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PayPalLife is Strange: Before the Storm [Steam], the standalone story adventure set three years before the original is officially heading to Linux! Feral Interactive have today announced that it will arrive sometime this Spring.
Feral Interactive ported the original Life is Strange episodes to Linux, so I’m not surprised they’re teaming up again to bring Before the Storm to Linux. I think they did a very good job of the port before and I certainly enjoyed it a lot. Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Deluxe Edition for Linux will include all three episodes along with the bonus episode, "Farewell".
This standalone prequel isn’t actually made by the originally developer Dontnod, instead the the publisher picked Deck Nine.
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“With its tough yet vulnerable protagonist, Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a poignant evocation of teenage life,” said David Stephen, Managing Director of Feral Interactive. “The atmospheric soundtrack, sharp writing and captivating story combine to create an engrossing and moving game, and we very are excited for macOS and Linux players to experience it.”
Feral said that pricing and system requirements will be confirmed closer to release. You can see the official news post over on the Feral Interactive site. They also now have a mini-site set up for it with a few more details.
This is the third confirmed port from Feral Interactive for Linux this year, so we will have: Total War: THRONES OF BRITANNIA, Rise of the Tomb Raider and now this as well!
Will you be grabbing a copy when it releases for Linux? Exciting times!
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Will you be grabbing a copy when it releases for Linux? Exciting times!
Yes! And yes!
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Arehandoro Mar 14, 2018
Awesome! Another one for the bucket list. First one was an amazing experince, hope this one has a similar approach :)
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Awesome. Time for a fourth play-through then. Is that healthy? Gosh, I love these games so much.
I highly recommend this. Just keep in mind that it's not about the ending, it's about the journey.
I highly recommend this. Just keep in mind that it's not about the ending, it's about the journey.
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Neat :)
Sure. But I wish the endings weren't such a Bury-Your-Gays downer, tbh.
Just keep in mind that it's not about the ending, it's about the journey.
Sure. But I wish the endings weren't such a Bury-Your-Gays downer, tbh.
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Instabuy on release for sure! I loved the first game and this one has great reviews (94% for BtS vs 96% for LiS!). Quite surprising, considering it's from another developer and doesn't include the main character from LiS and the main game mechanic (time rewind). Such decisions are not welcomed by the playerbase usually, so it's amazing how they managed to make a great sequel. It's really hard to catch all the little details and the atmosphere the players loved in a way that it doesn't feel recycled or cheap. Looks like these guys did it perfectly!
I hope it'll come out in April or so, seems realistic as it's on Unity.
I hope it'll come out in April or so, seems realistic as it's on Unity.
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Sure. But I wish the endings weren't such a Bury-Your-Gays downer, tbh.
Seen several articles on https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ which calls the game out for this, but I'm not sure I agree.
Spoiler, click me
Out of four potentially queer characters only one is buried for sure, while another one is up to player choice.
Edit: Added spoiler tags
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Quite surprising, considering it's from another developer and doesn't include the main character from LiS and the main game mechanic (time rewind).I didn't expected to like it so much either. They focus on the story a lot, so rewind is not something to be missed. And this is not by any means just a fan service game. The bonus episode is, but not the main game. I really like what clever ideas they have to keep you engaged, not just endless "talking".
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Great! Often even the same developer can't reach the bar they set in the original game. The first game was "mostly" concluded so any prequels or sequels looked not that necessary and could have been considered a money grab. I didn't hold my breath on this one, there were some red flags, like, the dev makes a sequel and the prequel is basically outsourced to a 3rd party (= not that important) at the same time, the engine was changed, what good could ever come out of this mess?! Quick money for sure and then a proper sequel of the same or better quality as LiS. I think I've never been this wrong for my whole life, if they really brought new gameplay mechanics, the story is as engaging and the characters are as good as in LiS. A mistake I'd love to make more often.Quite surprising, considering it's from another developer and doesn't include the main character from LiS and the main game mechanic (time rewind).I didn't expected to like it so much either. They focus on the story a lot, so rewind is not something to be missed. And this is not by any means just a fan service game. The bonus episode is, but not the main game. I really like what clever ideas they have to keep you engaged, not just endless "talking".
