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<p>You&#8217;ll be waiting a while longer to continue <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/life-is-strange-2/">Life is Strange 2</a>. Square Enix outlined the upcoming roadmap of releases for the remaining episodes, and the next one isn&#8217;t coming until late spring. The full season is slated to last through the rest of the year.</p>
<p>The company outlined its season of content on <a href="https://steamcommunity.com/games/532210/announcements/detail/1825554004616012011">Steam</a>. Episode 3 is coming on May 9, followed by Episode 4 on August 22, and Episode 5 on December 3. Those gaps are about what players may have expected given the four-month wait between the first two releases in September 2018 and January 2019, but it also means the story isn&#8217;t as close as fans may have hoped.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/life-is-strange/">Life is Strange</a> was a surprise from publisher Square Enix and gained a cult following around its mixture of sci-fi and fantasy tropes with the mundane parts of real life. It received a spin-off, <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/the-awesome-adventures-of-captain-spirit/">The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit</a>, that served as a <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/videos/life-is-strange-2-spin-off-what-we-can-learn-from-/2300-6444868/">bridge and teaser </a>for the sequel.</p>
<p>&quot;Life is Strange paints an excellent, vivid picture of a young woman&#8217;s struggle for acceptance and justice, but trips itself up by trying to make things gamey,&quot; critic Alex Ray Corriea said in GameSpot&#8217;s <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/life-is-strange-episode-five-review/1900-6416285/">review</a> of the first game&#8217;s final episode. &quot;The story of Max and Chloe is a beautiful tale, but it&#8217;s marred by bizarre logical leaps and leftover plot holes. Aggravating out-of-place fetch quests and stealth sequences crack the somber atmosphere and very hamfistedly remind you that you&#8217;re playing a game. It&#8217;s unfortunate, because I do love Life is Strange&#8217;s story. I just wish the ending wasn&#8217;t so mismanaged.&quot;</p>
<p><em>Source: <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/life-is-strange-2-isnt-back-until-may-release-sche/1100-6465778/">GameSpot</a></em></div>
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