I've completed my first route of a thorough DE deep-dive and I can confidently say, the game changed me and my initial perspective of it. It took me nearly 3 weeks (breaking down a lot of the hidden meanings and still in progress for Chapter 5) and close to 90-hours for just one route played. I still have one more route to call it a complete deep-dive.
What I can say for now is (planning to share my full analysis maybe next month), the writers and the team who made Double Exposure, including Square Enix; they've brought the spirit of a 20-year old masterpiece into Double Exposure and each of the chapters has it. Ironically, that masterpiece, endured the same criticism before it was finally recognized as a masterpiece 20-years later. I could see where they are taking DE for its planned sequel and where they are taking Max and how they plan to "pass the torch" to Safi and Diamond to continue the Life Is Strange universe.
Max Caulfield, you truly are an "Arbiter of the universe".