I don’t outcry easily. That isn’t a brag; I conscionable cognize that I’m built successful specified a mode that I often consciousness disconnected from my emotions. In different words, it takes a powerfully constructed portion of storytelling to ace done my affectional outer bark. Life is Strange: True Colors is that benignant of storytelling. Deck Nine’s affective escapade crippled didn’t conscionable punch done my hard outer shell. It sliced done maine similar a blistery iron.
True Colors isn’t an action-packed thrill ride, but its communicative is incredibly engrossing and hard to enactment down nonetheless. From the jump, players conscionable Alex Chen, a young pistillate re-entering nine aft a stint successful a foster attraction center. As the crippled opens, Alex arrives successful the tiny upland municipality of Haven Springs, Colorado, to unrecorded with her brother. However, aft Alex and her friends get caught successful a mining demolition explosion, Alex is thrust into a larger firm coverup that tears isolated the lives of astir everyone successful town.
True Color’s communicative is well-told, and I loved getting to cognize the galore residents of Haven Springs. Like erstwhile Life is Strange games, True Colors is divided into 5 chapters, and each 1 ends successful a astonishing cliffhanger that had maine anxious to spot wherever the communicative went next. I kept reasoning that the communicative had peaked, but True Colors is 1 of the uncommon games that lone continues to get amended the much you play. This is each helped on by an unthinkable dependable cast; Erika Mori, successful particular, brings a batch to the relation and helps marque Alex a believable protagonist who you profoundly attraction for by the extremity of the game.
If you’re already acquainted with the Life is Strange franchise, past you cognize this bid has a hint of municipality fantasy, and each caller protagonist has their ain superpower. As such, Alex tin spot and acquisition the emotions of others. Admittedly this doesn’t dependable arsenic rad arsenic the quality to power clip (as seen successful the archetypal Life is Strange) oregon adjacent telekinesis (Life is Strange 2), still, developer Deck Nine does a phenomenal occupation reasoning done the ramifications of this benignant of talent. At points, Alex tin manipulate different characters’ emotions, but doing truthful has important consequences and shouldn’t beryllium done lightly. At different times, Alex tin usage her powers to assistance others. I particularly enjoyed watching her get into the caput of an older nonmigratory whose representation was opening to fail. In different memorable sequence, Alex participates successful a LARP and helps brighten the spirits of an emotionally earthy young boy.
However, True Colors isn’t conscionable a crippled for Life is Strange fans. I'm the cleanable illustration of that. I appreciated the archetypal Life is Strange, but I haven’t touched the remainder of the series. After finishing True Colors, however, I’m itching to dive into my backmost catalog and research the remainder of the franchise. Do yourself a favour and bash the same. | Our Review
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