Life is Strange

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8.6

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  1. stako
    Apr 14, 2016
    4
    "Life is Strange" is one of the most badly written and poorly designed, over-glorified modern story-driven games. Save for very few actually interesting moments, the game has nothing to offer. From the ground up, the game is set in a cliche filled world, inhabited by basic archetype characters, who do little to change things up or provoke a more-inteligent player. The puzzles offered are"Life is Strange" is one of the most badly written and poorly designed, over-glorified modern story-driven games. Save for very few actually interesting moments, the game has nothing to offer. From the ground up, the game is set in a cliche filled world, inhabited by basic archetype characters, who do little to change things up or provoke a more-inteligent player. The puzzles offered are dull and fall into the "time-waster" category, twists are extremely predictable and most characters have little to no actual motivation for their actions. And in the few cases they do - it's a thread that ends quickly. The plot offers solid foundations - the opportunity for something better is surely there, but the finished product can be bestly descibed as dissapointing. Missed opportunities are abound: taking photos is just for the collection, instead of a possible interesting mechanic, etc. The biggest problem of the game is that the protagonist's abilities make no sense. Not only do they rewrite actual science theories (while using others selectively), but they are inconsistent in the game itself. They bend at the will of the narrative, not to the player. Anyone who can think logically and has some reading experience in the sci-fi field will take this product as a complete insult to the genre. Sadly, that would be a perfect world. Ours is one in which this game gets praise for no reason, while actual gems are lost in the dirt. If you are a player, who has ever read a book and played at least a couple of good games in your life, stay away. There is nothing strange about Max's life - just cliches on top of cliches, covered in filters of unjustified reviews. "Life is Strange" is one of the worst story-driven games made to date.… Expand
  2. YungDizuck
    Feb 5, 2015
    4
    This is an example of a game that takes many disparate supposed influences, then implements all of them badly. As usual with my reviews, I'm going to start off with the aesthetics of the game, then talk about the writing and dialogue, then conclude with mechanics, then summarize. Let's get started.

    First up, Life is Strange's design choices look like something that was put together by    This is an example of a game that takes many disparate supposed influences, then implements all of them badly. As usual with my reviews, I'm going to start off with the aesthetics of the game, then talk about the writing and dialogue, then conclude with mechanics, then summarize. Let's get started.

    First up, Life is Strange's design choices look like something that was put together by someone who has only experienced American youth culture secondhand. It takes extreme examples of some icons, then copy/pastes them together in some "hella" strange mixture of stereotypes that sort of belong in a satirical movie, ( which, in my opinion, this "game" desperately wants to be, but we'll get to that later.)
    You have the hipster teacher, complete with the stereotypical thick glasses, the well intentioned white knight Warren, Chloe, then of course, Max Caulfield. All of which would be great in a movie like say, Junebug. I find it rather flat and uninspiring. But hey, looks aren't everything right? Let's move on. The animation and graphics are quite dated looking, and the interface felt clunky.

    So let's talk about the writing. It bills itself as inspired by Twin Peaks, Donnie Darko, Groundhog Day, etc, yet captures nothing of the charm of any of those movies. The dialogue once again, felt like a satirized version of something someone heard that one time, from that really obnoxious teenager in that one movie. The dialogue is pretty cringey, and the portrayal of a lot of the characters in the game left me feeling no sense of attachment to any of them. I wonder how badly you have to miss the mark, if you have to bill yourself more to fans of movies, rather than gamers? I digress.

    Mechanically, again, the game feels clunky, it's a mess of casual pandering QTEs, and falls into some ridiculous adventure game tropes, which is odd, considering how much the marketing is billing itself as more of an interactive movie than as an actual game.

