Unlike past titles in the Life is Strange series, Double Exposure is a direct sequel to the original game. In order to respect both of the first game's endings, players are given the option to choose an ending organically rather than making one of the two endings canon. Game director Jon Stauder elaborated on this, stating:


Life is Strange: Reunion would address the differences in the first game's endings by revealing that as a result of Max merging the two timelines in order to save Safi at the end of Double Exposure, she accidentally merged the two timelines created by the original game's endings, resulting in both Chloe and Arcadia Bay coexisting in the current timeline.