Life is Strange 2

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  1. Wegx
    Dec 12, 2019
    5
    Ok, where to start... As a person who has always been a big fan of the franchise, I believe it is interesting to make a valid analysis of the reasons why my opinion about this game end up being a little bit mixed. It is important to emphasize that I'm here considering the complete season, which means I played all episodes 1-5.
    - Narrative: Maybe that's the point that bordered me the most.    Ok, where to start... As a person who has always been a big fan of the franchise, I believe it is interesting to make a valid analysis of the reasons why my opinion about this game end up being a little bit mixed. It is important to emphasize that I'm here considering the complete season, which means I played all episodes 1-5.
    - Narrative: Maybe that's the point that bordered me the most. Life is Strange 2 lacks an element that's exactly the strongest point of your predecessors: Depth. Don't take me wrong, the story keeps addressing polemic topics that are actual world issue of our society however; the relation players develop with the characters end up being less intense here. That happens, mainly, because the dynamics of the game introduces a storyline where almost none of the characters seen on an episode show up again on the next one. It can be annoying the way people just seem to disappear through the narrative making most of them just another road acquaintance of which you feel knowing very little. And that does not happen only with the characters, the places are also less emotionally remarkable and can be synthesized as beautiful landscapes you see for 20 minutes and soon have to go away. Although this "life on the road" feeling feats well with the game context the way how it was developed ends up compromising the proximity relationship between the player and the established universe. There were a lot of moments that I felt more touched by Easter eggs of the first game than on supposedly dramatic moments of the sequence. Even on Captain Spirit, you can feel a stronger presence of sentimental and emotional sensitive moments. When it comes to the possible ending, the game can be separated on 4 "main" outcomes with other 3 more "minors" variants inside those four. I think we can say all of them are "ok" and, somehow, can even be considered less "cannon" than the ones on Life is Strange 1.
    - Gameplay: The mechanics, in general, is pretty similar to the first game however; playing without the powers CAN BE LESS INTERESTING. The thing about controlling a "normal" character has already been discussed on Life is Strange: Before the Storm but because the public was already so involved with the whole universe it ended up being more "forgettable", a benefit we don't have here. As interesting as seeing how your actions can "affect" the behavior of your young brother, and that is an actual NICE addition to the gameplay, there are times where you will do everything to convince Daniel to do a certain action and he will simply act like a spoiled kid. Daniel IS A KID and he is expected to act as such however; sometimes it just begins to feel more frustrating and boring than it should and you start to feel more like in a babysitter simulator. It's a FACT: playing without powers can turn the gameplay into something less enjoyable.
    - Graphics, Scenario and Sound Track: Here is one of the few points where the game shows a NOTABLE EVOLUTION compared with the first season. The art style is preserved but everything seems to be more polished. The scenarios are astonishing and you just want to have a camera to capture the moment. By the way, the new collectibles include drawings you make with Sean, which are also a super nice addition that feats well the character's personality. About the soundtrack, like in all the other games of the franchise, this one remains as a strong positive point. The highlight here would maybe be an absence of remarkable songs in the last episode, especially in the final scenes. About the production, in general, I can't complain, so green mark.
    At the end of the day, the game comes with a very different proposal and, for most of the public, DO NOT expect to experience it with the same intensity as the first season. Of course, different narratives have a different impact on different people, however; the minimum expected from a game that carries the same title is some patter and coherence of experience, otherwise, you have to give up some identity core aspects. Life is Strange 2 IS NOT A BAD GAME. But it definitely feels like a step back compared to the other games of the franchise, especially the first season. Life is Strange one can be unforgettable. Life is Strange 2 is just another good game.    … Expand
  2. Crimert
    Mar 25, 2020
    6
    This game was boring! If you expect the same hype as you got from the first Life is Strange game, you would be disappointed! The soundtrack was okay but the story was weak. 24hrs on record.
  3. amirmahdi22
    Dec 18, 2019
    5
    unfortunately dontnod did the same mistake that telltale did.giving too many characters that you will don't care about them anymore,they got far away from the main story in the game,if you only play the first and last episode believe me you wont miss anything from the main story and will fully understand it. i kinda feel like they only wanted to use life is strange's name for its popularity.
  4. DJKrimson
    Jan 19, 2021
    6
    The first 2 chapters are just boring as hell and nothing really happens. It got better in chapters 3-5 fortunately and I actually got emotionally invested in the end. However, the story is overall too weak and it's nowhere close to Life is Strange 1.
  5. Oswinoswald
    Jul 11, 2020
    6
    Na OMEGALUL
    The story started good but it didn't improve itself it starts to feel boring from 4th and 5th
    there were things that I could see that they are made for making longer episodes At the first episode, I wanted to go explore the world a bit more but the game didn't let me Sometimes the game makes you think is daniel stupidest character in gaming history yes it is I would    Na OMEGALUL
    The story started good but it didn't improve itself it starts to feel boring from 4th and 5th
    there were things that I could see that they are made for making longer episodes
    At the first episode, I wanted to go explore the world a bit more but the game didn't let me
    Sometimes the game makes you think is daniel stupidest character in gaming history
    yes it is
    I would recommend playing it
    Na OMEGALUL Na OMEGALUL Na OMEGALUL    … Expand
  6. Kowxley
    Oct 24, 2020
    7
    Quite good, but unfortunately loses what made the first game so great.

