Life Is Strange: True Colors is a graphic adventure video game developed by Deck Nine and published by Square Enix's European subsidiary.
It was released in its entirety on 10 September 2021 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia, and will be released at a later date for Nintendo Switch.
It is the fifth installment in the Life Is Strange series, and the third mainline game, succeeding Life Is Strange 2.
The plot focuses on Alex Chen, a young woman who can experience the emotions of others, as she tries to solve the mystery behind her brother's death.
Life Is Strange: True Colors is a graphic adventure played from a third-person view.
The player controls the protagonist, Alex Chen, to explore various locations in the fictional setting of Haven Springs and communicate with non-playable characters through the conversation system based on dialogue trees.
Alex has psychic empathy power that allows her to read and manipulate the emotions, which she perceives as colorful auras, to physically see how others feel around her at the cost of being "infected" by their emotions.
Some of the non-player characters will have more intense auras indicating trauma or hardship they may be going through.
When Alex interacts with them, this creates a "nova" that appears to transform the world around Alex and the character to reflect elements of this trauma, giving the opportunity for the player to figure out what exactly is wrong and to opt to guide Alex in helping to comfort the character.
