How do you react to Chad and Mike, the guys who attack Sean while he’s sleeping in the car? Also, what do you say in the final scene to try and get Daniel back? How do you react to Lisbeth and Nicholas? In episode four Daniel isn’t with you, so the player choices are more about how you react to the situation you’re facing. The big story has always been about education and about how your choices will affect Daniel. It’s a part of the story where Sean is alone now. ![]() In episode four, you pointed out that it was more of a direct line, and I think you’re not wrong there. It was interesting to decide at this point whether you want to stay closer to Daniel, or if you want to be a teenager again and explore friendship and romance with either Cassidy or Finn. He’s with people who are almost his age, who are his new friends. Really, it’s the episode where Sean can be a teenager again. It was important for us in this episode to give a lot of agency to the player about their relationship. In episode three, you talked about the romance. We have production issues and budget constraints where we can’t go everywhere right from the beginning or use too many big branches, because then you end up making a lot of different games in one game. Michel Koch: For each episode, and over the course of the game, we have to think about how many branches and how many choices and consequences we want to give the player. There must be something deliberate about why you set it up that way. But the thing that was interesting was that I had a lot of power over who I was going to hook up with. I didn’t feel like I had decision-making power in that. I didn’t have so much control over the outcome of the fight scene. GamesBeat: With the last episode, I observed that there was a very directed ending to it. As Daniel’s supernatural powers grow, Sean has to make the right calls. ![]() Along the way, the player assumes control of Sean and has to make decisions that will make a big impression on his younger brother. Like a couple of lost wolves, the brothers hit the road the together after a tragedy forced them to flee their home. The studio’s publisher, Square Enix, released new episodes every quarter and now the tale of Sean and his younger brother Daniel is coming to an end. The success of that game gave Dontnod the confidence to continue with that series, and the studio debuted Episode 1 of Life Is Strange 2 in September 2018. ![]() Dontnod had a big success in 2015 with the original Life Is Strange title that blended storytelling, teen angst, and supernatural powers. While Telltale Games, the maker of The Walking Dead series, went down in flames, the mantle for storytelling games shifted to a French studio in Paris called Dontnod Entertainment. We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Summit Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of "Playing the Edge." Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here.
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