Life is Strange: Episode 1 - Chrysalis

 PlayStation 4
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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 523 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 58 out of 523
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  1. mijxero
    Feb 23, 2015
    4
    Take a telltale game, add a super power that lets you reverse time and then suck out all the interesting characters and storytelling. I honestly thought the idea of time reverse was genius, but I couldn't get connected even in the slightest to any of the characters. The dialogue felt really awkward and a lot of the situations just didn't interest me. If you like the telltale games youTake a telltale game, add a super power that lets you reverse time and then suck out all the interesting characters and storytelling. I honestly thought the idea of time reverse was genius, but I couldn't get connected even in the slightest to any of the characters. The dialogue felt really awkward and a lot of the situations just didn't interest me. If you like the telltale games you really might like this game, but I personally did not.… Expand
  2. coustoe
    Mar 3, 2015
    2
    pretty cheesy dialog, just wander around for a good portion of the game not knowing what you're doing, or any suspense, the first part you spend tracking down a thumb drive wtf for? I guess if your emo or hipster you'll love this.
  3. LadyMeander
    Apr 5, 2015
    2
    Very short, with dialogue, gameplay, and character development no better than what one would expect from an old "Choose Your Own Adventure" novel aimed at ten year olds. Not challenging in the slightest, with shallow, emotionless characters. Avoid.
  4. Darthghost1
    Jan 31, 2015
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love story games. Honest. Love the whole genre, even though it gets a lot of negativity from a lot of people. This, however, is garbage. There are a few things going for it. The UI is, while not innovative, intuitive. The mechanic (time travel) works well and makes the game interesting enough. A set of cool optional side-quests involving pictures really made me want to explore and experiment with the environment. However, the actual meat of the game, its story, is awful. For some reason Square Enix can't decide if it wants to do a murder mystery, a coming-of-age tale, or a sitcom, and ends up doing none of them very well. The characters are either unlikable, perfect, or perfectly unlikable. For example, one girl who is supposed to be your best friend steals a gun from her father (a veteran who is evil I guess), starts waving it around, pointing it at people, YOU included, but somehow she is supposed to be one of the "good guys". And worst of all, the graphics. Its not good when a game looks like The Walking Dead when its not going for the cell-shaded style. If The Vanishing of Ethan Carter taught me anything, its that there is no excuse for poor graphics in this industry. In short, Life is Strange has a great premise, but is brought down with a poor story, horrible characters, and a truly awful looking art design. Here's hoping the rest of 2015 is not as disappointing as this.… Expand
  5. PH1
    Jan 31, 2015
    2
    story might be good, but the game controls to interact with persons or objects on pc really suck.
    Mixing moving the camera and trying to use/look or whatever is just the most stupid idea ever
  6. Samum
    Feb 3, 2015
    2
    A week passed as the game came out. But the owners Russian (and not only) Win7 x64 still can not even run the game without the "dancing with a tambourine," because when you start the game stupidly falls from an unknown error. Users certainly found a way to solve this problem, but paid for the game, and bought it yet to do something with its operating system to this miracle starts.
    I do    A week passed as the game came out. But the owners Russian (and not only) Win7 x64 still can not even run the game without the "dancing with a tambourine," because when you start the game stupidly falls from an unknown error. Users certainly found a way to solve this problem, but paid for the game, and bought it yet to do something with its operating system to this miracle starts.
    I do not know whose fault is it - the developer or tester, but in technical terms - it's a failure.
    For "and so goes" technical execution of the game - "and so goes" my score - 2/10.    … Expand
  7. I3ordo
    Jul 21, 2015
    3
    There is a fundamental flaw in the design of the game and it happens so early that it destroys every imaginable hope to have about the experience it has to offer.

    The point of this game, supposedly is to let you decide and experience a story based on the decisions you give but the game itself is not honest about the choices that are given to you. In just tfive minutes into the game,    There is a fundamental flaw in the design of the game and it happens so early that it destroys every imaginable hope to have about the experience it has to offer.

    The point of this game, supposedly is to let you decide and experience a story based on the decisions you give but the game itself is not honest about the choices that are given to you.

    In just tfive minutes into the game, you are given two choices "truth" and "hide the truth" but upon selecting "truth" , the protagonist makes up a misleading statement which is nowhere near the truth.

    (spoiler-
    guy threatens a girl with a gun, but protagonist tells that he is waving around a gun as if there is no one beside him.
    spoiler end)

    TLDR, the decisions in this game are just illusions, the devs worked so hard for those scripts and voice overs so you will experience it no matter what you chose.    … Expand

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#97 Best PS4 Game of 2015
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#61 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2015

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 43
  3. Negative: 0 out of 43
  1. games(TM)
    Mar 11, 2015
    70
    Enigmatic in parts, frustrating in others, Dontnod demonstrates it can fuse the domestic with the supernatural with a deft hand, and succeeds in creating a pastel world brimming with intrigue in about three hours.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Mar 7, 2015
    70
    A world worth inhabiting; one full of intrigue and murky consequences. [March 2015, p.92]
  3. DarkZero
    Feb 27, 2015
    70
    Someone once told me to not buy things for what you want them to be, but buy them for what they currently are. Based on that sound reasoning, I would recommend holding off on Life is Strange for a while, but keep an eye on how well future episodes are received.
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