Meant to be Cuddled editionPrevious thread: >>545669171>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:https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36149206Discussion of the other LiS games in the series like Life is Strange 2, True Colors, Don't Nod's Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, the upcoming TV show and other similar games is welcome!
>>547144919HAG MAX SEXO
>>547145116Amanda, stop
>>547144919Do your part for Lost Records at the Game for Impact category at the VGAs>https://thegameawards.com/nominees/games-for-impact
>>547145230Its Chloe, not Amanduh
>>547145512No
>>547145813Still seething I see
>>547145230
>>547146259Flopped character, sex pest Vinh literally had more fans than her kek
>>547146505You seethe
>>547146809Just telling the truth
>I played the game in London. This NDA is pretty strict. But I can say that if the game is cancelled. I wouldn’t be surprised. >And not really sure why they thought this direction would be successful. >Some of the stuff posted before was right. Peace out.This is very vague but at least we don't have to worry about the London ninjas so you can spill stuff
>>547147490>Some of the stuff posted before was rightBased
Syd Matters is returning btw
Is the bright blue one life is strange boys
>>547148216looks like it's a one word name
>>547148216no, stop being retarded
>>547148394None of those titles seems to be for a Life is Strange game. And back before DE was being announced, they put out some sort of mini posts on their main social accounts in order of game relases to get people attention before, haven't seen SE or D9 do this in months
>>547147490Gonna need more info. Was it actually that bad?
>>547150256If the other anon wants to say more or give credence we are all ears
>>547150581Haven't they already told you to fuck off, shipper?
>>547150976Touch grass, shut the fuck up and let us adults have some insight on how bad DE2 is going to be
>>547151197Cry more, clown, your tears are delicious
>>547144919I want to kiss hag Max
>>547147490>Some of the stuff posted before was rightWhat else got posted besides this?
>>547152836This was very obviously bullshit tho
>>547152836
>>547153539Also bullshit
None of these matter, it's canned.
>>547145813what is WRONG with pricefielders?
>>547156097mentally and emotionally stunted people
>>547144563Reminder that LR is not a Life is Strange game, and talking about it is off topic discussion.
>>547157403Also the main demographic that would've bought the game. If there was any business sense, they'd have just put up with all the fuckery and made a profit
>>547163136Big sad if that's actually the game's main demographic.But seriously, I haven't seen a single halfway legit count showing these people are enough to move sales numbers in any meaningful way. Meanwhile, the ability of mainstream gamers to shift those numbers is obvious
>>547166389For any other game, sure. But this is life is strange, a game that (used to) have a clear target audience. And DE is the first game to divert from that to target that "mainstream gamers" and failed wonderfully.As for legit counts, it'd be impossible to have. But past game sales can give an indication.
>>547148216Doubt it. SE isn't one of their partners iirc.
>>547168913>DE is the first game to divert from that to target that "mainstream gamers" and failed wonderfullyNot the first, and it didn’t fail because of that either>past game sales can give an indicationExcept the previous game also sold like half of the one before it. What’s that supposed to indicate?
>>547166389They're just a handful and the loudest giving someone a false impression of the fanbase. Square Enix realized that and tried their best to get a newer audience, and it worked with True Colors. But by the time Double Exposure came out, the genre was all but dead and that certainly didn't help matters.
>>547171262>it worked with True ColorsWorked so well that it sold worse than LIS2.
>>547171624only confirms what those two anons >>547170936 >>547171262 are saying - the genre was dying
So we'll never get another game because not enough bay players bought DE? Thank you, bay, for your service.
>>547176372not enough of both - bay and bae. the final result was 50/50, and it still stands according to de's stats
pricefielders dont deserve shit the only play is to seek a new audience, not pander to priceshitters.
>>547166389If they were shooting for the mainstream audience while also nostalgia baiting the rest of us, the protagonist should have been a white dude with Max and Chloe as major side characters. Canonize bae ending, save the new people from making a decision about a game they never played. Most bayers still liked Chloe, you're probably capturing the vast majority of the original audience.New white guy can romance Safi, and he ain't a fag, so no Vinh. Also, you shoot the tornado, like everyone though Max was going to do.
>>547184287And look how well that went
>>547162996Nope
>>547190564Not well for pricefags that's for sure
>>547193467Hopefully it was worth killing the franchise and shutting down the whole european part of Square, but at least bay's happy
It's dumb to think DE2 will be at the GameAwards. It's expensive to promote a game there, and why would SQ spend that kinda money on a game that's already a failure.
>>547197534This. And none of the titles shown at this Xbox event indicate a new Life is Strange game
Sam Bradley interview is uphttps://youtu.be/4BbhlqtLxzU
>>547153378>>547153995So you're obviously gonna tell us what the tester meant by "some of the stuff posted before was right," considering these two things - aside from a few bits - are basically everything that got posted
YOU AND I ARE GONNA LIVE FOREVER.
>>547210064I'm not the tester guy, you'd have to ask them if they are saying the truth or just bullshitting around, as seemingly many anons who act like pic related won't dare to spill
>>547210498
>>547212324>won't dare to spillBecause you're a moron, and instead of playing it smart you managed to piss off the only two anons here who were actually digging up anything, and they both told you to fuck off.As for that tester, they already said they're under NDA, and until it's clear the game is 100% canned, they're not gonna spill anything
>>547215538thhis is 4chan if you don't have thick skin you don't play leaker
>>547215670>thhis is 4chanThen why the hell are you whining all the time that nobody shares shit with you?
>>547217241not the same anon retard
>>547217653But the whining's the same
>>547218042What did you expect? If some anon claims to have info, post stuff and then disappears folks here are going to ask for more, this isn't a random discord close community where everyone knows each otherIf you know something, you say that rather than jerking around it
>>547147490>>547153539I swear if the game is cancelled I will share all I know. I really hope it's cancelled. They went in the completely wrong direction.
>>547219332So I take it out of the two "leak" posts only one got tagged, not by accident
>>547219332Did you went to the London or LA event?
>>547219332>They went in the completely wrong directionno pissfield confirmed
>>547219332If it’s cancelled, I wouldn’t expect them to say anything anyway, Square and D9 never officially announced the sequel. Several devs LinkedIn profiles still show an ‘unannounced project’ so I guess it hasn’t been scrubbed from public view. Any chance you can drop even vague hints or details without breaking NDA? How much of the game was actually shown?
>>547221497Unannounced project doesn't necessarily mean LiS as D9 has other in-house projects.
>>547222179Ladydev said that D9 has no other projects behind them atm and they are laying off all the devs one by one once they complete their job
>>547146259Why does she have "Z" on her palm
>>547222308Staff can be hired when needed. D9 can still live with a skeleton crew for some time.
>>547223187They laid off a lot of their mocap animation team, with their current mocap director searching for jobs in the Seattle area and more to leave between December and January. It's not a simple laying off of expendable staff members, but key components
>>547222662zog obviously
>>547222662Some kinda internal lesbian signal to tip off Max there's a sex predator around
xbox showcase in 5 mins btwnothing will be shown
>>547244845Not singe interesting game was shown
>>547244845Wasn’t expecting anything. So what, we taking bets on TGA now?
>>547248238Nothings going to be shown at the VGA either
Nothing ever happens
>>547249565I mean, if you were still waiting for something LiS related after XBox post yesterday, it's a you thing.
>>547249565Thats on you believing cada when she was wrong every single time
>>547250568If no new LIS games were announced at this event, then they are not going to appear at the Game Awards, expecially since SE Japan would only spend that amount of money for a trailer there on their Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts stuff
>>547252773The series is dead and we can all go home now
>>547253693Guess we'll have to see how they are going to handle DE2 but it doesn't seem good. All main LIS London staff has been or will be fired, meaning no or barely any marketing. by this point a DE2 would have needed to be announced otherwise there's just not going to be any interest foward
>>547252773Yes, and?They just had playtests, that game is between 9 months to one year from release, if not already cancelled.
