In 2015, Square Enix released Life is Strange, a now classic narrative driven game where every choice you make has a detrimental effect on how you progress. During Xbox’s most recent showcase, fans were excited to learn that Life is Strange: Double Exposure, a sequel to the original story, is coming out later this year.
Quest Daily was invited by the publisher to view an extended gameplay trailer and presentation to learn more about this time bending mystery.
Bending the Rules of Time
In Life is Strange: Double Exposure, you play as an adult Max Caulfield, the protagonist from the first game. Life has changed a lot for Max, she is now a student and a photographer-in-residence at the prestigious Caledonia University, a far cry from the small Arcadia Bay that she grew up in.
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Here, she has a tight knit group of friends, with a girl called Safi considered her closest companion. One night, while hanging out, Safi receives a phone call, suddenly leaving the group and scurrying off across campus. On Max’s way back to her dormitory, she finds evidence that something suspicious has happened to her friend. Following footsteps in the snow, she eventually finds a body sitting on a bench and realises that it is Safi’s. She has been murdered!
Upset and scared, Max is tasked with solving this murder mystery by using a new, powerful time shifting ability which is unleashed within her. This supernatural gift allows her to jump between parallel versions of her own world. In one world Safi is dead and in the other, she is still alive.
Using her new power, she discovers shift spots, which are weaknesses in the timeline of the universe. Here, she literally tears the world apart and travels to the other side. In this alternate reality, Max can talk to different people, including Safi, discover new clues about the murder and solve various puzzles that will ultimately affect each coexisting world.
So Much Fan Service!
Life is Strange: Double Exposure has many returning features that make this series so unique and loved. There are multiple important decisions to make, each having ramifications and a lasting impact on relationships and events, a brilliant new and unique soundtrack and a supernatural narrative to hook players in.
Finally, if you are a Life is Strange fan, you would know that there was a huge decision to make at the end of the original game — this decision will determine the sequel’s story. If you are playing the game on a different device or you have never played the original, Life is Strange: Double Exposure offers players the chance to make this same decision again at the beginning of the new game. A welcomed addition for returning and new fans alike.
Are you ready to use Max’s time hopping powers to solve and prevent a murder from happening across two parallel timelines? I know I am!
Life is Strange: Double Exposure will be released on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S|X and Steam on October 29th, with a Nintendo Switch version coming at a later date. Preorders are open now on Steam.
Watch the Life is Strange: Double extended gameplay:
