I came into Life Is Strange: Double Exposure as a more recent convert to the series, but even though I haven’t carried emotions for this world around for almost a decade like some, the first major choice still felt like a gut-punch.
It’s a simple one—”What’s up with the blue-haired girl whose photo you carry in your wallet?”—but it sets a major tone for this sequel. All of the original Life Is Strange (and its prequel, in a way) is boiled down into this simple, binary question. If you’ve played through this history, it feels almost like making that impossible final choice all over again, reopening an old wound.
This is an easy emotional target to hit, sure. But perhaps one of the best endorsements I can give Deck Nine’s take on Max Caulfield’s legacy is that several choices throughout the game carried similar emotional weight, resonating deeply thanks to its new, original cast.
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