Thanks to the rising popularity of point & click adventures on consoles mostly thanks to Telltale Games’ “The Walking Dead” series, developer Dontnod had the opportunity to craft and present an episodic, story-driven experience mixing the absurdity of a girl who discovers she can rewind time with the realities of bullying & sexual assault and how it affects the victims & perpetrators. “Life is Strange” gained critical acclaim and encouraged both a prequel and a sequel with the latter coming out during the latter half of 2018.
Between those adventures, the developer decided to give fans both original and potentially new a chance to experience what is to come with “Life is Strange 2” by controlling Chris as he explored a world unseen and hidden from everyone who can’t delve into his imagination; paving the way for the officially numbered sequel that reasonably garnered mixed reviews for its heavy-handed writing in regards to xenophobia.
“Before the Storm”, the narrative prequel to the original, was handled by another studio – Deck Nine – who did a rather impressive job attaining the raw emotion of its plot’s successor. Deck Nine’s efforts paid off as they were given the task of providing gamers a new, full-blown “LiS” experience that seemed poised to be just as remarkable as the first “Life is Strange”. Keep your emotions in check, doing go into any abandoned mines, and get these first impressions of “Life is Strange: True Colors”.
