Alyssa EditionPrevious Thread: >>538069737>Life is Strange(LiS) - An episodic narrative adventure game by developer Don’t Nod (DN). Set in the fictional coastal town of Arcadia Bay, Oregon, it follows Max Caulfield, a shy, awkward photography student who discovers she can rewind time and—perhaps more urgently—that she’s very, very gay. At the heart of the story is Max’s reunion with her estranged best friend, the rebellious, blue-haired Chloe Price. Their bond becomes the game’s pulsing queer core as they unravel the mystery of Rachel Amber’s disappearance. What begins as a teenage reconnection blooms into a messy, tender queer odyssey about grief, desire, and the impossible choices we make for the people we can't truly live without.LiS Series Steam Page https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36149206>Lost Records: Bloom & Rage(LR: B&R) – A spiritual successor to the original Life is Strange, made by Don’t Nod (DN). Set in Velvet Cove during the summer of 1995, it follows Swann Holloway and her chaotic, brilliant queer friends, Nora, Autumn, and Kat, as they form a band, fall recklessly in love, and try to carve out a space for themselves in a world that keeps trying to erase them. But something terrible cuts their youth short, and 27 years later, they return to face what was buried. It’s a hazy, haunted, heartbreakingly queer story about girlhood, memory, music, and the kind of love that doesn’t fade, even when everything else does.Steam Page : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1902960Discussion of the Lis Extended Universe, recently announced TV adaption, and other similar games is welcome!Reminder: Do not respond to tourists from /v/
When did people stop posting the stock thread opening replies like the ">before episode 5" copypasta?
>>539349952Pretty sure no one mentioned it directly. I'd ask the anon who tracked down two people from those focus groups, but they already said they're not exactly eager to share
>>539414950Just checked the archive and the tradition essentially died, with a few sporadic revivals, in the first half of 2022
let the whining about OP begin
>>539412975mmmm delicious slampig
>>539415067Ladydev spilled the beans already, at this point is better to rip off the bandaid and see how much of the plague has spread, than to keep living in denial
>Never believe that the anti Chloe trolls are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge.>But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Chloe have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors.>They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.
>Be Deck Nine>Get a contract with Square Enix to make LiS games>Make Before the Storm, a prequel centered around the popular character of Chloe Price and her relationship with Rachel Amber as told by the first game>It respect Chloe's character, with even a bonus DLC episode with her and Max as kids>Successful enough to grant them other works and grow as a company>Make Double Exposure, a sequel long requested by Square to cash on Max's nostalgia>Shat on Chloe's character development and her bond with Max, trying to replace her with D9's shallow OCs>It bombs so badly it starts a domino effect leading to D9's downfall as a gaming company>still contractually obligated to push out a DE2 despite crunch, lack of manpower, constant layoffs and the looming shutdown of the company
This is Dmitri M. Johnson, producer at Story Kitchen, previously dj2 Entertainment and Charlie Covell, showrunner, writer and producer on the Life is Strange live action. Can they save the franchise from Squeenix lack of touch with reality and insecure micro managing?
>>539415067Based. Shitflingers don't deserve any new info
>>539420056doomed from the start
>>539420257Yeah, it will be a goldmine for seething
>>539420406honestly can't wait for the general, and the site in general, to be flooded by new blood because of it. e.g. people seething because it goes against their headcanon, seething because it's good/bad and the seethe people playing the s1 for the first time will generate because they're playing it their way and not the "right" way. going to be a hell of a sight to see
People who are obsessed with other people "seething" are not exactly the most mentally sound individuals
>>539421248Your passive aggressive seething is always a joy to see. Can't wait for when the show comes out.
>>539422276This
>>539421043And that's exactly what makes me smile the most. After 10 years of this behavior, the reckoning was bound to come. What we're seeing now and what's coming once the show drops and Pandora's box gets ripped open - is the only natural outcome of a decade of nonstop seethe
Desperate loser behaviour, you guys cried last thread because LIS fans rightfully made fun of a chud getting shot dead, and you clearly do not give a shit about this franchise going down the drain due to incompetence and greed.
>>539421043>>539422773the show's gonna unleash a tidal wave of newfags, and it's gonna be glorious!
