As much as I love this game, you're much better off playing the original.

The sheer number of missing animations and other obvious glitches all throughout the game completely kill any kind of immersion you might have. The fact that these still aren't fixed FIVE MONTHS after release is honestly ridiculous.
Also, calling this a "remastered" version is questionable in the first place. Sure, the character models got some extra polygons, but that just makes them look more out of place against the still incredibly low-res environment textures.

At least the original version is still available, so if you're looking to play this game do yourself a favour and just buy that. As it is now (and honestly, this long after the release, I wouldn't hold my breath for it ever getting fixed) there is not a single way in which this version is better than the original game. It would have been bad enough to offer this as a free "upgrade" to owners of the original, but actually charging money for it is... well I'd like to call it a new low for the video game industry, but sadly it's just what you've got to expect nowadays.

my favorite scene is rachel and chole t-posing in the hospital truly a tear jerker

I am a huge fan of the Life is Strange series. This particular remaster is hugely dissapointing, and I often find myself wanting to just replay the original, but convincing myself to keep playing this because of the amount of money I spent on it. It feels unfinished. There are so many bugs and glitches, and the remastered graphics often take away some of the charm of the original. In the opening chapter where they discuss Chloe's "black eye" I kept thinking I was missing something. I was missing something. Her texture has no visible black eye at all, and this repeats - where details should be, they are not. It feels entirely like a cash-grab. The game at it's heart is amazing, but this remaster is pointless. There was no effort to remove or improve on bad game mechanics. I hope the upcoming patches resolve some of the glitches, but either way this remaster feels entirely pointless.

The original is good, but this "Remaster" isn't...

- Texture / lightning issues
- Voice-over issues
- Subtitle issues

It's like Life is Strange but without the mystery, supernatural, good cinematography, gameplay, pacing or plot.

Still oh god, this game series was all my little 47-year old hipster self’s heart ever wanted. The story, the art style, the music… it’ll always have a special place in my heart.

As a 47 year old boomer, I usually love to play FPS, fighting games and anime games with scantily dressed girls. Anything competitive…

The Life is Strange series changed my thinking of life ever since I played the first one. The story is just such a masterpiece that I don’t have enough lines in me to explain how amazing it truly is. It really changed me… in a good way.

Before the storm It’s a beauty of a game, an absolute masterpiece. It shows the happy and all relationships of Chloe and Rachel, and then breaks it to you by jumping to the reality of the first game.

It's my favorite of the series. I don't think the inconsistencies are blaring enough to pull you out of the story, I think the soundtrack is easily the best of the entire series. Every single time, the ending hits me like a bag of bricks to the jaw. I don't think I've ever been so emotionally touched by a game.

I played BtS remastered with only two very short minimal glitches that didn’t affect the gameplay. It’s my favourite game ever and the remaster was beautiful. I had little to no issues with bugs but I know other people had more issues. I really enjoyed it and would recommend it with caution that you may have a buggier experience than I did. If you need any further convincing I have 200+ lovely screenshots I could share.

It's short, so take your time. Enjoy it.

10/10

I recently played the original Before the Storm (not remastered) and I gotta say...

For months, I was very skeptical of the remaster. I did so many A/B comparisons of pictures and videos. I initially deemed these remastered changes to be silly, unnecessary, too subtle, and not big enough of a deal to warrant a remaster. I was worried that I'd play it, hate it, and would feel as though I wasted my money. I am happy to say that it is not the case here. I've had Youtube open with a full no commentary gameplay video of the original version up, and after I finish playing a scene in the remastered version, I'll quickly tab out while it's still fresh on my mind and will re-watch the same scene in the original gameplay.

Faces, facial expressions, textures, eyes, skin, etc. all seem much more organic and fleshed out. I've been playing for a few hours now and I'm enjoying it very much. Yes, the differences are subtle, but in my opinion they're much less subtle than I originally believed them to be based off of my A/B comparisons of promo photos and short promo videos. The facial structure in the faces has been very much improved in the remaster. Eyes also look like they have much more depth and "soul" to them, if you will. Rachel Amber's eyes especially look more vibrant and less hollow. The lip movements as the characters speak also is very fluid and more organic.

