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Life is strange 2 episode 2 release date11/11/2023 ![]() Rules are a general theme throughout this episode, as the title might hint. His built up aggression and anger from the death of his father, racial discrimination, and general teenage angst can be channelled into his strictness - it also means that it’s likely that Daniel will eventually get hurt. It’s the little lies and this choice between being strict and “fun” that are a perfect fit for Sean’s character. You have to make sure that he doesn’t get hurt or found out along the way, which is the more difficult task, especially since it means you have to choose when to lie to him. It’s normal that a kid with telekinesis would want to play pranks with it, have fun, be a superhero. By doing so, it gives you a different struggle, and the people involved can be characterized more accurately this way. The design choice to not have you control the character with powers puts more weight on the powers themselves - a smart choice for a point and click game. It’s an antithesis to the common belief that a sequel always has to have bigger stakes than the original to make you care. In fact, it’s the main reason why Life is Strange 2 is better than the first game so far. With decisions often only affecting one or two characters, you really start to appreciate your choices. Daniel blames himself for the death of his father, and he knows that the police are after them. It’s up to you to find a balance between being strict and “fun”. The decisions in Life is Strange 2 are generally on a much lower scale than in the first game this episode is where the decisions really shine through. ![]() “Hide your power”, “Don’t talk about your power”, and “Run from danger.” Although Daniel knows these rules, both your smaller dialogue decisions and your bigger action decisions will affect how he chooses to interpret this set of rules. Sean has three rules for Daniel, and these are the framework for most of the decisions you have to make throughout the episode, too. Not to mention, Daniel has been sick for the last few days, with no sign of stopping. Daniel loves using his powers, even though he admits later that they exhaust him. Start off with the small stuff and then progressively get bigger. Although Sean has no powers of his own, he seems to be using the same basic structure you use for training sports to train Daniel’s powers, and they work fairly well. Next thing you know, it cuts to Sean teaching Daniel how to use his powers. If you didn’t quite pay enough attention, you’ll find a good summary in the journal, too. Not only does it refresh your memory of the previous episode well, but it also serves to set the tone for a large part of the episode. It’s told in quite a charming way, with Sean telling the story as something like a bedtime story about two wolf brothers. It starts out with a summary of the first episode, along with what happened between then and now. ![]() Taking the character development and plot sophistication from the first episode and rounding it out with some more gameplay made Rules all the better it’s easily one of the best episodes in the franchise so far. It’s called Rules and - you guessed it - that’s a theme that runs throughout the episode. ![]() It’s been a bit of a longer wait for the second episode of Life is Strange 2, but it was definitely worth it. ![]()
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