on games like Neverwinter

00:19Nights and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic. Stray Gods is a supernatural, murder-mystery,

00:25visual novel musical. It's a one-of-a-kind game. According to DualShockers, you take on the

00:31role of Grace, a down-and-out college dropout and singer in a local fledgling band who gets

00:36caught up in a murder while navigating her newfound powers of musical persuasion and the gods meddling

00:43in mortal life. IGN reports Greek gods and mortals burst into song and you choose how to respond,

00:50which impacts how your character feels, affects how other people respond, and even changes

00:54the lyrics of the tune you're helping create. This is a masterfully told tale with a fantastic

01:01vocal cast, both in songs and spoken lines. The game has high replayability with different

01:06classes, branching paths, and romance options, and it's an innovative new take on the visual

01:12novel genre. Stray Gods comes out today on PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo consoles, as well as various

01:19PC platforms.