During its release, Life Is Strange received generally favourable reviews commending the character development, rewind game mechanic and tackling of taboo subjects. Story and character arc serve as the central point in the game. Player feedback influenced the adjustments made to the episodes. The developers conducted field research on the setting by travelling to the Pacific Northwest, and subverted known archetypes to make the characters. It was formed with an episodic format in mind, for reasons both financial and creative. Fetch quests and making environmental changes represent the forms of puzzle solving in addition to using branching choices for conversation.ĭevelopment of Life Is Strange began in April 2013. The player's actions will adjust the narrative as it unfolds, and reshape it once allowed to travel back in time.

After having foreseen an approaching storm, Max must take on the responsibility to prevent it from destroying her town. The game's plot focuses on Max Caulfield, an 18-year-old photography student who discovers that she has the ability to rewind time at any moment, leading her every choice to enact the butterfly effect. The game was released in five episodes periodically throughout 2015. Life Is Strange is an episodic graphic adventure video game developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Square Enix for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, iOS and Android.

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