>>539425091If it doesn't end up flopping. DE should have done the same by now yet there's not much of a new audience that came out of it in the same manner as TC
>>539427143You really shouldn't be comparing a TV show to a super niche game that dropped at the worst possible time. The show's aimed at a totally different and much bigger crowd — most of them don't even play games.But total flop's always on the table, like with any other product
>>539428384Sure thing, but the LiS live action is already based on a niche property that in the context of TV shows has been outlived by other stuff like 13 Reasons Why, Euphoria, ect... so if you want to appeal to that crowd, it will have to be quite special or it will be forgotten quickly.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1mwkn8z/former_deck_nine_games_dev_alleges_that_double/how does SE deal with this? DE2 has not even been announced and there's tons of negative aura already
>>539428952go back to plebbit, mazzu, where all clowns hang out
>>539428585If the bar is really that low then it shouldn't flop at all
>>539428585Fair, but it's not even clear what direction they're taking with the show or who they're even trying to appeal to. Might not be chasing the Euphoria/13RW crowd at all — could end up closer to Fallout or TLOU
>>539430417Fallout and TloU were completely different things from LiS, and as a show with young adults it will attract that kind of crowd
>>539429213why this obsession in pretending 4chan is just not the same shithole as Reddit?
>>539420056Like the LiS show, it apparently took the Dmitri dude 10 years and many iterations to get the Sonic movies made. Based on the early controversies (the horrible Ugly Sonic design) people assumed the movies would be absolute dreadful shit.But he somehow pulled them out of the fire with the latest movie somehow being enjoyed by critics and loved by that fan-base. That ended up surprising people.Can he pull off that sort of surprise again with LiS? Still to be determined.
>>539441175If Dmitri is a smart guy, he will compromise in way to keep SE out of their most retarded impulses. Otherwise, the show will be ass
>>539442316Based on interviews, he does seem willing to call out bad producers who don't understand games. Which gives hope that he'd call out Square's lack of creative instinct. Interview over here to get into his mindset: https://youtu.be/_Elo2YQ9EGs?si=95M1ItBGlE5HBc-n
>>539443969Does he makes the distinction between Hollywood types, and big videogame publishers execs? In another interview he said he does not want to be videogame holders too much in control because it might end up like the AssCreed movie with FassbenderBut it's a somehow positive sign that he might be the right person to push back or at least compromise for the better with Squeenix as opposed to D9 bending the knee
>>539443969>>539444460>the narrative lead is big into Pricefield and would not pull that
>>539441175I'm sure those reviews weren't paid for and botted
>>539445121I care less about the critic reviews and more about the audience. And the Sonic fan-base genuinely seemed to love those movies after their early skepticism. A surprising amount of positivity on Plebbit, X and other socials within those circles.
>>539445010We cant know for sure if its a repeat of that once Dmitri or Covell actually talk about what their plan is and how they are going to adapt the first game
>>539446857These people are always disingenuous to farm karma/likes. The actual autists in the sonic fanbase should be the ones you're using as a baseline. The show will definitely suffer since it needs to appeal to a large general audience consisting of these disingenuous folk.