>>547254474The point is we don't know what the status is. SE announced the big layoffs in the same last day they were holding playtests in LA, which to me seems they planned to axe down SE London regardless of what result they would have obtained there
>>547249565Last time it happened we got Double Exposure.
>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.
>>547260075
I just want a straight answer on whether it’s cancelled.
>>547265567SE board meeting will cover how to answer you
>>547266696I can't speak nor understand japanese
>>547265567They're not going to announce that they've canceled an unannounced game.Best you'll get is D9 announcing that they're closing.
Why would they cancel the game? It's their last remaining western IP
>>547276314They have the TV show coming, and they won't have to pay extra dimes since they already sold the rights and Amazon finance everything. Its a lot more safer investments to a LiS1 adaptation than the sequel to a game that was a disastrous flop
>>547277761>the TV showgoddamn is that going to suck
>>547280060unironically, thisi have zero hopes for the show
>>547287679I can't help but have a tiny bit of cautious optimism after watching the first two episodes of 'The End of the Fucking World'. The characters are pretty messed up yet are oddly charismatic. Has a bunch of indie music that feels like it could easily fit on the LiS soundtrack. Strikes an odd balance between being funny in one moment then pretty damn disturbing in others.Of course maybe later episodes of the show will get worse. And maybe the LiS show itself will fuck it all up. But figured I'd watch Covell's prior content. And I can see merit in it so far.
>>547290725Yeah, I watched it when it first came out and thought it was a pretty solid show. It's why I have any optimism at all.The biggest obstacle for existing fans is we all have very specific ideas of how the story should go based on our own choices, not even just bae vs bay, but a dozen others. I wouldn't be surprised if it's better received by people who never played LIS than the fans of the game.
>>547292226>it's better received by people who never played LIS than the fans of the gameHonestly, for the show itself that would be even better
>>547252312>cadawhat is she saying now? if you're still on that server
>>547316048NTA but she believed in lis stuff being revealed at the xbox show, even if she has been wrong with her prediction all the time
>>547219332How many protagonists/playable chars were supposed to be there, and how many romance options?
>>547324946According to green text anon> Amanda> Safi> A replacement for Vinh> Chloe
>>547327124that was very fake desu expecially when they said the vinh replacement was worse than him
>>547329568>expeciallyJesus
>>547327124what Time Shackle leak had to say about it?
>>547292226I remember reading an interview with the Dmitri dude saying they didn't want to make 1:1 adaptation of the games, and it make sense if their first adaptation is a story thats a choose your own ending thing. If they are smart, I'd guess they'll have the starting point be like the games with Max and Chloe trying to find what happened to Rachel, but the overall story and ending will be fairly different from the game, maybe even with a ending that's unique to the show
>>547336991what is time shackle?
>>547337297A messy leak that never dropped as one neat doc like some past SE leaks or even wrapped up in a single "master post." Instead it was just 4 bullet points that got reposted piecemeal across Discords, /lisg/, and a couple Reddit threads. Over time fans stitched them together and started calling it "the Time Shackle leak".According to one anon, 2 out of those 4 points already came true, so he figured the rest must be legit too. Except when asked to list all 4 he got them wrong, and one of the points he claimed was already confirmed can't really be counted - we don't even have a confirmed release date, let alone any official word that a release is even happening
>>547343450but what are those four points? is this supposed to be >>547153539 or is a whole different thing?
>>547343958A whole different thing. That one was just broad stuff, so the anon's right pointing out this post is oddly specific
>>547353158anyone even saved the four bulletin points to read aside from the implication they might not be valid anymore?
>see multiple people do let's plays of LiS1>almost none of them talk to Kate in any of the opening sceneswhat the fuck is wrong with people
>>547357146If "chat" doesn't say anything they don't do it. Which is unfortunately how people play games nowadays. If you're talking about let's plays from years ago, most people then, and now, just want to go from A to B as fast as possible.
>>547357146Wondered how Dispatch got so popular and successful? They removed all the exploration and player agency in the environment around them; notice how most of the choices are based around cutscenes that plays out like Invincible the show, and the "true" gameplay is a management and hacking thing thats not far different from many niche manager sims. For Life is Strange to work, they'll have to turn the option to talk with Kate into an railroaded cutscene with only dialogue options, removing all the exploration and looking around. Tl;dr streamers and general audiences have short attention span, and what made LIS a hit years ago cant be repeated
>>547359058it's really true. I see them open the journal. Groan out of exhaustion and skim it or drop reading it entirely
>>547359687Yes, Dispatch's success is a hard truth to swallow because it perfectly shows that Life is Strange as a franchise appeal had grown stale and casual audiences just don't have the time or prefer to watch something else with as little distractions as possible. And on that, Dispatch is a lot more in tune with what audiences wants than SE trying to catch the gen Z audience with DE
Pricefielders got what they deserved.
>>547362610yes
>>547362610True
>>547362610'fraid so
>>547362610>nooo it cant be the fault of the greedy corporate, muh pfs are to blame!Cocksuckers
>>547362610>>547364227>>547363759>>547363340Samefagging. SE and D9 are dead. They lost all. Dumb bucks.
>>547365198London and US Square are dead but the old japanese overlords are still there. Can't imagine them moving foward with a new LiS game if the show is not a success
>>547365472SE Japan is good at fan service. They will milk Pricefield so much that even pricefielders will find it disgusting at some point.
>>547365198>Samefaggingcry more
>>547368870When the other anon accuses you of samefagging, is because you and your peeps talk like a echochamberAssuming you aren't just using different account to comment on the same post
>>547368683But SE Japan only cares about their stuff like Final Fantasy. They'll rather call it quits than to milk Life is Strange anymore
>>547369343They will try again thanks (?) to the TV series.But it will be more Max and Chloe because every stupid fucks clamored for a year long that DE failed because of that broken ship.SE won't hear the real problems with the story and writing and will just see that everyone talked about pricefield for more than a fucking year.
>>547370323>DE failed because of that broken shiplolLMAO even
>>547370418Yes, very funny but just look at socials, people who liked DE repeat this nonsense every time. These morons are actively doing more for the future of pricefield because they can't stop talking about it, that's nuts.
