Life is Strange 2 finds new ways to diversify after ditching female leads
https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/23/17769916/life-is-strange-2-characters-cast-sean-daniel
With 2015’s Life is Strange, Square Enix and Dontnod Entertainment introduced a normalized depiction of young, bisexual women to a mainstream audience. The episodic series was more than the story of teen girls exploring their budding sexuality, at least in its first season; Life is Strange became emblematic of the turning tide toward giving unconventional gaming heroes the floor.
Life is Strange 2 is continuing that trend, even if it seems disappointing on first glance. Gone are the bisexual female leads; we have yet to see a high school setting that comes with a cast of recurring characters, each one as blunt as any real-life teen. But what we have instead, based on who we’ve seen thus far, are characters who embody diversity of a different kind: racial diversity.