Get to grips with this challenging game with our top tips and tricks for Life is Strange 3
Here are our best cheats and tips for Life is Strange 3.
When talking to the different people in some scenes, your character will be able to see their aura in order to tell how they're currently feeling. This can help you understand better how a person is reacting to a situation, or perhaps if they are hiding something.
Blue represents sadness, red for anger, purple for fear, and gold for joy. By knowing the meaning of the colors, you'll be able to make a decision after on how to proceed next for your game. You can uncover more truths if you're able to respond properly according to how a character feels.
Life is Strange 3 is a narrative driven game where you have to make a lot of choices. There may be times where you'd want to adjust the difficulty to suit your style, but sadly there is no setting available to change this. However, you can check the accessibility settings in order to change some of the game's aspects. For example, you can make things easier for you by having a longer choice timer, or perhaps you can enable a "skip gameplay" prompt which will let a prompt appear before events that need quick reflexes (also known as QTE's).
The game is heavily influenced upon the different types of colors that you'll be able to see. However, there are cases where some players are color blind and they may have problems distinguishing certain colors. Thankfully, you can go to the accessibility settings and change the color filters. You have the choice for the following:
There may be instances where you need to find collectible items or clues such as text messages and emails. However, you might be able to skip them and finish a chapter which will make you think if you need to restart the game. Thankfully, you don't have to because you are able to go back to specific scenes in chapters from the game's main menu.
When looking at the scene selection, you will see a tiny icon that will show how much collectibles you might have missed. Upon choosing the scene, you can replay it so you can try to collect the missing pieces. Take note that replaying scenes won't affect the decisions you have made the first time.
You might be tempted to play through the game's story as quickly as you can, but if you have the time, why not check out around Haven Springs? Aside from getting to know the different locations in town, try to talk to the people there in order to learn more about the game's lore.
Not only will you learn about the story of the residents, you can find different small events that can provide you with rewards. Check around the map and go to different areas if you have the time, you don't know what you'll be able to find.
There will be instances where you'll be able to collect memories in the game. This can be looked into by opening up your inventory, and there will be a tab dedicated to the memories you have. You might be able to see notes or pictures, and you might only read them upon first glance.
However, using your control stick or your d-pad, you can look around your memories and check some details further by inspecting them. This can provide you with more clues or details that you will need in order to progress in your game.
There is an instance in Chapter 2 where you need to talk to Riley about Mac, and then you'll go meet Mac on the bridge. You will get a prompt after that you need to talk to Riley about Mac again but you might not be able to find this option. In order for this to appear, you need to use "Power Vision" on Riley so they can talk again. You can check the game's control settings to see which button Power Vision is assigned to.
There will be an instance where you'll check a file browser at the end of chapter 3 so you can read more information. Here you'll find the following files: CouncilDossiers, RheaSchematic, Loudon_DioneReport, Jacobs_RheaReport, and checkgg_loudonm.
Make sure that you check all of the files first and make the RheaSchematic file that last one. If you choose the RheaSchematic file, a cutscene will occur and you won't be able to see the other files. So keep this in mind since you might need more information.
When playing through Chapter 5, you will go to Dr. Lynn's office which will involve solving a puzzle. There are other things you can interact here with such as their computer as well as a tape recorder in their chair. This can provide you with more information about the story as well so make sure to take a look.
If you do the puzzle and complete it, you will move on to the next scene and you won't be able to check what you missed unless you replay that scene from the game's main menu. So keep this in mind when playing for the first time.
There will be instances in the game where some residents will ask you to role play with them in a fantasy setting. This will provide you with some choices in battle. When fighting the boss, you can use Burning Blade to damage your enemy with fire on their turn, Scroll of Advantage in order to get an additional turn, Scroll of Healing to recover, and Scroll of Nimbleness to become quick.
There will be a contest that will ask you to guess how many Jellybeans are in a Jar during the Spring Festival. If you want to win as soon as possible and avoid guessing at random, you can choose the following in order: 800 > Read Jelly Bean Lady's Mind > 700 > Read Jelly Bean Lady's Mind > 732.