>>547371892Socials are an echo chamber. Hopefully people actually start talking if word drops the game’s canned, and you’ll see focus groups were pointing out real issues with the game, not some dumb ship
>>547374005Focus groups brought us Double Exposure, so that track record ain't good
>>547377504Last guy who went on the London focus groups straight up said more than half of the people present despised DE
>>547371892Fucking based if true
>>547377907>Last guy who went on the London focus groups straight up saidRetarded pricefag trying to play both sides - keeps parroting MUH SHIP killed the game, but also has to answer the obvious callout that all he gives a shit about is his ship, not the game. That’s why you get these no-proof stories “I was in a focus group, and it wasn’t only shippers mad” complaining
>>547379837Anon you are coming across as very bitter, maybe you should touch grass for a little while
>>547380865Nah, I’m fine, my ship's not dead.And it looks like you're that same clown who kept screeching "you have no proof, you weren't there" at anyone dropping info here, even when it later got confirmed, is now happily parroting whatever he wants to believe just 'cause some dude on Reddit under his own username claimed he was in focus groups. But keep crying, we're short on entertainment these days anyway
>>547382705What's your ship, anon? <3
>>547383736Nice try, anon <3
>>547369343ThisSE Japan pulled shit like picrel even with Yoko Taro of all people recentlyIt might legitimately be over for LiS
>>547382705Anon, you are such a doofus I'm surprised you even still cling here. It must be hella miserable to be a troll if you assume those who reply to you are like the crying wojak face
>>547384901>I'd said they're not got anything major-major release wise this year. Mostly remasters and ports and stuff. But this is gonna be the way, a series of quiet years until this reset is done. >They cancelled some pretty major stuff desu - I know about some unannounced ones that died as part of all this that'd shock people, but this is what doing a reset is about; making some brutal decisions to get on track. >They've got games to release this fiscal, obviously - but they're just smaller-scale. >FF9, I have said I wouldn't expect for a while longer yet. FFT however likely falls into the 'smaller scale ports/remasters/etc' sort of category that they're clearing their way through atm, like DQ1-3.They weren't kidding when they said this, and probably other stuff has also been canned with SE London being over. Sucks for Yoko Taro's games, man's cool and I would like to see more of his stuff coming through
>>547386127>those who reply to you are like the crying wojak faceYup. Every time DE's mentioned
>>547388317>nooo you cant shit on my precious corporate slop game
>>547368870Pricefielders can’t handle that multiple people share an opinion that isn’t licking the ship’s asshole.
>>547400579they live rent free in your head
>>547401928touch grass, fgt
>>547401928I’m not the one crashing out over two fictional characters breaking up over a year later.
>>547406567Imagine how well that game would've sold if they actually managed to please both sides of the OG fanbase
>>547406567Brother, you post about Pricefield more than anyone else.
>>547408579Like a couple thousand more copies tops, judging by how many people were seething
>>547392514did they say it's their favorite game? or even that it's remotely good? other than that, you seethe >>547400579most of them have centipede IQ, even basic stuff is too hard for them. like the retard i'm replying to above who thinks if you don't throw a teenage girl meltdown every time DE gets mentioned, you must be a corpo shill defending slop
>>547392514LiS 1 is, by definition, is corpo slop as well. It's certainly not indie.
>>547408579It wouldn’t have done well. Sales were dwindling each game.
>>547424809Square themselves were extremely confident of strong sales before the release, according to Adnan's posts on X
>>547425191>according to Adnan's posts
>>547425981This. Only thing that’s kinda clear is Lyons was trying to score points with SE London since that info came from two places. But judging by how they acted closer to release, nobody there was sure of anything, let alone strong sales
>>547420576SHUT UP
>>547420576Why do you have to blur everything down when its not? LIS1 was not slop as it was a project pushed foward to a publisher that actually did not want to completely change it into what was popular at the time. DE is a sequel that was not made or planned by Dontnod but SE in an attempt to chase back money with Max's returning with the lowest amount of effort possible
>>547425981Adnan is right in this instance, you can tell they really wanted DE to be a success otherwise they wouldn't have asked to make a second game at the same time, or to have a "welcome to Caledon" guide book thing being made. I guess the marketing team knew the game they were selling wouldn't have been popular, but from SE London execs they really wanted it to become a successAlso, PS5 collection was built around physical copies that were planned for DE but had no reason to being printed as it was selling like shit
>>547409884This, those who hate Pricefielders in this general are far more active in talking about them each time than the actual Pricefielders lmao
>>547436458The game clearly needed more time in the oven. So whoever made decisions at SE must be kind of dumb
>>547439997It needed to be reworked from the beginning more than anything else
>>547444085I thought they had a lot of rewrites. But after picking one and sticking with it, they should have tried to make it as good as possible
>>547446126That would make sense if they had a coherent vision and talent, which they lacked and the result is the mess we got
>>547450663Its weird to just make a game and have no idea what you want to do or tell. I guess the next game will tell us if there were any plan at all
>>547436458You're mixing up "they were sure it would be a success" with "they just wanted it to happen".Again, their behavior closer to release showed they weren't confident about anything. As for the second game - don't forget it was originally just a chunk cut off from a bigger whole mid‑dev
>>547457478If its not canned give whats happening to the London studio>>547457635You don't divide a game into two without any further plan in mind, and as Aysha revealed on her Bluesky they did so because they believed DE would have been a huge success on its own. If anything, all of their behaviour makes me think a part of SE London wanted the game to be a success in spite of the unpopular choices they made
>>547458109Again, I really love your phrasing "they wanted the game to be a success". Every publisher wants that, but you gotta look at reality. There was zero demand for this game from the start. You could see it in everything — promo vids views, preorder numbers. I don't get how you can be so clueless, not study the market, etc. So, the decision to chop the game into two parts has no sane explanation.As for long‑term planning, it's known about that LiS bible co‑written by the guy who worked on the first game. It basically laid out a roadmap for like 10 titles ahead. And that was confirmed by someone from the December focus groups who straight up said: "they have multiple titles planned"
>>547464871>Again, I really love your phrasing>So, the decision to chop the game into two parts has no sane explanationNone of the shit SE and D9 did for DE made any sense, so the only plausible explaination is that they were full of themselves so much that only few people in the marketing team knew how much of a clusterfuck the whole thing was>As for long‑term planning, it's known about that LiS bible co‑written by the guy who worked on the first game.You mean Aleandro Arque? The supposed franchise "bible", if it actually existed at all, is likely toilet paper now, they chopped the entire leadership from London and I'm quite doubtful the execs in Japan are that much interested in keeping LiS games going foward if the TV show doesn't give them a reason to>And that was confirmed by someone from the December focus groups who straight up said: "they have multiple titles planned"Isn't that comment the one that made up about the fat angry woman? Even if it was true, that's probably down the drain for the forseeable future
I mean, Square literally sold off Tomb Raider, one of their biggest and most successful IPs, so nothing should surprise us really. But I always thought the Life is Strange franchise was doing well, at least up until DE? And if Square was planning to shut down the London studio anyway, why the hell pay $500 per person for those playtests? Plus, cancelling a game that’s supposedly close to completion isn’t exactly cheap either. D9 still has around 60+ so I'm assuming they're working on something.
>>547475586>if Square was planning to shut down the London studio anyway, why the hell pay $500 per person for those playtests?Because stuff like that always gets planned way ahead. All of it was set long before SE reported the flop of their mobile/browser gaming. And the board meeting where they decided to shut down those divisions was happening right when playtests were in full swing
>>547478797The playtest might as well have been plan by SE Europe/London leadership, but the ultimate decision was made by the Japanese leadership>cancelling a game that’s supposedly close to completion isn’t exactly cheap eitherIn the document its written as a loss of 76 million dollars, plus all the main folks who managed LIS from London have been laid off if that is an indication of what they are going to do next
>>547483429>all the main folks who managed LIS from London have been laid off if that is an indication of what they are going to do nextyeah, this is the strongest indicator
>>547467209>Even if it was truei'm pretty sure that's legit. would be weird if it was made up. plus those focus groups were after the DE flop, so most likely they were just trying to figure out if they're even heading in the right direction
Maybe SE Japan will push the series into turbo gay yuri VN territory.
>>547501712Will it matter now that London is going to be no more?
HELLO IT, MY COMPUTER AIN'T WORKIN'
>>547518581Theres something terribly odd about that torso.
>>547515249No, it won't. And honestly I don't even think how finished the game is matters anymore
>>547514412Kek
>>547483429The employees were not fired on the day. They are still working there and making content. The game was not cancelled, even though it seems like it should be.
>>547553543Because they have to sort out british law first, but its quite obvious they are going to leave sooner or later
Sad how even this place is dying. I really wish Double Exposure had been good and it had actually done something to revive LiS. But really, what was the game plan. I just do not understand why they thought Double Exposure would be this super success.
