Awesome to be back in Arcadia Bay. The game is a great completion for the first one.
Epic soundtrack in the whole game.

This was a decent game in its own right, but I felt it didn’t live up to its predecessor. The dialogue was particularly unnatural at times, which is saying something when compared to LiS which dialogue was already not its strongest suit. The story was compelling, but really lacked that dark, twisty, and semi-supernatural quality the original LiS possessed. I can’t decided if I would like more or less if I hadn’t played LiS first. Overall, if you played LiS and need more story in that universe, go ahead and give this game a play. It’s not very long and will give you insight into some of the character’s backgrounds.

I was VERY impressed by the first episode of LiS: Before the Storm. This game was made by a different company who gave us fans one hell of a fanservice ride. The game was very warm and familiar, with softer graphics and a huge attention to detail. The story is interesting (we finally see Rachel!) with some heartbreaking twists here and there. Since Max isn’t in this story, they replaced the photography with graffiti, which really suits rebel Chloe.

You’ll get to meet a lot of old faces, as well as some new interesting characters. I won’t spoil it for you, but there’s a new mechanic that’s really interesting! Music is AWESOME and as I said before, there’s a lot of fanservice for true LiS fans. Take a close look at walls and corners where you might find a surprise or two!

I was a bit scared that it would feel different with another company making the game, as well as having new voices. But they really did a fantastic job. It felt like coming home to another story from the same universe, and you ended up wanting to continue the story right away. They also let Ashly Burch (the original voice of Chloe) in on the project, which was a great choice for sure!

I’m really looking forward to the next episodes. Great work, Deck Nine <3

So this series will be a bit shorter than the original, having three episodes and happening around three years before Max’s arrival at Arcadia Bay. We will follow rebellious Chloe that don’t know how to deal with her father’s death, her best friend (Max) moving away and her mum dating a prick and the mysterious and loved by (almost) all Rachel Amber.

The game is quite similar to the original, with some minor tweaks, the first thing you will notice are the hints on what to do, Chloe has hints written on her hand if you forget what you were supposed to do and, probably the best added feature so far, you can be a smartass with Chloe, in a dialogue you will be given an opportunity to start a debate, with given options you might win or lose a round, there are some fellows that even if you miss one you lost, others you will find yourself in a comfortable position of missing three times.

My personal experience with the episode: if you watched the preview release some weeks ago where we first saw Rachel and people were less than pleased with her, the game kept the same thing, I will try to not judge her now because there are two more episodes and a lot can happen, not only that there is a mysticism involving ravens and Rachel that makes me think that we should really wait to see what they will deliver.

I believe the game will surprise me next chapter, but so far I give it a 7.

Really it is so difficult to beat a game own sucess, Life is Strange first release was astonishingly elegant by all means, regretfully “Before the Storm” could not keep the same level.

Still the story solid and amazing, but they drop on gameplay elements and ideas.

Hope to re-rise higher in next sequel.