![]() ![]() ![]() Alex feels these emotions herself but, more importantly, the extreme levels give her an insight into people’s minds: she can literally hear their thoughts and desires and problems. This is portrayed through the titular colours emanating from people when they feel high levels of a particular emotion: a red aura around the very angry, for example. In the latest entry, set in a fictional Colorado town, main character Alex has the ability to read and influence emotions. This missing element did not detract from the enjoyability and weirdness of the title, at all – it showed me that Deck Nine do not need to leverage the supernatural in order to tell their Life is Strange story.Īnd to some extent I wish that was the case with True Colors. However, in Before the Storm, there was no supernatural aspect. They previously handled the prequel Before the Storm, centering it on Chloe – the love interest/friend from the original game. Instead, it was put in the hands of Deck Nine, who have carved out a related character-driven focus for their titles. True Colors was not developed by original creators, Dontnod. ![]() It’s a third-person, narrative adventure, focusing on character dramas, with dark twists and memorable NPCs. It is, in fact, somewhat similar in theme to Persona 5, but really that’s where any similarity to that massive JRPG game ends. ![]() Life is Strange games are about young people – either in high school or early university student age – encountering a hostile world of dangerous adults but who have some sort of power on their side to help confront said world. From racism to child abuse, trauma to immigration, it is a franchise unafraid to deal with these themes as part of the games’ plot. It specifically engages with fascinating concepts, often ones confronting difficult themes that largely affects marginalised communities. The Life is Strange franchise is a curious piece of work. ![]()
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