>>547573001This franchise has been dying since 2017, they should’ve stopped making new games after LiS2.
>>547518581You should do more stuff with Dylan, bananon
>>547573457And you are still repeating that bullshit
>>547573001The show is probably the biggest chance to revive the franchise at this point, but even that its not an easy task. >I just do not understand why they thought Double Exposure would be this super successWe'll never know the truth at this point, it was all a mixture of ego and stupid decisions made by out of touch execs
>>547573920Even if you look away from the Pricefield elephant in the room it would have at best been another TC. If they made the game bay only or something. Every single game before it was written better, and yes I that includes BtS It makes me angry how they ruined LiS
>>547573920Pretty much. It’s the TV show or oblivion at this point. And if the series does end up being a hit, a remake is more likely than a new game. I don't think it's possible to really make games with the LiS brand anymore
>>547575687Game is just written like ass, even if it was a straight up Bay timeline like they seemed to do with the Aperture leak, it would have still fall apart on its own
>>547573608NTA, but a 7x drop in sales compared to the last game is no bullshit, son
>>547579353Before the Storm was made with a thin budget and did well enough to grant D9 future contracts for SE, I still fail to understand why do you have to repeat that talking point over and over again even if its not relevant anymore
>>547584891>did well enough to grant D9 future contracts for SEThat's exactly what killed the franchise. Sales nosedived, but with low costs it was still profitable, and SE's greed wouldn't let them quit. On top of that we got an incompetent dev>why do you have to repeat that talking point over and over againOnce again, that wasn't me.But doesn't matter how many times it's repeated or not, it's still the truth and the real reason the franchise ended up the way it did
>>547584891How is it irrelevant when it's a clear indication of the genre dying out?
>>547573001Ironically enough, the shitfielders/schizos here are more active on /v/ nowadays.
>>547594046What do they even discuss there now?I've been called a /v/ tourist a few times, but honestly I never go there, lol
>>547602357Coomer stuff mainly, which never changes of course, but anons there still genuinely discuss the game and series. The shitfielders/schizos from this general usually shit on DE and SE every chance they get, posting the usual reddit screenshots as gospel. Anons there even like Chloe but don't post here or maybe they did and just got tired of the hivemind and gaslighting.
LiS is a faggot game and you all are merely dumb trannies who will never be a real woman
>>547607118LiSbros... is he... right...?
>>547573001>>547573920It wouldn't matter is DE was better, or if TC had been anything but a comfy borefest. The genre as a whole is just over at this point. As said previously>>547359058>>547361220
Who did the best post their LiS debut?>Hannah Telle (Max Caulfield) - Did some short films, focused on her music, returned as Max in LiS:DE. Graduated with a bachelor's degree in neuroscience in 2022>Ashley Burch (Chloe Price LiS1) - Did more voice over work in games and tv shows (such as Molly McGee & Aloy in Horizon). Writer on shows like The Legend of Vox Machina & Mythic Quest>Nik Shriner (Nathan Prescott) - smaller roles in tv shows and video games>Dani Knights (Victoria Chase) - Some roles in Fallout 4, other than that, not much>Dayeanne Hutton (Kate Marsh) - Youtube/Twitch channel. Continued her role in the comedy series Emma Approved. Played Velma in the 2022 Mystery Incorporated fan series>Carlos Luna (Warren Graham) - Also smaller roles in tv & film, nothing noteworthy since 2019BtS>Rhianna Devries (Chloe Price BtS) - Mostly short films & small VA roles. Reprised her role as Chloe in the Wavelenghts dlc and in LiS:DE. Mostly works as Artistic Director of a theater in Denver.>Kylie Brown (Rachel Amber) - Same deal as Rhianna, short films and small VA roles. Biggest role since BtS is probably doing VA & mocap for the female player character in WWE 2K20. Works as a fitness trainer. >Katy Bentz (Steph Gingrich) - Twitch streamer. Rephrased her role as Steph in TC. Now small video games, shorts and small moviesLiS2>Gonzalo Martin (Sean Diaz) - Small roles in film & tv.>Roman Dean George (Daniel Diaz) - Small video game roles. Went full MAGA and hasn't heard from since 2022-ish>Matthew Gallenstein (Finn) - Short films mostly>Sarah J. Bartholomew (Cassidy) - Keeps busy with lots of short films and smaller tv & movie roles. She's got 8 upcoming projects.TC>Erika Mori (Alex Chen) - Telltale work in The Expanse, additional cast in LiS:DE. Doing theater work>Eric Emery (Ryan Lucan) - cant find anything on what he's done since TC>Han Soto (Gabe Chen) - small movies & tv shows>Danielle Renee Vivarttas - Theater and smaller projects
>>547622456Ashly Burch, no doubt about her
What about a continuation of the original Comic to carry on Pricefueld even if it's dead in the games?
>>547630213Pricefield will live on regardless of the games. DE being considered as much of a unwanted sequel and the likelyhood of D9 falling apart is more than enough to not consider them
>DE2 cleared playtests, supposedly not that bad, but still far from ready. And obviously release chances don’t depend on that anywayThe anon from last thread said this but never specified how supposedly they "cleared" playtests, and what it was shown there, there's a chance they are just trolling
>>547640364Another anon flat out said they played it, which means it's actually in a more or less playable state
>>547630213The comics is the happiest ending we have for them so far, they shouldn't touch upon that anymore since they're in a good place unless it's more slice of life stories and them eventually growing old together. What they should do is write another AU if they want to continue with time shenanigans and/or other power stuff e.g. an arc where Chloe gets powers, alternate versions of the characters, endless what if this happened instead stories etc.
>>547622456>Graduated with a bachelor's degree in neuroscience in 2022The only thing on that list that even looks like an achievement
>>547622456Kylie BrownBig fan of her post-LiS activities for uh.. reasons
>>547669895me too anon
>>547641698Playable doesn't mean its stable tho, as launch Cyberpunk 2077 was a good example of that
tranny generaltranny gametranny everything
>>547654204Unironically, this>>547670928Good example of what? Any game at that stage would be like that. The point was just that development had reached that stage
>>547677793with all the people D9 has and will let go, the game is going to be even messier than the remasters and DE when it comes out if it does
>>547654204>hasn't used it for anythingwhat a waste though
>>547670781SSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>>547678232Don't be jealous, retard
>>547677980if they decide to release it, rehiring the staff to polish it up won't be a big deal. if they cancel it for good, then you'll know they've got a fully finished game sitting in the vault that nobody will ever see
>>547670781ZAMN
>>547678856>rehiring the staff to polish it up won't be a big dealyou are living in another reality, look at how DE shipped and all the bugs that have not been fixed they are going to leave it out and rot away if it comes out
If DE2 was completely dead, I doubt D9 would still be sitting at 60+ staff. You don’t keep writers, cinematic people, etc, on payroll for a corpse of a project (unless they’re also working on something else entirely). As ladydev pointed out, the layoffs seem to be happening in order of completion.Cancelling it outright would be dumb anyway, they’ve already sunk a shit ton of money into it. Titan is still shilling the comics (which they can’t do without Square’s approval), both LiS and D9 are still semi active, and on top of that, multiple devs are still listing an “unannounced or upcoming project” on their resumes. Square still owns the IP, they had to greenlight the TV show, and if the playtests just wrapped, the game’s probably close to completion anyway.My best guess, DE2 is either delayed or on standby.
