<Tr> <Th> Mode (s) </Th> <Td> Single - player </Td> </Tr> <P> Life Is Strange: Before the Storm is an episodic graphic adventure video game developed by Deck Nine and published by Square Enix . The first of three episodes was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 31 August 2017 . It is set as a prequel to Life Is Strange, focusing on sixteen - year - old Chloe Price and her relationship with schoolmate Rachel Amber . Gameplay concerns itself mostly with the use of branching dialogues . </P> <P> Life Is Strange: Before the Storm is a graphic adventure played from a third - person view . The player assumes control of sixteen - year - old Chloe Price, three years prior to Life Is Strange . Unlike its predecessor, the game does not include time travel . Instead, Before the Storm features the ability "Backtalk", with which the player can call upon Chloe to get out of certain precarious situations; "Backtalk" may also make a situation worse . A dialogue tree is used when a conversation or commentary is prompted . Occasional decisions will temporarily or permanently change outcomes . The environment can be interacted with and altered, including marking walls with graffiti . </P> <P> Sixteen - year - old Chloe Price enters an old mill to attend a house concert . Conflict arises with two men inside, whom she evades when schoolmate Rachel Amber causes a distraction . The next day, Chloe and Rachel reunite at school . They decide to stow away on a cargo train, ending up at a lookout point . Using a viewfinder there, Rachel is upset by what she sees and insists on getting drunk . Having stolen some wine, they take a walk to a scrapyard . Chloe confronts Rachel about her change in mood, but is refused an answer . After Rachel leaves, Chloe discovers the wrecked car in which her father was killed . She meets up with Rachel again, who discloses that she witnessed her father cheating on her mother through the viewfinder . Rachel destroys a family photo in a burning trash bin, and in a fit of rage kicks it over, igniting a wildfire . </P>

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