Life is Strange: Episode 4 - Dark Room

Dark Room is the most complicated, conflicting episode of Life Is Strange yet. It sets up a finale that could be a genuine stunner, but there’s a lot resting on its shoulders. That finale will need to even out the drastic and disappointing change in tone established in Dark Room, which compromises its characters for the sake of a cool mystery. An emotional intro and devastating outro show how well Dontnod can handle both separately, but the hours in between leave so much to be desired in terms of marrying these people to their story.

At the end of every episode is a twist, and I’ve read that the ending ‘twist’ of Chaos Theory was a big shock to some. To me, it was obvious to anyone who has even heard of the concept of time travel. However, the ending to Dark Room more than made up for it. I knew they would be twisting it that way, as that ending was much too obvious by this point, but the way it was twisted made my mouth drop open. I’m totally ramped for Episode 5.

Dark Room es el episodio con menos ritmo de todos, con más altibajos, momentos impactantes mezclados con otros tediosos, ritmo irregular, puzles buenos y malos. Pero también es el que mayor peso le ha dado a la narrativa, mostrándonos las consecuencias de las decisiones, aclarándonos varias cosas, atando cabos de su trama. Dontnod decide potenciar el toque sobrenatural, ir más allá en su oscuridad, creando un capítulo que dividirá en opiniones a crítica y público.