>>547687632It'll come out with the Caledon book
>>547687632>Cancelling it outright would be dumb anywayIts not like SE didn't outright cancel project that were high caliber or late in development too, and in those circumstances they went and shut down the London and US subsidiary, taking a considerable loss. Mind you, they announced it in the last day they were conducting the playtests for DE2, which tells a lot about the state of things. And before that, Outriders 2 was cancelled with insiders saying it was "nearly finished" all because of London's lack of communications. I would worry about whats happening with the publisher being taken apart by SE Japan orders as something that will have significant impact on the next projects.>You don’t keep writers, cinematic people, etc, on payroll for a corpse of a projectThats why they are laying off people piece by piece, by December they are going to be less than 50 people inside D9 and even less in January. If they were going to relase DE2, this or next month would be the ideal time to market it, otherwise nobody is going to care much.>Titan is still shilling the comics (which they can’t do without Square’s approval)They are shitting on DE with the last post they made on Reddit for the comics new edition
>>547688228Barely anyone cares about that
>>547586909>>547612678both right
>>547688228Is that book even still planned for release, lol?
>>547622456Gonzalo is such a funny cause he comes from a wealthy background, dude had money, and he was just like "oh what if i do art just because" wins a bafta and then goes back to his rich life lmao
>>547702776I assume so, it's available to pre order.
Still no MS-DOS port of LR??
>find great lets player>everything seems great>they've put on gay streamer mode where the music is muted
>most people didn't save the bird or erased the insults on Kate's slatewhat a bunch of ADHD-ridden fags
>>547716690Every. Time.It's worse in TC where there's just no music at all. In a game series where the music is practically its own character.
>>547644740I'd like a comic series that mixes slice-of-life Pricefield with them investigating mysteries/helping people with powers. Max's photography career gives a good excuse for them to be away from home on trips.
>>547737467Fucking yes.
>>547737467Absolute garbage
why is /lisg/ so afraid of straight sex?
>>547742725They're not? Cassidy well liked around these parts. So is Ryan, but his competition is one of the most likable characters in the franchise so Luchen loses to Chenrich.
>>547744310Wrong thread?
>>547744407Nope, they are Swann and Kat
>>547742725Warren gave them some serious trauma in the first game
>>547744564who?
>>547744564Kat is both shorter than Swann and also dead.
>>547745625Schizo fanart isn't meant to be realistic, please understand
>>547742725I can’t believe the only sex scene in the franchise involves a minor
>>547704302based if true
>>547742725Because the majority of people here are redditors and/or lesbian fetishists.
One of your own escaped containment.
>>547772657She's right, this thread is shit.
>>547764692Balding unc bros... is it true?
>>547764692>>547783325can confirm am lesbian fetishist
Rihanna Devries playing grown up Chloe in Wavelengths sounds better and more expressive than Ashley Burch in LiS1.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTbNc1fgGFM
>>547786220I think there's a different kind of camaraderie between the voice actors for the D9 LiS games than the Don'tNod ones. Maybe it's because Ashley was already a fairly popular VA at the time compared to Rhianna, Kylie, Katy or Erika. But Hannah and Ashley never really seem to hang out or connect outside of I think Hannah mentioned they have the same agent so they attend a yearly party for clients or something. Meanwhile the other four seem to get along well, doing signings with each other when they have an opportunity to do so.
>>547786765>doing signings with each other when they have an opportunity to do soWhen they've got nothing better happening in life...
>>547772657Pretty fucking based really. Living the dream.
>>547772657>>547790367And you believe they are telling the truth? Lmao
>>547790550no, of course not. those are schizos who lived in a made‑up world for 10 years and now completely lost touch with reality
>>547791858said the schizo who made them live rent free in your head kek
>>547793003you seethe
>>547742725that was just coping sex>Lyla stuck in the friendzone>kisses a dudeSean is definitely gay
>>547793915>Lyla stuck in the friendzone(
>The entertainment industry is in total freefall. Hollywood reported the worst October in 27 years! Movies are losing billions. No one wants to see celebrities or propagandaFeels like the perfect times are coming for that show to drop, huh
>>547802578Source: my totally reliable Xitter chuds
>>547802578Streaming is still very much alive but a large LiS audience? Maybe not. Not even with the fluffed and botted viewership streaming platforms like to put out.
>>547804362>You have no proof!!!Before you start seething, at least throw what's posted here into Google, you stupid fuckhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/box-office-massacre-october-revenue-falls-to-27-year-low-1236410517/
>started job at factory>Big tall broad shouldered mother fucker that looks like a muscular biker whistles Obstacles while he works>No one else has any idea what it's from because he won't tell themThere's no way he actually likes LiS.... Right?
>>547810796Syd Matters exists outside the lis autism spectrum dude, it's probably just that.
>>547810796try to whistle Mountains, Mt. Washington or Burn It Down near him and see if he responds in any way
>>547810796is he balding?
>>547809263Thank you to finding the original source. But reading through the article makes it clear whoever reposted it is making a very biased argument, when they are just pointing out the flop a couple of movies for different reasons the chud is making up toTl;dr Hollywood Reporter is painting a nuanced picture, anon or chud is making stuff up to fill his bias of the movie industry downfall
>>547811505Syd Matters is actually returning back with a new gig, hopefully new music on the horizon as well
>>547814261If he's not too busy composing film scores, I checked and his last one was in 2023 so maybe he is working on new material.
Is no one paying attention anymore? Loads of news being shared by the devs and others online.
>>547817430DE killed the franchise.Only hope now is a hard reboot. Or at-least DE being decanonised and scrubbed from the internet.
>>547817689>DE killed the franchise>DE being decanonised and scrubbed from the internet
>>547817689Well we are getting one more in February, and a couple of months ago that would have been huge news.
>>547818939At this point the only LiS thing worth getting excited for is the novel next year - that will likely be pretty good.Otherwise you are basically just getting hyped about attending a funeral.
>>547817430You mean the Haley stuff? It's not exactly news that another game was coming. She made some sort of preview that lasted 30 minutes that was lost by some computer error. She doesn't strike me as very professional.
>>547819087How will that novel be interesting? I had to Google the character it's about. Where is even the LiS angle?
>>547817689
>>547819734kek
>>547819734LMAO
>>547819508It's being written by the best LiS author we have ever gotten (honestly, her book is the only one worth reading). Not to mention it is about a really great character that has never been fully explored before.Also a solid chance of Chloe playing a big part. Possibly even being a romantic interest.LiS is pretty fucking dead. But I think this novel may be one last worthwhile beating of the heart before we bury the corpse.
>>547819950>mid author>tranny main characterGTFO, chlorefag
>>547819950but thats not Emma Vieceli
>>547819950Steph's Story is very mediocre
>>547820571This
>>547820371The comic is only good by comparison to DE. As anything would be.It was a dishonestly marketed mess with a meandering story several years ago and it is still that. Hell, an absurd amount of time is spent with Rachel and the only way they could make her work in a relationship with Chloe was by effectively making her a new character.A half dozen decent pages out of a several issue comic run is just not worth anyone's time. DE was awful, but it does not make the comic good.>>547820571It blows Heatwaves and the comic out of the water.One of the rare times someone who actually gets the series and the characters has been allowed to contribute to it in side media.
>>547820884The comic was good you're just too low iq to appreciate it. But you're also a tranny lover so there's no surprise there
>>547820884>muh Rachel is a new character argumentalmost like it's in another universe just like the whole premise of the comic
>>547821009Who doesn't like transgender girls. Best sex you can have
>>547820884>It blows Heatwaves and the comic out of the water.My god. Even DE is better than Steph's Story. It's really awful until they reach Colorado. Every single page that's not about Steph working through her trauma and hang ups about the storm is a wasted page dealing with the obnoxious tranny that literally made being a tranny her identity and nothing else gaslighting Steph every second. The author did not get Steph at all and I believe is very much herself self-inserting. Every single person introduced is as obnoxious and queer as she is; they're queer caricatures literally. The only decent people I can remember are Steph's dad, his girlfriend and Gabe. The dialogue is horrid, I get that it's a YA novel but damn.
