Life is Strange 2

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  1. Watching_horizo
    Sep 30, 2018
    3
    Weak story with plot twist that doesn't make any sense. Little or none character development and stupid actions that you just have to deal with it. Feels like stupid simulator in season 2 and game doesn't have LiS feel in it.

    I loved LiS season one with its dlc BFTS. This season 2 doesn't even feel like LiS game and episode 1 set tone for rest of this season 2. Top of that SJW    Weak story with plot twist that doesn't make any sense. Little or none character development and stupid actions that you just have to deal with it. Feels like stupid simulator in season 2 and game doesn't have LiS feel in it.

    I loved LiS season one with its dlc BFTS. This season 2 doesn't even feel like LiS game and episode 1 set tone for rest of this season 2.

    Top of that SJW propaganda and seems like dontnod got woke.... I regret that i bought this game and trusted    … Expand
  2. Moneypots
    Sep 30, 2018
    1
    +music is ok
    +graphics are ok

    -story is bad. i mean really bad
    -whole episode felt rushed but still it was boring
    -main characters uninteresting
    -forced SJW agenda
    -no LiS soul
  3. Geodude074
    Oct 4, 2018
    0
    Refund requested. I mistakenly bought the entire Season instead of trying out Episode 1 first - you should NEVER pre-order any game and always wait for critical reviews first. Sad to say, this game just isn't very fun.

    Pros: * Upgraded graphics. * Awesome world building with lots of attention to detail. * Good soundtrack. Cons: * One giant escort quest. * Unlikable characters.    Refund requested. I mistakenly bought the entire Season instead of trying out Episode 1 first - you should NEVER pre-order any game and always wait for critical reviews first. Sad to say, this game just isn't very fun.

    Pros:
    * Upgraded graphics.
    * Awesome world building with lots of attention to detail.
    * Good soundtrack.

    Cons:
    * One giant escort quest.
    * Unlikable characters.
    * No super powers like time traveling.
    * Huge drops in framerate on every cutscene.

    Life Is Strange 2 is a game where you have no abilities and your entire mission is to escort a telekenetic 9 year old across the country. Game mechanics include holding LT to look for the 9 year old, and pressing B to call to him so he doesn't get lost. That's about it.

    Of course, graphic adventure games aren't about the gameplay, they're moreso about the storytelling. And that's where Life Is Strange 2 fails miserably. The characters are downright unlikable. The older brother in the game makes the most irresponsible decision he possibly can by running from the police and trying to cross the border to Mexico. What's the point of the other "choose your own adventure" options if you can't even choose to not go down this route? It's like if Max and Chloe had decided to destroy Arcadia Bay from the beginning before the game even started. What does it matter if you choose to steal a candy bar or not, if you have no choice in making the worst decision of the character's life?

    Unfortunately the entire game is built upon this failed story plot. Since the older brother is running to Mexico, the game is one giant escort quest. Since it's an escort quest, there are mechanics built around escorting the younger brother. And since you are the supporting character, you have no special abilities, instead it's the younger brother with the super powers that you can't make use of. The rest of the game cannot make up for the shortcomings.

    On a technical note, the graphics are upgraded and look quite nice - but they come with a caveat. Every single time there's a cutscene where the characters talk to each other, the framerate drops to 30-40 fps, and this happens A LOT. My PC has an overclocked GTX 1070 and an overclocked i7-4770k and I'm only playing at 1080p, but it's not enough to get this game to play at a locked 60 fps. If you want an example of a poorly optimized game, this is it.    … Expand
  4. mk3123
    Sep 28, 2018
    0
    Trash, which is a shame since I loved LiS. Heavy handed political crap (pushed on us from people across the pond, no less), cliche characters, lazy writing, none of the "feels" are earned but forced on you, characters make no sense in choices / actions and buggy. There's no way this deserves a high score by any objective measurement
  5. user-a
    Oct 9, 2018
    1
    Don't buy this game!

    If you played Captain Spirit and thought you were getting something like that, you're completely wrong. And this is what they call BAIT and SWITCH What made LIS good is its world, possibilities of talking to so many characters, and getting to have that sense of belonging and finding your niche even in a school with mean girls and bullies. LIS2 has none of    Don't buy this game!

    If you played Captain Spirit and thought you were getting something like that, you're completely wrong. And this is what they call BAIT and SWITCH

    What made LIS good is its world, possibilities of talking to so many characters, and getting to have that sense of belonging and finding your niche even in a school with mean girls and bullies.

    LIS2 has none of that. There is no sense of belonging, things are GRIM, and there's little mystery, and I mean who plays a game where they HIDE, worry, steal, experience nightmares and get beaten up by a strange guy. Is that what you call FUN?

    Or is that a GAME I'm supposed to buy and enjoy? And I'm bad person if I don't? How's that?

    So cons:

    - Game's atmosphere is downright MISERABLE.

    - You spend your time babysitting your younger brother (again, such fun!)

    - You're on the run and you're stealing food or dumpster diving or talking to people who treat you with contempt. Again, this is totally why I buy video games, I'm a masochist.