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Awesome news! I played and loved Life is Strange on Linux, and I'm really looking forward to playing the prequel too.
I'll definitely grab it on day 1, and directly from the Feral Store to give them the highest cut possible.
I'll definitely grab it on day 1, and directly from the Feral Store to give them the highest cut possible.
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Arehandoro Mar 14, 2018
Awesome. Time for a fourth play-through then. Is that healthy? Gosh, I love these games so much.
I highly recommend this. Just keep in mind that it's not about the ending, it's about the journey.
The whole took me to a roller coaster of emotions and the ending blew my decision making ability away for a bit -albeit seeing it coming a bit at the end-. I love (or hate, not sure haha) when a game leaves me with such a mix of all sort of feelings :D
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I will actually buy it now :D
Why , for feeding Windows sales?
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AFAIK, Before the Storm was built on Unity. Is this a fully native version built with Unity, or does it use Feral's wrapper?I guess it's more expensive to wrap Unity if it can run natively. But if the game uses some non-crossplatform middleware they could wrap it separately. Honestly, I stopped caring about this long ago, if the game can be installed directly from Steam and it runs without issues I'm fine with any porting method. If it doesn't start a full QEMU/VirtualBox/VmWare/whatever virtual machine with Windows inside, it can be considered native.
But technical details are always welcome. I absolutely love Factorio Friday Facts btw, they always deliver lots of insights into the real big game and engine development. And I'd gladly read an article or two about how Feral start to port games and what problems they encounter while porting, some screenshots/videos with weird glitches, workarounds they used, hotpoints found, cache optimization and such "geeky" stuff.
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I don't think the technical details are too important for this game as long as it's stable and bug free. It's not very demanding so it should run on a potato regardless. That's a good thing. I prefer good games before fancy tech demos. The game is pretty in it's own way. It captures the art style of the original perfectly while also improving a lot on the animations which adds a lot to the characters. The animations in the original game looks very robotic once you've experienced LiS:BtS.
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Thanks, Feral! Insta-Buy from Feral Store by me. I have been looking forward to this.
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I will actually buy it now :D
Why , for feeding Windows sales?
I might be being optimistic here, but I don't think he meant "I'm buying it right now". I think (hope) he meant, "great, now I can buy it". You might be right, but lets not jump to conclusions!
Adamfx990: In case you're new here and wondering about the sniping, if you buy the game right now, you'll be counted as a Windows sale, and Feral won't see a penny from you for their efforts. Hold off buying until it's released! There's almost always a sale on release anyway, and if not, Feral will love you if you buy at full price, or there will be a spring sale regardless, if you can wait.
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Yes, yes, and YES.
I will definitively grab a copy.
Life is strange is my (all times) favorite adventure's game. I guess I will enjoy this prequel too.
Thanks Feral !
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I will definitively grab a copy.
Life is strange is my (all times) favorite adventure's game. I guess I will enjoy this prequel too.
Thanks Feral !
Last edited by Lolo01 on 14 March 2018 at 12:24 pm UTC
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coryrj19951 Mar 14, 2018
Woo! I actually just finished the game yesterday on my ps4 (I couldn't pass up the pre-order bonuses). It's definitely worth a rebuy from me when it releases :D
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Steam could just as well implement a system where one can simply subscribe to a developer. Auto-purchase anything put out by them.
I'd just throw Feral in there and be done with it.
I'd just throw Feral in there and be done with it.
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Steam could just as well implement a system where one can simply subscribe to a developer. Auto-purchase anything put out by them.Dear Lord Gaben, I have a single wish, can you grant it? It's right there, in the quote! I know, it's not Christmas yet but PLEASE!
I'd just throw Feral in there and be done with it.
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