- Publisher: Square Enix
- Release Date: Aug 31, 2017
- Also On: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Life is Strange: Before the Storm
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 622 Ratings
- Summary: Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.
- Developer: Deck Nine Games
- Genre(s): Action Adventure, General
- # of players: No Online Multiplayer
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Positive: 11 out of 19
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Mixed: 7 out of 19
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Negative: 1 out of 19
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Sep 11, 2017I really couldn't be happier with what we've been given. Deck Nine gets Life is Strange, but more than that, it capitalizes on the material to make it even better. By the end of this first episode, I was not only awe-struck, but a little misty. Completely blown away by the sheer quantity (four hours!) and quality of this first episode, I absolutely cannot wait for the next two installments in this three-episode series. I may know what's going to happen, but it's all about the details. This is more than a love letter — it's a brewing tempest of adolescent insight.
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Jan 3, 2018Before the Storm is a great prequel that manages to capture the essence of what Life is Strange is. With great characters, a beautiful story, the typical atmosphere and fantastic music this installment sometimes even surpasses the first game.
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Jan 16, 2018The writing is good enough, and the dialogue is acted well enough (especially by Rhianna DeVries as Chloe), that Before the Storm is a worthwhile experience. As an adult male, I’m probably about as far away from the game’s target demographic as one can get, and yet I still enjoyed it more than I didn’t. So if you were a fan of the first game and you want to learn more about its world and its characters, then you should definitely check out Before the Storm. But if you haven’t played Life is Strange yet, then I’d recommend you try that game first and then proceed from there.
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Dec 20, 2017Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a masterful prequel, then.
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Game World Navigator MagazineMar 2, 2018Before the Storm doesn’t feel like a proper prequel – it’s too short for that. For example, Rachel-Chloe relationship progresses too quickly and smoothly, they didn’t even have a big quarrel. Sure, writers did show just how much Rachel meant for Chloe, and we did get some nice family drama, but Rachel’s eventual disappearance and events that led to it are completely sidestepped, leaving kind of an empty feeling. [Issue#226, p.42]
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Feb 18, 2018Experience consisting of one very good, one excellent and one weaker episode. Somebody could be annoyed by obvious similarities to its predecessor, but catchy narratives and great characters dismiss these complaints. We grief just the oddly vague ending.
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Jan 29, 2018Very self-aware of being a prequel to a bestseller, Before the Storm puts fan service and farfetched melodrama above cohesive storytelling, resulting in a superficial and disappointing experience.
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Positive: 75 out of 117
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Mixed: 27 out of 117
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Negative: 15 out of 117
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Mar 10, 2018This is not a game, this is art, people need to stop comparing this game with the previous, both games are masterpieces in their own way
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Oct 3, 2020True masterpiece. Even better than original. One of the best adventure game in whole history of video games.
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Jul 9, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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