A scene from Life is Strange 2.
A scene from Life is Strange 2.
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Life Is Strange 2 review — An ending that isn’t afraid of being political

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 10 min

Dontnod Entertainment had a breakthrough hit in 2015 with the original Life Is Strange, which blended storytelling, teen angst, and supernatural powers. But the French game studio found it had another story to tell with Life Is Strange 2, a sequel that is set in the same kind of universe but has some very different characters in the form of two young brothers.

While the stories and characters are different, the weight of making tough moral choices between options that aren’t very appealing is at the heart of the game. Dontnod and its publisher Square Enix debuted Episode 1 of Life Is Strange 2 in September 2018, and the fifth and final episode debuted on December 3.

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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.