    - There's no sense of mystery or escape or world building like in LIS. Game has no LIS soul. It has no soul whatsoever actually!

    - World in LIS2 is a hiking trail, the woods, and some bully's cabin. Wait, what worldbuiling are we talking about?

    - Politically charged narrative. Whether you're left-wing, right-wing, centrist, are you really buying games to spend your precious free time in ugly and miserable worlds where you're on the run and being treated like a criminal by ugly people in the middle of nowhere? Wait, so I'm buying a game for THAT? Why not just go on Twitter?

    - Feels are indeed forced. When you're scared or on the run or thinking about stealing, it's very hard to connect to positive emotions of nostalgia, warmth or serenity. When you're scared and miserable and dumpster diving, there's THAT and nothing else. You can't have your cake and eat it, too.

    And FYI, I felt exactly the same thing when playing Detroit: Become Human so this is not tied to politics and being a good or a bad person or who you're voting or not voting for.

    Playing as Kara, ALL you do is take care of Alice, avoid miserable situations, hide from people who want to hurt you, and see the very worst of human kind.

    Fair but I'm not playing my games to be depressed, oppressed, afraid, or ruminate about things I can't control. That's not fun and that's not the world I want to be in.    … Expand
  6. Fragmentize
    Oct 7, 2018
    1
    Appalling storyline, sounds like it was written by an Edgy teen, Poltiics in video games, **** off, just **** off.
  7. CaseyJones
    May 12, 2022
    0
    Terrible game. Very anti American and anti white. Blatant racism against white people and traditional western American values. The amount of woke propaganda in the game is overbearing. Would not recommend. Put your money elsewhere because the developers of this game hate you.
  8. Taronn93
    Nov 22, 2018
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm seriously disappointed, but just to be fair i'm going to list pros as well first.

    Pros:
    -Graphics are awesome, fits the game really well.
    -Music is good as well.
    -The world overall is better than it was in the first game.

    Cons (going to talk about all of them below in more detail)
    -Weak Story
    -The character we play is not the main character of the story.
    -No controllable special ability for the players.
    -None of the characters were interesting or likeable or relatable , because nothing in the story is
    interesting or likeable or relatable. The character we play is the worst. There are choices that made without the player, and he makes the most irrealistic, stupid choices ever. By the end of the story he will either get himself killed or goes to jail. His decision making is worse than Chloes, which is not an easy task but the writers managed to do it. But at least Chloe was a likeable rebelling teenager. Sean is just stupid.

    So... Why is the story weak? For multiple reasons. First of all, its forced on us, and the first major decision made it very obvious that all the choice in this game are going to be illusions of choice.

    Examples:
    -Dad gets shot no matter what you choose.
    -There is no option to stay or run away, its forced on us to run away.
    -Our character gets kidnapped no matter what we choose. There we don't even have a choice to explain properly that we didn't stole anything, the only choice we have is to try to go away as soon as possible which makes our character look bad.

    There is one thing in common with these choices: Racism. Racism thats also forced into the story and makes it much worse than it would've been originally. Its like rewriting the first Life is Strange where everyone around Max and Chloe are sexist and we have to listen to sexist remarks through 5 episodes.
    The dad gets shot because the cop is a scared racist, the kids got bullied on multiple occasion in the episode because everyone apparently are racist in this story, Sean gets kidnapped because the old man is a racist...

    So, there comes the second and the third con together. Our character is not the main character of the story (which already made it worse), its Daniel. Daniel, who also got the special ability. A special abiltiy that the player can't control like we did it with Max, which made awesome puzzles for the game possible. Our character is just a side character who is there to help Daniel get through his story. We can only control Daniel's power through cutscenes where our side character make the main character calm down.

    The first game brought up these things: Corruption, drog abuse, psycho teacher, friendship, time travel, choices that were meaningful enough to save a person's life in the story.

    The second game bring up this thing: Racism. That's it. All the things thats happening to our side character is because of racism. The bully kid was racist, that's why we knocked him out, the cop was racist thats why he was afraid of two mexican kids and that's why he shot the father for no good reason.We had to run away because all the other cops who arrived are assumably racist as well and we would've been accused of killing the cop (which is not wrong by the way, just not the way they think). The old man at the gas station is racist thats why we get tied up even if we don't steal anything,

    They just proved with this game that not continuing the story of Max and Chloe was a mistake. Majority of the people cared about them and we don't care about Daniel and Sean, and no, its not going to change if the first episode couldn't change our mind, because most of us are most likely not even going to buy the second episode. This game should be cancelled and make a game about the story of Max and Chloe as i said above.    … Expand
  9. DeepCritic
    Feb 1, 2019
    0
    Dirt leftist propaganda without features of LiS 1.
    Most of all in Lis I liked the atmosphere, which is not in Lis 2 at all.

