As a musical theater nerd, I was 100% on-board with this concept. There's a lot of positive buzz around the game, so I jumped into _Stray Gods_ with high expectations. Unfortunately, those expectations weren't met. _Stray Gods_ is the textbook definition of a "bad musical": weak melodies, forgettable lyrics, and awkward transitions. Most of the songs don't even have a proper musical structure -- the characters are just sing-speaking their lines over an instrumental track. It's a shame, because the underlying story is interesting. Now I'm left imagining what it would look like if a better songwriting team tried to tackle such a project.
An unpleasant game about unpleasant people doing unpleasant things in unpleasant places. It's got a lovely art style, but that wasn't enough to salvage the game. I didn't enjoy a minute of my time with Disco Elysium.
