Well, here's a pleasant surprise for all the Life is Strange fans out there. After launching on PlayStation 5 last month, Square Enix has today announced that the series' first proper sequel, Life is Strange: Double Exposure, will finally be landing on the Switch eShop on 19th November... wait, that's tomorrow!
The news was revealed in a fresh animated trailer (above), which re-introduces us to the first game's protagonist, Max Caulfield, and sets up the spooky goings-on that she'll have to face this time. There's been a murder (gasp), and it's up to you and your time-shifting powers to solve it across dimensions.
We Switch fans will get to go hands-on with this one tomorrow, when it arrives digitally on the eShop. Those who prefer things a little more physical, however, will have to wait for 28th January when Double Exposure launches in boxed form — "select retailers" will even offer a special steelbook to accompany it.
Double Exposure hardly had the best reception when it launched on other consoles last month. Our friends over at Push Square gave the latest entry in the series a 6/10 in their review, praising the game's opening and characters, but criticising how safe it plays things.
Will you be picking this one up on Switch tomorrow? Let us know in the comments.
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Glad that this is coming to the eShop tomorrow and that the physical release isn't that far off either being in January - funnily enough I might actually preorder a physical copy because of that while I had to skip it when it seemingly had an October release at least according to my usual retailer here in Italy (haven't played the first Life is Strange though so I need to do that before playing Double Exposure regardless of when I buy it since it's a direct sequel)!
Hard pass on this game unless I eventually catch it for like $4 at some point. Mildly curious because it's Life as Strange but I've heard virtually nothing good about it and quite a lot that's outright bad.
I really liked this game when I played the Steam version a couple of days ago. Note that the game runs simply adequately on the Steam Deck.
@Lizuka If you like Life is Strange, but don’t have a preconceived notion about Life is Strange, you’ll probably enjoy it. It’s not the best game in the series, sure, but it’s in a similar bracket. People dumped on LiS2 when that one released too, but that one’s just as good as the first one, but it’s different. Play Double Exposure with an open mind though, and it’s another solid entry in the series. I say that as someone that thinks True Colors is the best game in the series.
I’d put Double Exposure in my top 10 list for the year.
This series is nothing but dated crap that makes you feel you wasted your time.
That thumbnail and "double exposure" implied something entirely different to my dirty mind.
While I'm not in love with this series, I've played all of them and mostly enjoyed my time with each one. I will give a PSA for anyone who isn't aware: Life is Strange Remastered has bad performance, especially on Switch. It looked worse than when I played on 360 and there were a bunch of weird visual and audio bugs, as well as the occasional crash. I didn't try LiS2 or True Colors on switch, but I would be cautious about how this new one will perform.
@Duffman92 hahahaha had to watch the trailer just to double check.
Will everything be animated to make the Switch port run at 30FPS?
@Duffman92 saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame
Really enjoyed my time with this on PC, love Max Caulfield so much.
I clicked because of the thumbnail... the game is not for me.
@Duffman92
Hahahah! I am glad that i am not the only one 🥳
Never clicked so fast.
I was like, "man.. whats wrong with you!?" Then seconds later i read your comment and was like, phew. 🤣
And also the title didnt make it better in my mind. "Double exposure" hahah oke now i stop.
*”after launching on Playstation 5 and Xbox last month”.
Fixed it for you. NL keeps having the same issue with their text where Xbox isn’t mentioned for some weird reason.
@Duffman92 : Don't worry, you're not alone.😄 I know LiS has never been "that kind" of a game series but I totally had the same thought in my mind.😅 Makes me almost wonder if JimNorman did that on purpose (don't worry Norman, I know you didn't).
Tis on the eshop now and yet again it's substantially cheaper in the US than the UK/Europe....becoming the norm!
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