    3/10 Dontnod Entertainment you broke my heart.
  10. Elfen85
    Nov 23, 2018
    3
    Forest exploration + child raising simulator:

    LIS1 had some real mystery, detective storyline, teaser/flashforward of things to come at the end, cool super power gameplay mechanics, a number of interesting, multidimensional characters and strong narrative. Where's all of that in its sequel? Exploring the forest and a couple of other locations and taking care of your brother is not my    Forest exploration + child raising simulator:

    LIS1 had some real mystery, detective storyline, teaser/flashforward of things to come at the end, cool super power gameplay mechanics, a number of interesting, multidimensional characters and strong narrative. Where's all of that in its sequel?

    Exploring the forest and a couple of other locations and taking care of your brother is not my idea of LIS game. If I wanted to raise a child I'd play "Princess Maker". The plot leaves a lot to be desired and makes me raise my eyebrows at how unrealistic some character behavior is, I can't relate to such characters. That whole idea of being on the run isn't exciting at all. The story isn't working for me. The game feels boring and fails to make me feel emotional and connected.

    Some positive notes: the soundtrack is awesome as always in this franchise, the voice acting is very good as well.

    I bought only the first episode. Will I come back for more? I don't think so. It didn't even have a cliffhanger! I can't believe that even "Before the Storm" made by a different studio was so much better than this... I played LIS1 twice and loved it even more the second time, while LIS2 is a massive disappointment for me.

    P.S. Way too much swearing, slang, weed, booze, smoking, sex references. All that leaves pretty bad taste in my mouth. Are most teenagers in America really like that? Not to mention that it's a pretty bad influence and example for the audience.    … Expand
  11. Sepherim
    Mar 31, 2020
    4
    Mi opinión sobre Life is Strange 2 es enormemente subjetiva, porque mi problema con el juego (uno de ellos) es la trama. Y, como en estas cosas suele pasar, la trama habrá a quien le guste y a quien no. El problema de la trama, para mi, es doble. Por un lado, tiene demasiados momentos forzados exageradamente (casi desde el mismo planteamiento de la historia) de modo que no se sienteMi opinión sobre Life is Strange 2 es enormemente subjetiva, porque mi problema con el juego (uno de ellos) es la trama. Y, como en estas cosas suele pasar, la trama habrá a quien le guste y a quien no. El problema de la trama, para mi, es doble. Por un lado, tiene demasiados momentos forzados exageradamente (casi desde el mismo planteamiento de la historia) de modo que no se siente creíble y coherente, sino una serie de bandazos de un lado a otro, azuzados por los momentos dramáticos y tensos que tienen que venir al final de cada episodio, aunque no peguen ni con cola. Y segundo, siendo una historia de viajes, la mayor parte de las interacciones con otras personas (quitando a tu hermano) son puntuales, de modo que lo que haces ahí tiene pocas consecuencias más allá de tu hermano y como ve las cosas. Y en cuanto a decisiones, todos estos juegos tienen momentos en que te llevan por donde tienen que ir, pero en este caso es peor, porque demasiado a menudo te da la opción de elegir lo que quieres, solo para luego ignorarlo por completo si no escogiste lo que la trama quiere. Y eso, en un juego de decisiones, es frustrante. Especialmente si tenemos en cuenta lo dicho antes sobre encuentros fugaces, el resultado es que en realidad, la historia no tiene demasiado que ver con tus decisiones, o esa es la sensación que da, sino con la historia que quieren contar. Como ejemplo, puedes jugarte gratis Captain Spirit, el propio juego te lo recomienda cuando llega el momento, pero la mayor parte de las decisiones tomadas en ese capitulo importan poco en la historia del 2, y es un personaje que en realidad ni siquiera importa demasiado, limitando mucho el interés del mismo.

    A nivel gráfico el juego es agradable, con una estética muy en línea con lo visto en Life is Strange 1 y Before the Storm. El sonido cumple bien, especialmente la música, aunque las voces (al menos en inglés) no siempre me convencieron. Y hay que reconocer que, al menos en mi experiencia, es un juego carente de bugs, algo no frecuente ultimamente.

    Por todo ello, me temo que la saga Life is Strange ha ido perdiendo enteros desde el brillante primer juego, al más mediocre Before the Storm, y hasta este, precisamente porque tanto BtS como el 2 quitan poder e importancia a las decisiones que vamos tomando.    … Expand
  12. Jexter
    Jan 21, 2019
    2
    After playing the first episode, I can say that this is a regressive leftist propaganda masquerading as a computer game. In the game, all white men so far have been racist, fascist, bigots or **** Considering that I really liked Life is Strange 1, this is a serious letdown. I was expecting a similar, great game, but instead of I got this propaganda piece. Sure, there was some politicalAfter playing the first episode, I can say that this is a regressive leftist propaganda masquerading as a computer game. In the game, all white men so far have been racist, fascist, bigots or **** Considering that I really liked Life is Strange 1, this is a serious letdown. I was expecting a similar, great game, but instead of I got this propaganda piece. Sure, there was some political messaging in the first game, but it was not as bad nor did it bother me that much. It was handled adequately.

