I've read people describing this feeling. It's so strangely healing, mysterious, and nostalgic that it makes me feel a kind of anemoia.
To be honest, I played it looking for something similar to games like Telltale's The Walking Dead, games that involve choices, etc. If I had known what the game was about, I probably would never have played it hahaha, but luckily I played it without knowing what it was about or who its target audience was, which was a good thing. I would have missed out on a great game, since its target audience is very different from me, as I'm a heterosexual man, and I first played it last year, as a young adult at 23, but I feel as if I had played it in 2015. It makes me nostalgic for a time I never experienced that way.
It really surprised me in a very good way.
I've already played it twice, and I feel like replaying it.
It's incredibly immersive and, in a way, healing.
For me, Life Is Strange 1 is really good, and 2 is the best, Before the Storm is also good, although a few steps below. I didn't like True Colors and only got through one chapter. I haven't played the newer ones yet, and I also played Tell Me Why looking for something similar to LIS, but I honestly thought it was outright horrible.
Obviously, I think the game has some bad points, one big one to be exact, and that's Chloe. In several situations, I dislike her. I'm not saying I hate her, but there are many times when I do dislike her...
It's in my top 10 games of all time. And its soundtrack is beautiful, and I listen to it quite often.
And yes, I'm going to replay it for the third time.
I always choose to save Arcadia Bay. I really can't kill the entire town just for Chloe. I've only seen the ending where you save Chloe because I've watched gameplay of someone choosing it, just to see what it's like, since I could never choose that option myself.
The game accompanies me like few others do. The game really is healing.
