Rating
Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Max Caulfield, photographer-in-residence at the prestigious Caledon University, discovers her closest new friend Safi dead in the snow. Murdered. To save her, Max tries to Rewind time – a power she’s not used in years… Instead, Max opens the way to a parallel timeline where Safi is still alive and still in danger! Max realizes the killer will soon ...
Details
- Released
- October 28, 2024
- Developer
- Deck Nine
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Platforms
- PC · Switch · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S
How it plays
Time to beat · 6 player times (IGDB)
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Life is Strange: Double Exposure Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Life is Strange: Double Exposure is a solid sequel to one of the best adventure games of recent years. It’s a poignant story packed with likable characters
Deck Nine’s delivered their best Life is Strange game to date with Double Exposure. Barring some bugs and narrative nitpicks, Life is Strange: Double Exposure is a great continuation of Max Caulfield’s story, taking the series in an interesting direction while ensuring the bones of what makes the series so memorable remains intact.
Life is Strange: Double Exposure is the sequel that fans have longed for, and it's worth the almost-10 year wait. Max is still a great protagonist, and watching her try to figure out Safi's murder provides some intense moments. The new powers provided excellent gameplay and choices, even if some puzzles were too easy. While the art was stunning, the issues with the sound were a little distracting. Not helping were some instances of lousy lip-syncing and low audio levels. That said, these are ...
Life is Strange: Double Exposure brings Max back with a mystery full of twists and new superpowers that add a new layer to investigation but lacks the emotional punch the franchise is known for.
Life is Strange: Double Exposure arrives with the weight of expectation, promising to continue Max Caulfield’s journey while exploring new narrative territories. In this Life is Strange: Double Exposure review, we’ll explore the game’s intricate narrative design, its innovative timeline-hopping mechanics, the emotional depth of its storytelling, and the technical challenges that both elevate and hinder the player’s experience.
Double Exposure offers some interesting narrative beats, gorgeous visuals, and a few endearing characters, but fails to deliver the drama, emotion, and narrative depth it is reliant upon.
Life is Strange: Double Exposure is a perfectly enjoyable narrative adventure, but one which we’d strongly suggest you play elsewhere unless Switch is your only means. Timeline-hopping antics, a compelling murder mystery, and a cosy atmosphere all work strongly in this one’s favour, but the Switch’s hardware limitations lead to an experience that feels notably blunted due to the various visual cuts that had to be made to fit this one on the humble handheld. The story itself is a fine adventure that fans (especially of the first entry) may find worthwhile, but the value proposition on Switch ma...
An initially wonderful return to Max Caufield comes entirely undone with competing narrative priorities and nonsensical attempts to build Life is Strange into a cinematic franchise. Despite the game’s stunning animation work and sincere queer writing, Double Exposure is an overexposed mess.
Life is Strange: Double Exposure is a story-based title with a nonsensical story, rendering every other positive aspect completely unenjoyable.
Life is Strange: Double Exposure tries to gracefully bring back Max Caulfield back into the spotlight, but it fails to recreate the charm of the original with its weak cast of characters and shallow plot.
Double Exposure is still a gorgeous and brilliantly written thriller that deserves attention. It doesn’t do anything groundbreaking, but it’s a new installment in the Life Is Strange series that examines Max Caulfield’s split from Arcadia Bay, her struggle with being hung up on the past, and how she has slowly embraced a stronger level of self-acceptance — despite a complicated track record of death always finding a way back to her. It may not be the continuation of “Max and Chloe forever” that many fans (understandably) wanted, but it’s a compelling adventure that underlines how flaws can bui...
As a Life is Strange fan, I can't recommend this game enough. Beyond that, even if I weren't a fan, this is a solid creation from a dedicated team, backed by a brilliant cast and a stellar engine that makes the game look unbelievably good at times. It's well worth the investment. Max Caulfield is back and she's better than ever, and that's all the average fan should need to know to pick up their copy.