    So to summarize, I feel like this game is simply attempting to pander to the Telltale market, but ultimately fails to find anything in common with that demographic. If you're a fan of walking simulators like Gone Home, you'd probably find a lot to like here, but for a core gamer looking for something to actually play, I couldn't recommend spending money on it. There are better games out there with time rewinding mechanics, if that's your hook. I give it a solid 4 to a 5 at best. For fans of the genre only.    … Expand
  3. russiangamer
    Nov 5, 2022
    4
    Главная проблема этой игры в сценарии, постановке и геймплее. Не сказал бы, что у игры вообще есть положительные качества. 1. Сценарий вызывает запредельный уровень уныния. К середине третьего эпизода уже хочется лезть на стенку: персонажи скучны, действие развивается очень, очень медленно.
    2. Как раз проблема того, как это срежиссировано относится и к медлительности - абсолютное ощущение    Главная проблема этой игры в сценарии, постановке и геймплее. Не сказал бы, что у игры вообще есть положительные качества. 1. Сценарий вызывает запредельный уровень уныния. К середине третьего эпизода уже хочется лезть на стенку: персонажи скучны, действие развивается очень, очень медленно.
    2. Как раз проблема того, как это срежиссировано относится и к медлительности - абсолютное ощущение того, что ничего не происходит между началом и концом каждого эпизода. Я делаю скидку на бюджет и готов из-за этого смотреть на бесконечные восьмёрки в диалогах, но крепкого фундамента в виде сценария разработчики не смогли обеспечить, отчего все это хочется бросить и возненавидеть.
    3. Геймплей в игре хуже двух аспектов выше вместе взятых. Очень скучно, очень однообразно. Механика с перемоткой времени - вверх вымученности; игрока постоянно берут за шкирку, чтобы он ей пользовался, отчего даже иллюзия вариативности сходит на нет. Хотя эту иллюзию изначально не поддерживали.
    Диалоговое окно имеет минимальный смысл из-за минимальной вариативности. И самое мною ненавистною в этой игры - ходить и рассматривать предметы на локации. Нет, спасибо. ...
    Будь мне 15 лет - это было бы круто, но не в 20. Слишком много огрехов, слишком мало таланта разработчиков. Даже в игры Teltale играть интереснее, думаю. Не говоря уже о quantic dream и прочих предложениях подобного жанра на рынке.
    Никому не советую эту игру.
    4.5/10    … Expand
  4. oz4n
    Jan 27, 2016
    4
    This game shouldn't get any higher than 5. After playing the fourth season for a while, I realized that my choices somehow were connected to a very few final decisions. So within the game, you don't actually "tailoring" anything, but just fooling yourself like "Oh I just saved an ass" and eventually realize that it was for nothing.
  5. FromKanga
    Jan 13, 2018
    4
    Life is strange was a really disappointing game, I did want to love this game and I like dialogue heavy games but only if the characters and story are interesting or coherent but this game is none of those things.

    The story was a mess, it has one of the worst writing I've seen in a story-rich game, it keeps changing tone and there are so many moments in the game that don't make any    Life is strange was a really disappointing game, I did want to love this game and I like dialogue heavy games but only if the characters and story are interesting or coherent but this game is none of those things.

    The story was a mess, it has one of the worst writing I've seen in a story-rich game, it keeps changing tone and there are so many moments in the game that don't make any sense, also this game has one of the worst endings I've ever seen in a game, it makes all your decisions pointless no matter what you choose and it made feel like the entire game was a waste of time, I didn't felt invested in the story but the ending still managed to annoy me.

    The characters were poorly written, it probably doesn't help that the dialogue was atrocious, I just don't find Max to be that interesting of a character but at least she wasn't unlikeable like Chloe, I know she went through a lot but the decisions she makes are incredibly stupid and I never sided with her because of it, there were some characters that could have been interesting like David or Warren but their dialogue were terrible and we don't focus a lot on them. To me the worst characters were Victoria, Nathan and the teacher for having the worst lines in the entire game.

