There’s a moment where it clearly transitions from flirting to something more, and the game provides several opportunities to stop everything, whether it’s the moment Cassidy takes off her clothes for a late night skinny dip, or when he’s invited to spend time in her tent. This means Sean can spend a lot more time with Cassidy-if he chooses. But finality also means confronting what’s been left unsaid, knowing you might not see people you care about again. Towards the end of the episode, the cycle begins again: Daniel and Sean need to leave.
By the end of the game, Max and Chloe kiss, but that’s as far as things go. While there are technically options for Max to become romantically involved with a guy, Life Is Strange is popularly read as a slowly blossoming romance between two queer women. One of the biggest reasons that first season of Life Is Strange struck such an emotional cord, helping it become enough the kind of unexpected phenomenon to justify a series instead of a one-off story, is because of the romantic relationship-first implied, then explicit-between Chloe and Max. For every forced “hella” in the first season of Life Is Strange, there was another moment, like when Max and Chloe wake up next to one another and quietly gaze at the ceiling, that was able to capture something pure and true about the lived experiences of so many people.
This isn’t the most exciting recommendation, but if you’ve ever wanted to faithfully re-experience the palm-sweating weirdness of your first sexual encounters through a game, complete with someone playfully calling you out for not expressing feelings you CLEARLY have but won’t act on because your nerves are totally fried, Life Is Strange 2 has you covered!!!īut it’s this very specific brand of uncomfortable that’s also part of Life Is Strange’s DNA. Warning: Spoilers for Life Is Strange ahead.
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