The game begins in 2016 before the Presidential election, and you can check text messages between the main playable character, Sean, and his friends as they face anxiety at Trump’s possible win. Even though parts of the game are less blunt, it’s there quite obviously for those that explore past the main story track. You can probably tell just by that description the game is heavily political, much more so than the original. It featured a story about two Latino brothers, Daniel and Sean, on the run after the younger of the two manifests powerful telekinetic powers when their father is gunned down by a trigger happy Seattle police officer.
HOW LONG IS LIFE IS STRANGE 2 SERIES
But, to their credit, they chose not to rest on their laurels and announced the second game would feature a different cast and the series would be an anthology.Īfter several teases, we finally got a look at what Life is Strange 2 would look like. The game’s developer, Dontnod, had a big hit. It got a shorter prequel, Life is Strange: Before the Storm, that also got a lot of love. The community that developed around it hung on every episode (it was released in 5 individual part). It really captivated people largely because it was something we hadn’t seen very much in video games. Its gimmick was that the main character had the power to rewind time, using it to save an old school friend, and stumbling into a murder mystery with a slight David Lynch flavoring. It was a game that also went for that “indie” feel, including a lot of alternative artists defining the game’s breezy soundtrack. The first Life is Strange was an unexpected success. Unfortunately, that realism has bled over in an unfortunate and sad way to real life
Even with superpowers involved, it’s probably the most realistic slice of life game I can think of, at least within recent memory. I can’t think of a game that has captured the indie film feel in that medium quite like it has, in the sense of its more grounded, subtle characterizations and portrayal of life. Life is Strange 2 isn’t finished yet, but already it’s something I think will be looked back on as something pretty special.
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