When comparing Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) vs Life is Strange, the Slant community recommends Life is Strange for most people. In the question“What are the best games with rich story for Android?” Life is Strange is ranked 10th while Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) is ranked 20th. The most important reason people chose Life is Strange is:
Your character can rewind time, so you can undo any recent choice or action, allowing you to try out different ones. This feels really awesome since in most games you'd have to reload your save or replay through entire sections just to view the other choices.
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Pros
Pro Collaboration of veteran gaming devs an educational group and Alaskan natives
Never Alone is an actual collaboration work of top industry devs, an educational group and actual Alaskan natives. Ideally this is supposed to give the game a more genuine story and background while also staying educational and fun.
Pro Videos that tell true stories accompany sections in the game
At many points in the game a player will unlock videos that tell true stories that directly relate to what is happening in the game.
Pro Interactive folklore
Being that the game wes helped developed by actual Alaskan natives, the folklore of the game holds a lot off weight that gets you right in the feels.
Pro Choice based gameplay with a twist
Your character can rewind time, so you can undo any recent choice or action, allowing you to try out different ones. This feels really awesome since in most games you'd have to reload your save or replay through entire sections just to view the other choices.
Pro A well-polished experience
Excellent voice acting, great story, smooth lighting, detailed object/level design, extensive number of people and objects to interact with, and even amazing music. Everything about the game makes it very enjoyable to play.
Pro Great story
Life is Strange expertly portrays a teenagers life during high school, capturing all the good and bad emotions, while also adding a supernatural twist. The main character and her issues are relatable, side characters are interesting, and the plot twists are very unexpected. The story as a whole is very enjoyable, keeping you on the edge of your seat most of the time.
Cons
Con Difficulty spikes 90 minutes in
The game spikes its difficulty at around the 90 minute mark, whether this is on purpose to stay true to life (in that some points in life are not fun and difficult to get through) or is just bad design is probably up to the player to decide.
Con Transition from game to videos feels disjointed
It almost feels like the player is interupted when a video unlocks and definitely feels disjointed to leave the gameplay to then watch another video.
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 Some audio sync issues
In addition to poorly done lip syncing, character voice lines sometimes overlap as well. You might not understand what's being said unless you turn on the subtitles. It can be really annoying at times, even with subtitles.