Life Is Strange 2
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| Developers | |
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| Dontnod Entertainment | |
| macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive[1] |
| Linux | Feral Interactive[1] |
| Publishers | |
| Square Enix | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 4 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 26, 2018 |
| macOS (OS X) | December 19, 2019[2] |
| Linux | December 19, 2019[2] |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 70 |
| OpenCritic | 77 |
| IGDB | 82 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Perspectives | Cinematic camera |
| Genres | Adventure, Puzzle |
| Themes | Contemporary, Supernatural, North America |
| Series | Life Is Strange |
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Key points
- Saves can be imported from The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
Limited Edition. | |
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| Developer website | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Mac App Store | |
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| Steam | |
Episode 1 is free | |
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| Amazon.com (unavailable) | |
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- All Windows and Linux versions require Steam DRM, and all Windows versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM as well.
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Episode 2 | |
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| Episode 3 | |
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| Episode 4 | |
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| Episode 5 | |
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| Mascot Bundle DLC | |
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| Arcadia Bay Patches DLC | |
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| Japanese Language Pack | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Dontnod\<user-id>\LIS2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Dontnod\<user-id>\LIS2\Saved\SaveGames\ |
| macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Life is Strange 2/SaveData/ |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Life is Strange 2/SaveData/Dontnod/<user-id>/LIS2/Saved/SaveGames/ |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video
Video settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Pillarboxed by default. Use a modified exe. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Pillarboxed by default. See the related WSGF post for a FOV workaround. This has the side effect of also changing the FOV of other in game cameras, for example videocalls or security cameras will appear wrong. Universal UE4 Unlocker can also be used for a FOV and ultra wide screen workaround. |
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| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 30, 60, or Unlimited. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Chromatic aberration
| Disable Chromatic aberration[3] |
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[SystemSettings] r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0 |
Depth of field
| Disable depth of field[3] |
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[SystemSettings] r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0 |
Motion blur
| Disable motion blur[3] |
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[SystemSettings] r.MotionBlurQuality=0 |
Input
Input settings
Keyboard settings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | [citation needed] | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| DualShock 4 controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Master, music, voices, SFX. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Language and subtitles settings
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | Fan translation by magyaritasok | |||
| Indonesian | Fan translation by IGTC Team. | |||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | Japanese Language Pack DLC | |||
| Korean | Fan translation by baengnyeon. | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
VR support
| 3D modes | Native | Notes | |
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| vorpX | G3D, Z3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 | |
| Metal support | ||
| Vulkan | Linux only. | |
| Shader Model support | 5.0 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Physics | TrueSky | |
| Audio | Wwise | |
| Cutscenes | Criware |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz AMD Phenom X4 945 3.0 GHz |
Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 40 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 AMD Radeon HD 7770 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 280X 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.15 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-6360U 2.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 42 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 680MX AMD Radeon R9 M290 Intel Iris Graphics 540 2 GB of VRAM |
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- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 18.04 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-4130 3.4 GHz | Intel Core i5-6500 3.2 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 42 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 AMD Radeon R9 380 2 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 470 4 GB of VRAM |
- Requires Vulkan
- NVIDIA requires 430.14 or newer drivers.
- AMD requires Mesa 19.1.2 or newer.
- Intel GPUs are not supported.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Life is Strange 2 is coming to macOS and Linux! - last accessed on October 1, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Life is Strange 2 journeys onto macOS and Linux on 19th December - Feral News - last accessed on 2019-12-17
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Verified by User:Kevinsesario on 2018-09-27