Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Episode 1: Awake

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  • Summary: Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. PC PowerPlay
    Nov 12, 2017
    90
    If the first episode of Before the Storm is anything to go by, Deck Nine has constructed a deep, heartfelt adventure. [Issue#267, p.72]
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  2. Power Unlimited
    Oct 19, 2017
    80
    Before the Storm – Episode 1 doesn’t start of as great as Life is Strange but saves itself halfway through with the growing relationship between Chloe and Rachel. New (insights in) characters, mysteries and the Backtalk conversational options make Life is Strange: Before the Storm powerful enough to stand on its own legs. A fine reason to return to Arcadia Bay.
  3. Game Informer
    Aug 31, 2017
    80
    Awake shows you a broken Chloe - someone at her lowest. Everyone hits those trying times in their lives, and what Awake does best is illustrate how much another person can make a difference in those situations. The emotional pull is strong, and the story's strength is its relatability. This first episode has me intrigued at how Chloe and Rachel Amber will make it through their distress, and it also has me rooting for them.
  4. CD-Action
    Nov 16, 2017
    80
    The first episode is really good (in some aspects even better than the original Life Is Strange!) and despite being rather short (ca. 3 hours) full of positive surprises. [11/2017, p.62]
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  5. Ragequit.gr
    Sep 6, 2017
    78
    A decent tribute to teenage angst, aimed exclusively at original "Life is Strange" fans. The first episode tries -a bit too hard- to say things that we already knew, about the special bond between Rachel and Chloe. Ultimately it makes us ask ourselves: "Are prequels really necessary to further an already established and excellent story?"
  6. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Nov 7, 2017
    77
    Even though people familiar with the original LiS already know how Rachel and Chloe’s friendship is going to end, it doesn’t spoil the game – on the contrary, that shadow of inescapable tragedy adds a subtle but important tone to the story.[Issue#224, p.48]
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  7. PC Invasion
    Sep 1, 2017
    70
    Let’s face it: if you played Life is Strange then you’ve probably bought this already, and if you haven’t, then you should play that first. If you’re one of the few Life is Strange players who haven’t picked this up yet, I’d definitely recommend waiting until we see how the rest of it turns out. What’s here is good and fine, but this episode feels like a prequel episode (no pun intended) that’s building up to whatever’s going to happen.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. BananaLuiz
    Aug 31, 2017
    10
    Incredible and magical as it should be, charismatic characters, interesting and varied, a wonderful soundtrack and an impressive artIncredible and magical as it should be, charismatic characters, interesting and varied, a wonderful soundtrack and an impressive art direction, the game touches on delicate and controversial subjects with a lot of respect and makes the experience very immersive and magical, looking forward to the next episode… Expand
  2. kayrajordana
    Sep 17, 2017
    10
    sem palavras para descrever esse jogo, simplesmente incrível e Extraordinário, além de deixar escolher o destino do seu jogo, uma trilhasem palavras para descrever esse jogo, simplesmente incrível e Extraordinário, além de deixar escolher o destino do seu jogo, uma trilha sonora otima e na espera para o proximo ep… Expand
  4. TheTastyPotato
    Sep 15, 2017
    10
    Just finished it. It was AWESOME. As I loved the previous games everyone that is reading this review I have to tell them: do not care onJust finished it. It was AWESOME. As I loved the previous games everyone that is reading this review I have to tell them: do not care on negative reviews if they same the game is cringe or they don't like Chloe. Mean or good, characters that are not perfect morally, that ain't making them bad. Every character has it's own personality, and that's what I love about this game, or that the decisions will not matter that much, in previous game it did, sort of, not on what you see in Telltale Games thought, but it had those choices to get players more interactive with the story and that is great . It is full of moments where you feel the characters, the story was well introduced, the art-style is awesome, the music is awesome, for the 1st episode I'm really impressed on what they have done.… Expand
  5. scepticpurple
    Dec 24, 2017
    8
    A welcome return to the world of Arcadia Bay, fans will enjoy the well crafted re-imaginings of previously explored environments, and equallyA welcome return to the world of Arcadia Bay, fans will enjoy the well crafted re-imaginings of previously explored environments, and equally well created characters, both new and old. The episode can feel a little bit thin in terms of new material at times- often appearing instead to simply re-tread ideas from the first game, but for now at least, the excitement of a younger, lighter Arcadia Bay is more than enough to suffice.… Expand
  6. gyigyo2
    Oct 21, 2017
    8
    Postitive
    -Great voice acting
    -Amazing Soundtracks -Interesting cutscenes,dialogs -Interesting adventures with Rachel and interesting    Postitive
    -Great voice acting
    -Amazing Soundtracks
    -Interesting cutscenes,dialogs
    -Interesting adventures with Rachel and interesting places
    -Interesting Nightmares/Diary
    -RAVEN is great!
    -Arcadia Bay Radio
    -Chloe

    Negative
    -Boring gameplay
    -Ending was not shocking
    -No plot twist at all
    -Samatha
    -Eliot    … Expand
  7. nfs7379
    Sep 4, 2022
    8
    8/10.......................................................................
  8. SuperkenGaming
    Aug 31, 2017
    6
    Life is Strange: Before The Storm Episode 1: Awake
    No confidence in whats to come
    Before the storm is a prequel to life is strange where you    Life is Strange: Before The Storm Episode 1: Awake
    No confidence in whats to come
    Before the storm is a prequel to life is strange where you play as maxs blue haired friend chloe..
    though at least in episode 1, that blue hair is nowhere to be seen…
    This time the story focuses on her friendship with rachael amber.. the missing girl from life is strange…
    She saves you from a party and the rest is history..
    episode 1 is reminding you about chloes fathers death, how much she hates school and her step dad.. and how much teen angst she has, while setting up her and rachels relationship and care for eachother..
    but by this 2 hrs long episodes end… my care was nowhere to be found…
    There is no special rewind ability here.. this is all interacting with the environment and dialog choices.. turning this into a telltale games sort of adventure..
    Appreciated though is that chloe talks to herself reminding you where items are or where you should be looking for a certain item to progress the story.. it doesn’t waste your time which is refreshing for an adventure game…
    There is also a battle system where you trade insults or come up with clever replies based on when your opponent says to get your way in a situation..
    and you have to do so quickly as youre being timed…
    this system is really the only noticeable gameplay here…
    Again there is no rewind puzzles or really any puzzles in this first episode
    aside from a few fetch questy moments finding your moms phone or an item to pry open a coinslot… the game was dialog choices with characters and a situation I just didn’t care about…
    the game gives me no reason to care about chloe and rachaels relationship…
    I asked myself while playing multiple times what is even the point of this
    There was one cool moment here where I was playing a table top game with these 2 nerds at a picnic table and had to make choices, it was fun and immersed me into the world…
    but afterwards I was just out of it, again wondering why…why does this game even exist…
    Im not sure if this is just fan service or if this game is going to actually go somewhere..
    The story so far is just not compelling
    nothing from episode 1 has hooked or intrigued me, nothing has me excited for the next episode…
    this isn’t a good sign when this game is set to take place across only 3 episodes total…
    I give
    Life is Strange: Before The Storm Episode 1: Awake
    a 5.5/10    … Expand

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