Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part; standalone adventure set three years before the first game in the BAFTA award-winning franchise. You play as sixteen-year old Chloe Price who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber, a beautiful and popular girl destined for success. When Rachel learns a secret about her family that threatens to destroy her world, it is her newfound friendship with Chloe that gives her the strength to carry on. No longer alone the girls must confront each other's demons and together, find a way to overcome them. KEY FEATURES: Choice and consequence driven narrative adventure Multiple endings depending on the choices you make ‘Backtalk’ – A risk/reward conversation mode that allows Chloe to use her barbed tongue to provoke or get her way Make your mark on the world with witty tags and drawings Choose Chloe’s outfit and see how people react to your look Distinct Licensed indie soundtrack & original score by Daughter
Game Discussion
Steam User 16
Life Is Strange Before The Storm was a fantastic game. The story was great. Graphics looks the same as Life Is Strange. This game is prequel and you play as Chloe Price. Max best friend. Well, she is being mean to anyone sometimes. I like her, tho. She is a great character, but I don't like she is being mean to anyone sometimes. Kinda shame that, Chloe doesn't any power. Only use argument with other people. I think it's her superpower. The writing is heartfelt, and every character feels complex and relatable, especially Chloe Price. Her rebellious attitude, grief, and pain are portrayed so authentically, making her journey with Rachel Amber both captivating and heartbreaking. The dialogue was fantastic. The relationship between Chloe and Rachel is the heart of Before the Storm, and it’s handled with incredible care. The game explores themes of loss, love, and self-discovery in a way that feels deeply personal. 8/10
Steam User 24
I witness the reenactment of a tragic fate.
Knowing the ending makes my heart ache.
How merciless the prequel, knowing its inevitable end.
프리퀄은 차갑다.
Steam User 13
After playing both LiS, and LiS BTS, it feels like the original game is a 5 star full meal at a restaurant, and BTS is a small piece of dessert served after it. It's nice don't get me wrong, but the story here doesn't warrant buying the game without playing the original first, and feels like it would have been better served had it just been made a dlc for the original. Now it has some issues ofc, like the awful unnecessary plot twist in episode 3 in Rachel's house, or the fact that there's a bonus episode locked behind DLC in what already feels like DLC. But overall the story is a nice serving of bonus character lore for fans of the original, and for those who didn't play the original... well... don't play this, just play the original. Worth a buy at a discount.
Steam User 8
Solid prequel to LIS.
Nice engaging story and gameplay.
Solid coming of age type stuff.
Steam User 12
Much better than the remaster. Don't be tempted by the discounts,
it's definitely worth spending money on the original.
I have a separate review of the remastered version.
Steam User 5
I believe Before the Storm is nowhere near as good as the original Life is Strange, 'cause if you've played the original, you already know what is going to happen and it takes away the weight of your decisions in this game. Still, this is a very much worthwhile prequel with a smaller scale story and a very touching dlc episode.
Having finished both games now, my suggested playthrough order would be:
BtS ep1-3, LiS1 ep1-5, BtS farewell (dlc)
★★★½ out of 5
Steam User 4
A journey into the past
Life of Strange: Before the Storm (recommended by a dear friend. Thank you :D) takes you back in time, a few years before the story of the original game Life is Strange. This time you slip into the shoes of Chloe Price, the rebellious friend of Max Caulfield and at the side of Rachel Amber you make your way through Arcadia Bay.
Should you own the fitting DLC you can even play as a young Max, but I shall not tell too much....
Overall, I enjoyed the game, despite it's short story, that I have finished at about 10 hours including all DLC content. Compared to LiS, I enjoyed the graphics and the many possibilities of interacting with the world.
What I didn't like beside the short playtime were Chloe's animations and the soundtrack for the most part. But that's probably, because I enjoyed the peacefulness of the first game too much and I m less of an indie rock fan.
To everyone who is about to start their journey into Life is Strange: Before the Storm I wish you fun on a journey full of emotions from laughter over tears to anxiety.