“I know this has been a stressful day.” Ray Wells in “Life is Strange” Recently I stumbled upon a game that does almost everything right and which I highly recommend: “Life is Strange“. It a very well done graphic adventure. The story follows Max, a photography student who discovers that she has the ability to rewind time. She rekindles a childhood friendship, which, combined with a missing girl, bullying, drugs, suicide (attempt), assisted suicide, losing one’s father, murder, and a couple of other of mankind’s uglier sides, results in a really great story. Seriously, it’s one of those games which doesn’t shrink from serious topics but also has enough sweet moments to get you through the game. Some impressions (spoilers): The “joy” of visiting a school (well, an academy). The story gets logged in a nice journal. The journal also contains character infos. Some collectibles: 10 photos per episode. It would have been nice if these would also serve as savepoints, but, at least on the PS4, you only have three of them. You can go back to earlier moments of the game though. Despite the often serious nature of the topics addressed in the game, there are nice, restorative [...]
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