Life is Strange 2: Episode 1 - Before You Buy

Life is Strange 2 (PC, PS4, Xbox One) is a new adventure with new characters set away from Arcadia Bay. Does it live up to the original? Let's talk.

[gameranxTV]

If you're a fan of the original, you'll probably enjoy this. Feels higher quality overall.

[Panchoo]

I liked how they referenced "The Last of us" with the clicker scene lol

[ingamesniperr]

Title: before you buy

Me: watching while downloading it

[breenewi]

I can’t even imagine my life without these games. All three I loved so much. I can listen to the soundtracks from each games for hours and it just makes me feel so happy. I personally loved Lis 2 as much as the first two games.

[pjtiger]

I think the dialogue is a lot better written than the first episode of the original. Kids say weird shit and this was a lot closer to the way teenagers actually talk imo.

[Jack-dhcy]

With all the Minecraft references in the first ep, I wouldn't be surprised if Daniel starts flossing in the next few acts.

[legendmeme]

Story driven games are a rare gem these days. We have to buy these kind of games to show our interest. I loved the first one and I am looking foward to play this one when all the episodes are out.

[Caseyism]

"slightly political"
a bit of an understatement.

[squalooceano]

I honestly miss Arcadia Bay and the well built relationships in all of the older characters.

[tjcoley]

SPOILER: THE life of the characters isn't normal. Its Strange!

[actualbeau]

Saying dialogue is awkward and cringey like the other installments of Life is Strange werent... youre funny shakabrah

[hellacash]

I’ll wait for all episodes to drop, I hate playing one part and then wait months to play the next one.

[burningash]

I honestly love story's about brothers it always hits me in the feels!

[neonvalkyrja]

The original LiS is by far my favourite game, the one which had the most impact on me, so getting this one is a no-brainer. I'll just wait for all episodes to be released. It was agonising having to wait while I played Before the Storm.

[kuvie]

Reading the comments reminded me why I stopped reading YouTube comments

[lordpanda]

"I've looked enough, time to draw now"

[cocolatte]

My verdict : I wasn't emotionally prepared.

[hammieli]

The kid gives me the feels that Clementine did.

[troywilmot]

*_Here are my thoughts on Life is Strange 2:_*
Life is Strange 2 is a good narrative by most standards. It follows a clichéd story of two brothers whose father was wrongfully killed by a police officer, much unlike the originality of the prior entries into the series. The game stacks up well with other choice-based storytelling titles of the same nature. With that being said, it fails to get even remotely close to achieving the special bond that is present in both Life is Strange and Life is Strange: Before the Storm. In the original Life is Strange, Chloe's need to find Rachel, the one person who was there for her in an intense time of desperation, re-sparks a bond that she and her childhood friend Max once had. Then in the prequel, we get to see something truly special develop between Chloe and Rachel. A friendship.. but more. The type of relationship many of us could only dream of having. While there were a few cringe-inducing dialogue lines in the original, it felt real. Like real interactions taking place between real people with real emotions. The saddest a piece of entertainment media has ever made me feel was the final scene of Life is Strange: Before the Storm. When Rachel's phone is ringing with a call from Chloe and an additional nineteen missed. The player can do nothing but watch as we hear the sound of a camera's shutter capturing a soon-to-be-murdered Rachel. It gives us the same sense of hopelessness that Chloe must have felt calling Rachel. Life is Strange 2, on the other hand feels entirely scripted, and while it is a decent game, good at best, it fails to live up to the name and expectations of its incredible, emotionally-charged predecessors. This game makes me long for nothing more than another continuation of Chloe, Rachel and Max's stories. Maybe one day, DONTNOD will deliver to us Life is Strange: Beyond the Storm. But until then, we'll have to settle for this.

[ion]

Literally finished the 1st Life is Stange game last night. I cried, many times. Damn that game was SO good. The voice acting was SO good, all the characters and drama felt too realistic. I love it, and though it won't be the same, now I have to continue before the storm. A little disappointed that it's a whole new set of characters, but Square Enix had to made the story jump somewhere.