Here I am, playing through the Life is Strange series for the first time, and while the first game made me think the brand identity was going to be about time travel as a unique gameplay mechanic for choose your own adventure games, turns out what actually unites this series is the suffering of minors. Yay!
Seriously, what the hell is this? What compelled people to make this? Who thought a couple hour walking simulator showing me "yup, this kid is real sad his mom is dead and his dad is turning into a deadbeat alcoholic" in multitudinous ways for no pay-off? All so I'd feel... something (?) when I return to the mainline Life is Strange 2?
I am going to use this space to complain about how insane the download process for the Life is Strange games currently are on PSN now that all the episodes have been out for years. Where is the option to download the whole damn game, instead of piecemeal? Why is this chapter it's own "Demo" SKU store listing if the main game will boot me over to it instead of letting me get on with Episode 2?
What is so special about Chris that this little snippet needed to be fleshed out? I have only played one episode of Life is Strange 2, but I know enough from that episode to know that the starring brothers are all that will matter. And knowing that Chris is going to be juxtaposed against Sean and Daniel, who are running from the law as fugitives with no money and a dead dad, I kinda can't care about Chris's struggles as much! He has grandparents who are trying to get custody of him, he has a way out!
1.5 stars, C-/D+ range. It is weird to see the art direction for this series get less focused / worse with every game. As far as these walking simulators go, this one is the most boring and most unrealistic. A 10-11 year old doing dishes, laundry, and clearing the front steps out of boredom? I can believe it a bit since his PS2 is broken, but otherwise, no. This does not feel like a real child. His voice is much younger than his appearance, his maturity level feels too manufactured to tug on my hearstrings because he is a saint. (Which also makes me feel weird that he can only be a saint while the Hispanic kids from the main game can be serial thieves! Choices!)
I cannot imagine what possible impact this save file will have on Life is Strange 2 going forward, what a complete waste of time.
Seriously, what the hell is this? What compelled people to make this? Who thought a couple hour walking simulator showing me "yup, this kid is real sad his mom is dead and his dad is turning into a deadbeat alcoholic" in multitudinous ways for no pay-off? All so I'd feel... something (?) when I return to the mainline Life is Strange 2?
I am going to use this space to complain about how insane the download process for the Life is Strange games currently are on PSN now that all the episodes have been out for years. Where is the option to download the whole damn game, instead of piecemeal? Why is this chapter it's own "Demo" SKU store listing if the main game will boot me over to it instead of letting me get on with Episode 2?
What is so special about Chris that this little snippet needed to be fleshed out? I have only played one episode of Life is Strange 2, but I know enough from that episode to know that the starring brothers are all that will matter. And knowing that Chris is going to be juxtaposed against Sean and Daniel, who are running from the law as fugitives with no money and a dead dad, I kinda can't care about Chris's struggles as much! He has grandparents who are trying to get custody of him, he has a way out!
1.5 stars, C-/D+ range. It is weird to see the art direction for this series get less focused / worse with every game. As far as these walking simulators go, this one is the most boring and most unrealistic. A 10-11 year old doing dishes, laundry, and clearing the front steps out of boredom? I can believe it a bit since his PS2 is broken, but otherwise, no. This does not feel like a real child. His voice is much younger than his appearance, his maturity level feels too manufactured to tug on my hearstrings because he is a saint. (Which also makes me feel weird that he can only be a saint while the Hispanic kids from the main game can be serial thieves! Choices!)
I cannot imagine what possible impact this save file will have on Life is Strange 2 going forward, what a complete waste of time.
It's a terribly boring game. I tried it only because it was connected to the second game but I regretted it. I totally understand why they gave this game away for free, but it's still unplayable. You have to be a 10 year old kid to like Captain Spirit. Although the game is an hour long, I couldn't even last fifteen minutes. It's one of those mediocre games that you'll never understand why it was developed.
coitado desse menino, tem que arrumar a casa inteira pro filho da puta do pai dele ficar no sofa bebendo whisky. não teve um momento sequer nessa demo que eu não me senti como um irmão pra ele, o pai pode não estar presente, mas eu estive, brinquei e ajudei ele em tudo, vi o mundo pelos olhos dele e a pureza nos olhos de uma criança cheia de vida! pra mim ele e meu filho!