Life is Strange: Double Exposure Spoiled By Square Enix Early Access and Hubris | Push Square
When Square Enix boldly proclaimed it would charge fans $30 for the privilege of playing Life is Strange: Double Exposure's first two episodes a full two weeks early, we knew the pioneering publisher was plumbing new depths of monetization. We did not, however, consider data miners, who it took less than 48 hours to rip near-complete, unencrypted audio files from the rest of the game. As you can imagine, significant spoilers abound well before the game's official 29th October release on PS5.
PSLS inadvertently came across a Reddit thread summarising large parts of the plot, which we won't link to here. The files apparently emerged on 4chan before being deleted, but the damage seems done. We viewed it so you don't have to, and it all certainly seems legit, full of specific details regarding the antagonist, story, and endings. Just yesterday, Eurogamer noted the worrying potential for spoilers in the story-heavy first two episodes alone; now, it seems the cat is entirely out of the bag.
«Hella f*** off!»
Are you surprised Square Enix seemingly burned by flying too close to the Early Access sun? Will this development have a major, tangible effect on the game's sales performance, or will this be old news in a couple of days? Let us know in the comments section below.
Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
I understand the predicament, but I think Game of Thrones taught us pretty well how to avoid spoilers for a period of time, when needed. Can't wait to get my physical copy!
I know people will be like “Hah! That’ll show Square Enix” but this is a sequel to a story that has a lot of very passionate fans that hasn’t been properly followed up
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