    Cons : No real lovable characters The story is very simple and sometimes drifts away from it's main theme Not as emotional and surprising as the first game. Pros : The characters grow (kind of) and learn from the beginning of the story The soundtrack is quite good The graphics are very nice with more diverse    Quite good, but unfortunately loses what made the first game so great.

    Cons :
    No real lovable characters
    The story is very simple and sometimes drifts away from it's main theme
    Not as emotional and surprising as the first game.

    Pros :
    The characters grow (kind of) and learn from the beginning of the story
    The soundtrack is quite good
    The graphics are very nice with more diverse landscapes
    A few side characters make the story more interesting
    More endings and choices than LiS1    … Expand
  7. DefaltWorld
    Jun 19, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego esta bien, pero alargan la historia demasiado y ya no es lo mismo que el primero, no es tan buena la historia, matan al padre y huyen, y encuentran amigos y tal, pero no acaba siendo un life is strange, hacen una pequeña referencia al primero pero que no afecta en nada a la historia, y al final te das cuenta de que no tiene sentido porque si te entregas realmente no pasa gran cosa, el juego esta bien pero no te esperes que supere al primero… Expand
  8. DylanColino
    Sep 16, 2021
    7
    Todos los juegos merecen una segunda oportunidad.

    Empezando por la historia, tiene un inicio no malo, muuy malo resaltando todos los puntos flojos, haciendo que los primeros 30-40 minutos de gameplay sean super aburridos, hasta que empieza lo divertido y ahi si se convierte en una historia super entretenida, atrapante y con ganas de saber mas. Los personajes son muy simpaticos, tantos    Todos los juegos merecen una segunda oportunidad.

    Empezando por la historia, tiene un inicio no malo, muuy malo resaltando todos los puntos flojos, haciendo que los primeros 30-40 minutos de gameplay sean super aburridos, hasta que empieza lo divertido y ahi si se convierte en una historia super entretenida, atrapante y con ganas de saber mas. Los personajes son muy simpaticos, tantos los primarios como los secundarios. Aviso que no es una secuela, es una historia completamente diferente aunque se relaciona indirectamente con la primera entrega, ya que al iniciar el juego, te pregunta sobre que decision tomaste al final del primer juego, y en base a eso, apareceran algunos personajes u ocurriran algunas cosas.

    El gameplay es el mismo que el de la primera entrega tomando decisiones. A lo largo del juego, se encuentran en los escenarios algunas referencias a otros juegos que me parecio un detalle muy muy bonito.

    Pasando a las cosas malas, lamentablemente arrastraron un error del primer juego que son los gestos faciales, que realmente parecen robots al igual que los movimientos de los personajes, Una pena. Ademas encontre algunos bugs visuales pero que no afectan a la experiencia de juego.    … Expand
  9. LilDevil
    Aug 23, 2020
    5
    The story is outright disgusting. Graphics aren't too bad but poorly optimized. OST leaves a lot to be desired compared to LIS1. Also there is a "cherry" on top: absolutely hideous pro-illegal immigrants agenda.
    Overall it's not too bad (6.5/10), if you don't compare it to LIS1. Otherwise the game's just ****
  10. charlymorton
    Jan 23, 2021
    6
    Life is Strange 2 feels very different than the original, but not always in a good way. It plays at a different area, focuses on new characters and handles different topics than the original. I liked that it didn`t just do the same like the original. I have to give it credit for its originality. You don`t play the character with the powers but his brother as a rolemodel. When I played it,Life is Strange 2 feels very different than the original, but not always in a good way. It plays at a different area, focuses on new characters and handles different topics than the original. I liked that it didn`t just do the same like the original. I have to give it credit for its originality. You don`t play the character with the powers but his brother as a rolemodel. When I played it, I had some fun, but now thinking about it makes me start to see its issues. It`s very focused on politics and issues of society. It pushes its political and social agenda far too much into the viewers faces. If I play a story game, I don`t want to get bothered too much about politics. It takes much of its fun away. The first one was such an astonishing ride because it didn`t push a political agenda into the gamers eyes but instead focused on real life experiences and showed Max`s life choices. It just told its story and didn`t try to be much more than that. I got what they were trying to do. Police brutality, cults and racism are actual and important issues in the modern world and especially in the USA, but the game went too far with its agenda. I would have prefered to see a much more grounded story without too much political ideas. With that said I would only recommend this game to fans who don`t get bothered by politics in games.… Expand
  11. Rydberg98
    Feb 1, 2021
    5
    I will keep it short, because I feel very conflicted about this game.

    It is definitely something different from the first part, because it lacks the mystical gameplay. Personally I liked the Diaz brothers very much. Although most of the plot can be justified, it has some major plotholes, which don't make the game unenjoyable, but prove the heavy political message they wanted to make.    I will keep it short, because I feel very conflicted about this game.