    This really makes me sad. They even implement post-modernist phrases in the game, such as "everything is political. These are the kind of things you learn from your Neo-Marxist professors. Now, I can understand that you have some political issues tackled in a game. Even post-modernist thought has it time and place. I could also say that racism is a good subject to tackle. Having a Mexican family as a center-stage is also a great idea. However, when there is no nuance or subtlety in your presentation, it feels forced. In this game, it is forced to the extreme.

    Everything is not and does not have to be political. The authors of this propaganda should really look themselves in the mirror and ask, "I am really so much better than everyone else". I bet majority of developers of this game were white, and probably white men. Most came from middle-class or higher background. Unfortunately, they have been taught to loathe themselves because of their skin color and perceived privileged. This group-based identity is over-riding their ability to treat people as individuals. I have to say that I am not American, but I am getting really sick and tired of regressive leftist politics pushed by entertainment industry and media there. Americans, including most white leftists, used to be proud of their country and heritage and now they see themselves as oppressors. In other words, this is just another developer infested with this social justice sickness along with a healthy dose of Trump derangement syndrome.

    I gave it 2/10 because it does look and sound pretty good. I will not be buying the second episode or any other games from this developer.    … Expand
  13. Hallowsend666
    Oct 18, 2018
    0
    This is a terrible follow-up to Life is Strange, Before the Storm and even Captain Spirit.

    Basically nothing that made people fall in love with the previous games is left here. This is an empty shell that clearly has the name "Life is Strange" attached to it to make people pick something up they would not have bought otherwise. Instead of a great, engaging and lovingly told story you    This is a terrible follow-up to Life is Strange, Before the Storm and even Captain Spirit.

    Basically nothing that made people fall in love with the previous games is left here. This is an empty shell that clearly has the name "Life is Strange" attached to it to make people pick something up they would not have bought otherwise.

    Instead of a great, engaging and lovingly told story you are bombarded with political messages all the time (which I agree with, but that is not the point). Where Life is Strange drew it strength from subtlety to make you think this here offers nothing in comparison - you get told what is correct.

    Apart from the politics the characters are weak, the voice acting is sub par and not even the music can compare to the first season - it is a shame when a previous title in the series completely destroys the facial animations and lip sync in this one.

    The plot is you wandering around with your brother (not really a spoiler since that happens after 20 minutes) with forced interactions and "on the nose" tests on morality. I find it hard to believe that this is actually the same team that created Life is Strange - the story quality in this one is so far below the first one that it hurts. This is enforced by that not only the whole triggering event but also almost every single decision taken by the characters is stupid beyond belief and can´t be explained just by their age.

    Speaking of decisions, none here matter at all - I can live with narratives not branching wildly. But when I have the option to walk away from a fight and I choose to just leading to me being insulted again and then starting the fight away its just lazy. This is basically true for every major decision offered - there is not even a slight variation.

    I would have not expected Dontnod to fail so hard.    … Expand
  14. Darius_84
    Oct 4, 2020
    0
    This game is **** Don't waste your money and time with this garbage.
    The apple fell so far from the tree
  15. Jason_CRT
    Dec 9, 2019
    0
    Just a terrible game with awful story.
    Everything good from life is strange 1 is gone, replaced by bad gameplay & boring story.
    The premise of the story is somewhat promising, but the developers don't really take much advantage of it. Don't bother with this game if you have expectations of a well made story, all of your choices are almost meaningless. Sure there are slight    Just a terrible game with awful story.
    Everything good from life is strange 1 is gone, replaced by bad gameplay & boring story.

    The premise of the story is somewhat promising, but the developers don't really take much advantage of it.

    Don't bother with this game if you have expectations of a well made story, all of your choices are almost meaningless. Sure there are slight variations but you'll quickly just end up back where the story wants you to be.
    The game also fails horribly at trying to be political propaganda with many logical gaps.
    The plot is boring and feels too railroaded. What little choices are left to the player have consequences that often make poor sense, giving a persistent sense of frustration. Topics are delivered in quite an heavy handed way and many plot holes are never covered.

    A large portion of the game consists of cutscenes and tons of meaningless dialogs combined with boring gameplay.

    I honestly do not think I have ever been more disappointed in a video game before. I really wish I could rewind the time and get my money back...
    This game should be renamed to "Don't Buy Me"

    The original "Life is Strange 1" and "Life is Strange: Before the Storm" were great games with decent amounts of content and gameplay which brought you into the game world and left you invested into the characters.
    But I totally do not recommend Life is Strange 2!    … Expand
  16. Corefitz
    Feb 15, 2020
    1
    This game fails hard in the one aspect Life is Strange 1 outperformed itself in. Story.

    The games story is bland and boring, doesn't draw you in, thereby doesn't make you care about the characters as you cannot relate to them in any way... Will say though, everything that happens before the uhm... accident. I felt like this was going to be an awesome sequel in the Life is Strange    This game fails hard in the one aspect Life is Strange 1 outperformed itself in. Story.

    The games story is bland and boring, doesn't draw you in, thereby doesn't make you care about the characters as you cannot relate to them in any way...

