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. Set three years before Max’s return to her hometown of Arcadia Bay in Life Is Strange, the story shows how Chloe and Rachel meet, bond, and grow into a force of nature.
AdventureIndieActionFantasyScience fictionDramaMysterydrugsprequelepisodicfemale protagonistaction-adventuregraphic adventuresteampax west 2017xbox one x enhancedthe game awards 2017the game awards - nomineePlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, contemporary and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One
- Developer
- Deck Nine
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Released
- August 31, 2017
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- Unity
- Time to beat
- 6 h rushed · 12 h main story · 12 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.6/10 from 507 ratings.
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