Greek gods hiding out in our cities, and a murder case you settle in song.

When the community picks on gut feel, with no criterion attached, Stray Gods only edges out just under a third of the games. The detail confirms the fragility. Controller feel sits right at the bottom, ahead of only 5% of titles, and the wish to rediscover it for the first time drops even lower. The desert island doesn't keep it either. What lifts it back up is the art style, a bit above average, and the soundtrack, slightly below the middle of the pack. Careful though, all of this rests on very few votes, sometimes two or three duels per criterion. The early signals point the same way, but nothing is settled.

Against the big RPGs and narrative adventures filling the catalogue, a game built on sung dialogue and branching choices starts with an obvious handicap on the controller line. That is not where it plays. Its music and its writing are the weapons, and those are exactly the lines where it holds up best.

So, who is it for? For you if you love interactive storytelling, full-blooded musicals, and the idea that a duel is won with a chorus rather than a combo. Much less so if you want a game that keeps your hands busy, or an adventure you would dream of wiping from your memory just to live it again.