THANK YOU DONTNOD, LIS CREW AND FANS !
Hello everyone at DONTNOD studios, I would like to offer my deepest gratitudes for creating the experience called Life Is Strange. I’m 28 years old male from Finland and I’ve been a gamer for over 20 years, I’ve played many kind of games, seen many kind of movies. I love those stories the most, that can make me cry because such moments I remember for many years to come. I never expected to find a game after so many years, that would touch my heart and soul so deeply like Life Is Strange…
It was a cold Christmas holiday night when I was thinking of getting a new game and LIS caught my interest. It didn’t take me long to notice how special it felt and I finished it in the last day of 2015. After finishing it, instead of going to shoot fireworks with others to celebrate change of year, I stayed home crying and thinking about what a special journey this was. The story totally surprised me, it pulled me into such an realistic and immersive world and made me cry more than anything else before in my life, which truly shows what an amazing accomplishment you all did.
Characters like Max and Chloe are the best I have ever seen and… I can relate to them so much. Especially to Max, because I have always been a shy person like her, I love them so much. I grew so attached to them, my past experiences in life were somewhat similar so it made the emotional impact even more bigger. Like school bullying, separation from friends so it was a trip down the memory lane too. I’m forever thankful for this game, or no…it’s actually more than a game, because it is a life changing experience.
Thank you so much Michel Koch, Raoul Barbet, Luc Baghadoust, Christian Devine, Jean-Luc Cano from DONTNOD for everything, you managed to do something that no other developer have managed to do before. For creating such a mindblowing game with hella feels and tears. Thank you Hannah Telle and Ashly Burch for bringing my most favorite characters ever alive in an incredible and touching way, your performance left me speechless many times. Also thank you Nik Shriner, Dayeanne Hutton, Derek Phillips, Cissy Jones, Daniel Bonjour, Joe Ochman, Don McManus and many others for the amazing work and performance. You all brought this to life in such beautiful way. Thank you Syd Matters, Jonathan Morali and every other artist that shared the music, which brought me so many feelings. To the rest of the LIS crew, thank you very much.
I finished LIS almost 9 months ago and still think about it every single day, listen the beautiful music every single day and still play it. I had to play Remember Me after LIS, which is an amazing game also and you are my favorite developers now. Honestly LIS changed my life, it made me think about life and what matters. It effected me so much, that I started again my drawing hobby from many years ago and I’m so happy for this and also made me read quite a lot. It made me discover some of the best friends and communities I’ve ever had from all around the world. The amazing thing of this is also, that they all share similar experiences and love LIS. I really do love these people from the fan community, especially from www.lifeisstrangefans.com . Every day feels amazing and fun when I visit there. I’ve always been a polite and kind person, but I believe that playing LIS can change people to become better, care for others and that it can make the World a better place. It’s hard to describe just how much LIS means to me…
I love you all and wish the very best things to come for you!
Eero Heikkinen, Gatsu/LISF