So... what sets it apart from other episodic games ?
Finished episode 5.
It's a great structured and paced version of one of these games. Arguably better than Walking Dead Season 1 which was the prior high water mark but I could see people going either way on that. It's an exceptionally well done one of these type games.
There will of course be the nitpickers. People who will play it and eagerly tell you why its flawed or why this or that plot hole is X or Y, and how whatever other game does whatever so much better. And they are entitled to that opinion of course. I will just ignore them. The same way I ignore people who will quickly tell me how Walking Dead Season 1 is flawed for a multitude of reasons I could care less about.
There was a reason that game was important and touched so many people and Life is Strange is just as good in its own way.
The people who tend to respond to these type of games tend to be the empathetic types and I'm certainly one of those but I can still distinguish between the ones that do it better than the others. This is one of the ones that does it better than the others.
It's basically Gone Home mixed with Groundhog day/Donnie Darko, mixed with the Telltale formula.