>>547819734Spotted the DEfag being salty as usual
Lucy's still active on TikTok
>>547823290For now, she'll have to look for a job next year and they'll likely switch her account to another japanese intern
>>547818939>February >no announcement >zero hype or interest>SE London soon to be closed>D9 half in the graveYeaaah sure
>>547819246What preview and what's happening in Feb?
>>547825540She posted a while ago about making this 30 minutes thing for work. It's obviously something for DE2.
>>547826078Surely people are so happy to know Lucy last contribution to SE is a flop on arrival
>>547819950You have to be deranged to want Chloe to be a love interest in that book.
>>547819950>Chloe playing a big part. Possibly even being a romantic interestWhat are you talking about? What year does this take place in. Chloe is with Max
>>547828006In a post DE world. I think it would be the most interesting thing they could do with her character.It seems like an nice way to give some closure and a happy ending to two characters that both got fucked over by D9.>>547828129From what has been said about the novel, it could easily be set post DE.Given the career that Chloe has, it seems like it would be really easy to tie her to Izzie.
>>547828560I couldn't care less about Izzie. Sorry, but I don't think a lot of people will pay that much attention either
>>547828680If they do make Chloe a love interest. I think suddenly a lot of people would care.Besides, it would be fun to watch the most vile parts of the fandom melt down over it.
>>547828829>If they do make Chloe a love interest. I think suddenly a lot of people would care>oh look now Chloe has a new happy perfect GF in Izzie as Max has Amanduhhard pass if this happens
>>547828939you seethe
>>547828829that's the most disgusting post I've ever read. Chloe isn't a tranny fucker
>>547828129It's a sequel to Steph's Story so it should take place anytime between Wavelengths and before DE, possibly during or after. The Chloe part is just speculation since there's an unnamed band manager that's described as having their own troubles. Since Chloe is working as a band manager or something related to bands iirc, her being that manager is a theory but nothing is confirmed.
>>547828129>Chloe is with MaxlolLMAO even
>>547829204>Chloe is demoted to a key important character to band manager with troubles we don't even bother to namebet some of those execs are happy they tanked the London studio for their petty one sided beefs
>>547829204Cada levels of delusions
>>547828939Max has been ruined and should be written off at this point.But this book is likely the last chance to give Chloe a happy ending since she is not allowed to be in any games anymore. I think Chloe deserves that, and Izzie is a pretty good choice as far as established LiS characters go.>>547829204Honestly, post DE seems the most likely.Otherwise that could cause some issues with what we know about her in DE.
>>547829383Corporate fanfiction doesn't count, expecially if it ends up a flop that kills their studio and even publisher in the long run
>>547829641you seethe
>>547829595This is so dumb and stupid it doesn't sound too far fetched. It's funny to think the last gift from SE London is a fuck you to the fans of Max and Chloe now that their direction is probably going to be another flop, despite trying so hard to soft reboot the series into a new direction all they did was turn Life is Strange into the DCEU pre-James Gunn
>>547829641>expeciallyJesus
>>547818939Where did the February indication come from? Are they really relasing a whole new game in that month without even a shred of marketing?
>>547829595This is dumb, and now i'm afraid it might happen
What a meltdown from the chlorfag today! Haven’t seen a show like this in ages
>>547829595>Izzie>established LiS characterThis is high level rage bait that DE posters could stand to learn from.
>>547830991You seethe
>>547829595
>>547830859You consume slop and you do so because of trolling reasons, not because you care about the series.>>547830843It definitely tracks with what they were going for. If the anon who said they went to London playtesting DE2 want to speak up, this is the right moment to do so.>>547822234Fuck off to /pol/ you low IQ shitstain.>>547819950I assume you are that old OP that has been in /lisg/ in the past right? Appreciate your contributions but right now your optimism is as much stupid as it was before DE came out. The last thing we need is another stupid theory when nothing of value is going to happen next
>>547831531You need to touch grass, fgt
>>547830991>TC>Wavelengths>Steph's Story>Heatwaves>The awful Steph/Alex comicHow is she not an established character? She has been in more LiS stuff than most characters have.Besides, if they wanted an established character to write Chloe totally out of the series with, there really are not all that many to choose from. Izzie is honestly one of the best choices.Who else could they even use? Cassidy?At-least Izzie lines up with Chloe working in music.>>547831174I can only imagine the meltdown. It would be so damn funny.
>>547831531Lmao major seethe
So it's basically our current clown resident arguing with Joyce's ring schizo?
There you go boys
>>547832072you seethe, chlorfag
>>547832059Joyce ring schizo is in the /v/ thread currently
>>547831756>TCOne line that is probably missed by the majority of players and has zero impact on the overall plot, not even mentioned by Steph>WavelengthsA bit of messages and a photo in where she actually appears, but essentially nothing of substance>Steph's StoryThe only piece of media in which she's an actual character, but since its a book a large portion of the fandom isn't even aware of it and most prefer to skip to the Pricefield reference>Heatwaves>Steph/Alex comicIs she even relevant in those? They are so bad they are pretty much irrelevant in the general scheme of things
>>547832072based scheme, but I'll probably put LIS2 over BtS and TC over Wavelenghts and the steph novel
>>547832481samefagging again?
>>547831985You argue like a drone anon, "you seethe you seethe you seethe" might as well be the fan on the ceiling of my room kek
>>547832629Keep seething for me
>>547832295Been a while since I read Forget Me Not but she's not even mentioned, let alone show up in it if I remember right
>>547832629No, that was me telling you that the previous time. You probably have that Fregoli delusion, anon
>>547832481I haven't played LiS2 so it didn't feel right ranking it. But I don't agree that TC is better than Wavelenghts. imo D9 does better when they can tell a prequel (Farewell & Wavelenghts) in a single episode where they can rely on material already out there. But flounder when they have to tell a full original story (BtS in the last episode and pretty much TC with ep3 and beyond)
>>547832295I'm not saying she is the main character of anything.But I think she we know enough about her and she has been featured enough to safely clear the threshold of being an established character.We know more about her than we do several side characters in LiS 1 - all of whom would be considered 'established'.
>>547144919you know it's hairy unfortunately
>>547832901Regardless, Izzie is a nothingburger of a character and I really don't see the appeal of a novel based on her. There's used to be another schizo anon who talked about a Victoria novel being in the work and IMO that made waaay more sense that what SE London did with this franchise so far
>>547833153I know
>>547833214A Kate, Victoria or Riley book would have been more interesting. But I think the author or the Izzie novel does better with LGBTQ stories so I get why she choose to work with Izzie. But they should have gotten another author to work on a new characters book imo if they wanted a novel.
>>547833147>But I think she we know enough about her and she has been featured enough to safely clear the threshold of being an established characterShe's not even present in the comic >>547832901 or that shitty novel, wtf are you on about? Maybe it will make you happy, but she's not an established character, far from being one
>>547833153Nothing unfortunate about that
>>547833379Soulless gooner slop
>>547833548you seethe, chlorefag
>>547833668>you seethe, chlorefag
>>547833749Keep crying
>>547834081>Keep crying
>>547832243Lmao. She kept calling everyone /v/-tourists, ends up making threads there herself. Peak hypocrisy, and zero self-respect
>>547833379based
>>547834257There's no thread on /v/ right now about LIS
>>547834501it went down like an hour ago
>>547833397I'd say a Cassidy novel would be a lot more interesting than Izzie. I get she's more familiar with the character, but at the same time I really do not see a market for that book unless it is like super good.