    Will say though, everything that happens before the uhm... accident. I felt like this was going to be an awesome sequel in the Life is Strange series. I was let down hard. It kills me a little inside to say this but I actually have to drag myself to play the game, by that extention I'm not having fun.

    So sad to say this, but the most important aspect of a story based game isn't there. A good story.    … Expand
  17. ASonic
    Sep 11, 2020
    1
    The atmosphere in the game is nice, and endings felt emotional, plus the fan service for first game fans. However everything is ruined by 0/10 writing, not only it's a biased leftist cookbook, but it also makes no sense and is vainly preachy. Doesn't matter if you're a leftist or not, such pandering is ugly, i dont think anyone on any political side should be playing this game, unless theyThe atmosphere in the game is nice, and endings felt emotional, plus the fan service for first game fans. However everything is ruined by 0/10 writing, not only it's a biased leftist cookbook, but it also makes no sense and is vainly preachy. Doesn't matter if you're a leftist or not, such pandering is ugly, i dont think anyone on any political side should be playing this game, unless they like to be fooled.… Expand
  18. Netspirit
    Dec 11, 2019
    1
    Another game ruined by SJW politics. I love the first one, but put the sequel away after the first episode.
  19. jojimbo
    Oct 6, 2018
    0
    This is not a LiS game, the developers had a chance to create something really special but decided to completely crap on the franchise. Imagine a proper sequel the fans deserved.

    It's such a sad thing that happened to the LiS world, and the name was used to sell something that had nothing to do with LiS at all. Couldn't they, a talented (well they were) team think of something? It    This is not a LiS game, the developers had a chance to create something really special but decided to completely crap on the franchise. Imagine a proper sequel the fans deserved.

    It's such a sad thing that happened to the LiS world, and the name was used to sell something that had nothing to do with LiS at all. Couldn't they, a talented (well they were) team think of something? It beggars belief.

    The fans were robbed, betrayed. No one wants to play as 2 dudes, and the political correctness is big. SJW anti-Trump, left wing garbage that deserves to be deleted and thrown in the trash. Don't make the mistake of buying this garbage off the back of Max, Chloe et al.

    This left wing political rubbish shouldn't be allowed to taint the world of LiS, and the poor sales proves it was a big big mistake by Dontnod.

    "yeah yeah b...but max and chloes story is over!"

    Why? A proper sequel could have been made with integrity, Chloe's story in it you could sidestep by having the player be Max, a little older in Seattle. Why not a story of her working for the FBI helping them to crack cases. Even I can come up with a decent synopsis that would have worked.

    Imagine the FBI are trying to find a serial killer, they send Max back into the past to find out who the killer is, but she gets personally involved with the victims (already dead in the future) and breaks the 4th wall. She was meant to witness from a distance, but ends up feeling compelled to save a victim, and now she is in danger.

    If she goes back to the future, her new found friend will die, can she alter the course of history for the good of all?

    There Dontnod, I did it for you, get on it, no need to thank me.

    LiS2 is for the franchise, Alien3 was to the films, a complete and utter failure, bad writing (lazy writing) and get my score of a whopping 0 (zero) sad thing is, these "woke" liberal game devs won't change, they will regurgitate a bias, and sadly, the LiS franchise is doomed.

    LiS (the original) didn't sway in a partisan way left or right, it didn't try and force an ideal or bias, even if you had your own political opinion, you were allowed to explore the world where there was none. (politics) we play game to get away from all that crap, let's face it, bi-partisan politics is in your face every day, 24/7. LiS was a world where you could leave that behind and experience something different, something beautiful in it's sincere humanity. BtS was the same, no politics (round of applause for Deck9) Whoever came up that going down this path was a good idea needs firing.

    What a terrible waste of a huge opportunity to make it into AAA game development.
    A true sequel with Max would have been a major success.    … Expand
  20. mugsy
    Apr 19, 2020
    3
    In this game you have like every SJW and leftist propaganda possible. Let's see:

    - racist white people - xenophobic white people - poor honest Mexicans who want to go to USA to do honest work, hunted by evil US border patrol, vigilantes and dealing with The Wall - homosexuals being tormented and misunderstood by heterosexuals - "cool" tattooed, pierced people living as outcasts    In this game you have like every SJW and leftist propaganda possible. Let's see:

    - racist white people
    - xenophobic white people
    - poor honest Mexicans who want to go to USA to do honest work, hunted by evil US border patrol, vigilantes and dealing with The Wall
    - homosexuals being tormented and misunderstood by heterosexuals
    - "cool" tattooed, pierced people living as outcasts doing drugs and all that stuff
    - evil Christian church that brainwashes people

    And many more that I can't tell off the top of my head. But basically if you think about any SJW or leftist theme, it's most likely in the game.

    The game itself has a boring and non-inspiring story with many plotholes. It doesn't even make sense in general from beginning to the end if you think about it. I think it's partially due to the fact that the concept of kid with a Jedi/Super Saiyan powers is not as interesting and doesn't give as much source material to work with as time-reversing. I often found myself getting bored by too much unneccesary and cliche dialogue, and just wanted to push the story forwards faster.