    There isn't a lot to talk about for the gameplay because you can tell that the developers didn't focused to much on it, they just wanted to tell the story, so the gameplay is weak but I kind of already expected that. The graphics are actually quite good for a story-rich game even if most of the character designs were awful, I've had so many glitches while playing that I had to restart the game a lot, the voice acting was bad and I don't like the soundtrack but that's because it's just not my type of music.

    Even if I was pretty harsh on this game I do believe there were some good things in it, they do TRY to develop the characters and have some emotional moments and the ideas and themes were pretty great but the execution unfortunately was weak for me. I feel like if they took more time fleshing out the story and characters, it could have the potential of being a good game, a great game even, I guess that this just isn't for me.    … Expand
  6. jaw1986baby
    Mar 20, 2017
    4
    So that last time the game has you climbing the path nearly to the Lighthouse, if the PC gets a Blue Screen you think this has been a very good game. Then you get the last choice and the ending. Worse than ME 3 for an ending so bad it ruined the WHOLE game for me. I am not going to give spoilers so I will not detail my reasons. But I was so, so disappointed.
  7. KapralDominik
    Aug 3, 2022
    4
    Подростковая драмка, не имеющая никакой ценности вне хайпа своего времени. История в общем-то цепляет, но оглядываясь назад на все это, вы будете явно не в восторге через какое море воды вам пришлось пройти при этом. Хорошая атмосфера орегонского захолустного городка, отменный саунд и притягательные главные героини безусловно добавляют игре баллов, но смотреть все эти сопли на протяженииПодростковая драмка, не имеющая никакой ценности вне хайпа своего времени. История в общем-то цепляет, но оглядываясь назад на все это, вы будете явно не в восторге через какое море воды вам пришлось пройти при этом. Хорошая атмосфера орегонского захолустного городка, отменный саунд и притягательные главные героини безусловно добавляют игре баллов, но смотреть все эти сопли на протяжении 5-ти эпизодов при том что все выборы-то *спойлер* под конец ничего не решают несколько мелочно и неуважительно по отношению к своему времени. Оценка:4.… Expand
  8. TheCyborgFalcon
    Dec 7, 2015
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Story looks great. Gameplay isn't worth it. How to do puzzles: Look for a solution. Oh no, did you fail? Rewind time. I only played the first chapter, but if the Gameplay isn't engaging from the start, I'm not going to buy more episodes (don't get me started on episodic releases. I'd rather watch this as a movie, but even then the characters are so fake with their "trendy and cool" dialogue attempting to appeal to younger audiences.… Expand
  9. reviewfrom19842
    Aug 30, 2016
    3
    Great game. the 3rd episode is not very good but the rest episodes are really good.

    Episode 1 7/10
    episode 2 8/10
    episode 3 6/10
    episode 4 8/10
    episode 5 9/10
  10. MaxmilianKohler
    Oct 19, 2019
    3
    Tedious, uninteresting melodramatic teenage trash.

