Adventure

Life is Strange: Before The Storm

Single Player

Critic · Metacritic

4.0

Users · RAWG

2017

Released

Platforms

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📅 Release Info

Release DateAugust 31, 2017

Developer

Publisher

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Genres

Adventure

Playable on

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About this game

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Chloe and Rachel's relationship drives the game's central story.
Provides a closer look at Chloe's personality and emotional life.
Story focuses on grief, friendship, family conflict, and adolescence.
Soundtrack and Pacific Northwest atmosphere shape the game's subdued mood.
Central voice performances convey the characters' emotions effectively.

Cons

Three-episode campaign is short for its release price.
Choices have fewer visible consequences than in the original.
Backtalk confrontations are shallow and repetitive.
Uneven pacing includes rushed developments and an unsatisfying conclusion.

Pros & Cons are AI-assisted summaries, not our own playthrough reviews. Sources and how we make recommendations.

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Adventure

Life is Strange: Before The Storm

Single Player

Critic · Metacritic

4.0

Users · RAWG

2017

Released

Platforms

🔗🛒▶

📅 Release Info

Release DateAugust 31, 2017

Developer

Publisher

🏷️ Game Details

Genres

Adventure

Playable on

PCPlayStationXboxMobile

Show all 7 versions ▾

macOSLinuxPCPlayStation 4Xbox OneiOSAndroid

Screenshots & Videos

About this game

Pros & Cons

Pros

Chloe and Rachel's relationship drives the game's central story.
Provides a closer look at Chloe's personality and emotional life.
Story focuses on grief, friendship, family conflict, and adolescence.
Soundtrack and Pacific Northwest atmosphere shape the game's subdued mood.
Central voice performances convey the characters' emotions effectively.

Cons

Three-episode campaign is short for its release price.
Choices have fewer visible consequences than in the original.
Backtalk confrontations are shallow and repetitive.
Uneven pacing includes rushed developments and an unsatisfying conclusion.

Pros & Cons are AI-assisted summaries, not our own playthrough reviews. Sources and how we make recommendations.

Where to Buy / Play

Official stores where this game is available. Links open the store page in a new tab.

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