10 Video Games That Didn't Go FAR ENOUGH

10. Life Is Strange

For all its shortcomings, Life is Strange is a superb example of character development done right, and overcomes its issues to be one of the best games of 2015.

Max Caulfield is a great protagonist, and players are granted the opportunity to see the fictional town of Arcadia Bay, Oregon through her eyes. The story that unfolds is one of friendship, deception, and mystery, but one of the most well-known inclusions was Max's sudden ability to rewind time which gets her into, and out of plenty of sticky situations throughout.

An unexpected ability is the one through-line for all Life is Strange main characters, and though Max uses hers regularly, it never feels like anything other than a lazy plot device.

Alex Chen being an empath in Life is Strange: True Colors is baked into the fabric of the story, as her ability to experience others' emotions allows us to better understand the world around her. It's essential to the journey, but Max being able to rewind time is just a means to unravel what has already occurred.

Max constantly keeps it hidden, and the solution would surely be to reveal it to more side characters, as it would then feel more of a substantial narrative thread.