    There is a low character requirement here.
  11. trmdyl
    Nov 30, 2019
    3
    What a sad piece of stereotypical garbage as if written by a liberal teenage fan fiction geek. Uninteresting zombie of a main character, cliched time-travel stories, Liberal propaganda crap spread by virtual signalling annoying characters, absolutely horrible terrible taste in music, boring trivial gameplay marred by bad fetch puzzles. All in all, a mess I would never go back to and aWhat a sad piece of stereotypical garbage as if written by a liberal teenage fan fiction geek. Uninteresting zombie of a main character, cliched time-travel stories, Liberal propaganda crap spread by virtual signalling annoying characters, absolutely horrible terrible taste in music, boring trivial gameplay marred by bad fetch puzzles. All in all, a mess I would never go back to and a developer I'll most likely avoid from now on.… Expand
  12. Micsiz
    Apr 19, 2021
    3
    Bu oyun 8.6 metacritic puanı nası aldı aq. İnteraktif Film olarak başarısız, oyun içi seçimler hiç bi siki etkilemiyor, sadece daha fazla diyalog dinliyorsunuz. Bazı 'bulmaca' sayılan görevler aşırı kanser. Biz ne senaryolar, ne dramalar görmüşken, hele hele Türkiye'de yaşıyorken bunun hikayesine 'etkileyici' diyen bir kitle var. Eminim o kitle Twilight'ı ve Batman Versus SupermanBu oyun 8.6 metacritic puanı nası aldı aq. İnteraktif Film olarak başarısız, oyun içi seçimler hiç bi siki etkilemiyor, sadece daha fazla diyalog dinliyorsunuz. Bazı 'bulmaca' sayılan görevler aşırı kanser. Biz ne senaryolar, ne dramalar görmüşken, hele hele Türkiye'de yaşıyorken bunun hikayesine 'etkileyici' diyen bir kitle var. Eminim o kitle Twilight'ı ve Batman Versus Superman filmlerini de sevmişlerdir. Oyunun mekanikleri kötü değil. Olması gerektiği kadar güzel. Ama koca oyun hikayeden ibaret olduğunu ve hikaye denen şeye sahip olmadığını var sayarsak, bu oyun olmamış. Biraz da 'zamanı geri sarma' mekaniğini nasıl heba ettikleri hakkında yazmak isterdim ama benşm canım pek kıymetli ve asil parmaklarım yorulmuş mnfjdnfj.… Expand
  13. defenz
    Aug 9, 2021
    3
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  14. Overpaid
    Nov 7, 2016
    2
    A terribly dull game. Its like a boring version of the vanishing of Ethan Carter, with half of the ideas split over ten times the duration. Cliched characters in cliched situations, made even more unbearable by terrible !quirky" indy music and a plaid wearing northwestern hipster utopia setting.
  15. johny_myko
    Jul 27, 2015
    2
    The game has good ideas and mechanics, but it's all ruined by cringe-worthy storyline, punchable and unrelatable characters, below average face animations and amateurish voice acting in most characters.
    After playing it, makes me want rewind time until back when this game was in development and stop it from happening.
  16. KnowTooMuch
    Oct 27, 2015
    2
    After Playing Point and click type games from the amazing telltale like the walking dead series i decided to try life is strange due to the mixed messages I've been getting....and sweet Jesus every single character is unlikable, Victoria in the game is the most despicable human being in any game I've played, the plot points such as no one believing max and think she is a habitual liar isAfter Playing Point and click type games from the amazing telltale like the walking dead series i decided to try life is strange due to the mixed messages I've been getting....and sweet Jesus every single character is unlikable, Victoria in the game is the most despicable human being in any game I've played, the plot points such as no one believing max and think she is a habitual liar is the most tired old cliche i have seen ever, and when it Isn't they are just forgotten about within a short time. How this game got an 8/10 i will never know...i guess this is what people see as good today which is sad.… Expand
  17. objectivelytrue
    Dec 10, 2015
    2
    The only reason to play an adventure game is for story, if you're an adult, have read books, have played games considered the best in setting and story, this will seem like an inept teen tale. Because it is. Since I didn't like the story, there was nothing left for me and I quit out. I won't bother to mention the technical difficulties because obviously the children who like it are willingThe only reason to play an adventure game is for story, if you're an adult, have read books, have played games considered the best in setting and story, this will seem like an inept teen tale. Because it is. Since I didn't like the story, there was nothing left for me and I quit out. I won't bother to mention the technical difficulties because obviously the children who like it are willing to put up with it, and I won't play a bad game even if it's designed well everywhere else. Negative points for being episodic.… Expand
  18. Spotofpaint
    Aug 25, 2016
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I absolutely HATED episode five. I got really into this game and was very invested in it. Loved the idea of a choice based game. But as you play through it all gets darker and darker. By the time you get to the last episode it's so rapey I can't even believe they went so far with it. I mean, the main character ends up kidnapped, thrown in an underground bunker, duct taped to a chair, and her sicko teacher takes pictures of her after he drugs her. If that wasn't bad enough, you go back through time to try and fix it repeatedly. So episode 5 is basically you being kidnapped and put in that chair like SIX FREAKING TIMES! It seriously never ends. And after you get out, you have nightmares about it for the entire rest of the chapter. So it's all one giant hole of rapey disgustingness that repeats over and over again. Not my idea of "fun." The game was awesome up until that point! And I'm so disappointed in the end. NOT a good game for rape victims or people who've been molested or traumatized. And lets face it, this is a reality for girls. Not exactly something I need in my video games when I deal with it in real life.… Expand
  19. Gamerbro
    Apr 25, 2019
    2
    Yeah, this game sucks.
    None of your "choices" matter. No matter what you do, you will always get the "one big choice!"

