Life is strange 2 Full Season Review - a story of two sons

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Life is strange 2 is a courageous, ambitious, daring game that has something to say and want you to think about it.

The life is strange was a flash in a bottle. Donned's interpretation of the Telltale formula finally won millions around the world, thanks to its immediate recognizable premise, its supernatural drama, and perhaps most of the lovable characters, especially the protagonist Max, which perhaps the unique sensitive character is in play. To remove from the environment, history, the characters and the topics of the first season, was for donned — the people — a great risk love the original game and everything that has to do with it, and only to give it A simple way to success.

But that's not what The life is strange 2 does, to good and bad. In the second season of this series, donned is determined to tackle humans deeper and darker deficits both on an intimate and more personal microscope as well as a broader social, macroeconomic scale. The result is probably one of the most ambitious games of all time, a game that has something to say and say it, without any fears to whom it could alienate. At a time in which Ubisoft and Activision bend back to insure us that their war simulation games are absolutely not political, no, sir. The life is strange 2 sneaks into today's turbulence.

The original The life is strange deal with some questions of the splitting rhetoric, which splits the student body of the Blackwell Academy in Arcadia Bay. For developers, this is not a completely new terrain, donned. But the extent in which they deal with the problems of racism in America, the fear of immigrants and the very real threat through violence and riots in the country is honestly surprising and refreshing — The life is strange 2 does not flash and does not beat When it comes to presenting the unpleasant truth to his players.

The life is strange 2 does not flash and does not beat when it comes to presenting his players the unpleasant truth.

The new season follows Sean and Daniel Diaz, sons of Esteban, an immigrant from Mexico, who has earned his livelihood as a mechanic in Seattle. Esteban is portrayed as a kind of ideal figure for his sons, a single father, who has raised his children and gave the values ​​of hard work and ethics. Unfortunately, these values ​​are tested when Esteban is dead after a shootout with a triggered policeman and the brothers go on the run. You do not have much idea where you go — first of the younger brother Daniel does not even know that his father is dead, due to Sean's misguided attempt to protect him from this insight — but Sean has a vague idea to get over it to come across America and Go to Mexico, in the home of your father, where you hopefully be sure about the turbulence in the United States.

There is a reason why I'm so busy in this review with the political background and context — that's literally all the game is about. Like everyone who has ever played a game in this genre (Telltale, donned or otherwise), these are playing around their story, writing and characters. There is no gameplay — you're going around, examine things and talk to people. The primary gameplay consists of interaction with others and in the way they react to them. This in turn changes the course of history based on their decisions. The story therefore very literally is the game. The life is strange 2 very explicit IST all about its central topics and the narrative comparison of these topics. It also does not shy anything about it — one of the first text talks that Sean led with his girlfriend Lola is about Trump's election speeches and the riots they cause in the country.

Honestly, it is hard to imagine a story that deals with the bandwidth of the loaded topics The life is strange 2 decides for a better or more elegant approach than this game. Although the treatment of game topics is unobtrusive and unobtrusive, I dare to suspect that it lacks subtlety War the point is that the game is not trying to avoid citation-independent insults. It will people thinking about what it has to say.

The two protagonists who are connected by circumstances that are far greater than they are bold and out of control, tell a heartbreaking story of fraternal love and loss that will remain in memory of their time in the game.

This can easily go wrong, especially if the above-mentioned lack of subtlety leads to a potential for easy cantonization, but The life is strange 2 avoids this especially on the back of its incredibly strong characters. The two protagonists who are by circumstances that are much greater than they are connected to each other, tell each other, tell a heartbreaking story of fraternal love and loss that will accompany far beyond their time in the game — and any other character They meet on the way, good Oder bad, from the racist staff of a gas station to the persons, the marijuana grow on a farm in California, it is as well-developed and feels echo. They all feel like people who exist beyond the framework of history, such as the two protagonists and their interaction with these protagonists — as if they were real people, and what we see in the course of the game is very low. Living and who they are as people.

The most important way, as the game achieves this, it is to avoid the only storytelling trap in which seemingly too many stories advised in all media — it avoids to make excuses for his characters. With the possible exception of one, all characters in The life is strange 2 are unshakably as presents as they are as they are. Good or evil, mistakes and everything they are who they are as humans, because who they are as humans, is the result of cumulative decisions that they have made in the course of their lives — to question why they are so, does not give them Sense The game does not explain it. These are Mensches They meet, not with characters that serve a more comprehensive story, and that's the greatest strength of this game.

The actual story itself is less a triumph in the execution as the characterization or treatment of central topics. It is often slow and can feel unbearably snake, especially in the middle sequence of episodes. All this leads to an incredibly emotionally charged payout, clear, and in the end every minute I spent with the game, well deserved and worth it. But the end comes, well, in the end, and until you arrive there, the slow pace of the game can undoubtedly feel frustrating — especially because there is no hook like max, time change forces or the larger secrets of the Blackwell Academy. Offer an overarching framework.

What in turn means that the trick is to try all dialog options before they set themselves from the original game, in no longer existing The life is strange 2. It is still there is a supernatural power that is a central action point — Daniels Force-like Telekineses — but that is hardly noticeable in the gameplay, and even if this is the case, she feels further withdrawn as a player to her agency, Because they play like Sean Daniel says he should use the power or not — so it's just another dialogue option.

Despite this slow step or lack of the immediate cliff slope to keep things running, The life is strange 2 have kept my attention, even if it became worrying unpleasant.

Despite this slow step or lack of the immediate cliff slope to keep things running, The life is strange 2 kept my attention upright, even if it became worrying uncomfortable. Whether this is because the honest representation of the characters and topics of the game is sincere, or because the lovable and lasting connection between two brothers is predominantly well suited, and you want their story to be played through. The life is strange 2 It manages to deal with players, even if there is no immediate reason to invest in history or worry about where it goes — even if sometimes does not even clear what the story is. Just to be sure that Daniel is the best human being, which he can be, is enough to be honest.

Also, on other fronts The life is strange 2 supplies. It is graphically stunning if donned connects his preference for strong art with the best technical execution of visuals that gave it so far. The music that consists like the first game from original and license titles is as charming and fits perfectly for the mood of the game. The actual dialogue and writing feel far superior to the first play, which often came into embarrassing despite their bad seriousness.

I do not know whether or not The life is strange 2 is better than the first game, but I think it's bolder, more ambitious and more important. I feel that it is a game that has a lot to say and say it well, and that it's worth playing it, no matter how unpleasant it makes us. The band between the two brothers, which stands in the center of the whole, surrounded by the turbulence of modern times? This is the icing on an already gourmet cake.

This game was tested on Xbox One.

THE GOOD

Extremely nuanced and credible characters; Strong, hard topics that are surprisingly graceful and well handled; an emotionally charged end; looks very good; Great language performances.