In typical serial style Life is Strange: Double Exposure the ending puts players in a tough spot.
Focusing on Max Caufield, the protagonist of Square-Enix’s first game, Double exposure picks up Max’s story 10 years after the devastating events of Arcadia Bay.
This time, an older Max uses new supernatural powers that allow him to teleport between two different timelines at will as he investigates the motives behind the murder.
Unraveling life is strange: ending double exposure
The Life is strange the series is known for its shocking endings and Life is Strange: Double Exposure seems to be no exception.
The newest entry in the long-running Square-Enix adventure game series focuses Life is strange protagonist Max Caulfield works as a photographer at the prestigious Caledon University in Lakeport, Vermont.
It’s been 10 years since the events of the first game, and Max has shut himself off from being able to rewind time to his heart’s content after discovering the disastrous (and potentially apocalyptic) consequences of messing up in the first game. with the timeline.
However, he is pushed back to his super-powered ways Double exposureafter it is revealed that his first in Caledon, Safiya “Safi” Llewellyn-Fayyad, has been murdered.
This causes him to discover a new ability where he can pulse between two different timelines, one where Safi is alive and one where she is dead.
Through his inter-timeline research, he discovers and tries to fix other human problems in both realities, making seemingly (what he sees as) insignificant changes to his living and dead timelines.
He also realizes that he can not only travel between the two different universes, but can also bring items back and forth, using things from one universe to solve a problem in the other.
This all culminates in episode 5 of the episodic adventure game, where it is revealed that Safi is not dead at all. It turns out that Caledon’s fellow student used his possible murder to pull Max’s powers back from him as he wants to assemble a team of super-powered individuals like Max.
Saph is revealed to have powers of her own, revealing herself to be a shapeshifter and created two timelines by transforming into Max and splitting reality.
This becomes apparent when another storm arrives (similar to the massive weather event that sought to destroy the world at the end of the first storm Life is strange). Seemingly upset with Max’s time messing with it, this deadly storm is a manifestation of the timeline fighting against Max.
After this, the player is offered a final decision from Saf. Either go with Saf to use their powers together and rule (essentially) the world, or leave Saf behind.
Regardless of whether the player chooses to go with Saf or not, the game ends pretty much the same, with Max merging the two timelines and saving the residents of Caledon, just like he did with Arcadia Bay (for those who chose this ending) in the first game. Life is strange.
All of this comes before the game ends with a Marvel Studios-esque tease with text “Max Caufield Comes Back” spread across the screen as the Credits begin to roll.
Life is Strange: Double Exposure is now available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC.
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