    Never play this. Ever
  20. YEECEE
    Dec 22, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It may be the most inflated overrated game I have ever seen in my life (with outlast 2) the story is bad
    game-play is boring play with time mechanics is an adolescent story used in ridiculous empty work makes the game unattractive and our choices have no effect on the end of the game, if you have a finale based on either Chloe or saving the city then why . Graphics and musics good But it's a bad game with everything else . İ don't know metro exodus and infamous second son is worse grades then life is strange .    … Expand
  21. Narutoislink
    Oct 5, 2020
    2
    who sat down and said this game is good all these characters are nun but annoying asshats
  22. PresidentTrump
    Jun 17, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sit back and grab some popcorn ladies and gentlemen because I have a lot to say about why I really don't like Life is Strange.
    Let's first start out on pros and cons so the retards that like this game can understand.
    Pros and Cons
    Pros:
    Interesting art directions
    Interesting attempt at time travel narrative
    Cons:
    The art direction is annoying.
    The time travel concept is done horribly.
    The writing is HORRIBLE.
    Your choices don't matter IN THE SLIGHTEST
    It isn't a video game

    At first, when I played this I thought the writing was satire but apparently, people think this is actually well written. It's realistic, it's how college campus students actually talk, but it's so annoying and unlikeable.

    The Time Travel mechanic makes no sense. Why does Max get a nose bleed before Kate kills herself? PLOT. Why does Chloe's death and nothing else that Max does affect everything such as answering the question in the beginning? Also, why does Max get her powers? Why can she suddenly travel through time through pictures? NONE of this is explained.

    CHLOE IS A TERRIBLE CHARACTER. She's an annoying histper character that the creators ACTUALLY try to make us care about. If they made her intentionally annoying and we are only supposed to like her because Max likes her and because this is Max's point of view, like a good video game would, then it would be good writing, but this isn't a good video game. It's barely a video game. More on that later. All the characters are trash. Max is bland and uninteresting. Warden is a cuck. Victoria is other there to be the b*tch character and Nathan is other there to hate. Nathan does become kind of good character after he releases he done diddley goofed and Mr. Jefferson is well written though, I will give them that as well.

    And the choices, oh the choices. The "game" tries to be a telltale "game" (don't know why you would want to) and gives you "choices" such as WATERING YOUR PLANT. And saving a girl from suicide. A girl that is inconsistent to the plot. The game tries to tell you that these choices matter. You are told this for 4 episodes. Then it becomes clear that you were just lied to and the game takes a massive steamy sh*t on itself and gives you two choices. Two. Save the annoying c*nt Chloe or kill everyone else. This really shows how effortless of an ending it gives you. Plus, the ending where you save Chloe is like 3 minutes long showing they REALLY didn't care
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    And finally. The game isn't a game. You walk around with an absurdly annoying shoulder camera and collect f*cking bottles and hold down a button to rewind time and then click one of four options to say. That's not a video game.

