Former Dragon Age lead author David Gaider has a brand-new game originating from his brand-new workshop, and also while it is formally an RPG, Gaider claims it’s not the type of RPG you’re most likely thinking about.
Gaider revealed Summerfall Studios back in 2019 with co-lead Liam Esler, and also its launching game, Stray Gods, is currently simply weeks away complying with a small delay intended to make room for Baldur’s Gate 3. Not unlike Gaider’s Dragon Age background, Esler is understood for deal with Baldur’s Gate and also Pillars of Eternity, so there’s some severe RPG pedigree at Summerfall.
In a Twitter thread handling “expectation management” of what some individuals viewed to be a “full-on RPG,” Gaider claimed the workshop’s RPG pedigree does enter into have fun with Stray Gods, however differently.
“First off, yes, there’s a lot of room in the RPG genre for all sorts of games,” Gaider starts. “I think, however, there’s an idea of what a ‘classic’ RPG like Baldur’s Gate 3 (or Dragon Age) includes: inventory, combat, level ups, the whole ‘walking simulator’ deal. Stray Gods is not that.”
Stray Gods is billed as a role-playing musical game starring Greek gods. And when I state music game, I do not imply there’s a great deal of focus on the soundtrack. It’s a game concerning musicals – the real phase efficiencies. Gaider includes that while it’s “first and foremost about the roleplaying .. the real stars of the show are the branching, interactive musical numbers – something that’s never really been done in games before.”
“So is it an RPG? That’s the closest tag on Steam. Visual novel? There’s a lot of breadth in that genre too, but – much like with RPGs – there’s an understanding of what visual novels do and that doesn’t tell the full story either. Thus, we settled on ‘roleplaying musical.'” (For the document, Stray Gods is involving all significant systems, not simply computer through Steam.)
Gaider claims Summerfall understood Stray Gods would certainly be difficult to classify, and also he was honest concerning just how specific niche it remains in feedback to various other Twitter customers. “Not everyone cares for musicals, but it really is the focus here,” he said to one follower that identified Stray Gods may not be for them.
“The very last thing I’d want is for someone to play the game thinking it’ll be something it’s really not,” Gaider said to an additional fan. “There is, after all, a lot there to love. Or we think so, at any rate.”
Stray Gods does have one cherished RPG trademark: lots of attractive and romanceable characters.
Source: gamesradar.com
