The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit

The Good
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is a short, free teaser for Life Is Strange 2. This being a narrative game, of course the biggest make or break point are the featured characters. Personally I thought the characters have interesting premises, mostly because alcohol abuse (not a spoiler; this is revealed during the first ten minutes) isn't a topic often explored in video games.

The biggest joy, like in most games of this kind, is peeking through the characters' personal files in order to learn their background stories. Thanks to the well written documents, this reaches the high mark set by Life Is Strange. Another interesting angle is the protagonist Chris' active imagination which influences how some things in the game are portrayed. For example, one quest has him starting up the water boiler in the cellar, but it is shown as a mean monster instead.

The Bad
The house has way too many hotspots which are only present for fluff and don't give any interesting insights on the characters. This means the initial exploration of the house is a bit tedious and the relevant items become harder to spot.

The Bottom Line
The game managed to do exactly what it set out to do: Now I'm interested in Life Is Strange 2. At the time of this writing it still sits unplayed in my Steam library, but I am confident this will change soon.