Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
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Developers | |
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Deck Nine | |
macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive[1] |
Linux | Feral Interactive[1] |
Publishers | |
Square Enix | |
Engines | |
Unity 5[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 31, 2017 |
macOS (OS X) | September 13, 2018[1] |
Linux | September 13, 2018[1] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 77 |
OpenCritic | 80 |
IGDB | 77 |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Deluxe Edition, limited run. | |||
Developer website | Deluxe Edition | |||
Publisher website | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Deluxe Edition | |||
Humble Store | Deluxe Edition | |||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Deluxe Upgrade | ||
Classic Chloe Outfit Pack |
Essential improvements
Disable intro videos, chromatic aberration, and depth of field
Instructions[6] |
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Use modded .dll file. The manual procedure may also work. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Square Enix\Life is Strange: Before the Storm\ %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Square Enix\Life is Strange_ Before the Storm\Saves\<user-id>\Preferences\PrefData.Save |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
- Config file is encrypted.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Square Enix\Life is Strange_ Before the Storm\Saves\<user-id>\SLOT_## \*.Save |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $HOME\.config\unity3d\Feral Interactive\Life is Strange Before the Storm\Saves\<user-id>\SLOT_## \*.Save |
- Save files are encrypted. See LiS-BtS-Savegame-viewer.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
16:10 resolution without black bars |
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Force resolution / Fix DSR and VSR |
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Notes
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
Use SMAA with ReShade[7] |
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Install the ReShade post-processing injector:
Enable SMAA:
Change in-game settings:
Notes
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High frame rate
Higher frame rate / Screen tearing fix (V-Sync) |
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Notes
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Chromatic aberration
Disable chromatic aberration[6] |
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Use modded .dll file. The manual procedure may also work. |
Depth of field
Disable depth of field[6] |
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Use modded .dll file. The manual procedure may also work. |
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Steam DLC available from Japan; Released on June 7, 2018.[8] | |||
Polish | Fan translation by GPP community. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | ||||
Russian | Fan translation by Tolma4 Team. | |||
Korean | Fan translation by Teamhipsterkanarias ("Farewell"). | |||
Indonesian | Fan translation by IGTC Team, download. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Life is Strange: Before the Storm. | ||
vorpX | G3D, Z3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Devices | |||
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Tobii Eye Tracking |
Issues unresolved
Stuttering
Enable 60 FPS cap from the video setting menu[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | |
OpenGL | macOS/Linux only |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Criware | |
Cutscenes | Criware |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz AMD Phenom X4 945 3.0 GHz |
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System memory (RAM) | 3 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 14 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon R7 250 Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 DirectX 11 compatible |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.13.5 | 10.13.6 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 28 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 650M AMD Radeon R9 M290 Intel Iris 5100 1 GB of VRAM |
- This game is not currently supported on volumes formatted as Case-sensitive.
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 18.04 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-4130T 2.9 GHz | Intel Core i7-4770 3.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 28 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 AMD Radeon R9 270 2 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 470 4 GB of VRAM |
- AMD GPUs require Mesa driver 18.1.6, Nvidia cards require driver 396.54 or better.
- Intel GPUs are not supported at time of release.
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 On September 13th, Life is Strange: Before the Storm arrives on macOS and Linux - last accessed on 2018-09-05
- ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2017-08-31
- ↑ LIFE IS STRANGE : BEFORE THE STORM EULA - last accessed on 2017-09-04
- ↑ Life is Strange: Before the Storm episode two is out now, without its Denuvo protection | PCGamesN
- ↑ THEY REMOVED DENUVO!! :: Life is Strange: Before the Storm General Discussions
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ratchet302: Game Tweaking - Life is Strange Before the Storm
- ↑ ReShade
- ↑ Square Enix's Japanese game site