Life Is Strange: True Colors.
Took me about 10 hours or so to finish it, but I played Life Is Strange: True Colors by Deck Nine over on Xbox for PC Game Pass. Per usual with the standards of other LiS-based games, the player here has another murder-mystery & conspiracy to solve, also while dealing w/ human issues & social issues. Love, relationships, fighting, depression, sadness, and grief are just some of the topics & themes that this game tackles...and yes, tackles well, I might add. For the most part here - the story, plot, characters, decisions, death, and other things are really handled well here - and yes, this is definitely one of the reasons to play this game. The writing & voice-acting also in here is pretty good too, I might add here. Is this sounds good to you, then...no doubt about it, you should check out LiS: True Colors.
This time around, you play as Alex Chen, who comes to a small community called Haven in Colorado. Haven feels very quaint, small-town, rustic, and home-like. In typical LiS fashion here for gameplay, you'll be making decisions that shape the journey of the game & maybe even the final outcome of the game. Without going to far & deep into the story and all into Spoiler Turf, here's the premise: you play as Alex Chen here who - of course, like most LiS lead protagonists - has a super-power: she is an Empath and that's her super-power, so she's able to sense a person's emotions, read their mind, see their memories, & even take away their emotion if need be (and if you opt to do that, in some instances). While still nothing has been say as cool as Max Caufield's time-rewinding & time-altering skills, this power is also pretty cool here and it's pretty cool what can be done w/ Alex's power.
The music here is great here, feeling like an alternative music fan's dream here. The art design still has that artistic touch and water-color feel here, which looks pretty Indie and also can be detailed, too. There's even support here to Ray-Tracing (RT), provided your PC can actually handle it - and it does look very nice for sure with RT On here on my desktop PC (which is loaded with i7 10700KF; 16 GB RAM; 8 GB VRAM on the RTX 3070; 1 TB SSD; 2 TB HDD; W10 x64). Had it mostly maxed-out at 1080p60fps here, even with RT turned on here.
When it's all said & done here, LiS here delivers yet again another good story & game here; it's another LiS murder-mystery & emotional drama, which can hit hard and heavy often...and often deliver the goods, if you're into Adventure Games of this cinematic sort & decision-making sort. Not only that, but it does kind of take a break from that for a bit and do a LARP, feeling right out of an old-school JRPG with its turn-based combat and whatnot; loved that section of the game. While most puzzles aren't difficult here by any means, it's not really about that. This game's all about the story; the characters; and the decisions & choices you make here to shape the game. This game is definitely worth playing IMHO, as after around my 10 hours or so, I can say that I really enjoyed my time with this game. Feeling like a typical LiS game, this one hits home & also feels just like home.
