Life is Strange: True Colors

Life is Strange: True Colors is one of those rare follow-ups that takes everything right about the previous games and not only improves one everything across the board, but also gives the series a much needed revival.

At the end of each chapter, Life is Strange: True Colors follows the same procedure as its predecessors in allowing you to compare your choices with other players and to find out exactly where your, and your friends, morals lie that will undoubtedly provide some interesting (possible arguments?) conversations. I had waited with bated breath to play Life is Strange's next narrative adventure and I ...

I could wax lyrical about so many elements of Life is Strange: True Colors, going into detail about every tiny thing that makes its storytelling so incredible, but I won’t. The narrative should be uncovered as you play it, and going in with as little knowledge as possible will make those twists and turns have that much more impact. This is without a doubt the best game in the series yet. The chara...

Truly great stories – those that stand the test of time – work for a singular reason. Regardless of setting, inciting events, and world building, stories connect with audiences because of characters. Readers and players need a strong sense of who characters are and plot points that agree with those characterizations. Failing that, audience connections are vague. You roll your eyes, or worse they g...

Life is Strange True Colors review: A bittersweet drama about grief after loss and troubled pasts, focusing on the act of healing from trauma rather than trauma itself.

Time to learn about the importance of emotional intelligence.

Life is Strange: True Color's well written cast and rich Americana setting help make it easily one of the strongest outings this franchise has had.

True Colors is a big step up for the series and shows that Life is Strange is in good hands with Deck Nine.

Life is Strange: True Colors may sadly dim towards the end, but it's worth checking out alone just to experience Haven Springs, with its gorgeous scenery, terrific cast of characters both major and minor, and an intriguing mystery that requires quite a bit of fun gameplay. Alex's emotion-based powers are best used for exploring everything around her, and there's a lot of amazing little stories to ...

“Heartfelt and poignant, the only thing Life is Strange: True Colors trips over is its own words.”

Life Is Strange: True Colors ultimately doesn't understand the emotions it tries addressing and lets its characters down in the process.

Life Is Strange: Before the Storm has always felt like a well-kept secret; forever playing second fiddle to the two mainline entries that released either side of it, but quietly better than them both. We have Deck Nine Games to thank for that, which now finds itself at the helm of the franchise's next big game as original creator DONTNOD Entertainment moves on to other projects. The result is Life...