Life is Strange 2

Although the whole season is playable now and the release schedule won’t affect those just starting it, Life Is Strange 2’s various other complications don’t evaporate so easily. Clunky dialogue from a cast of inconsistent, cliché-ridden characters are present whenever you play it and often override the strength of its overall message and presentation. It results in a game with noble intent without the skills to fulfill its potential, showing that sometimes life isn’t strange, but disappointing.

Episodic games often have gaps of months between installments, but even by those standards, Life is Strange 2 kept fans waiting a long time from one chapter to the next. If you fell off the journey somewhere along the way (or if you were waiting for the tale to conclude, like I was), that is understandable. However, whether you knew it or not, Life is Strange 2 has been quietly weaving a powerful and sincere narrative experience that admirably carries on the series’ legacy.

I will never have, or be, a brother—but now I have an idea of what that’s like. I’ve never had to make the wrenching, impossible decision to sacrifice my needs for a person in my care—except now I have. Life Is Strange 2 made me feel, deeply, and I’m grateful for that. Life Is Strange 2 explores a touching, special relationship between two brothers that will make your heart hurt in the best possible way.