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Life is Strange: Episode 1 - Chrysalis

Life is Strange: Episode 1 - Chrysalis

DON'T NOD·Released Jan 29, 2015·Single player

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Genres
RPGAdventureArcade
Critic73/100
Across 5 reviews
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About

Max Caulfield, student at Blackwell Academy in Arcadia Bay, Oregon, discovers she can rewind time. The episode revolves around her testing her power and reuniting with her old best friend. The pair set out to find out more about the disappearance of Rachel Amber, the harassment of Kate Marsh and the drug schemes of Nathan Prescott.

Reviews

5 reviews
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IGN
Mitch Dyer·Feb 2, 2015
Critic65/100
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The first episode of this young-adult drama is strong, but poor performances and writing nearly ruin a wonderful world.

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Push Square
Graham Banas·Jan 31, 2015
Critic60/100
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Life Is Strange: Episode 1 - Chrysalis certainly is strange, but perhaps not in the way that DONTNOD intended. There's enough ground work laid here to pave the way for future instalments, but a lot of the good is undone by lip sync issues and some of the most mind-bogglingly bad dialogue that we've heard in recent memory. While some of this is inadvertently hilarious, it does end up hurting the product at points. There's definitely still hope for this season, but the jury's out right now.

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GameSpot
Kevin VanOrd·Jan 28, 2015
Critic70/100
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The episodic Life is Strange is off to a good start, featuring sympathetic characters and tense social situations.

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