If you play this, though, it's very easy to forget what the original non-remastered graphics looked like. Likewise, I'm sure that if I played the original Before the Storm again, I'd quickly get immersed in its graphics and wouldn't care all that much that it wasn't remastered. However, my method of playing a scene in the remastered version, tabbing out, and then playing the same scene on Youtube in a gameplay video has really opened my eyes to how many subtle and nuanced changes they have made. Dare I say, the non-remastered version now looks clunky and unpolished to me after doing direct A/B comparisons. However, I would have been happy with the original if this remaster didn't exist.

I have run into some small lighting glitches here and there, which I'm sure will be patched at some point, because others have brought them to the devs attention. I am playing on day one of release so I'm never too put off by very early release day glitches and bugs. Overall, it has mostly been smooth sailing. As someone who worried that it was just a cash grab or wasn't going to be good enough of a remaster, I am happy to say that they preserved the heart and soul of the LiS art style but they refined facial structures, textures, eyes, hair textures (holy cow, the hair textures are so much better!), and overall it looks much more fluid, cohesive, and refined with suble and nuanced improvements. That being said, the law of diminishing returns is real, and it's not a profound night and day difference. I totally understand that the price is steep for something that is perhaps not different enough for certain people. However, I also feel that if they pushed the envelope and made it too different from the original, that it would pose the risk of potentially losing the LiS charm that the original graphics and art style had. I feel as though they had to walk a fine line between preserving the original integrity but also improving it in areas where it needed improving.

As someone who was highly suspicious of this remaster and almost didn't buy it based on the comparison still photos and brief promo videos, I am very glad that I've been able to do my own A/B comparisons while playing and comparing the original graphics to the remastered ones. It becomes more and more evident as you play that they really did improve things and that it didn't quite get conveyed as well in their promotional trailers and still photos leading up to release. It sort of has been dawning on me more and more (especially as I compare to the original graphics) that they really improved things with finesse, but in such a way that didn't tamper with the whimsical and charming art style that LiS is known for.

This fellow skeptic and hesitant purchaser is quite pleased with the outcome. A job well done.

Ready for the mosh pit, shaka brah.

very glitchy, don't buy this its better to just get the original version

It hurts me to give this game a negative review, since the story itself is very good also the artstyle. Very good game to sit back and relax with, sadly there are issues which ruin the experience.

There are problems with the subtitles not appearing, some of the eyes of the characters in some scenes are bugged which causes eyes to become all white, there is bugged and overlapping dialogue - characters speaking over each other and sometimes entire dialogues are not spoken out by the characters you just see their mouths moving. I wouldn't recommend anyone buy the remaster of this game.

No Reason to get this if you own the original. If you have yet to experience LiS:BtS, you might as well get this version

• + Improved Animations and Facial Expressions
  
• + Overall slighty better graphics

• - Unpolished, lots of bugs
  
• - graphical improvements are so minor, the term "remaster" is being used very losely

Much like the original "Life is Strange Remastered", this one doesn't have a lot to offer, besides slighty better facial expressions, animations and minor graphical improvements.
But unlike the original LiS, "Before the Storm" isn't that amazing to begin with.

Unfortunately this one is just as buggy as "LiS Remastered".
This game has never heard the terms "Playtesting" or "Quality Assurance". Textures not being shown correctly, clipping issues, the "light sparkling reflection" of accessories like earrings etc. cause huge white blobs to appear on screen amongst other things.
Also 1 full on crash in a mere 12 hours of playtime.

At least skipping cutscenes in collectible mode works in this one.


Doesn't deserve the term "Remastered". If you don't own Before the Storm yet, you might as well
get this one on a sale, but otherwise there is absolutely no reason to.