Sean always cautions Daniel, the younger boy, to keep his powers under control.
Sean always cautions Daniel, the younger boy, to keep his powers under control.
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Life Is Strange 2 Episode 2 impressions — The lull before the storm

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 7 min

Life Is Strange 2 Episode 1 did a stellar job showing the bond between two brothers with enough supernatural drama injected into the suburban narrative to make for a riveting story. Episode 2, released last week, continues that story but with just a little too much of a lull in the action.

Dontnod Entertainment and Square Enix released Episode 2 on January 24 on the Windows PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. I’ve played through both episodes, as well as the teaser story, The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit. These are my impressions.

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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.