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  • Summary: Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.

    Play as Max Caulfield, a photography senior who discovers she can rewind time while saving her best friend Chloe Price from a
    Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.

    Play as Max Caulfield, a photography senior who discovers she can rewind time while saving her best friend Chloe Price from a violent altercation.

    The pair soon find themselves investigating the mysterious disappearance of fellow student Rachel Amber, uncovering a dark side to life in Arcadia Bay. Meanwhile, Max must quickly learn that changing the past can sometimes lead to a devastating future.

    The Life is Strange Remastered Collection includes 'Life is Strange Remastered' and 'Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered'.
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    Mar 7, 2022
    60
    A clumsy remaster that removes much of Life Is Strange's charm – the persistent glitches are irritating. However, it’s smooth sailing for Before The Storm. [Issue#12, p.84]
  2. Feb 9, 2022
    40
    With strange and glaring bugs, Life is Strange Remastered Collection quickly loses the good name of the series. But even without bugs, strange choices have been made that make this fantastic game just a bit worse.
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 16
  2. Negative: 8 out of 16
  1. Feb 20, 2022
    10
    It needs a few patches to fix some bugs and glitches, overall the remastered models, facial expression and textures, was done amazingly fromIt needs a few patches to fix some bugs and glitches, overall the remastered models, facial expression and textures, was done amazingly from Deck Nine, always nice to revisit Arcadia Bay. Expand
  2. Feb 3, 2022
    9
    In my opinion this remastered collection it's perfect and well done. It's hard nowadays to remaster old games and Deck Nine did a great job!In my opinion this remastered collection it's perfect and well done. It's hard nowadays to remaster old games and Deck Nine did a great job! Don't know why is DONTNOD included on this profile page if they doesn't work anymore with Square Enix and with Life is Strange. An really true Life is Strange fan doesn't care about the graphics but only with the story. Some people are expecting a hole new game from a remaster when it's not that objetive... It's not an 10/10 now because need some patches to fix some bugs. If you are a true life is strange fan you need to replay this fantastic game again! Expand
  3. Dec 2, 2022
    6
    Life is Strange and Before The Storm are excellent episodic adventures, but this bundle is riddled with visual and audio bugs that make it aLife is Strange and Before The Storm are excellent episodic adventures, but this bundle is riddled with visual and audio bugs that make it a hard sell. There is no shame in skipping this collection. Expand
  4. Feb 14, 2022
    3
    I will always score the first released version of the game, Patching is simply unacceptable. Now that being said. LIS Remaster improved facedI will always score the first released version of the game, Patching is simply unacceptable. Now that being said. LIS Remaster improved faced animations, often it means, there is some animation added where it was not before, or edited to match the dialog better. There is some strange experimenting with lighting and textures, but that is where the "remastering" ends. It was not clicked together with the old version of the game, camera is often blurring in attempt hide these problems where ever you go in this very small, linear world.

    The price of the product is honestly a crime, there was barely work done, testing is something square enix doesn't seem to understand and the delay was most likely because they haven't really worked on this as earlier title released was main priority. I feel bad for those who preordered this game with the True Colors release. I know I am.

    Now I am going to delete this, hopefully refund and play the original old game, just to feel bit better about this. 3/10 just because I still have feelings for the game and it's amazing soundtrack.
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  5. Feb 6, 2022
    2
    "Life is Strange Remastered Collection" only not really better then the original..

    First off I'm a HUGE LIS fan, its def one of my top 5
    "Life is Strange Remastered Collection" only not really better then the original..

    First off I'm a HUGE LIS fan, its def one of my top 5 favorite games of all time some let's get some positives out there. The animations look really crisp compared to the original game from 2015. Some of the character models like Rachel Amber looks really good and the environments/textures are great. Now for the negatives. Something was lost in this remaster of the original LIS, the emotions that Max and Chloe displayed in scenes are completely different than what it looked like in the original game and it looks worse. When Decknine remastered the models they stripped away art style that i think DontNod envisioned for the characters. The lighting effects that were once soft and artistic is now way too dark. Also I dont know why Metacritic says DontNod is the developer, Decknine did the remaster.

    Theres also a ton of bugs that's just sad. Currently the game has subtitle audio issues, the game crashes constantly, BTS has some of the most hilarious bugs where all the characters are glowing like they're about to explode like a dying star. It never should have been rushed out like this by Square Enix. Its a 2 outta 10 for me, stick to the original games DontNod and DeckNine made years ago.
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  6. Feb 3, 2022
    0
    This is absolutely a really bad remaster.
    Got the platinum trophies for the original LIS, LIS BS, LIS2 and LIS TC (both PS4 & PS5 version).
    This is absolutely a really bad remaster.
    Got the platinum trophies for the original LIS, LIS BS, LIS2 and LIS TC (both PS4 & PS5 version).
    Played on PS5, just finished the first episode.
    1. The edge of the screen keeps glitching.
    2. The subtitle occasionally shows program code instead of the actual sentence.
    3. The Simplified Chinese font is not correct.
    4. The lighting is weird at most time. Either too bright or too dark for me to even recognize the objects.
    5. Characters freeze before there is a transition in the scene.
    6. "You can't rewind any further" got stuck on the screen.
    The frame rate is still low and I don't even count this as a problem since it is expected.
    Buying this game is a disrespect to those developers who actually make good games (remaster/remake) with heart.
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  7. Feb 3, 2022
    0
    Not only a cash grab from Deck nine. But an awful and unnecessary "remaster" The original Life Is Strange is an incredible story very wellNot only a cash grab from Deck nine. But an awful and unnecessary "remaster" The original Life Is Strange is an incredible story very well told. All Deck Nine have done since is destroy all of DONTNODs hard work, with bad sequels and this terrible butchering of the original game. Bad graphics, bad lighting and bugs galore. Do yourself a favour and play the original DONTNOD version. Expand

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