Starting off with LiS or LiS:BtS?

[Schnizer]

I have a friend who I recommend getting this game and I think she will really enjoy it. However, after just getting finished with Before the Storm a few days ago I'm not sure which game I'd recommend playing first.

I really enjoyed both games! I think they are great! I just don't know for someone new to the series which would be the better starting point in Arcadia Bay? They both have their pros and cons. I'm personally would lean more toward Amberprice first. BtS sheds a lot of light on Chloe and Rachel's relationship and how exactly they came to meet, so playing the game first would make Chloe's quest to find her more meaningful I think. It also makes the after credits scene a bit more mysterious. As people who have played the LiS first...well let's just say it spoils a rather happy ending.

What is the general consensus by the community?

[Excrucian]

LiS first!

For many reasons but the biggest one: avoiding the BtS after credits MASSIVE spoiler for LiS... :)

I'd say also that you get a better "feel" for Chloe's life and emotion that way. Starting "blind" with
Max really helps put yourself into Max's shoes of trying to understand and reconnect with a lost childhood friend. :)

[Dark Angel]

BtS sheds a lot of light on Chloe and Rachel's relationship

Rachel suppose to be mysterious in LiS. It can be your friend will skip all relations with other people and concentrate on Rachel only. Which not right. Finding Rachel is not priority for Max.

It also makes the after credits scene a bit more mysterious.

And makes a much less people to suspect. "So, this is that scene was about. This was someone, who use camera professionally."

[Silver Juan]

Life is Strange first.

Life is Strange is the real game. This game is passable fanservice and wouldn't have much appeal as a standalone game, if it wasn't for the original. The original is great on it's own and doesn't need a prelude.

[Jade]

Originally posted by Silver Juan:

Life is Strange first.

Life is Strange is the real game. This game is passable fanservice and wouldn't have much appeal as a standalone game, if it wasn't for the original. The original is great on it's own and doesn't need a prelude.

Perfectly summed up.

[💚SuperMax💚]

I'd say to start with BTS, beacause that way you get more bond with a certain character, and you would have more feels, when you find out what happend to that character in first LIS game!

[LadyKaro]

I think the first game first. It creates that mystery about Rachel, who she was and all of that. Then when you go into the second game you can help but feel the desire to heave knowing what happens to the characters in the end. The first time I played the first game, Chloe kinda annoyed me. Didn't quite understand her, but when I replayed if after playing BtS, I connected with Chloe's turmoil a lot better and felt so bad for her.
Honestly it's a very hard toss up to decide how to get a first timer to play this. I wish I could experience a different perspective by playing BtS first and then the first game. I wonder if it would break me more that way than the other? I can see playing BtS first and then heading into LiS being a heavier impact on you, especially because you don't see the death clock over Rachel's (and Chloe's head depending on your choice) the entirety of BtS.

[Solid Gamer]

original first!