Senior staff writer Felice Kuan and actor Erika Mori on the continuing growth of narrative adventure games
Last month, Life is Strange: Before the Storm developer Deck Nine announced the next major release in the beloved narrative adventure game series, Life is Strange: True Colors. This time our hero is Alex Chen, a young woman gifted with a superpowered form of empathy, which lets her tap into other people’s emotions on a much deeper level, reading what they’re feeling based on colourful auras that surround them.
The story follows Alex’s return to a remote mountain town called Haven Springs after years away growing up in the foster care system. She sets out to reunite with her older brother Gabe, but he dies in mysterious circumstances, leading Alex to use her power to search for the truth.