Life is Strange: Double Exposure Roasted for Pricey Special Edition

In March, developer and publisher Don’t Nod was said to be working on seven games, with one rumored to be a new entry in the Life is Strange universe. During yesterday’s Xbox Games Showcase, fans got their first look at Life is Strange: Double Exposure, which will see the return of Max Caulfield as she uses her powers to prevent her friend’s murder.

While the standard edition of the game will retail for $50, the Ultimate Edition will set players back a whopping $80, allowing them to play the first two chapters two weeks early on October 15. This has the internet up in arms, both for the premium cost and the likelihood of spoilers being posted ahead of the game’s standard release.

“To avoid getting caught up in spoilers I will be pre-ordering the Ultimate Edition,” one fan wrote. “A very bad decision by Square Enix.”

Check out the trailer for Life is Strange: Double Exposure below:

“Several years after we guided her through Arcadia Bay, Double Exposure sees Max return later in her life, now an artist-in-residence at the prestigious Caledon University,” the game’s description reads.

“Unfortunately, calamity is never far away. Max’s friend Safi is killed, and we’ll be plunged into a full-on murder mystery, with a supernatural twist. Max’s original power to rewind time has morphed into the ability to entirely Shift timelines, and we’ll be exploring two parallel realities – one where Safi is safe and well, and the other in the wake of her death – in order to discover the identity of her killer.”

Life is Strange: Double Exposure will launch on PC and Xbox Series X/S on October 29.