The rumors were true. Life Is Strange: Reunion is coming, and it’s bringing Chloe Price back into the fold after 2024’s Double Exposure hinted at her return. Perhaps most surprisingly, however, it’s coming out in just two months.
The official announcement is set to go live at 1 p.m. Eastern, but Xbox Wire posted its announcement blog a bit early. Reunion will star both Max Caulfield and Chloe as co-protagonists, with both having different gameplay mechanics. Max is able to rewind time as she did in the first Life Is Strange, while Chloe will use her argumentative “Backtalk” mechanic from the prequel Before the Storm.
The big question is how Chloe is able to return despite her possibly dying at the end of the original Life Is Strange, a choice that Double Exposure made a point to import. Based on this line in the blog post, it seems like it may be as a result of the timeline jumping Max did in Double Exposure, though I expect the minutiae of this to be affected by which choice you made way back in 2015.
Chloe’s return may be due to Max’s power, in particular, the power Max gained in Life is Strange: Double Exposure to Shift between parallel timelines — a power Max subsequently lost when she merged those timelines back together and recovered her ability to Rewind.
Whatever the case, it does seem like Reunion is not undoing either choice, as the blog says “Whether Chloe lived or died in Arcadia Bay, and whether she and Max were friends or lovers — these choices are key not just to the past you’ll confirm as you play, but to the future you’ll fight for the chance to build.” So I will hold judgement for the time being, and I won’t have to wait long, as Reunion is coming to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S on March 26.
It’s very likely that more details will be coming when developer Deck Nine posts its actual announcement, so we’ll update this story with that info as it comes.
