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Life is Strange: Before the Storm (2017)

Deck Nine

Android · Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · iOS

3.78 from 1473 ratings

3675 members have it in their collection · 129 playing now · 1062 backlogged · 679 wish listed

How long? Main story 9h · with extras 11h · 100% 12h (from 71 logged playthroughs)

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.
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Details

Developers
Deck Nine
Publishers
Square Enix
Genres
Adventure, Indie
Themes
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science fiction
Franchises
Life is Strange
Series
Life is Strange
Event
Xbox E3 2017 Briefing
Steam
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Release dates

  • Aug 31, 2017 (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Aug 31, 2017 (North_America) PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • Sep 19, 2018 (Worldwide) Android, iOS

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Rating distribution

5 stars
411
4 stars
525
3 stars
384
2 stars
106
1 star
47
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Yuna67876

Status Yuna67876 Apr 16, 2023

Completed this in a day, it was fun I had my joy with but as a prequel there only so much it can do overall 8/10. Also it my 26 plat

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killerstar

Status killerstar Oct 23, 2021

The first episode was cool. It has the similar teenage angst feeling as Life is Strange but less hipster and more punk --fitting for Chole.

These games really work as episodic chapters. It allows the story to be more controlled. There's a natural starting and stopping point so that the highs and lows are better paced than if I could …

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The first episode was cool. It has the similar teenage angst feeling as Life is Strange but less hipster and more punk --fitting for Chole.

These games really work as episodic chapters. It allows the story to be more controlled. There's a natural starting and stopping point so that the highs and lows are better paced than if I could mainline the whole plot at once.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Oct 23, 2021

Add this game to the lost of games with audio-only puzzles that are completely inaccessible to deaf people.

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curtaindoom

Status curtaindoom Dec 11, 2019

the writing is awful, both Chloe and Rachel are unlikable, there is no gameplay, there are no choices. what do people like about this game again?

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Dcuky

Status Dcuky Feb 15, 2019

I miss rewinding, but duh, of course Chloe can't do it. I've won all the dialog battles I've played so far (only 3 or 4), but i don't like them bc I don't work well under pressure!

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Please...callmeYork

Status Please...callmeYork Dec 29, 2018

Just finished Farewell. It was nice, though pretty insubstantial. I realised I much prefer playing as Chloe than Max. She's sweet, but a little dull. I'll admit I got a little teary-eyed at that ending though.

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Please...callmeYork

Status Please...callmeYork Dec 1, 2018

Just finished the first episode and am cautiously optimistic about this. It definitely has problems and it took me a little while to warm to it, but by the time the credits rolled I was really enjoying it. Here's hoping the next two episodes can build off it without going off the rails. Either way it is just really nice …

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Just finished the first episode and am cautiously optimistic about this. It definitely has problems and it took me a little while to warm to it, but by the time the credits rolled I was really enjoying it. Here's hoping the next two episodes can build off it without going off the rails. Either way it is just really nice to be back in Arcadia Bay.

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Erkin

Status Erkin Apr 13, 2018

Just finished the bonus episode 'Farewell'. It's a very short episode that takes you to the last moments Max and Chloe shared before Max's family moved to Seattle (where she doesn't even send Chloe a text -- that's cold, Max!). It's filled with funny, emotional, and most of time cringey moments. And the gameplay is boring too, even for an …

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Just finished the bonus episode 'Farewell'. It's a very short episode that takes you to the last moments Max and Chloe shared before Max's family moved to Seattle (where she doesn't even send Chloe a text -- that's cold, Max!). It's filled with funny, emotional, and most of time cringey moments. And the gameplay is boring too, even for an adventure/walking simulator/visual novel game. But it's free, so I'd say every LIS fan should play it.

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franfox

Status franfox Apr 3, 2018

I don't understand why developers decided to make a prequel of this game without the core mechanic (time control) of the first one... It's like in Super Mario Bros 2 the player can't jump. Re-use the whole environment and make an "easy" second game can explain it. I've played the first chapter and I've tried to play the second one …

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I don't understand why developers decided to make a prequel of this game without the core mechanic (time control) of the first one... It's like in Super Mario Bros 2 the player can't jump. Re-use the whole environment and make an "easy" second game can explain it. I've played the first chapter and I've tried to play the second one but after some boring hours of play I've decided to resign. Really sorry because I loved Life is Strange.

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