Final 12 months’s Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical is getting story-focused DLC within the type of Stray Gods: Orpheus, which can star the titular legendary bard somewhat than base recreation protagonist Grace. Coming again to earth for a brand new story, Orpheus will as soon as once more be performed by Anthony Rapp, the American actor and singer greatest identified for his efficiency within the unique run of the musical Hire, the movie model of the identical present, and most lately (and to most of you, my fellow nerds) in Star Trek: Discovery.
Stray Gods: Orpheus will concentrate on the “completed” story of Orpheus after the unique recreation, as Hermes returns him to the world of the dwelling and is ready to make selections freed from the affect of the Fates. It’s going to have six new unique songs the place, very like within the unique, your story selections change the circulate of lyrics and music mid-song.
“With [Hermes’] assist, you may information Orpheus by means of the depths of mortal determination making—who up to now, what to hope for, what instrument to rock out on,” reads the plot description.
Final 12 months’s Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical was a daring try to marry the worlds of musical and visible novel. With the branching tales of a visible novel in thoughts, every musical quantity needed to department in its personal method—in any case, the story in a musical is advised by way of tune. It was made by Summerfall Studio, which is headed by veteran BioWare author David Gaider and Australian business vet Liam Esler. The distinctive experiment was fairly profitable, incomes an 81% in the PC Gamer Stray Gods assessment.
“I’ve performed dozens of visible novels and narrative adventures in my time, and I’ve nonetheless by no means skilled something like Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical,” mentioned reviewer Mollie Taylor. She notably known as consideration to the standard of appearing among the many all-star solid and the gorgeous work that went into the luxurious, graphic-novel-style illustrations of every scene.
You will discover Stray Gods: Orpheus on Steam and skim the announcement there too. Stray Gods: Orpheus will launch on June 27, 2024.