Life is Strange: Double Exposure Reviews
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Life is Strange: Double Exposure is a story-based title with a nonsensical story, rendering every other positive aspect completely unenjoyable.
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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 makes it...
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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 build character...
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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.
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2015’s Life Is Strange was about a high-schooler, the supernaturally gifted Max Caulfield, but its power resided in something deeper than its protagonist’s youth and the setting of Blackwell Academy. I think that, for many of the millions of players it resonated with, Life Is Strange spoke to those parts of us that are still as young as Max was, those parts of us that still remember the incredible intensity of teenage longing, and still know that the right wistful indie pop song in the golden hour of the evening can just about break your heart. Now, Max is back...
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In 2015, Square Enix published and DON’TNOD developed Life is Strange released and changed many people’s lives with its intriguing mystery, exploration of superpowers in time-rewinding and, crucially, its groundbreaking depiction of sapphic love in teenagehood. I say this because I was one of those people. Not yet out as the trans woman I am now, that original game cracked my egg, and made me see myself in the blue-haired riotous punk that is Chloe Price and the more reserved, contempl...
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Max Caulfield returns to headline a follow-up that hints at an exciting new direction for the series — but doesn't quite manage to answer all of its own questions.
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An emotional supernatural mystery that sadly loses the plot – and its core. Life is Strange is undone by its new mechanic
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Max Caulfield has settled into a job at the university when a tragic event has her rediscovering her supernatural abilities. Let's get to it!
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Life is Strange: Double Exposure stays true to the beloved themes of the series while introducing fresh new faces and deepening Max's development.
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Life is Strange: Double Exposure has some strong points and features thought-provoking storytelling the series is known for, but it ultimately feels like a roll of film needing some development.
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A staggering achievement of narrative, artistic, and emotional weight, Life: Is Strange: Double Exposure is an art piece that rivals the best in its genre for poignancy and style.
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For fans of the first Life Is Strange, Double Exposure might be a nice trip down memory lane, and it's a good way to get inspiration for indie music playlists, but its weak story and dearth of meaningful gameplay makes it a tough sell for most audiences. For $50, when story-and-choice-driven masterpieces retail for less, Life Is Strange: Double Exposure is probably only a good fit for die-hard series fans.
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Life Is Strange: Double Exposure is a must play for any long-time fans, but it’s unlikely to interest those who haven’t enjoyed the previous entries in the series.
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On the other hand, it’s impossible to make your way through Life is Strange: Double Exposure without performance issues interfering with the experience. It’s ironically right in line with the game’s theme of duality, with the Living and Dead worlds serving as metaphors for what it’s like playing through the newest Life is Strange game.
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Life is Strange: Double Exposure is a journey I'm thrilled I got to go on... Great characters, a wonderfully crafted world, and a twisting narrative all help elevate the game over what holds it back.
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As warm, deep, and emotionally engaging as it ever was, Life is Strange: Double Exposure delivers another great adventure for beloved hero Max Caulfield. With a great new cast of interesting characters, a banger of a mystery, and enough ethical dilemmas to fry your brain, Double Exposure continues putting players through the wringer in the best possible way. A few minor technical issues cannot distract from the great story and beautiful visuals.
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When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder? PC version reviewed. Review copy provided by company for testing purposes.
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Despite that, Life Is Strange: Double Exposure is such a gripping, reality-bending adventure that the joy you’ll get out of it eclipses its late-game fumble. Max Caulfield’s return is still a welcome one, and if you know a Pricefield fan who’s about to play this, hand them a tissue for me.
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“Life is Strange: Double Exposure is a narrative adventure game I relate to on a deeply personal level.”
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Despite its shortcomings, Life is Strange: Double Exposure is a promising gift for fans. Its dark mystery narrative requires you to keep track of two separate timelines at most intervals. But there's enough breathing room to enjoy the usual heartfelt moments of the series. Although the final chapter parallels the first game's events in a way, it sets up an unexpected follow-up sequel, leaving much to be desired from its characters. On the plus side, the series' staple elements, from the soundtrack to the puzzle-solving sections, are executed perfectly. Deck Nine could've handled the Max and Chloe dynamic more appropriately...
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Like its own hero's dabbling with time travel, Life is Strange: Double Exposure highlights the troubles of trying to revisit old memories, while raising unanswered questions about the future.
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Life is Strange Double Exposure draws you into a mystery full of intriguing twists and turns in a fresh university setting. The new shifting ability that allows for parallel timeline hopping works well in the context of a murder investigation, but can make it harder to feel like you're truly connecting with the characters. Overall, Max's return feels like it finds its feet towards the end, and is building towards something bigger.
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It's a game I enjoyed, but I'm not sure it's a game I needed.
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Life is Strange: Double Exposure tackles the difficult task of continuing the story of a beloved character and successfully executes it in a way that respects the series’ legacy while pushing the franchise forward. With strong writing and a cast of compelling characters, this science-fiction murder mystery will keep you engaged with every twist and turn. While closely connected to its predecessors and a finale that may be divisive, this extension of Max’s story showcases Deck Nine’s expertise as one of the industry’s leaders in narrative-driven games.
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Life is Strange: Double Exposure is a great story mixed in with fairly mundane gameplay, the game struggles to run well on the Steam Deck, but it is completely playable.
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For the last 9 years, the Life is Strange franchise has made a name for itself thanks to its touching interactive storytelling, inclusivity, and diversity, and for creating characters that genuinely resonate with gamers worldwide.
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Ah, Life is Strange. We've been together for nearly a decade now and I can remember the very first time I sat down and enjoyed Max Caulfield's first story as we got to see her make use of her new time powers. It was a bumpy road at times, but it was still an enjoyable, memorable journey. Since then, though, the series has struggled when it came to making entries that were as memorable as the first, though this writer would argue that Life is Strange 2 and True Colors were good games as well. But now the next entry...
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Failing to take the franchise into new territory and held back by its ties of the past, there’s simply nowhere for Life is Strange: Double Exposure to go except aimlessly in circles.
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A knotty mess of quippy dialogue and plot-driven missteps exist side-by-side with some beautiful and touching moments for the returning Max Caulfield.
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A slightly more grown-up Max might not always seem believable, and there's a good chance that a few choices made in Life is Strange: Double Exposure might annoy you. But overall, this new instalment into the Life is Strange series is a success: its story will keep you guessing, its puzzles are fun to solve, and Max's new powers are a lot of fun to play around with.
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