Life is Strange

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8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 3257 Ratings

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  1. hoanns
    Jun 6, 2020
    7
    it's refreshing to see a modern setting with teens, and a mystery you gotta solve. gameplay is limited, the main gameplay element is weird but at least somehow new. story and characters are alright. played once, wouldnt play again.
  2. Tangurl
    Jul 28, 2020
    9
    Such an amazing game, but some part of the game still kinda confusing. Overalll I love it so much.
  3. Adriano023
    Jul 28, 2020
    10
    The story is very impressive to me and touching, good character developement.
  4. Wakefulcrane01
    Jul 10, 2020
    10
    i haven't cried this much since the last of us part I and II. The game is like a telltale game but adds new opportunities with the rewind feature. allowing you go back and redo your conversations. DONTNOD really did their research as the game tackles some big issues like slut-shaming, cyber bullying, drug abuse, grief and abuse. Also as someone who went to a posh private school they nailedi haven't cried this much since the last of us part I and II. The game is like a telltale game but adds new opportunities with the rewind feature. allowing you go back and redo your conversations. DONTNOD really did their research as the game tackles some big issues like slut-shaming, cyber bullying, drug abuse, grief and abuse. Also as someone who went to a posh private school they nailed the setting for it as well. Ashly Burch (Chloe) and Hannah tells (Max) chemistry and dialogue was amazing they remind me of how me and my best friend act towards each other. I highly recommend this game it up there with the greats like the last of us, walking dead and bioshock infinite.… Expand
  5. Etwin
    Aug 27, 2020
    6
    Сюжет частично затяигивает, но попытка соединить подростковую драму с фантастикой не удачна, вывозит только середина игры, начало и конец (не считая финала) душные. Сюжет - 7
    ГЕМПЛЕЯ НЕТ!!!
    Довольно хорошо передана атмосфера и взаимоотношение героев Некоторые персонажи хорошо прописаны и привлекают, а некоторые просто отталкивают Как игра на 6-7, но сойдет ели вы хотите прибалдеть на    Сюжет частично затяигивает, но попытка соединить подростковую драму с фантастикой не удачна, вывозит только середина игры, начало и конец (не считая финала) душные. Сюжет - 7
    ГЕМПЛЕЯ НЕТ!!!
    Довольно хорошо передана атмосфера и взаимоотношение героев
    Некоторые персонажи хорошо прописаны и привлекают, а некоторые просто отталкивают
    Как игра на 6-7, но сойдет ели вы хотите прибалдеть на 2-3 вечера    … Expand
  6. GioGiorno
    Jul 5, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Que jogo BOM! Fazia tempo que não sentia a sensação de vazio após terminar um jogo e Life is Strange foi o que me fez sentir assim(no bom sentido). Aquele final foi tortuoso para escolher, mas salvar a Chloe foi a melhor opção. Salvar Arcadia Bay faria com que a Chloe morresse pensando que a Rachel e Max haviam abandonado ela e que o padrasto dela não se importava com ela, só de pensar nisso é muito triste.
    Nota 10 pra esse jogo, pra construção dos personagens e como a história desenvolve.    … Expand
  7. TudorPopescu
    Dec 24, 2021
    10
    After replaying all the games in the Life is Strange series, I can say Life is Strange 1 is the best game. It has the most interesting ability with the time travel, it has a favorable highschool setting that allows a large variety of interesting characters, and it is very "eventful". Interesting things and twists always happen. I am a huge fan of the Life is Strange games, but I especiallyAfter replaying all the games in the Life is Strange series, I can say Life is Strange 1 is the best game. It has the most interesting ability with the time travel, it has a favorable highschool setting that allows a large variety of interesting characters, and it is very "eventful". Interesting things and twists always happen. I am a huge fan of the Life is Strange games, but I especially love this one.… Expand
  8. SamuelZk
    Jul 1, 2020
    10
    Esse jogo é inexplicável!! Ele sempre sabe oque queremos escolher...
    Jogar esse jogo me ajudou muito com minha vida pessoal, eu nunca joguei um jogo tão único como esse, e sei que nunca vou jogar outro igual.
  9. erdemylmz03
    Jul 3, 2020
    10
    the most beautiful game in the world the most beautiful game in the world the most beautiful game in the world
    the most beautiful game in the world the most beautiful game in the world the most beautiful game in the world
    the most beautiful game in the world the most beautiful game in the world the most beautiful game in the world
  10. sultanv
    Jul 11, 2020
    10
    I've heard of this game before, but never saw any footage of nor played it. Now that I started the first episode I wasn't able to stop until finished the whole season. This is a masterpiece. A touching and mysterious story, the characters are the most memorable ones I ever experienced in a video game. This game along with the prequel are my games of this decade, period.