>>539414950Before Episode 5's release:>Lol Mari's theories're shitty.It's way more than shitty to become true>Chloe has to die thing doesn't make sense.Don't worry they will come with unpredictable story>We're gonna learn everything about Max's powers,Rachel and Prescotts even Nathan,spirit animals..>Jefferson knows about Max's powers>Nathan,Frank,David or Samuel's gonna save us>Victoria's with Max,she'll save her>(After seeing Cemetery scene from leaks) I'm sure it'll be Williams,Rachel's or Kate's grave.>Rachel's the doe and Butterfly and probably we'll see her in Max's dream>Blue Jay's ChloeAfter Episode 5's release:>Mari's shitty cliche theory became right>We visited the SF art gallery for 3 seconds. FOR 3 DAMN SECONDS>Jefferson became a silly bad guy from Disney>David came to save us.He's a former-soldier but he can't even fight,just listens teenager's orders. Even he doesn't know she has some time travel powers.>Victoria's with us in the dark room.Laying there and we can talk her or not.Just it.>Nathan get killed,Victoria too>Nathan knew something about the storm but they cut it.>Warren explained Max's powers(!)(thanks warryn) We found out her power causes/related with Chaos Theory and storm.It's not like we didn't know or something.>Storm is only coming for Bay because Chloe lives in there but Max's the one who keep changes the time>Prescotts story erased.Nobody even mention their name.>Rachel's story fucked too.She isn't or butterfly,bluejay just spiritualdoe>Spirit animals thing died.Blue Butterfly's storm summoner just it.>Chloe dies again in one of endings (unpredictable) It gives you a lesson: You shouldn't have used your power.And you shouldn't play this game.Now erase your choices and cry like a bitch.>The other ending's short but it's less cliché than other.We saved Chloe,storm's hit the town and gone.That's it>So, once again we got the fact that our ending always will be BAE>Bay
>>539415067So, the deranged shippers managed to chase off the one anon who actually dug up useful stuff and dropped legit proofs on the regular. Not even surprised, honestly
>>539448775O B S E S S E DBSESSED
>>539447725Sonic autists. Often pleasant like this sperg: https://youtu.be/Cf9b8e3tl2E?si=5NSfATynHDKUz-VSLiS autists. Annoying hipsters. Impossible to please.
>>539445121>>539447725>those critics reviews are FAKE and BOTTED>Let's look at what the audience says>they are KARMA FARMING and DISINGENUOUS Jesus fuck, this is brain damage level of contrarian logic. I get not having faith in the show but to reach like this is a whole brand of delulu
>>539449521The irony is palpable
>>539447725Thing about autists is they're so hyper-fixated that they never STFU. I dun give a fuck about Sonic but spectrum-soaked retards on my timeline kept blathering about how they loved the fucking movie. To the point of annoyance. If the autists hated it they'd never shut up about that shit either.
>>539451651>If the autists hated it they'd never shut up about that shit either.kek describes the general and subreddit to a T with DE
>>539448775they gave a different reason, i think. but of course some genius here kept shoving his ship agenda in their face>>539449436>Annoying hipsters. Impossible to please.thisyou can bet your house on the whining kicking off
>>539452412Well, if they show proofs, people are rightfully going to ask for more as much as they can
>>539412975>>539419518>>539424225>>539443445Come on anons... Why haven't you helped him out already?
>>539455843I would, but I don't have tecnical knowledge to do so
>>539419780Worst thing about that story is that it's one hundred percent true. If Chloe was more at the center the game would have sold more
>>539453587if you're asking someone for something, maybe don't shove your bias in their face - you'll have a better shot at getting a reply
How was the second game featuring Max and co? Not the one with the boys or the prequen.
>>539459921A 5/10 at best. Good 2 first chapters then its potential is squandered, crashes then burns. Applies to everything from the setting, characters and story. Max is fine however.
>>539459921second best lis game after 1comfy setting, good music, hag max
>>539459921It's a awful cashgrab that shit on the first game. Avoid at all cost, or at least consider going for the Fitgirl Repack crack if you consider playing it.>>539461096Fair, but the first two chapters holds up because you don't know how bad the rest is going to be. Once you replay them, it gets quite obvious how poorly made the game is.>>539461925Low IQ review
>>539455843i lack the technology
>>539412975Reminder that LR is not a franchise game and is therefore off topic discussion. DE and LiS2 are franchise games despite baker trying to erase their existence because of seethe.
>>539466458Shit on it how?
>>539483018It recycles all the main themes of LiS1 but in a worse manner, worse mistery, less endearing characters, and does so in the service of an half assed soft reboot attempt. It then literally mocks the final choice of LiS1 with Max jumping into the storm and saying that it was stupid to do so in the first place
Average life is strange twitter interaction
>>539452412>but of course some genius here kept shoving his ship agenda in their faceYou gotta understand, these morons genuinely think they live in a world where everyone's a Pricefielder and there's like, two people who aren't
>>539514257You seems obsessed anon. Also, it is wrong to want to know what the fuck are they going to for the next game, now since an ex developer already spilled out a part of it?
Another animation head at D9 bites the dust, and puts January 2026 as their last month
>Deck Nine is laying off every department one at a time after they finish their last work>Animation —> Design —> QA —> Engineering, one at a time, until the game is out
