So today, I wanted to talk about my thoughts on Life Is Strange: Before The Storm.
I LOVED this game, I’ve always felt more connection to Chloe more than Max as a main character, so this prequel game was a dream come true to me.
And today I wanted to talk about my feelings toward the story, and my choices. I played Chloe as how I felt she would be. I thought, “how would I act with my father dying, and everything in my life spiraling and feeling like people are moving on and leaving me behind?” And that’s how I played her. Just very sarcastic, a true blood dick to David, and maybe a little too harsh to Joyce sometimes but ultimately knowing she was doing her best.
I wanted to play Chloe like how I’ve seen people in her circumstances actually act, defensive but not truly wishing harm on others.
But, I made sure to change her behavior with Rachel. I always shipped her and Rachel more than her and Max, Chloe and and Max always reminded me too much of me and one of my best friends so it felt weird, but Chloe and Rachel felt natural, raw and amazing. It truly pulled me in. I felt like Chloe meeting Rachel was the first time she allowed herself to feel happy and optimistic for the first time in a long time.
Now, I did make a relatively controversial choice in their relationship.
Before I move on, SPOILERS for the end of the game!!
I told Rachel about what her father did, keeping her mother away from her and even hiring a drug lord, promising to destroy evidence in exchange for his ex-wife to disappear, either to die or to disappear into drugs again. Rachel’s mom at this point, was clean for two years and actively petitioning legally to see her daughter. When you meet her, she asks Chloe to lie to Rachel to protect her from her own mother who doubted her resolve once more.
I told Rachel, I’ve always been under the line of thought to be totally honest with those I love, even if it hurts them for a little while. Because, I know when they know the truth, they can truly heal from then on and grow as a person.
If you tell Rachel, eventually she does meet her mom, and it’s a happy reunion, and she looks happy to be with her mother and Chloe, so I don’t regret it at all.
In general, the game was fantastic, and I honestly enjoyed it more than LIS 1. Chloe will forever be a game character I’ll admire, one of the badass women I can truly appreciate. Maybe I’ll get a butterfly/skull tattoo in honor of her someday.
Well that’s about all I got, thanks if you read this far out in my half-coherent thought dump!
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