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

 PlayStation 4
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7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 188 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 18 out of 188
  3. Negative: 40 out of 188

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  1. Nobilis1984
    Sep 1, 2017
    7
    Gut aber weit weg von der Klasse des Vorgängers

    Warum? Es hat nichts magisches mehr. Es wird nur eine intensive und erstklassige Geschichte zweier Freundinnen erzählt. Erzählerisch ist man weit besser wie die Spiele von Telltale Games aber es entwickelt sich im Verlauf der Episode immer mehr zu einem ähnlichen Spiel. Der 9 € teure Aufpreis für die edle Version kann man sich sparen.    Gut aber weit weg von der Klasse des Vorgängers

    Warum?
    Es hat nichts magisches mehr. Es wird nur eine intensive und erstklassige Geschichte zweier Freundinnen erzählt. Erzählerisch ist man weit besser wie die Spiele von Telltale Games aber es entwickelt sich im Verlauf der Episode immer mehr zu einem ähnlichen Spiel.
    Der 9 € teure Aufpreis für die edle Version kann man sich sparen.
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    Well, however, far from the class of the predecessor

    Why?
    It has nothing magic more. Only one intensive and high-class story of two friends is told. Narratively one is far better like the plays of Telltale Games, however develops in the course of the episode more and more to a similar play.
    The surcharge at cost of 9€ for the noble version can save one.    … Expand
  2. 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 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    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
  3. AdmiralBoodle
    Sep 17, 2017
    5
    "I would join a biker gang...if I had any friends"

    That is a an actual quote from this game that perfectly sums up this game and should tell you all you need to know

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 53 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 53
  3. Negative: 0 out of 53
  1. FANDOM
    Dec 11, 2017
    80
    Even though it feels little more than a setup, it’s still an intricate setup, with a lingering promise of big emotional reward.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Oct 15, 2017
    70
    The sharp dialogue and heartfelt narrative are let down by the shoehorned relationship between the lead characters. Nonetheless, it's a worthy sequel. [Nov 2017, p.78]
  3. PLAY! Zine
    Oct 12, 2017
    80
    Studio Deck Nine had the difficult job of fulfilling great expectations and they started in the right direction.
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