Life is Strange: True Colors Review – Teaching Empathy in Technicolor (PS4)

Life is Strange is one of those video game series whose reception varies largely depending on who plays it, what choices they made during their playthrough, and, most importantly, how invested players get into the game’s characters. As a narrative-heavy experience, a lot of the game is spent talking to various characters, investigating for clues or interacting with items, and reading over in-game text to…

  • Fantastic gripping story
  • Character performances and animations are vastly improved
  • Writing and dialogue is natural
  • Respectful representation of Asian Americans and LGBTQ+
  • Slightly long loading times, occasional graphical glitches
  • Character development could have been done over a longer period of time
  • Made me cry twice

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