  11. Terce
    Apr 21, 2023
    10
    Definately there arent a lot of games that will make me cry because of its story, make me love its characters SO MUCH and keep me thinking over for hours or days when I stop playing or finish it. Well, Life is Strange is one of them.
    Just a wonderful story, soundtrack and graphic style.
  12. gamingmachinery
    May 21, 2021
    6
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  13. ksejoshot
    Jul 16, 2020
    7
    Historia innovadora y sorprendente, acompañada de una de las mejores relaciones entre personajes más emotivas, y con unos gráficos con mucha personalidad. Toca temas que están presentes en esta sociedad, que están ahí como suicidio, secuestro, bullying, amor, arte, etc. Cada episodio tiene un significado oculto o una metáfora, es un juego lleno de significados y de metáforas, es un juegoHistoria innovadora y sorprendente, acompañada de una de las mejores relaciones entre personajes más emotivas, y con unos gráficos con mucha personalidad. Toca temas que están presentes en esta sociedad, que están ahí como suicidio, secuestro, bullying, amor, arte, etc. Cada episodio tiene un significado oculto o una metáfora, es un juego lleno de significados y de metáforas, es un juego muy pegado al tema del arte, sobre todo al tema de la música, la fotografía y la pintura. El mayor problema pues bueno, es un juego que salió por episodios, como si de una serie se tratara y es algo que toca los cojones que hagan esa mierda, y eso hay que tenerlo en cuenta a la hora de decidirse si comprar un juego o no, por eso lo digo por aquí, no hay que olvidar que no salió completo, salió partido, y luego en 2016 salió la edición completa. Lo recomiendo por menos de 10 euros por más ni de coña, por su historia interesante, emotiva e innovadora y sus personajes, también por la personalidad del propio juego. A mi me gustó. Recordad, este juego no es un juego, es más bien una película interactiva.… Expand
  14. schatwal96
    Sep 18, 2020
    8
    Has a nice story, and good characters and worderful writing. Buy on a sale, and enjoy iy.
  15. Neo-SuperMax
    Jul 19, 2020
    10
    Es un de mis juegos favoritos, me gusta mucho la historia que han creado y sus personajes, es un juego muy recomendado.
  16. Zeredi
    Aug 4, 2020
    5
    Игра не плохая, но мне before the storm понравилась больше, многие люди пишут болную фигню по типу того что игра гавно из-за того что там нету супер способнойтей, но я скажу что эта игра хуже потому что в ней ты не испытываешь тех эмоций и сопереживания персонажам.Игра не плохая, но мне before the storm понравилась больше, многие люди пишут болную фигню по типу того что игра гавно из-за того что там нету супер способнойтей, но я скажу что эта игра хуже потому что в ней ты не испытываешь тех эмоций и сопереживания персонажам.
  17. unfortunateith
    Jul 28, 2020
    9
    Is it perfect? Of course not! Is it an incredibly moving, rewarding game? Absolutely. The dialogue might be a little hit or miss, but the core relationship between Max and Chloe is a high-water mark for believable human connections in video games, and I grew deeply attached to these characters. As for the 'game' portion, Life Is Strange really seems to be the pinnacle of the genreIs it perfect? Of course not! Is it an incredibly moving, rewarding game? Absolutely. The dialogue might be a little hit or miss, but the core relationship between Max and Chloe is a high-water mark for believable human connections in video games, and I grew deeply attached to these characters. As for the 'game' portion, Life Is Strange really seems to be the pinnacle of the genre pioneered by Telltale's The Walking Dead. Many of the choices it asks you to make are simply heartbreaking, and I often found myself asking the game to please, please not force me to make a decision--just before it inevitably did. If you're looking for a game that will really stick with you, look no further.… Expand
  18. gachimuchi
    Feb 3, 2021
    10
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  19. mirpend
    Nov 18, 2021
    10
    This game is full of emotions, full of surprises and full of strange events. If you are looking for some excitement, get this game and start playing. even the first episode is free, so start right now and enjoy the great story of Life is Strange! btw the game-play is not as good as games that published recently but I really enjoyed it personally!
  20. SeyeerGame
    Aug 13, 2020
    10
    I'm really in love with this game. Stylistics like that I have never seen before. story, characters, interface, details, everything is fine in this game. in my opinion the best game in this genre.
    From RUSSIA with Love!
    Я действительно влюблен в эту игру. Такой стилистики я раньше не видел. сюжет, персонажи, интерфейс, детали - в этой игре все отлично. на мой взгляд лучшая игра в этом    I'm really in love with this game. Stylistics like that I have never seen before. story, characters, interface, details, everything is fine in this game. in my opinion the best game in this genre.
    From RUSSIA with Love!