>>547833379
>>547834775My comfort baby Amanda!
>>547834840>>547834775Soulless character with the personality of a wet sock
>>547835204you seethe
>>547835204correct
>>547834775No doubt Amanda knows how to handle Max’s hairy situation
>>547835260>you seethe
>>547834665Given the quality of Steph's Story, very slim chance.
>>547835409samefagging again, i see
>>547835417tells a lot you only see amanduh as a sex object kek
>>547835442based
>>547835589You are spiraling anon, seek help
>>547835838You need to touch grass, schizo
>>547835838this art makes max look like a disgusting troon, awful
>>547836085schizo fanart, please understand
>>547835609No, I really like her as a character. But I don't think that I need to explain myself to you, because it's clear that you seethe
>>547833153>mild autism>art hoenot just hairy, but a little smelly
>>547836708>No, I really like her as a characterI don't believe that at all
>>547838202Why would I care?
>>547838648You replied
>>547838648Because you have nothing else
What's the deal with February?
>>547839707Valentine's Day
>>547835442Never would have guessed Kate was an armpit sniffer. She really was a closet freak all along.
>>547839707This is what I wanna know.
>>547839707Maxine's bush is making a comeback in February. Plus, it was part of the Time Shackle leak
>>547840652I'm sorry, the what now?
>>547842073SE is releasing a book confirming every character's grooming habits, bush, pits, and legs.It's the only way to save the IP.
>>547817430What happened? Didn't really care about whats going on lately with LiS
>>547844598
>>547844598I'm so tired of coomers in this general. Go to /aco/ or something Christ Almighty.
>>547840652Can you just point out what the fuck was this time shackle shit?
>>547845849They really have nothing else to do, guess that old LiS /aco/ thread died so they all went there
>>547846528>release date>superpowers>location>character
>>547849142and what they were?
>>547847449What about LR aco for Dylan??
>>547845849>I'm so tired of coomers in this generalMaybe it's not the right place for you anymore?
>>547854280>anymoreSo you admit you people have ruined it in the last year. Good to see some character growth.
>>547855486No, I meant if you used to like it here but don't anymore, then stop torturing yourself
Can someone please explain what the hell the time shackle leak is?
>>547856486The only folks who should go away are the brainless coomers
>>547857150>>547849142
>>547857448Yes but what are the points of this time shackle?
>>547849557>>547857583>release window - February to Spring 2026>powers - Max's powers being restricted - she can't jump timelines at will anymore, only under certain conditions. it fits with Double Exposure ending, so they think this bullet point checks out>location - some new place. same setting, but not Caledon. can't pin it down yet>character - someone new, role unclear
>>547858593No mention of Chloe?
>>547859756no. the anon who tried to list those bullet points a couple threads ago was baiting. her or Safi weren't mentioned there
>>547858593That seems worthless if true
>>547865384Too early to judge by this one alone, but the guy who claimed he was at the playtests in London said it was awful and he doesn't even want the game released
>>547858593>some new place. same setting, but not CaledonWarren, VTLMAO
>>547881196Kek
>>547858593Which second bullet point got confirmed? They said two were confirmed.
>>547845843mmmmm Queen Cassidy
>>547858593what a nothingburger of a leak even if true, who cares
>>547607118I just like time travel pls no bully
>>547895849You seethe
>>547844598Finally, the secrets of Alyssa revealed...
>>547844598They better double down on each girls' fetishes. DE already opened that door, no backing out now
>>547917034coomers won't come out to save the next flop, they'll rather remain in their corners jerking off and all
>>547920419Cry more
>>547920605that's reality, coomers do not equal marketing sales
>>547925532Unironically, coomers actually did their job - almost 1/3 of all Max coomer content over the past 10 years got made after the DE announcement. It's the shippers and casuals who failed to engage enough
>>547927980again, coomers are a niche that do not move game sales
>>547928309They don't need to go outside their niche. They did what they had to, and this time they pulled it off
>>547927980How many of them even bought the game? Max is the only DE model that they use. There's barely any content of Safi and Amanda.
Which site do y'all use for LiS rule34? I'm worried I've seen all the good non-con/orientation play stuff already, I can't seem to find anything new (AND good) anymore.>>547928309If you don't buy games that you masturbate to fan art of, that's your problem
>>547929594I'm sure gooner art of Max will surely save DE2 lmao>>547929946None of those people give a shit about Life is Strange, let alone the story and characters of DE, they only use Max as the most superficial and recognizable element of it. Character wise, you can replace her with Lara Croft, Liara from ME or Ciri smut and nothing unique would be lost
>>547927980>almost 1/3 of all Max coomer content over the past 10 years got made after the DE announcementBased
>>547930137>If you don't buy games that you masturbate to fan art of, that's your problemGo to /aco/, this is the wrong thread to discuss this
>>547931497Soulless slop
>>547931436No, see, Chloe is an integral part of it. What's the point of laying pipe on the cute lesbian if her girlfriend isn't there shoving her down on it, foot on the back of her head?
>>547931748you seethe
>>547927980>>547931497>almost 1/3 of all Max coomer content over the past 10 years got made after the DE announcementThey'll never surpass the king though and it's been 6 years now
>>547932559See, this is for the people. This is how you drum up sales.
>>547932701you seethe
>>547931436>they only use Max as the most superficial and recognizable element of itNo, idiot. They're using Max just because she's the only one with a free nude model
>>547931497MOAR
>>547932924There's nearly as many tags of Chloe as there are of Max, y'all are literally biased
>>547943949>Max - around 1700 artworks since DE announcement>MUH CHROLE slightly above 500keep seething, shipper
>>547932924I just don't believe that, you can crack the game with no issues and it takes nothing to make NSFW models with the right people. At this point is just a matter of people not caring about the other characters
>>547944329You seem very obsessed and unhealthy with your hatred of a fictional character, have you considered taking a walk off from the internet?
>>547944329Based, people really just like Max the most
>>547944549You seem very obsessed and unhealthy with your love for a fictional character, have you considered taking a walk off from the internet?
>>547944329Made up numbers, and not true. Pricefield art was produced in massive numbers after DE. For a period it was four or five pictures a week.
>>547945019Fucking middle school tier comeback, faggot. Get out.
>>547945696No caitvi? Surprising.
>>547945860Arcane isn't categorized as a video game but a cartoon
>>547945860if you include every category of Femslash it's definitely there. Max & Chloe are also still in top 30
>>547944549lol, every time someone corners you with facts or wrecks the comfy little headcanon world you built with actual numbers, you instantly start spouting that 'obsessed' / 'don't care about the franchise' crap.remember, retards you're the only ones who still give a damn about that character. everyone else just got used to your meltdowns and keeps tossing fuel on the fire for fun>>547945123 #>Made up numbers, and not truefeel free to count it yourself, 'you have no proof' clown
>>547946291Why should we bother engaging with you if you keep spouting nonsense and middle school tier comebacks?
>>547946489And I'm sure you are not living in a bubble, while also doing middle school tier comebacks
>>547945696Proof that fanarts do not equal marketing sales
>>547946695comeback wasn't mine but it was legit. all you care about is your fave, while you keep ignoring reality and numbers. and yet you're always foaming at the mouth accusing others of being obsessed>>547946979because a huge chunk of that fancrap is drawn/written by the same handful of people
I mean its not even funny with how irrelevant the rest of the characters are
>>547946489Evidence of burden is on you weirdo. But keep on making stuff up. I guess you need some distraction from your sad life
>>547947967lol, what percent of that crap was even done by different authors?>>547948316>you have no proofsome of those sites have open stats. just go look
Looked at number of FF ships included in fics on AO3. >LiS2 & True Colors are their own category so this only covers LiS1, BtS & DE>Sorted them by fics updates since the release of DE
>>547949715Thank you anon for finding the sources, and as other in the past have pointed out, there are more Pricefield fics being made than any of the DE characters, as well as some fics that start with MaxAmanda but end up with Pricefield reunions
>>547949715These are btw the top 8 most popular FF tags. Any other FF ship have below 33 fics made in this period.
