{"id":2769,"date":"2021-09-09T22:07:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T20:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/09\/life-is-strange-true-colours-review-an-earnest-drama-about-a-psychic-empath\/"},"modified":"2021-09-09T22:07:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T20:07:31","slug":"life-is-strange-true-colours-review-an-earnest-drama-about-a-psychic-empath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/09\/life-is-strange-true-colours-review-an-earnest-drama-about-a-psychic-empath\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Is Strange: True Colours review \u2013 an earnest drama about a psychic empath"},"content":{"rendered":"

PlayStation 4\/5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC; Deck Nine\/Square Enix
<\/strong>Interactive possibilities make this dorky tale about a small-town psychic musician strangely absorbing<\/p>\n

The idea of moving somewhere picturesque for a fresh start is fast becoming as common a trope in video games as it is in TV, film and books. In this slice-of-life melodrama from Colorado studio Deck Nine, Alex Chen moves out of the care system and to a mountain town named Haven Springs to reunite with her estranged older brother, Gabe, who has made a comfortable life for himself there among the old miners, young hipsters and calming, snow-capped scenery. Predictably, however, she\u2019s not there long before tragedy strikes, and Alex must use her superpower \u2013 reading people\u2019s heightened emotions, arm outstretched like a cartoon psychic \u2013 to dig into what happened.<\/p>\n

Themes of friendship, loss, owning your feelings and small-town community are set against a backdrop of corporate malfeasance from the mining company that controls the town. Sometimes the insights that Alex gains from her emotional mind-reading are one-line expressions of fear, joy or dissatisfaction that point you towards an easy way to help or an amusing character insight: the owner of an ice-cream store is worried about going out of business; the older chap in the bar turns out to be part of a tontine. When exploring stronger feelings, though, the world transforms around her, and she sees it through the eyes of the sufferer, with the help of some heavy-handed visual metaphor.<\/p>\n

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\nPlayStation 4\/5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC; Deck Nine\/Square EnixInteractive possibilities make this dorky tale about a small-town psychic musician strangely absorbing
\nThe idea of moving somewhere picturesque for a fresh start is fast becoming as common a trope in video games as it is in TV, film and books. In this slice-of-life melodrama from Colorado studio Deck Nine, Alex Chen moves out of the care system and to a mountain town named Haven Springs to reunite with her estranged older brother, Gabe, who has made a comfortable life for himself there among the old miners, young hipsters and calming, snow-capped scenery. Predictably, however, she\u2019s not there long before tragedy strikes, and Alex must use her superpower \u2013 reading people\u2019s heightened emotions, arm outstretched like a cartoon psychic \u2013 to dig into what happened.
\nThemes of friendship, loss, owning your feelings and small-town community are set against a backdrop of corporate malfeasance from the mining company that controls the town. Sometimes the insights that Alex gains from her emotional mind-reading are one-line expressions of fear, joy or dissatisfaction that point you towards an easy way to help or an amusing character insight: the owner of an ice-cream store is worried about going out of business; the older chap in the bar turns out to be part of a tontine. When exploring stronger feelings, though, the world transforms around her, and she sees it through the eyes of the sufferer, with the help of some heavy-handed visual metaphor. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PlayStation 4\/5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PC; Deck Nine\/Square EnixInteractive possibilities make this dorky tale about a small-town psychic musician strangely absorbing The idea of moving somewhere picturesque for a fresh start is fast becoming as common a trope in video games as it is in TV, film and books. In this slice-of-life melodrama from Colorado …<\/p>\n

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