Recs.
Updated
Life Is Strange is an episodic cross platform adventure game featuring a female lead and time rewind mechanics.
"Life is Strange: True Colors is a fantastic game that offers a great story with solid pacing, and unlike previous games in the series it left me with the feeling that every choice I made mattered"
according to IGN review.
SpecsUpdate
Pros
Pro Attention to detail
Life Is Strange has quite a bit of attention to detail compared to some other games of the same genre. It has a lot of details that the player can interact with (interact meaning examine or talk to, not anything physics-based), things which frequently trigger audible dialogue narrated by the protagonist. It adds to the atmosphere of the game.
Pro Free chapter available
The first 20% (roughly) of the game is free to try to see if you like it or how well it runs on your machine. Steam will give refunds for games that you didn't like it or had trouble with anyway (as long as you played less than 2 hours of it), but this saves the hassle of refunding, as well as the annoying 2 hour mental timer in your head that you'd be weary of.
Cons
Con Choices feel a little lacking
While there are many choices in Life is Strange, most of them have no long term impact on the story. The only noticeable changes are the dialogue lines and what scenes you get. While this adds some nuances to your journey, the destination is ultimately the same.
Con There is no tree-like progress with regards to plot
The main plot is entirely linear, and the choices you make only affect side things, details, and things like that. This is almost a spoiler, but it is important for people to not get false expectations. Regardless, the game does a very great job at making it SEEM as though decisions change the story, which is perhaps misleading, but probably immerses the player more. There is more than one ending, but only in a very limited sense.