    There are only a few remotely interesting characters, unfortunately main characters aren't one of them. The characters behavior and decisions are totally dumb and irrational in many parts throughout the game. You don't care about or get attached to any character really.

    Graphics are okay I guess. Not bad but not really good either. 6/10.

    Music. I didn't like it very much, even though the style is similar to Life is Strange 1. There were no songs that stayed in my head, while I remember many songs from LiS 1 or Before the Storm to this day.

    I can't really recommend this game. It is a major letdown after LiS 1. LiS 1 was one of the best and most memorable games of my life, while LiS 2 is just...crap. Even Before The Storm is literally MILES better than this game. There is no contest.

    Sean and Daniel can't hold a candle to Max and Chloe.    … Expand
  21. WoWkiller11
    Feb 12, 2020
    0
    f**king useless piece of **** wrapped in political propaganda of left-wing ideas
  22. NeoTheFox
    Feb 2, 2020
    3
    It's pretty bad. Nothing happens for most of the time, and when something happens it's badly written and poorly acted.
    The voice acting must be the absolute worst part of this narrative focused game where it should be a highlight.
  23. Ochokochi
    Apr 16, 2020
    1
    Game trying to be anti-racist , ends up being racist :d lol .. That's the most anti-white video game I've ever played , guess Dontnot Entertainment is full of 'progressive' people, where being white heterosexual is 'not cool dude' ... They would better spend more time developing that boring story rather than discuss politics ...Won't buy their games any more ..!.,
  24. Korra13
    Jul 31, 2021
    2
    This is a very nasty game. There is no spirit of the past parts in it. Very boring main characters, minor characters, and even more interesting than the main characters. It is very common to see the same house assets in different episodes. There is a lot of political overtones, hatred for believers, hatred for white people, hatred for everything. This is not Life is Strange. It's veryThis is a very nasty game. There is no spirit of the past parts in it. Very boring main characters, minor characters, and even more interesting than the main characters. It is very common to see the same house assets in different episodes. There is a lot of political overtones, hatred for believers, hatred for white people, hatred for everything. This is not Life is Strange. It's very funny to see how DONTNOD talks about injustice towards different people, but at the same time, they themselves deceived and ignored the protests of the voice actors of Life is Strange 2015. Many young children liked the game and they put 10, just because it is called the same as and the last part and for a bright picture. Don't be fooled. Little music, even less good music. Elections practically do not affect anything. The game has no decent morality. You may like the first and second episodes, but the next episodes are made very poorly, apparently the developers themselves were bored with creating the game. If you are white, a believer, be prepared for the game to hate and despise you.… Expand
  25. lord_raccoon
    Sep 21, 2020
    0
    The game is just nasty. The protagonists are disgusting: irresponsible, ungrateful, naive, destroying other people's lives on their way with their stupidity. This illusion of choice is annoying. All dumb decisions of the heroes cannot be prevented in any way. Sometimes we are offered a choice, but the developers have already chosen everything for you, and in case of choosing the "wrong"The game is just nasty. The protagonists are disgusting: irresponsible, ungrateful, naive, destroying other people's lives on their way with their stupidity. This illusion of choice is annoying. All dumb decisions of the heroes cannot be prevented in any way. Sometimes we are offered a choice, but the developers have already chosen everything for you, and in case of choosing the "wrong" option, in any case, everything will be as if you had chosen the "right" one. For instance, our brother want to visit local market. Can we say him no? Yes, but after that he starts to whine and we agree anyways. I knew this will be fatal decision. But i couldnt prevent it. And it ruined the whole storyline. And stuff like this was all along the game.
    I dont like those characters, the story is really boring, SJW stuff and hypocrisy of those boys and devs is everywhere.
    I feel sorry for my time for this nonsense.    … Expand
  26. alisherq
    Apr 14, 2021
    4
