Life is Strange
At the risk of being excommunicated from the LGBT gaming community, I’d like to bring the original Life is Strange to court. It’s hard to remember now, especially after the brilliance of Before the Storm or Life is Strange 2, but this adventure series had an incredibly awkward start. The dialogue was terrible. The puzzles were bad. Max, the protagonist, wasn’t really likable. As the chapters progressed some of the most memorable moments were also, in retrospect, cheap shocks that the game undid with its time mechanic.
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And yet, Life is Strange is so deeply loveable. One of the few games that understands mood and lets you bask in it. In a roundabout way, all those rough edges helped: what’s more high school than not having all your shit figured out yet?
