Comment on Life is Strange: Double Exposure developer Deck Nine lays off staff for the second time this year
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 1 week ago
What’s the deal with this game? The first release with all its chapters was regarded as an amazing game. I even played some of the first and enjoyed it. Since then, I know they released a 2nd game and then a third? And I think they weren’t as good from what I heard. I’m just shocked they are continuing to make new ones, I guess. I just figure there would be no way to recapture what made the first special and will never sell as much as it did.
It’s more of an anthology series, so most of the games are completely unconnected. This is the first direct sequel to the original LiS, featuring the original main character.
There are also two different studios involved: Dontnod created the original game, Life is Strange 2 (2018), and the spinoff The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, but the other three games in the series were made by Deck Nine.
Stovetop@lemmy.world 1 week ago
There is more than one developer behind the Life is Strange games. Titles, developer, and other notes listed below for each:
Life is Strange (2015)
Life is Strange: Before the Storm (2017)
Life is Strange 2 (2018-2019)
Life is Strange: True Colors (2021)
Life is Strange: Double Exposure (2024)
electric@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Thanks for making this timeline because whenever news is brought up about the troubles behind this series I’m so confused on how they’ve structured their releases.
Stovetop@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah, it’s hard to keep track after they quickly abandoned the numbered naming scheme after 2. And I think that was partly because people were confused by the un-numbered prequel featuring the same setting and cast of characters while the numbered prequel was almost entirely separate.
Caveat: I have not played Double Exposure yet so I am not sure how directly connected it is to the first game, but the others are disconnected enough that anyone can basically just jump into the series with any title at any time. Exception would be Life is Strange 1 and Before the Storm, which are directly connected, but I’ve heard it said that they can still be appreciated in either release order or chronological order. Only notes I have on that are:
Life is Strange 2 - A character from the original game and Before the Storm plays a minor role in the story, but context is not required to understand the plot.
Life is Strange: True Colors - A character from Before the Storm features prominently in the story, but context is not required to understand the plot.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Wow, thanks for the info. I definitely didn’t know about true colors at all. So many!