When Deck Nine Games' Creative Director, Jonathan Stauder describes being inspired by a shared level of weirdness with Remedy, it feels very accurate. Today's blog post is an unusual opportunity to talk about another game series by another game company that I love, as they approach the release of their highly anticipated adventure, Life is Strange: Double Exposure.
Life Is Strange first debuted in January 2015 as an episodic video game which gripped players as they waded deeper into a time travelling murder mystery. You play as Max Caufield, an aspiring photographer, who returns to her hometown of Arcadia Bay in Oregon for her studies. Reunited with her childhood friend, Max witnesses a murder in the school's bathroom, and discovers that she now possesses the ability to turn back time. Double Exposure is the sequel to that adventure, following Max, now in Vermont years later, as she becomes twisted into another life-changing event.
In a recent interview with Gamespot, the Deck Nine team where they drew inspirations from as they approach Max's new adventure. In response, Jonathan Stauder described that "And visually, I'm a huge fan of Remedy games and their own particular brand of weird and how they find their own way to do it, whether it's alt timelines, multiverses, that sort of thing. And so I think just as a jumping-off point, we're gonna find our own way to do this particular flavor of time travel across alt universes. I think, especially later in the game, you might see some visual flourishes that feel a little bit [like] Remedy." You can read the full interview at Gamespot, HERE.
There are five adventures in the series; Life is Strange, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, and Life Is Strange 2 were all made by DONTNOD. For Life Is Strange: True Colours and Life is Strange: Double Exposure, they were developed by Deck Nine Games. For Max's full story, you will need to play the original Life is Strange adventure, with Before the Storm as an optional prequel-driven DLC.
16th September 2024
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure Developers Inspired by Remedy's Compatible Weirdness
Life is Strange: Double Exposure will be launching Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC, October 29, 2024.
