Life is Strange 2 - (Incl. Captain Spirit prequel)

Zero-Cool · 24-01-2019 8:27pm

So, episode 2 is out today and I couldn't wait to buy it.... except I couldn't. Turns out you now need to buy the 2-5 bundle for 33 euro to play the rest of the episodes.

So, you want people wait 4 months for the 2nd episode and then you want them to buy the season pass to play any more.... after what happened Telltale.... Jesus what an awful awful decision. Now I'm going to wait for the season pass to go on sale whenever that is. Looks like that's the general consensus on Reddit as well.

GG Dont' Nod

Zero-Cool · 21-03-2019 5:23pm

Wow, episode 5 scheduled to release in December. Over a year to release a game. 3 months between episodes is just too much for episodic content especially when they want you to buy the whole thing in one go. Guess I'll be picking it up in December, will have to play through ep 1 again for a full play through.

https://twitter.com/LifeIsStrange/status/1108760182358564865?s=19

EoinMcLovin · 21-03-2019 6:05pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Wow, episode 5 scheduled to release in December. Over a year to release a game. 3 months between episodes is just too much for episodic content especially when they want you to buy the whole thing in one go. Guess I'll be picking it up in December, will have to play through ep 1 again for a full play through.

https://twitter.com/LifeIsStrange/status/1108760182358564865?s=19

Yeah 3 months is way too long. I have the season pass anyway so I'll just wait for all episodes to release before playing it

Zero-Cool · 04-04-2019 5:49pm

Don't Nod have announced you can now but episodes individually. Still think I'll wait till December to play the whole thing but at least they changed their **** buying decision.

Strange thing is each episode is 8 euro but you can buy the 2-5 bundle for 33 euro with no extras so instead of being rewarded for buying the bundle, you actually have to pay a euro extra.

Episode 1 went half price a few months after launch so think I'll buy them as they each hit sale.

https://twitter.com/LifeIsStrange/status/1113840440451772416?s=19

lawlolawl · 25-05-2019 12:45pm

Finally got around to playing the latest episode despite not even realizing it has been out since the 9th :pac:

I really regret buying the whole season. We're past the halfway point and i simply can not bring myself to care about any of the characters in the slightest.

It isn't a patch on S1 or BtS.

19-06-2019 7:03pm

Started it last night, and man it was a slog to get through the first episode. Not feeling the characters and the writing/plot isn't doing anything for me.

Also there didn't seem to be as much going on in the game compared to the others, it was very straight forward.

Does episode 2 or 3 improve things?

Zero-Cool · 17-08-2019 3:01pm

Complete season 2 is on sale in us psn for 26.79 dollars. I had 7 dollars on there so will just cost me 16.80 euro from press-start. About 25 euro for 30 dollars. On sale for another 3 days but not sure whether to bite yet or wait til the final episode is out in December and another sale.

Encrypted Pigeon · 17-08-2019 6:27pm

Ep 4 arrives on the 22nd but holding till December to play this out, even though I bought the bundle early and have played ep 1. The episodic thing isn't really working for me with the gap between releases. The first season was great as I had all the episodes on tap from a steam sale and played all of them over a course of a couple of weeks.

Zero-Cool · 17-08-2019 6:50pm

I don't mind episodic content when it's one a month but anything over than is dodgy, especially for something so story heavy. When ep 5 comes out, there will have been a gap of over 1 year and 2 months, ridiculous.

If i do get this at the sale price, I'll be waiting til December anyway. I really enjoyed ep 1 so looking forward to playing the whole thing.

EoinMcLovin · 03-12-2019 2:13pm

Final episode releases today. It releases at different times all over the world. I think it releases here at 5pm.

Zero-Cool · 03-12-2019 2:32pm

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Final episode releases today. It releases at different times all over the world. I think it releases here at 5pm.

I bought it on US store a couple of months ago, waiting for the last ep to release before playing. Looking forward to playing through it.