    Я действительно влюблен в эту игру. Такой стилистики я раньше не видел. сюжет, персонажи, интерфейс, детали - в этой игре все отлично. на мой взгляд лучшая игра в этом жанре.    … Expand
  21. SlifeCzech
    Aug 8, 2020
    10
    Verry nice game. All of characters are likeable Chloe,Max... Atmosphare are awesome and when you are true gamer you have to play it. I rememeber when i start play and i say WOW...
  22. beatrice_27
    Aug 17, 2020
    10
    The game itself does not impress by it's mechanisms, it mostly feels like a movie where you choose what you want to see next, which makes you become more emotionally involved. Which is actually not bad at all, especially because the story itself is very impressive, and the graphics are very promising, picturing somehow the protagonist feels.

    I found myself (for the first time when I    The game itself does not impress by it's mechanisms, it mostly feels like a movie where you choose what you want to see next, which makes you become more emotionally involved. Which is actually not bad at all, especially because the story itself is very impressive, and the graphics are very promising, picturing somehow the protagonist feels.

    I found myself (for the first time when I ever played a game) not thinking only from my perspective, but instead trying to judge by the story and what Max is feeling. Also makes you think about the fact that sometimes, the people we tend to judge for their EXPOSED behaviour, which might have hidden reasons - we just don't give them a chance to explain or trust themselves, feel appreciated, listened and respected.

    Moreover it exposes issues we can all relate to in some way (I mean encountered, even if not directly in our families, maybe we've seen it in other circumstances), like domestic violence, alcohol abuse, bullying, high school drama etc. Maybe not for all even other darker topics which I will not mention to not spoil something. We might say: we were not bullies, but how many really were supportive with someone bullied or tried to stand for them, for example? That makes us part of the story too. I can say that I resonated very well with Max every time she faced a stressful situation, moreover I think that the voice actor for Max did a great job expressing the feelings (even though I have to say I hated some way too childish phrases which I will not spoil for you ^_^).

    I resonated so well with the game I actually let myself be lead ahead by my feelings, at the first play through. Generally in games I ignore the "I really need to go talk with ..." / "I should find ... now", and say - "yeah yeah, I just want to explore a bit more, I know it's not THAT urgent". This time I was actually really finding myself rushing when Max was worried about something and bail all the exploring. I realised this at the second play - for the photo album collection and was very surprised too see how much exploring and conversations I missed.

    Not to mention - even though I knew about the ending since I have watched a youtube video spoiling it for me in advance, I was still able to feel it during the play through with maximum intensity, real strong emotions perfectly pictured, and built over time, having a better impact than just the fact itself (I generally don't mind spoilers because I am more interested in how the story reached that conclusion, and not the conclusion itself). Also all the character reveals and growths made this authentic and gave feel to it. The game also tries to make you accept that "life is strange", and sometimes we have to accept the destiny and try to be the better version of ourselves for the people we have near us no matter what first impression they generate on us, and try to actually get to know them before judge them - not become friends necessarily, but kind with each other at least. A story well written from the feelings perspective. Sometimes with some plot holes about the time reverse mechanisms, known physics existing theories and logics about this, but the focus was not solely on that, but rather on the interaction and exposing small life stories.

    Last but not least, someone asked me how can I like and even promote a game that contains so many sad real life topics, isn't gaming all about fun? I said that this game should be played or at least watched as a movie by everyone. Not every person gets to face all the issues exposed, so they might become spoiled by not knowing the possible consequences of their actions (here I especially refer to bullying). We all should learn to be part of the solution, not the problem - but first we should acknowledge that the problems even exist, otherwise some might feel like "everyone is doing it, hence it's cool", sometimes bad behaviour is even promoted in order to be accepted in certain "popular" groups. So exposure to the action -> reaction/consequences is the first step towards building a solution from my point of view, and this game does this very well. Not to mention the game also contains beautiful, fun, enjoyable and memorable moments, not only drama as it might seem from 85% of my review, so it is totally worth a try :)    … Expand
  23. kralby17
    Sep 15, 2020
    10
    Magnificent game! Dialogues, the story, graphics, and all the details. The emotional bond between Alex and the player is so strong that I still think of the story and the choices even after finished the game months ago. In addition to the strong emotional background, the atmosphere is always creepy and mysterious. Especially at the end of the game hits you hard no matter what you chose.
  24. 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
  25. ErayTellezi
    Mar 26, 2023
    7
    Çok güzel bir hikaye ile berbat ötesi bir oynanışın harmanlandığı oyun. Oynanış o kadar berbat ki oyun sadece seçimlerden ve ara sahneleri izlemekten ibaret olsa çok daha iyi olurmuş. O şişe toplama kısımları falan tam bir saçmalıktı. Ama sonraki bölümlerde bunu biraz daha düzeltmişler. Dedektifliğin arttığı bölümlerde, ipuçlarını birleştirmek keyifliydi.