    All around Life is Strange has a few good moments such as the twist that Mr. Jefferson is the killer and there are a few funny moments but that's all hidden behind terrible storytelling and even worse writing. Episode one is free on steam. If you want to check that out and quickly discover how terrible it is. The bathroom scene is honestly what did it for me.    … Expand
  23. bartcbem
    Aug 10, 2019
    1
    Hipster teenage trope simulator with annoying shoulder camera. I think the creators of this game desperately wanted to make a artsy movie but had to compromise with making a video game. And they failed.
  24. Don_Perepihon
    Jan 25, 2018
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Отвратительно...
    Когда эта игра только вышла, я была несовершеннолетней маленькой 14-летней девочкой, но уже тогда, смотря стримы на twitch ильи maddyson, эта игра казалась мне невыносимо тупой, нудной, затянутой и совершенно бессмысленной. Спустя несколько сранных лет я проспорила самостоятельно пройти и оценить ее, и сделала это...
    Хлоя, блять, одна из самых мерзких персонажей за всю историю игр, сука.Она винила отца за то, что он попал в аварию, умер и оставил её одну, эту малую макс за то, что её родители в 13 лет увезли её в другой город, а подругу за то, что она пропала, хоть потом нашла её расчлененный труп, блять, в земле. И все виноваты в её одиночестве. А потом про нее ещё и делают отдельный приквел , ну, здорово, ебать.
    Графика, геймплей... об этом и говорить не буду, потому что это мультфильм для умственно отсталых. Я в ахуе, как у этого куска калла столько фанаток, орды, сука, маленьких бунтующих девочек допубертатного возраста.

    Почему оценка 1, а не 0? Балл отдам за САМЫЙ ЛУЧШИЙ ЭПИЗОД, ИЗ-ЗА КОТОРОГО И НУЖНО ПРОХОДИТЬ ИГРУ ПОЛНОСТЬЮ И СТАВИТЬ 10 ИЗ 10.... Это было что-то настолько убогое, абсурдное и нелепое, что меня пробивало на смех, что кто-то действительно строчил положительные комментарии к нему.

    Игра действительно по своей сути бесполезная. В конце игры при любом выборе концовки, все твои выборы до идут в пизду. Серьезно. Если ты ебнешь эту суку, ты тупо вернешься в начало игры. Если ты ее спасешь, то город будет уничтожен, и твои поступки тоже никому уже не будут интересны.

    Я действительно не понимаю, почему я оцениваю эту игру так высоко, в целый 1 балл, но я ее все-таки прошла, все 5 эпизодов, и пройду приквел, поэтому чисто 0 не могу позволить себе влепить ей.    … Expand
  25. EptaEpt
    Sep 13, 2022
    1
    Sorry, but positive feedback is not available in your region. At least until your leadership changes the two-faced policy in their actions and statements.
  26. JohhnyDepressed
    Nov 10, 2019
    1
    There are only two good things in this game. Kate Marsh and watching bad things happen to the characters you hate. Which is all of them. Again, except Kate.
  27. TencoSan
    Sep 11, 2020
    1
    This game is sucks, just because I created an account to write this.
    story and finale so "strange" , waste of time
    - No matter what you decide in the game, nothing changes in the final as expected - The story is unreasonable these days video game writers must be just looking at money and coffee - chloe is like a toy in the story , come on but she is max's best friend - ... what the    This game is sucks, just because I created an account to write this.
    story and finale so "strange" , waste of time
    - No matter what you decide in the game, nothing changes in the final as expected
    - The story is unreasonable these days video game writers must be just looking at money and coffee
    - chloe is like a toy in the story , come on but she is max's best friend
    - ...
    what the story brought you, butterfly effect ?, murphy law ? ... -    … Expand
  28. Rozku
    Jul 10, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SPOILER ALERT: This **** is trash. If I had the opportunity to minimize my lifespan to an hour in exchange for the ability to eradicate this games existence and rewind its memories out of the hippocampus’s part of the brain in past players so that no one else ever has to experience it; I’d use that last hour of my life writing this review. If you never play this game or have no recollection of its experiences consider my mission complete.… Expand
  29. Vulf
    Aug 17, 2021
    0
    Cant even play the game for 5 mins without crashing. Tried several workarounds to no avail.
  30. BSim500
    Jan 19, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review is marked spoiler because the plot is primarily what's wrong with the game (and it's impossible to discuss otherwise). By now you've probably read other negative reviews and figured out the problem - Episodes 1-4 build up a plot which Episode 5 literally makes zero sense of, leaving gaping plot holes in its wake and rendering the primary "gimmick" of the game pointless. You basically save the life of a friend in Episode 1 by rewinding time, then use that power from then on to help your friends. By series 5, you are "told" that use of that power has caused a storm that'll destroy the town. Your "choices":-

