Life Is Strange Remastered Collection Launches On Xbox This September

But there's no free upgrade

by Daniel Hollis Mon 14th Jun 2021

Life is Strange Remastered finally has a release date of September 30 for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. A new trailer also showcases its improvements, which, erm, look fairly minimal.

According to the trailer's description, Life is Strange Remastered comes packed with remastered visuals, vastly improved character animation, and updated gameplay puzzles. Outside of a sharper resolution, the trailer looks strikingly similar to the original release back in 2015. It becomes even more apparent when you see the huge leap made for the upcoming Life is Strange: True Colors.

The dislike ratio on its trailer outweighs its likes, and commenters have been quick to point out that very little has changed. "We've reached a point in the industry where we're literally remastering games for the same consoles they came out on," said one YouTube comment, while another added: "This is a robbery! The differences are minimal!"

The Life is Strange Remastered Collection includes ‘Life is Strange Remastered’ and ‘Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered’. Both award-winning games have been remastered with updated visuals across characters & environments.
Featuring the following remastered upgrades:

- Remastered visuals across characters and environments
- Vastly improved character animation using full facial mocap performance *featured in Life is Strange Remastered only*
- Updated and refined gameplay puzzles

In a world where we're growing accustomed to Smart Delivery and free next-gen updates, it's baffling that Square Enix is attempting to repackage this game - on the same console it launched on - with very little in terms of upgrades. Especially when it's rocking in at £32.99/$39.99 via the Microsoft Store.

Life is Strange: True Colors is looking to be a substantial improvement in both graphics and gameplay, so it's a shame to not see the same level of attention added to this much-loved title that started the series off.

What do you think about Life is Strange Remastered Collection? Let us know in the comments below.

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From spending sleepless nights anticipating the release of Fable II, Daniel has always been a massive advocate of Xbox. His obsession with Fable was only the beginning of a love for the RPG genre. Outside of gaming, Daniel can also be found attending gigs or creating poorly constructed drum solos

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Mr-Fuggles777
Mon 14th Jun 2021

Square Enix has been reading Nintendo's business plan
Repackage the same game with the bare minimum to call it a remaster and hoover up the profits, rinse and repeat on the next gen.

It works because Nintendo has been selling me the same games since 1991! I'm not proud to say this, but I've bought Super Metroid and Link to the Past on every Nintendo console since the snes

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Tasuki
Mon 14th Jun 2021

Damn game studios are getting lazy now and money hungry. I can understand remastering older games from say the original Xbox or PS2 but Life is Strange is not that old of a game.

Instead of wasting time and resources on remastering a game that is only a few years old the should be putting those resources in new games.

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lboy22
Mon 14th Jun 2021

I'm for one am more than happy for this release. This wasn't necessarily needed or even wanted that much but it's certainly welcome for fans of the original.

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Chaudy
Mon 14th Jun 2021

Doesn't need a remaster

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JayJ
Mon 14th Jun 2021

Did these games seriously need a "remastering?" They literally just came out last gen and weren't exactly trying to push the limits of what those consoles were capable of for art style related reasons.

These "remasters" are feeling like increasingly unnecessary attempts to sell you the same games again. Some basic PC mods could probably do a better job than these, heck the performance updates we get for most Xbox games these days do a better job.

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JayJ
Mon 14th Jun 2021

@Mr-Fuggles777 Yeah but they are selling Super Mario and Zelda, this is Life is Strange, nowhere near the brand/selling power and recognition. They've been doing this with Final Fantasy and some other RPG's though, and they have far more of a fanbase presence when it comes to this type of thing. Life is Strange is one of those things where if you were into it you most likely already got it, and there is little reason to return if you have already played them. Especially since the games aren't even that old, it's not like there is a real generational divide or anything.