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Just started playing Life is Strange (feditown.com)

submitted 1 day ago by exu@feditown.com to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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Not sure how I got the idea, but somehow I ended up searching for Life is Strange on Steam, noticed the first episode (of the original) was free and installed it.

Yesterday I finally played episode 1 and immediately bought the other 4 episodes after.

According to my steam achievement, I actually played Life is Strange for 40 minutes back in 2016, though I didn't stick with it back then.
Looking back, I'd say I was definitely in the wrong age group back then to enjoy and relate to the story properly.
Now I really enjoy the characters and I'm interested to experience the rest of the story. Might make another post when I finished it :)

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[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I think I managed to overcome my dislike towards teen drama in media and started approaching it from a place of empathy, at least to some extent, which makes it way more tolerable. Same with characters making stupid decisions in emotional moments. That doesn't mean I give a pass to every single piece of "stupid" or "illogical" writing but it helps treat what happens like a real event rather than "well they should do X like a perfect logical machine".

My relationship with LiS games is a bit weird. I loved both the first game and Before the Storm but for whatever reason couldn't muster any interest in any of the following titles. I don't know why that is but none of them managed to grab my attention again. Maybe the first two came out at the right time, maybe they struck a familiar cord - either way they became a pretty important part of my life as well. Probably not as my favorite games ever (this honestly changes depending on a day and my mood/headspace) but important nonetheless.