'Life Is Strange' is my new favorite thing! BaD#14

On 02/19/2015 at 07:29 AM by asrealasitgets

So Square Enix put out this weird episodic adventure game called "Life Is Strange" and I played the first episode. It reminds me a lot of Alan Wake, except it has teenagers and no combat, but it takes place in North West U.S in a town similar to Alan Wake and the main character, a girl named Max has weird powers. She can travel between the real world and the dreamworld (Spoiler: and can also manipulate time.)

For the most part the game follows the mundanites of ordinary college life as you follow Max around campus and interact with characters in her school and elsewhere. The game plays similar to graphic adventure games like Telltale games, but it's not as dark. That was one of the problems I had with it at first. It isn't as violent or gruesome as Game of Thrones, Walking Dead or Wolf Among us which made it a bit disappointing. Most of the dialog revolves around dumb teenage stuff, but again--this is appropriate because this is what the game is trying to portray and there isn't much lore or background to any of it aside from the strange mystery behind the special powers that affect Max, but it's just the first episode so who knows what else there is to offer?

Overall, I enjoyed the first episode and laid back style and I'm interested to see how the whole story will play out, but it is pretty mundane though. The soundtrack is one of the best I've heard in a game in a long time. It's acoustic sort of indie music and I loved listening to it throughout the game. I played on PC.

Anyone else play this?

mothman

02/19/2015 at 07:49 AM

I played the demo but didn't like it at all. I found the gameplay kind of dull and the game looks like it could have been made for PS2. Usually I wouldn't let graphics get in the way but I just started to glaze over even in the short demo.

Cary Woodham

02/19/2015 at 08:04 AM

TellTale USED to not make games that were so dark. I miss the days of Sam & Max, Wallace & Gromit, and Tales of Monkey Island.

asrealasitgets

02/19/2015 at 04:38 PM

One of the things I appreciated about the game is that it's a new IP. I wasn't sure what to expect as I was playing.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

02/19/2015 at 10:14 AM

I like this game too, man!

Super Step Contributing Writer

02/19/2015 at 11:31 AM

Music in the trailer sounds kind of like The National?

Alex-C25

02/19/2015 at 04:36 PM

I may look into it one of these days.

Nicoleb1989

02/19/2015 at 04:42 PM

I'm gonna wait on all the episodes to come out and see how the whole series goes. Ive noticed it has had mixed reviews from people I know who played it.

goaztecs

02/19/2015 at 10:12 PM

I haven't played this game but I'm not really a fan of games that are released by episodic content. I'd rather have them all bundled together because if I get sucked into a game, I don't want to wait a bit until the next section is released.

02/19/2015 at 10:53 PM

Normally I would agree with you but the thing about this game in particular is that the first episode is very slow. Someone left a comment on here about not being impressed by the demo, and I had to finish the game and kind of look at the whole thing to enjoy it. If the entire game is made of slow moving parts I'd probably change my mind and hate it, but because it's just starting out I'm giving it the benefit of doubt for now. There's a missing dead girl in the game and a weird nightmare world like Silent Hill involved so that's enough of a carrot for me.

02/19/2015 at 11:53 PM

The way you described it, it sounds like a good TV Drama that I would enjoy. The build up that gets you wondering who did it, unti the big reveal. Funny that I dig it with TV but for games I want everything right there without waiting for the next episode. Odd.

PixlBit