    Ending 1 - You "rewind your rewinds" back to the beginning to undo everything saving the town but causing your best friend to die. Great except it makes zero sense for two reasons as laid out in Ep1 : 1. You already saw the storm coming BEFORE you used your power for the first time (the storm is the opening scene in Ep1), so it wasn't using your power that caused it. 2: The "rewind time" is actually creating "alternative reality loops", in which each time you rewind, you spin another loop. So even if "rewinding" did 'cause' the storm, doing a "big rewind" won't undo anything, it'll just create another parallel loop that'll make the storm even worse... The storm itself makes zero sense and trying to "rewind the rewinds" is openly contradicted by some comments in Episode 1. This ending actually eliminates every reason to play (and replay) the game in the first place!

    Ending 2 - You don't "rewind time" and the town is destroyed but your best friend lives. After spending early episodes talking about dating boys, you then ride off into the sunset shacked up with her after magically turning lesbian... Given the developer is the same one who created "Gone Home", this "twist" really isn't a surprise. But ignoring that, "the storm" itself still makes zero sense as a "consequence" of your power given it was already brewing before you initially used your power (which is never explained HOW or WHY you got it)...

    There are a lot of other "issues" as well : Adults writing as "with-it teenagers" is never easy, but every 18-21 year old in the game seems to still act like the worst Hollywood stereotypes of the 12-16 age group. Writing was cringe-worthy in many lines and the whole "high school drama queen" theme felt more annoying than immersive. Likewise, hardly any of the characters were actually likeable. Two or three of your "friends" (including the girl you 'save' Chloe) were unfriendly, petty and annoying enough to want to not save. What on the surface of some interactions appears as an initial "air of intellectualism", later gets shown to be cheap attempts at emotional manipulation followed by screwing up the plot after a bloated script collapses under its own weight. By that I don't mean it's "difficult to understand" but rather they introduced so much "stuff" regarding other characters on top of the main plot, by the time the end came they either forgot or lacked time / money to wrap everything up they introduced.

    In short "Life Is Strange" is another of those "your choices really really matter this time" point and click adventure games where not only do most of your choices not matter in the slightest, the only important choice you do make 5 mins before the end of Episode 5 wipes out all of your choices anyway yet still makes no sense either way...    … Expand
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#32 Best PC Game of 2015
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#8 Most Discussed PC Game of 2015
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#19 Most Shared PC Game of 2015

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83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Softpedia
    Jan 28, 2016
    85
    Life Is Strange is an imperfect video game and the actual mechanics of playing it, including the time rewind, can become annoying of frustrating, especially when the development team tries to borrow from another genre. But the game makes it easy to create a connection with Max and to care about her choices and trials, a rare feat, and that means any fan of narrative-driven experiences should try it out to see how he deals with the feelings of the protagonist and the impact they have on Arcadia Bay.
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  2. PCWorld
    Jan 19, 2016
    80
    Life is Strange is flawed, but this paranormal coming-of-age story is nevertheless refreshing proof that small stakes can still feel important, given strong characters.
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  3. IGN Spain
    Jan 18, 2016
    86
    Life is Strange is a brilliant concept that you will love if you forget prejudices.
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