EoinMcLovin · 03-12-2019 2:45pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I bought it on US store a couple of months ago, waiting for the last ep to release before playing. Looking forward to playing through it.

Same here, probably will go through them all next week hopefully one episode every day

Jordan 199 · 03-12-2019 3:03pm

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Same here, probably will go through them all next week hopefully one episode every day

One episode per day is the way to go.

EoinMcLovin · 03-12-2019 3:48pm

Jordan 199 wrote: »

One episode per day is the way to go.

Yeah I remember each episode from the first game being at least 2 to 3 hours

ERG89 · 03-12-2019 3:56pm

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Final episode releases today. It releases at different times all over the world. I think it releases here at 5pm.

I played the first episode but honestly I got bored of it when their Dad ask you to look for a wrench or something. I really enjoyed the original Life is Strange but this didn't grip me. I've not bought any of the other episodes but I will track down a few reviews now the season is nearly over.

03-12-2019 5:23pm

Finished episode 4 last night and thought it was much better than what went before it but yeah still not a patch on the first game. I honestly wasn't able to sit and get through any of the first 3 episodes in one sitting.

Zero-Cool · 03-12-2019 5:36pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Finished episode 4 last night and thought it was much better than what went before it but yeah still not a patch on the first game. I honestly wasn't able to sit and get through any of the first 3 episodes in one sitting.

Any idea how long each ep took ya?

EoinMcLovin · 03-12-2019 5:40pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Any idea how long each ep took ya?

From how long to beat, it seems each episode is around 3 hours long

03-12-2019 5:44pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Any idea how long each ep took ya?

3 hours on average I'd say, 4 max. Though ep 4 definitely felt shorter than the others but maybe that was due to it being more straight forward with less running around.

EDIT: The reason for not doing some of them in one sitting was attention span, and just not feeling it.

Zero-Cool · 10-12-2019 5:44pm

Finishing up Outer Wilds tonight and then will be lashing into this. Seems to be getting good reviews since all episodes are out now.

Jordan 199 · 19-12-2019 9:44pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I honestly wasn't able to sit and get through any of the first 3 episodes in one sitting.

I started the first episode last night and completed it a short time ago. I though I would never see the end of it to be honest.

Zero-Cool · 20-12-2019 1:11am

Finished episode 2 last night, seemed to go on a bit, definitely better as i already played Captain Spirit. Touching on some deep aspects but the Captain Spirit stand alone game was waaaay better than the whole of episode 2.

As for some decisions.

I called Lyle from the house knowing full well the consequences but she has been the best character in the game so far so the more interaction with her, the better.
Feel bad for not gaining Chris's trust to get more info about the dad and also not prying more with the dad as the Erickson's have a very interesting backstory.
I read it's possible that Chris can get knocked down at the end, Jesus glad my ep didn't come to that.

Gonna try finish the rest a bit quicker.

Zero-Cool · 22-12-2019 9:04am

A few times now I've went to start ep 3 and played something else instead. It's kind of been the opposite to LiS 1 where i want sure of the first ep but was then hooked from 2 on. With this one, i really liked the first ep but it's not grabbing now at all. I feel like I'm being punished for being too good a brother and if i left Daniel to it a bit more, the game would be more interesting but ending might be worse.

I think this story might be better told of it had no choices (kinda goes against the series) but reading about ep 2, it had way more interesting story points if you were a bad brother which leads my motivation to be the end game but it's hard to look that far ahead.

LiS 1 had a really great story no matter what you chose in the episodes where it wasn't very obvious where the choices would lead where as LiS 2 is either let Daniel use power or don't.

Really, the only reason i want to push on atm is because i read there are familiar faces in ep 5 and i just want to see some link to the first game.

22-12-2019 12:03pm

Finished ep. 5 last night. The last 2 episodes are much better than the first 3 as they are pretty much linear and a bit shorter and to the point.

