This musical RPG is doing important work by letting you beat up music snobs, but I really stuck around for the painful (brilliant) puns

This musical RPG is doing important work by letting you beat up music snobs, but I really stuck around for the painful (brilliant) puns | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Roguelike Mewgenics provides the best proof yet that the turn-based tactics genre is the true home of drama and excitement in gaming RPG I applaud this gacha game for ditching anime characters for puppets, but it still can’t escape the pitfalls of a post-Genshin Impact world Strategy Steam Next Fest hasn’t even started, and its first must-play demo is already here RPG The new game from Disco Elysium’s studio feels like the first Christmas after your parents’ divorce FPS High on Life 2 review Card Game If you’ve ever had a crippling Vampire Survivors or Slay the Spire habit, avoid Vampire Crawlers at all costs Roguelike The most surprising thing about Mewgenics is its amazing soundtrack—and after 115 hours, I’m still discovering new songs Sim The demo of Sucker for Love: Crush Landing is the gentle reminder I needed that dating an eldritch god wouldn’t be straightforward, actually MMO Chappell Roan is a RuneScape sicko who absolutely loves the ‘medieval synth sh*t’ of its soundtrack RPG Our best RPG of 2024 is half off in the Lunar New Year sale, as are the adventures of Charlie Tunoku and countless other Sega series Card Game The Killing Stone combines occult contract law with card-battling in an isolated 17th century mansion Visual Novel I romanced a hunky British man with a shotgun for a head in a game that lets me have ‘US government approved pronouns’ like Jamestown, grits, and freedom Sim I’m a Wizard, But I Dig combines my love of Minecraft strip-mining, casting spells, and little blob creatures in one big magical mining sim Roguelike Imagine if politics were full of monsters! 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Subscribe to our newsletter I still regularly listen to Styx, so I would never criticise anyone’s musical taste, and thus I feel a certain kinship with People of Note protagonist Cadence. Her stab at pop stardom hinges on her combining different genres and breaking through to the cliquey denizens of her music-themed world—essentially fighting musical snobbery.People of Note’s demo flung me into the second chapter of the turn-based RPG, as Cadence ventured into the rock city of Durandis on a quest to recruit a musician into her currently non-existent band. But first, lots of breaks to stop and laugh at terrible puns. (Image credit: Iridium Studios)This demo contains more awful puns than a PC Gamer writer, but at the top it’s gotta be “accorgion”, which is naturally a corgi spliced with an accordion. It is adorable and squishy and of course you can pet it. If you don’t, you’re a monster. Related articles People of Note’s blend of turn-based combat and musical theatre is the exact kind of weird concoction my sicko brain has been yearning for The most surprising thing about Mewgenics is its amazing soundtrack—and after 115 hours, I’m still discovering new songs Earth Must Die review: An inventive adventure game that’s just a bit too obsessed with orgies Also adorable are the hidden owls dotted around the game. Find them and they’ll transform the turn-based battles into simple quizzes. The owls are odd. Weird, even. Weird Owls. Complete with moustache and big hairdo. I hate pop quizzes, but I appreciate a pun.Along with the owls, the city is full of snooty music fans divided into different subgenres—metal, punk, grunge. They hate each other. And they all especially hate the country fans. They’re not too keen on pop-loving Cadence, either. The town’s a tough nut to crack, then, but Cadence finds a buddy in Fret, an aging rocker, and the two quickly combine forces, fusi