The cozy retro atmosphere of Stranger Things and the sinister time travel twists of Dark in one? This is actually possible thanks to the acclaimed video game series Life Is Strange. And the latest installment, Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, brings back a heroine in Max Caulfield, that fans have been waiting for almost ten years.
Stranger Things meets Dark: That’s what Life Is Strange: Double Exposure is all about
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure revolves around young photographer and artist Max Caulfield, who teaches photography courses at Caledon University. Than there brutally murdered her friend Safi Max makes use of the mysterious powers that she has left unused for a long time: she can manipulate time. And wants to prevent Safi’s death. But everything turns out differently than you think.
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Max is for Life Is Strange fans from the very beginning an old friend: In the first part of the mystery series in 2015, the players slipped into her body. Even back then, tragic events had to be prevented due to the changing times.
10 years of Life Is Strange: This is how the acclaimed series tells Max Caulfield’s story
Double Exposure represents the now fourth part of the series Max Caulfield returns, but the game opens a completely new page for her life: several years have passed, she is in the middle of life and has followed her passion for photography. Her favorite motifs include so-called lost places.
Max’s first point of contact on campus is her best friend Safi, a young poet. As the game progresses, she will also get to know the astrophysics student Moses better and better.
What’s new in Life Is Strange: Double Exposure?
Where fans were able to turn back time in the first Life Is Strange, they can go back in time in Double Exposure parallel timeline, where Safi still lives. But here, too, a murderer is at work. So Max’s goal must be to undo her friend’s murder in one reality and prevent it in the other reality.
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Max now has new abilities. In Life Is Strange: Double Exposure you can Transport items between timelines and swap. In addition, the change is exciting when it comes to the characters: those who are malicious towards you in one reality may be well disposed towards you in the other.
Do I need to know the Life Is Strange series to play Double Exposure?
Anyone who doesn’t know Max and the Life Is Strange series can rest assured: to understand the story and game mechanics of Life Is Strange: Double Exposure is no prior franchise knowledge required.
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure – available now?
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S consoles, and for PC via Steam and the Windows Store. The game will also be released for Nintendo Switch.
The game comes in Standard, Deluxe and Ultimate versions. For more information, visit lifeisstrange.com.
In Germany, Double Exposure is available in a high-quality dubbed version, which has been met with enthusiasm by our colleagues at GamePro, among others. The cast includes Anya Taylor-Joy’s German voice Lina Rabea Mohr and the YouTuber and author Pandorya.
Life Is Strange is distributed by Square Enix, which many gamers will know from the Final Fantasy series and NieR:Automata. Deck Nine took over development after the studio was previously responsible for Life Is Strange: Before the Storm and Life Is Strange: True Colors.