Farewell is the special episode that is included in the Life is Strange – Before the Storm special edition. This is a special episode in which it takes places years before the events of the Before the Storm game. As this is a review of the DLC of the game there will be MAJOR SPOILERS in this review of the DLC. To read our thoughts of Before the Storm, you can click here to see our review.
General Gameplay
You play this episode as Max and it takes place hours before Chloe gets the news that her father was killed in a car accident. In this bonus episode you spend the day with Chloe on one last adventure around her home and how Max is trying to break the news to her about her family move to Seattle. As the game is DLC (Downloadable Content) from the original series, we have already covered the Graphics, Audio and Controls in our original review.
“Farewell is a great story to shows what happens hours before Chloe was told about her father’s death and how Max has to tell her about her move”
Family Friendly
Since the time that the Life is Strange series was released, it is an interesting series as it deals with teenage issues, friendships, family, and other issues that arise Max’s powers as well from the first game and Chloe ability to just talk her way into and out of trouble. Now as Before the Storm is more dealing with Rachel and Chloe friendship and how all the events that lead up to the original game, it was fitting to see a DLC that addresses the day where Max has to tell Chloe the news about her moving and also the day in which Will was killed in his car accident. First off this is a lot shorter DLC then other episodes that are in the series (if anything you can easily finish Farewell within 90 minutes) Also as it the topic is dealing with the day of the news, the only areas that the game is playable is from within Chloe home, from her bedroom, to the upstairs, attic, backyard and finally the downstairs area, so there is no exploring of the rest of the game. Second, the game is around one main goal and from there it will cut away to the finishing of the episode. In all imagine this DLC more of just tying up loose ends to the series. Now if you are asking yourself if this is something that is necessary to play in order to better understand the series, no, however this is a great episode for anyone that is a fan of the Life is Strange series to at least experience. As far as overall enjoyment from our playtesting, some of our testers felt that there should have been more content for the episode, where others felt that it was just right. At the end we felt that this was a great DLC for anyone of the series. Now as with the game before there is some language but nothing that you would not hear from a PG-13 Rated movie. There is no violence or any type of other things that may be offensive for anyone that is gaming from the ages of 13 and above. If you played yourself the series or allowed your child to play there is nothing content wise that has changed at all. In our special needs game testing, we did not run into any issues with the games content, graphics, audio (expect for some strong language), or controls, the only thing that I will suggest is to get a tissue box ready.
Closing
Farewell even though short, is a great way to end the series on a great note. Seeing the bond between Max and Chloe and one last adventure is well worth one more trip to Arcadia Bay.