    Zaman yolculuğu fena işlenmemiş    Çok güzel bir hikaye ile berbat ötesi bir oynanışın harmanlandığı oyun. Oynanış o kadar berbat ki oyun sadece seçimlerden ve ara sahneleri izlemekten ibaret olsa çok daha iyi olurmuş. O şişe toplama kısımları falan tam bir saçmalıktı. Ama sonraki bölümlerde bunu biraz daha düzeltmişler. Dedektifliğin arttığı bölümlerde, ipuçlarını birleştirmek keyifliydi.

    Zaman yolculuğu fena işlenmemiş ama son bölümde boku çıktı, biraz fazla kullanıldığını düşünüyorum.

    Karakterleri sevdim. Klişe olsa da iyi işlenmişler. Yaptığımız seçimlerin her birinin üzerindeki etkisini çok iyi görüyoruz.

    Tabii ki sonunda kasabanın mahvolmasını tercih ettim.    … Expand
  26. FRIST_008
    Jun 14, 2021
    7
    Я вот хз почему, но я ели осилил эту игру. Она необычная. История хорошо запомнилась спустя 2 года, как решил написать отзыв. Но я прямо заставлял себя возвращаться в игру. Я не пойму что не так. Но заставил бы себя сделать это в приквел, который только, что купил. Это то самое дерьмо, в которое вы просто обязаны вернутся или не начинать.Я вот хз почему, но я ели осилил эту игру. Она необычная. История хорошо запомнилась спустя 2 года, как решил написать отзыв. Но я прямо заставлял себя возвращаться в игру. Я не пойму что не так. Но заставил бы себя сделать это в приквел, который только, что купил. Это то самое дерьмо, в которое вы просто обязаны вернутся или не начинать.
  27. LuHuLu
    Sep 24, 2020
    10
    Arkadaşlar, bu bir oyun değil. Şaheser de değil. Çünkü bu oyunu tek bir kelimeyle anlatamazsınız. Oyun, hayatı da anlatıyor, arkadaşlığı da, düşmanlığı da, korkuyu da, neşeyi de. Ben 2 günde 2 kere bitirdim. Müzik seçimi mükemmel, verdiği hissiyat mükemmel, her şeyi mükemmel. Şu anda ben hafızamı silmeye çalışıyorum mesela, yeniden, yeniden ve yeniden oynayabilmek için. Bu incelemeyiArkadaşlar, bu bir oyun değil. Şaheser de değil. Çünkü bu oyunu tek bir kelimeyle anlatamazsınız. Oyun, hayatı da anlatıyor, arkadaşlığı da, düşmanlığı da, korkuyu da, neşeyi de. Ben 2 günde 2 kere bitirdim. Müzik seçimi mükemmel, verdiği hissiyat mükemmel, her şeyi mükemmel. Şu anda ben hafızamı silmeye çalışıyorum mesela, yeniden, yeniden ve yeniden oynayabilmek için. Bu incelemeyi yazarken bile müziklerini dinliyorum ve ağlıyorum. Bu oyunu neden çıkınca oynamadığınızı sorgulayacaksınız. Ben normalde başka oyunları grafik, müzik, optimizasyon gibi şeylerle ölçerim ama bu oyuna bunu yapmak yakışmaz. Oynayın, hayatınız değişsin.… Expand
  28. Narutoislink
    Oct 5, 2020
    2
    who sat down and said this game is good all these characters are nun but annoying asshats
  29. apokalipto
    Aug 13, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  30. Lorena_Siviero
    Nov 3, 2020
    10
    One of the best games I've ever played in my life! Graphics are awesome, the main characters are FANTASTIC. I loved every single part of this game!
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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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Metascore
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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