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Kaycee Hill

Life is Strange: Double Exposure — a nostalgic yet uneven return to form

Max Caulfield standing, arms outstretched, on a snowy mountainside in front of some yellow police tape in Life is Strange: Double Exposure.
Life is Strange: Double Exposure: Specs

Platforms: PC, Xbox Series X/S (reviewed), PlayStation 5, Switch
Price: $49 / £49 / AU$79.00
Release Date: October 29, 2024
Genre: Adventure

If you'd told teenage me, hunched over my laptop absolutely absorbed in Life is Strange, that I'd be reviewing its direct sequel nearly a decade later, I'd probably have choked on my toast. Developer Don't Nod's time-bending tale of photography student Max Caulfield wasn't just a game — it was a cultural moment that captured the exquisite pain and possibility of being eighteen, uncertain, and suddenly gifted with supernatural powers (well, two out of three isn't bad).

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