PlayStation 4 Critic Reviews

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a beautiful, delicate novel about psychological and moral growth.

“Farewell” succinctly captures everything that Life is Strange does well in a beautiful and devastating package.

Farewell is upsetting in the best of ways. A wonderful, tearful, round off of Max and Chloe’s story and a fantastic appetiser for season 2.

The Farewell bonus episode of Life Is Strange: Before the Storm is short but should be required playing for fans of the series. A thoughtful well written glimpse into Max and Chloe’s life before it got so strange.

Farewell, although definitely not flawless, is a great addition to the Life is Strange universe and a perfect prologue to Dontnod’s original title.

Quotation forthcoming.

If you’re a more hardcore [Life is Strange] fan, this episode is certainly worth a playthrough as it provides a more relaxed and carefree, yet melancholic and tragic, epilogue to the Max and Chloe saga of Life is Strange.

Before the Storm‘s bonus episode doesn’t feature the series’ best writing or any pivotal choices, but it all works as intended here. It’s just a fond farewell to a friend. One that gives players one more opportunity to see two of their favorite characters interacting with each other, and one final chance for the player to say their own goodbyes.

Farewell is a very nostalgic and heart-warming episode of Life is Strange, maybe its "true ending".

If you’re an absolute die-hard fan of Life Is Strange, which you likely are if you’re considering the deluxe edition, then jump right in and say your own goodbyes to Max and Chloe. However, if you’ve not played both the original series and Before the Storm in their entirety, Farewell likely won’t resonate with you in the same way.