The game follows Sidestep, a telepath who used to work with a Los Angeles’ superhero team, the Rangers, until a traumatic incident forced them to abandon their old life.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve played the alpha demo that’s been released online, and I check the Steam page daily, hoping that the “coming soon” turns into a price tag. This one, though, occupies my every waking thought. After the number of anticipated games I’ve watched fall into development hell, I don’t usually let myself get excited for sequels. “Fallen Hero: Rebirth” is the first in a planned trilogy of interactive novels by Malin Ryden, with the sequel, “Fallen Hero: Retribution,” due to release any day now. Essentially, I hate an out and proud superhero. The necessary double life and juggling of identities, the isolation that comes with being “different” and hiding in plain sight is what makes a “hero” compelling. For me, superhumans are compelling when they’re miserable. In the era of the rockstar superhero, where superhero media is dominated by Marvel movies and images of playboys, career heroes and literal pagan gods, it’s hard to find superhero media with the themes that have always drawn me into the genre.

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