Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

by Jim Smale · Published August 31, 2023 · Updated August 29, 2023

For this Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical Review, where we play as Grace in a world where Greek Gods live in hiding among us. Change your fate as you draw friends, foes & lovers into song using your powers of musical persuasion to unravel the mystery of the Last Muse’s death.

Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical Review Pros:

Beautiful graphics.
4.3GB download size.
Accessibility options – subtitles, subtitle size, timed choices, and audio description.
Night mode option.
3 save slots.
Musical RPG gameplay.
All-Star voice cast who nails it.
A Perfect game to have in handheld with headphones on.
Multiple choice encounters throughout.
The game uses a stop animation style.
Choices can show icons to help indicate if it’s a good choice like friendship.
Features a lot of great singing performances.
Everyone will play the game differently and get different scenarios.
You can choose traits for characters which again Shapes the narrative.
A fantastic group of characters.
You have the ability to pause a musical number with a button press or the old-fashioned way of pressing start.
Narrative storytelling.
The map fills in as you progress and this allows you to choose where you travel.
It’s really cool the way your choices affect how the current song is being sung and the game waits for you to decide.
It’s a game that just captivates and entertains for hours.
Have noticed it is also a great game to have on the big screen with friends as it’s basically an interactive novel.
A ton of replay value thanks to the many many routes you can take.

Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical Review Cons:

Cannot rebind controls.
The volumes all seem out of whack at times like the voices being low one minute the too high the next.
Never sure when it’s saved or when it’s safe to turn the game off.
Would be cool if there was a quick way to replay certain sections so you can choose a different path.