How do you think the other 7 Deadly Sins will present themselves?
So far, the game has played most of the Deals straight, but it twisted one of the sins and its usual meaning.
Dex's deal is "Greed," but rather than having insatiable desire for material wealth, he's instead given endless resources (electrical energy) to play forever. In a sense, he's gotten more than he or anyone else will ever need but it's still not enough and never will be enough.
How do you think the other 3 Deadly Sins will present themselves?
I'm thinking that Lust will be one of the most straightforward manifestations. Basically reference how with celebrity culture, it's depressingly common for parasocial relationships to turn into the more powerful party abusing vulnerable victims.
We may have a more comedic representation of it, like all of the mooks for that particular stage being rabid super fans wearing all the merchandise, and their gimmick is buffing the other enemies through their sheer excess enthusiasm. But there could also be serious exploration at how unfilling and empty it is to have thousands if not hundreds of thousands claiming they love you with all their heart and soul, but never feeling an ounce of actual affection or genuine connection.
Gluttony, meanwhile, I think will be one of those twists like Dex. Rather than the Idol it's associated with being an excessive eater, they don't even eat at all. Their cybernetic enhancement is Cyberpunk Bariatric Surgery that prevents them from ever being hungry every again and just consuming Harmony Farms Nu-TRI-ents (TM) to sustain themselves.
However, they still keep up the appearance of being a gourmand, a lush, and someone who enjoys themselves at parties and fine dining. They take lavish, expensive photographs with food stylists, pay top dollar for the most expensive and gimmicky meals you can find, and go out of their way to collect rare and expensive alcohol--only to just have it tossed away afterward or thrown into a cellar, as they derive no pleasure from consumption anymore.
Sloth, I'm thinking is a hybrid of the two. This Idol, I really feel is both a performer and was the band's sound engineer, too. To tie in with Dex and Arora, they'd be a former Harmony Corp engineer who was secretly sent in with Arora, to act as a handler for her as well as to secretly record and steal Dead as Disco's music so they can make a Totally Legal Generative AI version of them.
They defected from the mission up until Charlie's death, upon which Harmony Corp forced them back into the fold. After being able to make and support original music with heart and soul, being forced to advance Harmony's Generative AI models sucked all the enthusiasm out of them. Now, they just constantly make the absolute bare-minimum and take as many shortcuts as possible, as they've lost all will to try and create something from the heart.