The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit

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The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
Single-player

The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is a demo

Square Enix External Studios worked with Dontnod for the development. The game received generally favourable reviews, praising the narrative, main character, and script, but criticising the game mechanics
and aspects of the writing.

Gameplay and setting

The player assumes the role of a young boy named Chris Eriksen.[1][2][3][4] It takes place in Beaver Creek, Oregon, where Chris lives with his father, Charles, who is struggling with the death of Chris's mother.[2][5] One Saturday morning, Chris creates the superhero alter ego Captain Spirit and projects his imagination onto reality.[4] He imagines his various chores as supervillains to be defeated. After an argument with his father, Chris falls from his treehouse, but mysteriously levitates instead of hitting the ground, and spots two boys watching from afar (who appear in Life Is Strange 2).

His costume is customisable, while the environment can be interacted with and contains quests like treasure hunting and exploring an imagined planet.[2] Dialogue trees are used to respond to non-player characters.[5] The choices that the player makes in The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit affect some parts of Life Is Strange 2, in which Chris also makes an appearance.[6][7]

Development and release

According to developer

Death with Dignity" is used to represent the theme of loss.[2] The game was revealed at Microsoft's E3 presentation on 10 June 2018 for released on 26 June,[1][3][14] but was found to release on 25 June.[15] A version localized and dubbed in Japanese was released on 6 February 2020.[16]

Reception

The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit received generally favourable reviews, according to

Game Revolution, enjoyed playing as Captain Spirit, noting that the character's function to contrast the mundane "livens up interactions".[22] James O'Connor at GameSpot thought that Chris succeeded "as a sympathetic figure", while also praising the cutscenes for being visually inventive. He saw the script as "tight" and called the storytelling "smart".[23] GamesRadar+'s Andy Hartup commended that it is free-to-play, agreed with O'Connor about the script's succinctness, and said it contained charm and "genuine human drama".[24] Writing for IGN, Louisa Blatt found the father-son dynamic to be emotionally satisfying, never once growing bored with the story. She also declared the setting "the most beautiful scenery I’ve ever seen in a Life is Strange game".[25] Adam Cook of VideoGamer.com wrote in his verdict, "As a teaser for Life is Strange 2, Captain Spirit does its job", citing its length as what it did well.[26]

Conversely, Makedonski disliked that it ended on a "gratuitous" cliffhanger.[20] Juba thought the weakest segments were the ones using traditional adventure game mechanics.[21] Leri disparaged the writing for its "extreme" tonal shifts and "mediocre" dialogue.[22] O'Connor criticised the characters for being clichéd.[23] Hartup accused the game of being too short.[24] Blatt was usually annoyed with the primary mechanic and wrote that the quests fell short of challenging her.[25] Cook questioned the subtlety of the writing.[26]

Awards

The game was nominated for "Game, Franchise Adventure" at the NAVGTR Awards,[27] and for the "Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award" at the SXSW Gaming Awards.[28]

References

  1. ^ a b c Farokhmanesh, Megan (10 June 2018). "New Life is Strange game, The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, coming June 26th". The Verge. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e Wilson, Aoife (10 June 2018). "25 minutes with Life is Strange 2's brilliantly unexpected free prequel". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b Kuchera, Ben (10 June 2018). "The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is a '100 percent free' game in the Life is Strange universe". Polygon. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b Dontnod Entertainment (25 June 2018). The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit (PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One). Square Enix.
  5. ^ a b c Futter, Michael (13 June 2018). "'The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit' Sets Stage for 'Life is Strange 2'". Variety. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018.
  6. ^ Jackson, Gita (24 January 2019). "Life Is Strange 2 Is More Moving If You've Played Captain Spirit". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  7. ^ a b Stevens, Colin (11 June 2018). "Choices Made in Captain Spirit Will Affect Life Is Strange 2". IGN. Archived from the original on 11 June 2018.
  8. ^ Warr, Philippa (28 June 2018). "The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is a hit and miss teaser for Life is Strange 2". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018.
  9. ^ "The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit". PlayStation. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018.
  10. ^ a b "The Awesome Adventures Of Captain Spirit preview and interview – Life is Strange too". Metro. 19 June 2018. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018.
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    Gamasutra. Archived
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  12. ^ Vincent, Brittany (14 June 2018). "E3 2018: Dontnod Entertainment's Michel Koch Talks The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit". Shacknews. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018.
  13. ^ Frank, Allegra (19 June 2018). "Life Is Strange spinoff draws inspiration from a classic anime". Polygon. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018.
  14. ^ Summers, Nick (10 June 2018). "'Life is Strange' returns with 'The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit'". Engadget. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018.
  15. Kotaku UK. Archived
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  16. 4gamer.net (in Japanese). Archived
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  17. ^ a b "The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit Critic Reviews for PC". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  18. ^ a b "The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit Critic Reviews for PlayStation 4". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  19. ^ a b "The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit Critic Reviews for Xbox One". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  20. ^ a b c Makedonski, Brett (25 June 2018). "Review: The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit". Destructoid. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018.
  21. ^ a b c Juba, Joe (25 June 2018). "The Awesome Adventures Of Captain Spirit". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018.
  22. ^
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  23. ^ a b c O'Connor, James (25 June 2018). "Life keeps getting stranger". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018.
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  25. ^ a b c Blatt, Louisa (26 June 2018). "The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit Review". IGN. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018.
  26. ^ a b c Cook, Adam (25 June 2018). "The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit review". VideoGamer.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018.
  27. ^ "Nominee List for 2018". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019.
  28. ^ Trent, Logan (11 February 2019). "Here Are Your 2019 SXSW Gaming Awards Finalists!". South by Southwest. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019.
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