
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).