Nathan from Capsule writes:
"Well here we are, the ending to what has been one of the surprise success stories of the year. Life is Strange Episode 5: Polarized wraps up this five part tale about time traveling Max Caulfied, her companion Chloe and the small sleepy town of Arcadia Bay. The previous episode, Dark Room, delivered plenty of intense moments and served as a great setup to the finale, so does this final chapter manage to capitalise on that and give this series the send off it deserves? I'm glad to say it does."
NB: This review is spoiler free for this episode and the entire series of Life is Strange.
The final 3 episodes of this unique adventure get reviewed at Player 2
With the final chapter in Dontnod's teen drama serial coming to a close, Gamesfiends' Zeth takes one last adventure with Max in the episode 5 review.
"If you've invested in the series I don’t think you’ll be disappointed in the conclusion of the story. The execution might stumble in places, but it never falls and Dontnod have managed to bring together a thoughtful and artistic story that has enough substance to be discussed as a game or an analysis of coming-of-age. "
JBH reviews 'Polarized', the fifth and final episode in Dontnod Entertainment's interactive drama series, 'Life is Strange'.
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I completed Life is strange only yesterday, and absolutely loves it! Most enjoyable Interactive story adventure game i've played so far.
Just like many others though im not happy with the end decision. I wish there was 1 extra decision you could make.
1. Sacrifice Arcadia Bay
2a. Sacrifice Chloe
2b. Sacrifice yourself and take the bullet for Chloe
Dontnod have already said a sequel most likely will feature a whole new cast so i wish self sacrifice should have been an option, I though Chloe throughout the entire game had a pretty shitty life, and i think Max's power to reverse time should have been given to her so that she could save Chloe (by sacrificing herself), and the punishment for there "selfishness" was the cyclone destroying everything they care about.
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I agree. I didn't want to go into too much detail in the review, but I felt like it would have tied things up nicely if Max would have sacrificed herself. Chloe didn't really deserve to die because of Max's mistakes, but I suppose the game got around that by implying that Chloe's death was fated, which is why she died in almost every timeline. Still though, would have been a good ending.
Looking forward to season 2 though!
Eh, was the weakest entry to me. I loved the rest of the game so much it was nipping on witcher 3's heels to be my game of the year, but the episode just wasn't my cup of tea.