    Абсолютно тупейшие сценарий, тупейшие главные герой, грубая и прямолинейная левацкая политическая повестка, отсутствие интриги, отсутствие обьяснение суперсилы, отсутствие логики, унылый геймплей по сравнению с предыдущими частями, отсутствие морали. Если вы здравомыслящий человек, то единственная эмоция которую будете испытывать - это кринж и гнев от нелогичности и тупости всегоАбсолютно тупейшие сценарий, тупейшие главные герой, грубая и прямолинейная левацкая политическая повестка, отсутствие интриги, отсутствие обьяснение суперсилы, отсутствие логики, унылый геймплей по сравнению с предыдущими частями, отсутствие морали. Если вы здравомыслящий человек, то единственная эмоция которую будете испытывать - это кринж и гнев от нелогичности и тупости всего происходящего в игре.
    Но тем не менее во втором сезоне life is strange есть и плюсы, это - геймплейная и визуальная стилистика, атмосферность, красивые виды, рисование, большая свобода действий в отличий от предыдущих частей, пусть и иллюзорная и наличие 4 концовок, весьма неплохих. Но все это мелочи по сравнению с минусами игры.    … Expand
  27. Elena_Fisher_
    May 26, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. LiS 2 is the worst game ever made by developers. The game has a potential but they didn’t spend it good. The story is **** I mean really ****… Expand
  28. Versetty2005
    Jul 17, 2020
    2
    Видимо, "синдром Дэвида Кейджа" - профессиональное заболевание всех создателей французского интерактивного кино. Прогрессирует сей недуг из раза в раз по одному сценарию: разработчик выстреливает скромным и талантливым дебютом, после чего, распираемый ответственностью, начинает пытаться лечить души и вправлять умы, в процессе чего лопается и остаётся трепетать на ветру тенденций (о боже,Видимо, "синдром Дэвида Кейджа" - профессиональное заболевание всех создателей французского интерактивного кино. Прогрессирует сей недуг из раза в раз по одному сценарию: разработчик выстреливает скромным и талантливым дебютом, после чего, распираемый ответственностью, начинает пытаться лечить души и вправлять умы, в процессе чего лопается и остаётся трепетать на ветру тенденций (о боже, какая метафора) яркой, но невесомой тряпочкой. Вот и LiS2, ярко начав свою историю с катастрофы, к пятому эпизоду не только не удерживает планку, но комкает все наработки и отмахивается абсолютно никакущим финалом. Небрежные сюжетные швы решивших пройтись по всем проблемам общества сценаристов наложены небрежно и бросаются в глаза. Ближе к концу авторы спохватываются: не раскрыта тема ЛГБТ! Исправляемся: две трети финала занимает созерцание хрупкого благополучия меньшинств. Давно не встречали корыстных, жестоких сектантов? Получите САМЫХ корыстных и жестоких на свете сектантов! На секунду забыли, что расизм - плохо? Вот вам очередные демоны в людских обличиях. А если коротко, игра растеряла практически все достижения оригинального приключения Макс и Хлои, вплоть до музыки, которая здесь тоже никакущая.… Expand
  29. oyunsever
    Mar 18, 2021
    0
    I loved your first game. My love increased with the dlc that came out. I still had hope in life is strange 2 episode 1, and as we progressed, the badness of the story ruined my gaming taste. When you remove the story from the game whose only feature is the story, you have life is strange 2. life is strange 2 is regret.
    not worth it especially considering the price in my country
  30. midipon
    Jan 27, 2020
    0
    This game is extremely boring with an inorganic story that just comes off as anti-establishment, anti-white, and anti-American. It's basically oppression porn for people disconnected from reality who want their beliefs reconfirmed by anything.
    The graphics are cheap as can be, the music is uninspired, gameplay is minimal, and the voiceover is low-quality. I would only recommend LiS2 to    This game is extremely boring with an inorganic story that just comes off as anti-establishment, anti-white, and anti-American. It's basically oppression porn for people disconnected from reality who want their beliefs reconfirmed by anything.
    The graphics are cheap as can be, the music is uninspired, gameplay is minimal, and the voiceover is low-quality. I would only recommend LiS2 to people who want to laugh at it, but ep. 2 and 3 are really slow and low-stakes.    … Expand
  31. muzmuz
    Oct 1, 2020
    4
    Stories revolving around fictional politics and social justice is one thing, actually putting real ones in a video game? No thanks, especially not in a Life is Strange game. Characters become straight up racist against the Mexican protagonists telling them they are the reason to "build a wall" is just quite literally the worst thing you can put in a video game.

