Life is Strange
The first season of Life is Strange puts us into the shoes of Max Caulfield, a young woman who attends Blackwell Academy that lives a pretty normal life; she likes her hipster music, she loves taking pictures using old-school cameras, but her life takes a drastic turn when she finds herself with the power to manipulate time.
Say something wrong in conversation? Just rewind back a few minutes to change up the dialogue option giving you a different scene and/or outcome. There are also times in Life is Strange when you get to go way back in time by looking at photos that Max has taken with her camera.
These time-traveling moments help Max change up outcomes like bringing her best friends dad back to life, but the Butterfly Effect is in full use here, meaning that any changes you make in the past will greatly affect the future –both positively and negatively.
Max first discovers her power when she saves her best friend, Chloe, from dying of a gunshot at the hands of Nathan Prescott in the school bathroom. Her best friend lives to see another day, but at what cost?
Max and Chloe begin to realize that not everything is peachy-key as strange things start to happen in their town, like huge tornadoes and whales washing up on the beach.
Life is Strange gives the player tons of choices to pick from throughout the episodic series, but you can jump back in time a few moments if you’re not happy with your choice at that given moment. Her power is limited, but Max and Chloe’s time travel filled tale is definitely worth a play.