For the final choice I decided to

break for the border and for some reason Danial decided to jump out of the car

Encrypted Pigeon · 25-12-2019 7:31pm

All done, ep 5 was decent, possibly the strongest in my opinion,

bit of nostalgia thrown in from the first game, I guess it depends on that choice how it plays out for others.

Overall, I found the story / journey to be only OK, I don't know, maybe it tried to take on too many current/topical issues, but it lacked that hook that first game had for me. I found the characters hard to engage with too, Daniel was annoying at times and Sean's constant depressing tone became a bit nauseating after a while. I do feel for Sean though, the dude is a punch bag for whatever life threw at him.

For the final choice

I made a drive for the border until Daniel decided to hit the eject button. What bugged me was him shouting he wont hurt anyone anymore, which was strange, as I had played the entire game as the good brother role, trying to get him to not hurt anyone. So I don't quite understand what that was about.

Zero-Cool · 14-01-2020 9:46am

They added the function to skip scenes mid last year, I did it myself in Ep 1 when I replayed it for collectibles. I think it was L1 but can't remember fully.

https://twitter.com/lifeisstrange/status/1126450221226057728?lang=en

Zero-Cool · 08-06-2020 2:13pm

Went back to this last night and started Ep 3. Found it boring and struggled to get into it. I read Ep 5 has a link to season 1 and it's the only thing motivating me to push on but tempted to play Become Human instead.

EoinMcLovin · 08-06-2020 2:35pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Went back to this last night and started Ep 3. Found it boring and struggled to get into it. I read Ep 5 has a link to season 1 and it's the only thing motivating me to push on but tempted to play Become Human instead.

Yeah I found Life is Strange 2 drags a bit during certain episodes . Honestly I found Detroit much better

Zero-Cool · 09-06-2020 7:05pm

Yeah, downloading Detroit at the moment, hoping it will be installed for tonight. I loved Heavy Rain so dunno why i didn't give Detroit a proper go.

As for this, i read the ep 5 link to 1, sounds nice and already feel like just replaying BtS and season 1 instead of finishing this. Will get back to it someday.

Zero-Cool · 13-01-2021 9:27pm

My friend interviewed Gonzalo Martin (Sean) recently and made me finally want to finish this. Went back and finished ep 3, was a struggle as i just didn't like ANY of the camp characters. Great ending though. Flew through season 4 and that's definitely a step up. From one great scene to the next and another great ending. Looking forward to starting and finishing ep 5 now.

As for ep 4 ending:

I had the choice to shoot Lisbeth or have Daniel move her out of the way. I kept thinking if i ask him to do it and something bad happens her, he'll be more ****ed then he already is so i shot her. Turns out only 3% chose that. I read that Daniel can kill her and move her safely depending on morality so I'm fairly sure she'd be alright if i have the nod but still wouldn't want to chance it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQPifx3AyTI

Zero-Cool · 14-01-2021 4:28pm

Ep 4, 5 and the ending were completely worth going back to this, absolutely loved it in the end. I think the game as a whole would have been a lot better if ep 3 was cut.

Got the ending:

Sean Surrenders and goes to jail while Daniel leads a happy life. The reunion scene outside the prison melted me and great to see Lyla there. The camping trip just topped it off. Not a happy ending by any means and Sean seems a bit broken but was a really great ending. Very nice touch having Chris stay such good friends with Daniel.

I looked up the others, turns out the official youtube channel has all endings in 1 vid and they all look so good. I thought we would both get to Puerto Lobos and live free and happy but that only happens in 1 ending and it's far from happy, well they might think they're happy.

All in all, I got the best case scenario in my eyes so I'm happy.

Encrypted Pigeon · 11-03-2021 6:16pm

Announcement coming on March 18th

https://twitter.com/LifeIsStrange/status/1370057002249023498?s=20

Life is Strange 2 - (Incl. Captain Spirit prequel)

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