Life is Strange

Life is Strange

Released 30 Jan 2015

Publisher

Squaresoft

Platform

Playstation 4 Linux PC (Microsoft Windows) Playstation 3 Xbox 360 Mac Android iOS Xbox One

Genre

Role-playing (RPG) Adventure

Game Modes

Single player

Player Perspective

Third person

Game Engine

Unreal Engine

Storyline

Life is Strange is a five part episodic game that sets out to revolutionise story based choice and consequence games by allowing the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future. You are Max, a photography senior who saves her old friend Chloe by discovering she can rewind time. The pair soon find themselves exposed to the darker side of Arcadia Bay as they uncover the disturbing truth behind the sudden disappearance of a fellow student. Meanwhile, Max begins to have premonitions as she struggles to understand the implications of her power. She must quickly learn that changing the past can sometimes lead to a devastating future.