As far as remasters go, this one is fine. It's standout feature is the new lighting, everything else is just kinda the same as or a little better than the OG game. I really don't know why they made this, my best guess would be a) they wanted to use the assets again for a new game and decided to just remaster them or b) it's all just a really confusing cashgrab. Well, either way, you can just play the original and it'll be absolutely fine.

Other than that? I last played LiS in my so-called teenage years and as it's a game with that unique brand of 2010s teenage angst, I felt right at home. Might be one of the first games that legitimately impacted me emotionally. After replaying it, I gotta say: It seems kinda dated, actually? LiS is full of weird decisions with questionable political and thematic implications and handles its topics - mostly - with the nuance of a car crash. Which also makes it kinda... charming, in a way? There's of course personal bias speaking here, though. It also has cozy and angsty vibes all at the same time. So yea, LiS not an especially well-written story and is full of weird unquestioned decisions. But if you can relate to this specific brand of 2010s zeitgeist, I think it's still worth looking at.

Man, that life sure was strange wasn't it... hah... hah

I haven't been this lukewarm on playing a game in a while, and that's not in an attempt to be a contrarian or hot-take artist, but Life is Strange started out somewhat interesting to me then unfortunately divulged into simply put: one of the games I've ever played.

I can't really even muster up a full length review for it because once I hit chapter four I just kinda wanted it to be over, and it took it's sweet time doing so. The characters are lackluster and one dimensional in a way that makes interacting with them just simply banal, the story is sorta there but unecessarily contrived, and the time loop mechanic is annoying with no real way to sugarcoat it. It seems like the series has made improvements since this original title, as True Colors had characters I actually liked and a less frustrating main gameplay loop, but playing LiS as it first hit the world is frustrating.

I found out at the end that I was simply playing "Whose Line is it Anyway" The Game; where the choices are made up and the decisions don't matter. The last decision you make is so comically one-sided in logic that I stood in disbelief for a elongated period before making my decision. Time-Bending in games/media not named Stein's;Gate is almost overwhelmingly a plot-flop and here it is again, rearing its ugly head.

I can't recommend anyone play Life is Strange, add all of the above with some shoddy voice acting and you have a worse version of games out there that already exist (True Colors, Tell Me Why, literally any of the Telltale Games.) Save your time or play this if you can get it for free, I guess.

esse não deve ser visto apenas como um jogo qualquer, ele é um conjunto de sensações inexplicáveis que vc sente ao decorrer dele, para funcionar tem que dar seu coração pelos personagens e por esse universo cheio de possibilidades, um jogo no qual o que importa não são os gráficos ou jogabilidade, mas principalmente os personagens e o que vc deve escolher para mantê-los seguros (ou não, dependendo), pois sim, aqui é impossível desviar dessa sensação de se sentir dentro da protagonista, como se ela fosse parte de vc e não apenas mais uma garota qualquer, devido a isto, essa montanha russa definitivamente será inesquecível na vida de quem jogou.

infelizmente esse remaster veio cheio de bugs e glitchs, o meu gráfico por algum motivo veio quadriculado mesmo com todos os detalhes possíveis no máximo, além da exclusão de coisas marcantes dos personagens como as sardas da max e adição de outras coisas mais bizarras, tipo o desnecessário brilho no olhar dos personagens; em contrapartida, adicionaram polimentos que deixaram o jogo bem mais bonito, como um cabelo mais realista que agora é dividido em mechas e que também possui a capacidade de se movimentar com o vento.

There's definitely some nostalgic bias re-examining this game after its release. I never actually played it. I watched people stream, but I found myself wrapped up in the mystery and the speculation that came with it throughout the release window. Playing it for myself, it's definitely clunky in some areas. Some puzzles weren't always the easiest to figure out, there is some meandering and padding here and there, and having to not always skip through all dialogue options as you're trying to get the result you want is kind of tedious.

