Usually, the familiar means safety.

When an actors risky, original movie flops, they go back to their successful franchise.

But what about when the opposite happens?

Collage image of Swann Holloway from Lost Records: Bloom & Rage.

That wasnt supposed to happen.

There were too many threads to tie up, stretch out, or snip entirely.

Many fans disagreed, and the game got a lot of negative word of mouth as a result.

Max and Chloe kissing with this action will have consequences

In my mind, it was a good, but unambitious sequel and not much more.

For a lot of LiS fans, it was a betrayal of what Chloe and Maxs relationship meant.

As a fan, that strikes me as… not the best idea.

The party in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stand together while underwater.

Could this be the end of Life is Strange?

For now, maybe.

But few franchises are ever really dead, and Life is Strange has otherwise done well for Square Enix.

Max Caulfield holds her hands up to use her powers in the key art for Life is Strange: Double Exposure. She’s surrounded by purple color in waves.

Max talks to Amanda in her apartment in Life Is Strange: Double Exposure.

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Life is Strange: Double Exposure