    Top that deterring    Stories revolving around fictional politics and social justice is one thing, actually putting real ones in a video game? No thanks, especially not in a Life is Strange game. Characters become straight up racist against the Mexican protagonists telling them they are the reason to "build a wall" is just quite literally the worst thing you can put in a video game.

    Top that deterring quality off with poor writing, boring pacing, low quality direction and even lesser gameplay (as compared to the previous titles and even Telltale games), Life is Strange 2 is easily a game I don't mind forgetting about.

    Since Episode 1 is free, see for yourself., but you're in for a disappointment; especially with this hefty price tag for what is essentially an interactive movie with illusion of choice.    … Expand
  32. Xalrandion
    Oct 19, 2021
    3
    Well... it's bad, like weak story, weak characters, weak gameplay bad.
    First of all, I did play only 1 third of the game but believe me when I say that every time, I see my play time on this game I wonder if steam crashed and forgot to count 50 more hours.
    First story and characters, I won't spoil anything but let's just say that you will need to strap your suspension of disbelief to a    Well... it's bad, like weak story, weak characters, weak gameplay bad.
    First of all, I did play only 1 third of the game but believe me when I say that every time, I see my play time on this game I wonder if steam crashed and forgot to count 50 more hours.
    First story and characters, I won't spoil anything but let's just say that you will need to strap your suspension of disbelief to a f-ing falcon 9 rocket for them to make sense. I know they’re young but when I was as young as them, I would also call most of their choices stupid, unconscious, and well... very stupid, and I I'm not that far from their age anyway. Which is even more infuriating with the game severe lack of nuance and subtility the game will always force you to choose between 2 extreme of the same solution something like "explode in rage" and "be extremely ungrateful and disrespectful" which will for all intent and purposes will have the same result. And when you couple that with the fact that the game make act the characters stupidly and think you're too drunk to notice it becomes just borderline insulting.
    The gameplay is weak, but in another game like this I wouldn't even mention it because it should be carried by its writing...
    I don't know what happened to the smartly written characters and charm of arcadia bay, If you wanted to get this one, just continue walking...    … Expand
  33. HalfPastNein
    Aug 7, 2020
    2
    The story in this game is very weak. The facial expressions feel wooden and all the time I was getting a feeling that voice actors didn't know what's going on in the scene so they don't match at all. In comparison to the first part, which at least had an interesting gameplay (time manipulation), this game feels like a joke, even though I didn't like the first part. I don't understand howThe story in this game is very weak. The facial expressions feel wooden and all the time I was getting a feeling that voice actors didn't know what's going on in the scene so they don't match at all. In comparison to the first part, which at least had an interesting gameplay (time manipulation), this game feels like a joke, even though I didn't like the first part. I don't understand how people like this one.… Expand
  34. Yosemito
    Jul 16, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Abi kardeş ilişkisini çok iyi anlattığı için 4 oy aldı fakat life is strange 2 diyorsanız maxin hikayesinin devamı gelmeli hadi diyelim farklı bir hikayeyi anlatıyor niye ana karakterimiz 1.nci oyundaki gibi yetenek kullanamıyor kardeş yeteneği kullanıyor oda genellikle eğitirken onu taşı kaldır bunu fırlat tarzı polisleri öldüreceğim e ye basıyorum kardeş direk öldürüyor bari e harfine sürekli basalımki o ölme efektini versin hikayesi

    Bir - tarafıda ilk başta best friendimiz lyla bir görüyoruz başta birdaha yok ulan aptallar madem best friendimiz gelsin bizle yollarda şahsen ben o karakteri çok sevmiştim bidaha göremedim farklı sonlarda bi 1 dakikalığına gözüküyor sonda bu kadar çok saçma olmuş    … Expand
  35. kezzyhko
    Aug 2, 2020
    2
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  36. merzav_ka
    Aug 7, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Boring and cringy. Billions of bugs like a floating beer or people getting invisible all of a sudden. Daniel (little brother) is litterally the most irritating person I've ever seen in any game. Facial expressions? Never heard of. Body language is absent. Maybe the worst part is claiming inclusivity and stuff and sending kids with Mexican origin to the marijuana farm for work. It is the most racist thing they could do, especially after the redneck scene where they pointed out to all these stereotypes.

    Beyond disappointed.    … Expand
  37. meanlulu
    Jun 6, 2021
    3
    episode 1 　35
    episode 2 　30
    episode 3 　35
    episode 4 　5　　
    episode 5 　75　　　　
  38. Htimez2
    Jan 19, 2023
    0
    This is essentially a far left propaganda piece, the story only exists to bash the other side of the political isle by creating fantasy stories that are in no way realistic and trying to say people on the right are bad and people on the left good. You honestly either have to be a far left SJW to like this game or you are afraid to dislike as a critic because you would lose your job. *InThis is essentially a far left propaganda piece, the story only exists to bash the other side of the political isle by creating fantasy stories that are in no way realistic and trying to say people on the right are bad and people on the left good. You honestly either have to be a far left SJW to like this game or you are afraid to dislike as a critic because you would lose your job. *In short it is SJW propaganda and not even well made.… Expand
  39. Roteiro
    Jan 25, 2023
    3
    Nice graphics, great music again. But the story... I will short: If you love the Star Wars, and you want to play as a kid padawan who use his power on everything and on everyone you will totally love this game! :D Boring and Star Wars force copie...So shame...
  40. Alvelian
    Dec 15, 2022
    0
    Эта игра буквально во всем хуже оригинальной LiS. Ну разве что графон подтянули, но первую часть люди полюбили явно не за графику, так что смысла от такого апгрейда на фоне всего остального ноль.
  41. realWhiteMan
    Apr 9, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product.… Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Mar 6, 2020
    70
    Diaz brothers undoubtedly have their charm, but they can’t compete with Chloe and Max. Let’s hope that next time developers will focus on actual story rather than current political agenda. [Issue#243, p.50]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Jan 16, 2020
    68
    Instead of trying to improve on the first “season”, Life Is Strange 2 starts from scratch. Unfortunately, glaring plot holes, shallow supporting characters and weak attempts at gameplay make this journey worse than it could be. Still, if you make it to the end, it is almost worth it.
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  3. Meristation
    Jan 4, 2020
    75
    The fifth and final chapter of Life is Strange 2 lets us say goodbye to the story of Sean and Daniel. Even though it has flaws and the ending is not as powerful as we wished, it's still an interesting story to live, with wonderful characters and important themes like racism and the liberty to be who we are.
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