Life is Strange 2

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  1. 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
  2. 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...
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. meanlulu
    Jun 6, 2021
    3
    episode 1 　35
    episode 2 　30
    episode 3 　35
    episode 4 　5　　
    episode 5 　75　　　　
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. kezzyhko
    Aug 2, 2020
    2
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  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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 ..!.,
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. WoWkiller11
    Feb 12, 2020
    0
    f**king useless piece of **** wrapped in political propaganda of left-wing ideas
  26. 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.
  27. 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
  28. 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.
  29. 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
  30. 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.
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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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