My playthrough of Heaven Will Be Mine was probably one of my top ten experiences of video games
(This post was originally posted on Cohost.)
I played Heaven Will Be Mine with a group of friends over voice chat during the first UK COVID lockdown (2020), when I was stuck in my parents' house while not out to them. I also didn't have a bedroom of my own so finding privacy was a bit tough, but I found some space to be able to play this. (My parents are fine and would probably be accepting, but I've just not been in a position where I'm ready to come out to them just yet.)
Each of us voiced a character - me voicing Luna-Terra, @AceEmpress (who wasn't my partner back then) voicing Saturn and another friend not on Cohost voicing Pluto. And we each felt a genuine connection to our characters, as trans people trying to get a grip on the world while stuck at home. I can't be more specific about the experiences of my friends, but I felt a connection with Luna-Terra: tired and fed up to the point of feeling resigned, trying to be a little hopeful amongst everything going on at that time. This felt like one of my few spaces to explore being queer, in the company of friends while playing characters and staring into their souls.
I couldn't recommend it more.