Protagonist Sean isn’t the endearing quirky outcast but is more of a typical skater kid neither him or his younger brother Daniel (as great as they are) were ever going to compete with Max and Chloe on the same terms there’s no central location but instead entirely new settings every episode romance is a small and largely extraneous part of their story and it has a strong but fickle supporting cast, with none of them appearing in more than two or three episodes.Įven though Dontnod clearly steered away from the first game to let the sequel stand on its own feet, to not rely on or compete with the success or quality of the first, it’s unavoidable as a numbered sequel. Wolves closes out the season with aplomb and rounds out the journey and bond between Sean and Daniel almost perfectly, but in those painful final moments, as the brothers’ relationship is definitively resolved or concluded in one way or another, Episode 5 also highlights why Life is Strange 2 didn’t earn the sort of attention the first enjoyed.īy subverting the original in almost every way, Dontnod might have crafted a masterful B-side to the first game but it clearly wasn’t the sequel that fans wanted or expected. They elegantly summarise the years after Wolves while also hinting at the depth of change and growth that Sean and Daniel experienced. None of the closing epilogues are actively cynical or depressing but they have the edge and gravitas needed to stay authentic to the story and its characters. However you play, Life is Strange 2 ends with a satisfying and suitably bittersweet conclusion. “Away” even includes Chloe’s step-dad David from the first game, who’s managed to grow and heal in the years since whichever conclusion you chose for Arcadia Bay. Sean takes a breath and spends time with both Daniel and Karen without any sort of immediate danger looming over him and lets his injured eye recover. Daniel spends his time connecting with the mother he never knew and helping Joan, an artist and Karen’s BFF, construct giant metal artworks with the powers he doesn’t need to hide. It’s a tight-knit makeshift family made up of people fed up with mainstream society, now living in a peaceful, accepting and self-sufficient community somewhere in the Arizona desert. Hiding out for almost two months with their estranged mother Karen, Wolves finds Sean and Daniel living the best they’ve had since the start of the season in the small reclusive community called “Away”. By doing so, Wolves prepares you for the final stretch to the US-Mexico border wall and the difficult choices you’ll face when you get there. It dwells on Sean and Daniel’s bond, how it has strengthened throughout all the hardship and trauma and how valuable that experience and growth has been, especially to Daniel. Where Episode 4 was the exciting rescue mission from a crazed preacher that drove Sean to his lowest point, Episode 5 is where you look back on what you’ve achieved so far. It naturally leads into the type of dramatic climactic conclusion like you would expect it to after Sean and Daniel’s cross-country escape to Mexico, but it’s still a rather sombre few hours. Wolves, the fifth and final episode of Life is Strange 2, is the season at its most relaxed and reflective.
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