Life Is Strange: Double Exposure Drops To Mixed Reviews On Steam

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Life is Strange: Double Exposure is the first game in the series to drop to "Mixed" reviews on Steam, with fans citing the "underwhelming" ending, performance issues, and lack of key choices as reasons why.

From the very moment that Life is Strange: Double Exposure was first revealed to be bringing back the first game's protagonist Max Caufield, it had some massive shoes to fill. The original Life is Strange hasn't aged super gracefully, but it's widely considered a cult classic of the choice-based genre and was a big enough success to spawn a whole series.

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It's fair to say that Double Exposure hasn't exactly stuck the landing like some hoped, with fans having a lot of problems with its approach to Chloe and Max, as well as what the game's ending sets up for Life is Strange as a whole. While early previews and reviews of Double Exposure were mostly positive, it seems that players aren't quite as positive about the game as a whole.

Life is Strange: Double Exposure released just over a week ago now and it seems that most players have started reaching the end of Max's latest story and leaving their thoughts on Steam. As pointed out by Redditor SympathyAgile on the Life is Strange subreddit, Double Exposure's Steam reviews currently sit at "Mixed", which is a rarity for the series.

The complete version of Life is Strange has "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam, while Life is Strange 2 sits at "Mostly Positive". Deck Nine's first proper game in the series, True Colors, also has "Very Positive" reviews on Steam, making the reception to Double Exposure a bit of an outlier for Life is Strange as a whole.

One Redditor points out that True Colors once dropped to Mixed reviews on Steam due to the game having the Tibetan flag in it, but it's reverted back to positive since then.

The only other game in the series to have "Mixed" reviews is the fourth episode of Life is Strange 2, but since that's just one part of the whole game it doesn't really count. The reviews for Double Exposure note a number of issues with the game, from the lack of choices and performance on PC to the controversial ending and treatment of Chloe.

Of course, some of the negative reception to the game is likely tied to how it treats Chloe and what it means for the series as a whole, but it's still fair to say that it's been a bit of a mixed bag for fans of the series. Let's hope that it shakes out a bit as more players get to the game's conclusion.

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