That being said, I still admire this game. While there are certainly some faults with it, I was still captivated by the narrative, which is the biggest part of the game. If that failed to work, what then? Also, the musical score and soundtrack really enhance the narrative. The song that plays at the end of my final choice is just perfect.

I can totally understand why this doesn't work for everyone. I suppose I found this game at the right time and it has still stuck with me since. We all have those kind of games.

So Life ls strange is an amazing game. One of the best storylines I've ever experienced jam packed with so many emotion evoking situations. The artstyle is unique and fits the theme of the game. The characters are all pretty interesting even the side ones and the pathing is pretty solid for a interactive game. And we got some great voice acting too. Max's VA in particular was just gravy. (Honorable mentions chloe, pre episode 5 mark jefferson, and kate.)
The ost is really fucking good. One of the best I heard. Every song used for an opening fits fantastic with the theme of the scene and episode. Easily the peak of this franchise with the exception of the prequel BTS that can honestly rival tf out of it. Its a title I can wholeheartedly recommend. (the remaster for BTS also never crashed for me) However the remaster for this great title is a mess.
Yes the visuals are improved a decent amount (Not enough to really justify the price tho so if you do go for it make sure you grab it on a heavy sale or just go play the original game that is much more stable) but the post processing is even more aggressive. ( I modded most of it out but you can't remove 100 % of it) And the game is extremely unstable (Even unmodded). Only episodes 1 and 5 did not crash me. Every other episode crashed like a motherfucker which is already really bad but this game has certain checkpoints so you end up replaying a lot of situations so many times.
The things I did to try and reduce crashing was the offline mode trick that works for a lot of people but I still got crashing. Also verifying game files and setting cpu priority to high. I would still crash but it would be reduced. Also the pre-rendered cutscenes look like complete ass thankfully there is a mod to raise the res for it to 4k 60 fps.
Basically only buy on a deep sale and if you really really want the boosted visuals because the original is just so much more stable. I love this game but this port is shit. Avoid like the plague and if you try be ready to test your patience. So I gotta deduct a star because of that.

Also while I fond of amberprice we team pricefield out here !

And if you want to see the story with these updated visuals but do not want the headaches I gotchu with a full walkthrough no commentary playlist on 4k ultra 60 fps: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZSV6Ef0rTR57EzqVLpY4FjX19rrv9r33

Unfortunately, this is a lackluster remaster of an otherwise great game. For every good design change or update, there are a couple bugs and blurry textures that bring it down.

As for the game itself, Life is Strange is often a pretty easy target for scrutiny. It's not exactly hard to see why, however. The dialogue for most of at least the first half of the game does reek of 'middle-aged guy writes teenage girls,' but it does improve the more you get invested in the story.

I still have issues with the narrative in parts and the ending choice isn't as developed as it could have been (though I acknowledge that was down to budget), but that doesn't stop this remaster of Life is Strange from being a very solid, woefully nostalgic trip to Arcadia Bay and all the time-altering drama that entails.

7.5/10

Even in this age where every game gets a remaster/remake, it's insane to think that a game that came out in 2015 would need a remaster in 2022...

And yet the most insane thing about this game isn't even that, it's that it somehow looks and plays so SO much worse than the original.

The original game has it's problems and I have my personal issues with it, but if you really want to give this series a try, do yourself a favor and play the original game and not this cheap and poorly made cash-in.

As someone who adored the original, this is not the game I remember it being. This "remaster" launched with so many bugs that it was barely playable, and it's the reason it took me so long to finish it. How dare they even call this a remaster when they didn't even optimize 60fps support on PS5 while the original runs 60fps on PS4. Eventually, it got updates that added 60fps support and bug fixes, but at a cost of visual fidelity, which blows my mind since the game still looks horrible despite its "remaster" treatment. This experience has unfortunately given me a negative perception of Life is Strange -- a game I used to love. This is more of a "demaster" than a "remaster".