Life is Strange: Episode 1 - Chrysalis (2015)

Developer

DON'T NOD

Publisher

Square Enix

Platforms

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Arcade

Rating

4.0 of 5, 10 player ratings

Main story

about 16 hours

Completionist

about 21 hours

Where to get it

PlayStation Store

How it feels

A quiet, emotionally charged mystery about friendship and time, paced for reflection over action.

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About

Max Caulfield, student at Blackwell Academy in Arcadia Bay, Oregon, discovers she can rewind time. The episode revolves around her testing her power and reuniting with her old best friend. The pair set out to find out more about the disappearance of Rachel Amber, the harassment of Kate Marsh and the drug schemes of Nathan Prescott.

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