Two brothers are the main characters of Life is Strange 2.
Two brothers are the main characters of Life is Strange 2.
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Life is Strange 2 episode 1 impressions — Two brothers bond while on the run

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 7 min

Life is Strange 2 begins with a tragic incident that sends two brothers out on the run, fleeing their hometown in Seattle. Episode 1 debuts today from developer Dontnod Entertainment and Square Enix on the Windows PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

I’ve played through the whole episode, and these are my impressions. It is a well-told, emotion-laden story about what happens when two brothers are forced by tragic circumstances to escape from their normal life and survive on the run, with only each other to depend upon. Sadly, this game reminded me of what Telltale Games, which laid off 225 people last week, might have done when it created its storytelling games after the success of The Walking Dead in 2012.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.