    It is definitely something different from the first part, because it lacks the mystical gameplay. Personally I liked the Diaz brothers very much. Although most of the plot can be justified, it has some major plotholes, which don't make the game unenjoyable, but prove the heavy political message they wanted to make. This is not unforgivable per se, but the plot feels forced because of that. I was very sad at the end, though I have to say none of the 4 endings are making any sense. By showing a pro immigration message they ignored that neither Mexico nor USA are law-free. The latter may have a in part stupid judicial system, but definitely not us stupid as they tried to show us here (says a European).

    I like the art style, and the soundtrack, though one can argue it was better in the first part. Because the game is a road-trip through it's five parts, you are not able to connect to side characters as you were able to in the first part of the franchise.

    As a fan of the first part you should give it a try. But you may be disappointed at the end.    … Expand
  12. Another_Moon
    Dec 25, 2021
    7
    Концовки довольно печальные считай все. Seven of ten.
  13. kinsang
    Sep 12, 2022
    6
    เป็นภาคต่อที่ทำออกมาได้ค่อนข้างน่าผิดหวัง ตัวละครสองพี่น้องไม่น่าสนใจเท่าที่ควร และเนื้อเรื่องก็ไม่มีอะไรน่าจดจำซักเท่าไหร่
  14. KinimodYunmi
    Apr 1, 2023
    7
    Die Geschichte hat sich für mich ziemlich langsam aufgebaut, ich bin mit den Beiden erst nicht warm geworden. Erst wurde mir Max & Chloe entrissen und dann direkt Layla.
    In Episode 2 war es dann schon ziemlich cool als Außenstehender eine andere Perspektive auf Captain Spirit und sein Leben mit seinem Vater zu haben und ab hier waren die Entscheidungen auch wieder genial.
    Episode 3 war    Die Geschichte hat sich für mich ziemlich langsam aufgebaut, ich bin mit den Beiden erst nicht warm geworden. Erst wurde mir Max & Chloe entrissen und dann direkt Layla.
    In Episode 2 war es dann schon ziemlich cool als Außenstehender eine andere Perspektive auf Captain Spirit und sein Leben mit seinem Vater zu haben und ab hier waren die Entscheidungen auch wieder genial.
    Episode 3 war schon echt cool, auch wenn mir der Ort jetzt nicht so gut gefallen hat, aber die Stimmung und die Leute waren nice.
    Episode 4 empfand ich als sehr kurz, aber ich hätte nicht damit gerechnet das man diesen Charakter trifft, hat mich gefreut, was ich aber schrecklich fand, war dass Daniel so gegen Sean war, an dieser Stelle hät ich echt Ausrasten können, wie oft muss man jemandem etwas sagen, erklären und oder beweisen?
    Episode 5 war am aller besten, das Spiel hat sich bis zum Höhepunkt aufgebaut, es begann nach der Rückker von K & D vom wöchentlichen Einkauf, ich habe D nicht erkannt, erst nach einem ganz bestimmten Wort, welches ich damals auch aus den drei Optionen ausgewählt hatte und einmal fest verwendet wurde, dann hat es direkt Klick gemacht und es war genial, Spannungsbogen überspannt und 80 Mal gerissen!
    Ich habe seinen Wohnwagen komplett untersucht und bin sehr froh drüber, ich habe später noch dem kompletten Telefonat gelauscht, wunderschön, ich bin froh darüber. Ich sollte zwar selber drüber hinwegkommen und genau wie sie nicht zurückblicken aber es ist schwer, doch die Zeit heilt alle Wunden.
    Und dann kam das Finale, es war großartig. BOOM BANG KNALL, geile Sequenz, sehr zufriedenstellendes Ende!

    Anbei nochmal meine Bitte, wenn DONTNOD es nicht machen möchte, dann bitte DECKNINE:
    Ich dachte es geht in Life is Strange 2 mit Max & Chloe weiter, da gibt es doch noch so viel zu erzählen!
    Bitte führt es fort! Man könnte die an der Abfahrt aus Arcadia Bay anknüpfen, ein Abenteuer auf dem Weg nach LA auf dem sie alle Fotos und Kameras zerstören, das war mein erster Einfall, lasst euch bitte etwas besseres einfallen, DONTNOD. #LifeisStrange3
    Dann könnte man in LA ein Abenteuer erleben, einiges passiert, eine aufregende aber zu gleich gefährliche Stadt. #LifeisStrange4
    Weiter gehts nach New York, in LA ist so viel Mist passiert, wir können es nicht mit denen aufnehmen und niemand hilft uns. Auf der Flucht nach NY! #LifeisStrange5
    Dann waren es genug Abenteuer, sie sind älter geworden und möchten ein etwas normaleres Leben, Chloe überredet Max in San Fran nochmal als Fotografin durchzustarten, sie ziehen dort hin aber auch die Kraft ist auf einmal wieder da. #LifeisStrange:AftertheStorm

    Please @DONTNOD & @DECKNINE don't let these wonderful characters die!
    I love them so much    … Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

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  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
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  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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