Man, that life sure was strange wasn't it... hah... hah
I haven't been this lukewarm on playing a game in a while, and that's not in an attempt to be a contrarian or hot-take artist, but Life is Strange started out somewhat interesting to me then unfortunately divulged into simply put: one of the games I've ever played.
I can't really even muster up a full length review for it because once I hit chapter four I just kinda wanted it to be over, and it took it's sweet time doing so. The characters are lackluster and one dimensional in a way that makes interacting with them just simply banal, the story is sorta there but unecessarily contrived, and the time loop mechanic is annoying with no real way to sugarcoat it. It seems like the series has made improvements since this original title, as True Colors had characters I actually liked and a less frustrating main gameplay loop, but playing LiS as it first hit the world is frustrating.
I found out at the end that I was simply playing "Whose Line is it Anyway" The Game; where the choices are made up and the decisions don't matter. The last decision you make is so comically one-sided in logic that I stood in disbelief for a elongated period before making my decision. Time-Bending in games/media not named Stein's;Gate is almost overwhelmingly a plot-flop and here it is again, rearing its ugly head.
I can't recommend anyone play Life is Strange, add all of the above with some shoddy voice acting and you have a worse version of games out there that already exist (True Colors, Tell Me Why, literally any of the Telltale Games.) Save your time or play this if you can get it for free, I guess.
I haven't been this lukewarm on playing a game in a while, and that's not in an attempt to be a contrarian or hot-take artist, but Life is Strange started out somewhat interesting to me then unfortunately divulged into simply put: one of the games I've ever played.
I can't really even muster up a full length review for it because once I hit chapter four I just kinda wanted it to be over, and it took it's sweet time doing so. The characters are lackluster and one dimensional in a way that makes interacting with them just simply banal, the story is sorta there but unecessarily contrived, and the time loop mechanic is annoying with no real way to sugarcoat it. It seems like the series has made improvements since this original title, as True Colors had characters I actually liked and a less frustrating main gameplay loop, but playing LiS as it first hit the world is frustrating.
I found out at the end that I was simply playing "Whose Line is it Anyway" The Game; where the choices are made up and the decisions don't matter. The last decision you make is so comically one-sided in logic that I stood in disbelief for a elongated period before making my decision. Time-Bending in games/media not named Stein's;Gate is almost overwhelmingly a plot-flop and here it is again, rearing its ugly head.
I can't recommend anyone play Life is Strange, add all of the above with some shoddy voice acting and you have a worse version of games out there that already exist (True Colors, Tell Me Why, literally any of the Telltale Games.) Save your time or play this if you can get it for free, I guess.
Nancyfly
1 year ago