This might be the worst case of character assassination I've ever seen. I didn't want to believe it, so I had to see for myself, but the criticism was all valid: They nuked Chloe's character from orbit, ignored all character development that happened in the previous games (for both Chloe and Max) and just made her act like a childish a**hole to get rid of her for this game.
And then comes the cherry on top: Seconds after we get to learn what happened between them, we're forced to flirt up a new girl, even though we get a fake choice that we "don't like her". It's basically saying "Hey forget about that blue haired b**ch, here's some new chick we like better".

The dialogue is also horribly cringe and cliché and not the cute and well done kind of Max cringe we've seen in the past, just actual cringy line after line. I've counted 6 ♥♥♥♥♥ remarks and choices in the first 30 minutes alone. How is that Max?

I really can't can't put into words how damn disappointed I am. Why did they get to make this if they supposedly hate 50% of the most important people in this universe? Oh right, the publisher also hates her.

I hope you're happy that you successfully ruined something that so many people cherished so deeply for so many years. Life is Strange was something special and you took it behind the shed and shot it.
I hope this is the last thing you'll ever get to make. Sorry to all the people inside Deck9 that tried to steer the ship away from this cliff, you don't deserve this, but sadly, it doesn't change anything now. Just like the past games didn't for this game.

respect both ending or not, this whole pay 40 more bucks to play early tomfoolery is some ubisoft and EA sht, why can't yall just release the complete game in one go like a normal person?

Not very good, feels like a game nobody working on it really wanted to make. It did prompt me to replay the original, and it's a very unforgiving comparison. The art style is gone, the charm is gone, the whole Twin Peaks/True Detective vibe is gone. Feels like a game written by redditors, which in turn means you can immediately discount two of the alleged suspects because you know right off the bat they won't be portrayed in any sort of negative light. You could see the twist coming from a mile away, even if they hadn't more or less given it away in a trailer. They brought back Max so they could trade on the hype of a real continuation, but they don't seem to have any interest in that. The "bae" ending is getting all the negative press, but even the "bay" ending is just a pair of text messages. Everything is handled so poorly, one could easily believe the game was intended to have a different protagonist and Max was shoved in at the 11th hour.

The original was lightning in a bottle, nobody at Square seems to understand why it was good, and after this many terrible attempts it's probably time to pack it in and let the name rest.