Barbet and Koch both made reference to this Life Is Strange having the structure of a road movie the boys pass through multiple different environments rather than staying in one small town as in the first series.ĭaniel is a very imaginative and creative child, a theme established in season two’s prequel The Awesome Adventures Of Captain Spirit. Sean and Daniel are hiking down one side of the United States without any adult supervision, from Seattle down to Mexico. the artful illusion of meaningful consequences. Though I remain quietly dubious, as with all games where a big deal is made over your personal choices, on how much said choices have meaningful consequences vs. When you’re a caregiver the effects can be felt more directly and over a much longer timescale. It feels like the extension of the kind of ‘your actions have consequences to those around you’ vibe from all Life Is Strange games.
He was, incidentally, my favourite part of the showcase he felt like an actual real-life child in a lot of what was shown, and he’s used to surprising comic effect in the background sometimes, too. Environmental storytelling still plays a huge part, from the looks of things, but now anything with an extra blue icon on it means you can talk to or interact with Daniel as well. But Daniel will also remember general things that Sean teaches him, like trailsigns in the woods around Seattle. Thus Daniel may learn that stealing is acceptable and may, for example, steal things by himself later in the game. In one scene shown, I saw Sean steal a candy bar for Daniel. As Sean, the actions the player takes will affect Daniel.
This is an easy one to be sure I’ve got right, because the co-creative directors Michel Koch and Raoul Barbet said in the presentation that “education is a pillar of the game”. Is it much of a leap to identify themes, as if Life Is Strange were a book we were analysing during GCSEs? It’s about teenagers again, so I’m going to say no, and that actually it’s very clever and all fits together perfectly. Based on the two scenes I was shown - one from the start of the game which is embedded below, the other from a little later when the boys have been on the road for three days already - there are some clear themes emerging. Meet, this time, Sean and Daniel Diaz, brothers rather than erstwhile besties, supporting each other in a time of immense hardship. More cutesy little details here and there, way better animation, more polish so that the slightly fudgy style of Life Is Strange’s world looks more real. Look out for “you thirsty bitch!”, which I am sincerely hoping will be the new “hella”.īut more of the good stuff, too.
More OST mimbling acoustic guitar music, more tracks from cool (but more expensive) bands, more of the protagonist looking at stuff like packets of cookie dough and possibly having thoughts about it, more sitting still for ages in picturesque spots, more teen struggle, more ultimately quite binary choices, more dialogue that’s at times so unnatural it’s almost impressive. Taking place about three years after the first season, Life Is Strange 2 has more of all of it. What I can definitely tell you, if this will be any surprise, is that if you really liked or disliked Life Is Strange, you will probably have the same reaction to Life Is Strange 2 because it is Life Is Strange but more. It’s difficult to give a hugely meaningful preview based on hands-off footage, especially if that footage was all pre-recorded.
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