Life is Strange

Fantastic game I didn't enjoy *SPOILERS*

I know this game is very very highly rated, and even I'm giving it a four outta of five stars. It's very well made, and has some great touches like replaying levels in collectible mode that others in the genre should copy. However, this was not for me, and I'm going to tell you why, but there will be spoilers so if you don't want to risk it, move on.

*SPOILER FILLED RANT POSSIBLE*
This game is set at Blackwell Academy, an art school that I believe high school, but might be college level. I know this because Max, our character, is 18 and she gets a text message from her mother at one point where she states there are perfectly good high schools at home. The setting is the crux of entire problem with this game, which is why I mention it.

I'm a hard working 40+ year old male in a technical position. I believe in hard work and doing the right thing (subjective I realize). This game is nothing but a bunch of emo spoiled little shitheads that I can't f'n stand. It took me until about halfway through to have this revelation - the reason I don't like this game is because I literally cannot relate to a single characters in the story nor do I like them. I'm used to games having people that I like and don't like and you can choose to steer the story towards characters you like, however, not liking any of them, made the story not fun for me.

All through the story there is a backdrop of a missing girl, and if you've watched any amount of television you can see the big twist coming a mile away. I am a huge fan of the Perry Mason tv show and this story is exactly like that -- introduce crime, here's the obvious one or two people they are presenting you as potential guilty party but AHAH, it was the guy from the beginning we only showed for a few scenes. Even though that happens, I still felt great and it was my favorite part of the entire game. After all, who doesn't like feeling smart?