![]() ![]() (There are actually a number of Twin Peaks easter eggs hidden in the game if you look closely enough for them. And, there are the disturbing events of the exclusive Vortex Club to investigate, if you can ever make it onto their guest list, that is. All of this gives the game a real Twin Peaks feel. Arcadia Bay also has some pretty strange freak weather, such as tornados and snow in the middle of Summer. Firstly, there is a student, Rachel Amber, who has gone missing. It turns out that there is a sinister side to Blackwell Academy and Arcadia Bay. Although for someone like me, who finds it hard to decide what to have for lunch on a daily basis, it meant agonising over my choices until I made a decision and then sometimes I would quickly rewind to change it again, and still obsess over whether or not I had done the right thing.īut there is more to Life Is Strange than just pretending to be a hipster girl. ![]() Think of it as an interactive ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ graphic novel. (It’s a bit like a cross between Heavy Rain and 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.) This means you can steal useful items without anyone spotting you if you rewind time after the event, or you can alter circumstances to prevent characters hurting themselves or others. Bear in mind that every major decision you make will have implications for your character later on. ![]() This has huge implications on the narrative of the game. You can now walk around campus and talk to characters, choosing your responses and if you think you may have handled the situation badly, hey presto, you can rewind time and choose another option. However, you very quickly discover that for some inexplicable reason, Max is able to rewind time. (Just a quick aside – it is refreshing playing a female character who doesn’t get kidnapped/killed/raped in order to move the plot along and doesn’t have two giant bouncy globes on her chest to distract you from the gameplay!) You start the game sitting in class, taking a few polaroids (how very retro) of the items around you and avoiding the bitchy Victoria. So as for the plot of Life Is Strange: you play the character of Max, who has recently started studying photography at Blackwell Academy. All of this adds to the charm of the game. The graphic style of the game makes it look as though it has been hand painted by an art student. The soundtrack by the way, actually has to be ‘turned on’ during most scenes, by your character using the music player in that particular room. ![]() In my household, we actually call this game ‘The Hipster Simulator Game’ due to the iconography, plait shirts and fantastic soundtrack which includes artists like Alt J and Amanda Palmer. This is therefore, only a review of half a story. However, the first point to make is that the game using the ‘point and click’ mechanic to play, so if you are someone who only goes for games where you want plenty of combat then this may not be your bag! The second point to make is that the game is episodic, so at the moment, the final two episodes are unavailable. I first heard about Life Is Strange from another blogger, Gaming Backlog a few weeks back and knew straight away it would be the sort of game I would enjoy. Most of the games I enjoy playing are low on combat (unless I’m casual gaming), but big on either story or character which is why I’ve decided to write reviews about these types of video games as well as the books I read. I’ve often said that I think that narratives in video games are just as valid as those in other forms of media, and that, when done well, the narrative in a game can be just as compelling as any piece of fiction. ![]()
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