Deck Nine·Released Aug 31, 2017·Single player
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 a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.
The prequel series drops the supernatural stuff, but not the heart
The first episode of this prequel series delivers some promising angst.
Deck Nine's Life Is Strange prequel ditches time travel, but finds power of a different sort.
Deck Nine Games has gracefully hurdled the obstacles in its way, with a rip-roaring episode that pulls back the curtain on Rachel Amber and begins a chain of events that we can't wait to watch unwind. Life Is Strange: Before the Storm recaptures the spirit of the first season, but by framing the story around fan favourite Chloe Price, it has a much more rebellious vibe. And while that means there's still plenty of cringe to work through, Episode 1: Awake pitches the moments that matter perfectly – we can't wait to see what happens next.
Awake pulls at the heart strings despite some stumbles.
Deck Nine's prequel manages to feel more grounded and relatable thanks to its lack of the supernatural
It struggles with characterisation and motivation at times, BUT it also made me laugh out loud and furnished me with an unexpected weepy moment.
