Though humanity was able to quell the anger of the god with assistance from the hero Elchrist (seriously, the religion thing), Regnant took one beautiful thing away: the power to sing. So of course when Alto, our protagonist, hears melodic words coming from the forest, they belong to a song being sung by a witch, who happens to be Hilda, the Witch of Destruction. (Just kidding… that would never fly in gaming.) Fed up with humankind's “arrogance,” the god did the only logical thing and waged holy war. Regnant loved his people, and his people loved him, until they didn't because they're terrible humans and started producing plain red Starbucks cups. This experience can be found in Stella Glow, though not always consistently.Īfter opening with a scene of someone being “put down” in a fire (because animé reasons), we are treated to a village story of the god Regnant, who lived on the moon, whose name gets mentioned briefly and then is only referred to as “god.” Not “god of the moon,” “the moon god,” “the god of our world,” or anything of the like, just “god,” giving the entire game a bit of a religious-but-not-really vibe, especially when the characters discuss things they learned about “god” in “Sunday school.”

Touted as the last game to be released by Imageepoch, the Japanese studio which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year amid news of the disappearance of their CEO, Ryoei Mikage, Stella Glow has been trumpeted as the culmination of everything Imageepoch has learned over their ten-year history (minus debt management, apparently).

Stella glow opening