>>547949715again, what percent of that crap was even done by different authors?
>>547950151How many coomer Max pics are done by the same dude
>>547947967Look at all that slop
>>547950252the number of coomer artists doing LiS coomer art isn't that big, obviously. point is, nobody's trying to prove with coomer art what you're so desperately trying to prove with regular fanart
>>547950830>almost 1/3 of all Max coomer content over the past 10 years got made after the DE announcement
>>547950914you're either not paying attention to the convo, or you're deliberately dropping an answer to a totally different question
>>547949715Where are Safi? Just a quick check tells me she has more stories than Amanda.
>>547951438you have no clue as to what you are talking about. Just admit it.
>>547951438Anon, we know its you, stop playing with that stupid act, it was pathetic the first time its doubly pathetic now
>>547950914Obviously false
>>547951614Still irrelevant
>>547951818you seethe
>>547951918Im just saying the truth
>>547951652anon, you're so dumb. i never said it wasn't my reply. i said that reply was to a completely different question, and it doesn't apply at all to what you're trying to prove now>welol>>547951782you can count it yourself
>>547951614hmm. yeah, Don't know why AO3 didn't list Max/Safi when I wanted relaitionships. Max/Safi has around 66 fics so it would probably bump off Max/Amanda from the list and be the 4th most popular FF ship after Max/Chloe, Rachel/Chloe & Max/Kate
>>547950697Yeah. Absolute waste of time. Tons of manhours dumped into low-tier wordvomit, and in the end it was all for nothing
DE-tards having to come to terms that the game is nothing but coombait, only coomers will create content for it and it will only be known as that failed coombait game.
>>547931497not enough BLACKED kino yet, but i think that's picking up!
>>547954017yeah, just don't even start asking which LiS girl has the highest % of blacked coomer art
>>547954017The cuck shows his face
>>547954978just don't ask which LiS girl has most cuckold coomer art
>>547952534>most popularI've seen more fanarts around Max and Kate than Max and Safi desu, shes really not that popular
>>547954398Rachel?
>>547944329...Shipper? They're literally girlfriends wdymmm this is dyke erasure nooooooooooooo
>>547944329now count the Amanda, Safi & Vinh ones
>>547967561>They're literally girlfriendslolLMAO even
>>547967561>>547967967Fuck off to /pol/ you retards
>>547962201canon
>>547945860I really, really miss Arcane....A shame they never made a second season
>>547986514Seasons 2 suffered by being three seasons worth of material crammed into eight episodes and poor pacing but far from being the worst thing ever made
pricefielders still lost
>>548000436Well, they spent 10 years grinding hard just to end up with this result
>>548004837true
>>548004837KWAB of the century
>>548004837I'd rather see the franchise die
>>548004837Because its never the big out of touch corpo fault right?
>>547986514>>547989929Its not horrible, but its not good. Problem is that the fan base is insane. Anything else than saying Arcane is perfect just creates so much drama.
>>548004837Any franchise, any project that gets infested with shippers is doomed. They’'e literally the worst subspecies of fan
>>548031924Maybe they shouldn't have brough back the iconic main character of the first game, who's tied to the iconic ship SE used in the past as a marketing ploy in the first place?
>>548031924They’re actually good for the series, because they spend money. SE and D9 were just too clueless to understand that, and too clueless to use it to make some real profit.
>>548032184See? Your comment is a perfect illustration of what I was talking about>>548032217Judging by the sales dropping game after game, they didn't really spend that much. And LiS merch always sold fine - any kind, not just shipperfag stuff
>>548033992>See? Your comment is a perfect illustration of what I was talking aboutMax story was done and over, they only brought her back because of the nostalgia bait. If they wanted to move on, they would have made a new game with new characters and stories
>>547858593That’s pretty much how I remember it. Or at least really close. But you gotta keep in mind most of those points popped up around the DE release, maybe even earlier, and got reinterpreted a bunch of times. Like the new location thing could’ve been a cut chunk of the existing setting (mansion, labyrinth), or a totally scrapped area (like a smaller rural town tied to Vermont folklore). Same deal with the character. Versions ranged from just some minor, all the way to someone whose ability clashes with Max’s or even a co‑protagonist
>>548043618We should rule it out it will something ambitious. Some anon before were saying DE2 will be half the length of DE1 based on some linkedin stuff, how is that accurate?
How's this game for gunporn?
>>548049081I get a half chun every time I reload the mp5 from empty
>>547943929
>>548050934Soulless slop
>>548050934Older Max is a treasure!
All gooner posting should go in the appropriate board on /aco/, rather than fill space in this general. I know you fuckers can't contain yourselves so its better to make it clear next thread
>>548053085with less brainpower than og Dontnod Max desu
>>548050934She definitely deserved those photography awards
>>548050934Wilder beasts
>>548053728Go to /aco/ gooner
>>548053237Go on, clown. Do it and they'll flood the thread with coomer crap on purpose.Jesus, you're so fucking dumb
>>548054286The /aco/ thread has existed for a reason in the past, if people cannot contain themselves and have to act like spiteful teens thats not my fault
>>548050934
>>548050934Wayward?
>>548055546Soulless character
>>548059546you seethe, chlorefag
>>548068602I'm just stating the truth, slop slurper
When I was 17 I refunded some item in a store because it was shit and had to get something else worth at least as much as that item. There wasn't anything in particular I wanted so I told myself fuck it and checked out the vidya section for the lulz. Really liked the cover art on one of the collector's editions there that just happened to be LiS BtS so I decided to get it just because of the cover art kek. So that's how I ended up finding LiS.And now I'm turning 24 in less than a month and wasted my youth.Fuck my life.One could say I could not foresee obstacles through the blizzard, through the blizzard.
>handicapped parking spots? put my truck on them>handicapped funds? fuck I steal them>REEEE WHY AM I TETRAPLEGIC IN ALTERNATE REALITY NOWtalk about karma
>>548086874yeah, bitch wasn't that smart after all
>>548085429>And now I'm turning 24 in less than a month and wasted my youth.haha. yeah. 24. ;_;
Came out a bit bright.
>>548098894Escaped the ward again, schizo?
>>548100117YES, IM SCREAMING OUT IN THE STREETS RAMBLING ME USUAL BRID DRONES AND FLAT EARTH NONSENCE, ANON!
>>548100117>>548104178nevermind they found me
>>548104178>>548104579Jesus...Seek help immediately
>>548050934Tanoshikam
>>548085429>And now I'm turning 24 in less than a month and wasted my youth.
>>548132219Kek
>>548056301yep
This is not a curse... it's a LOVE song!Heh, stupid boy!I'll put you under my spell! You'll be my slave!I'll be your QUEEN and you'll be the slave!IN HELL!My slave in that motel!Yeah I can't get you out of my head, boy!Cause I actually love you and want you all for myself!So take me back to the internal motel, I know you love me more than my bitch sister!Whoooaoooo!
>>548055546
>>548171361soulless and flopped
>>548174819you seethe
>>548175245keep defending slop
>>548175849keep seething, chlorefag
>>548050934Kek, canon. I usually remember dumb little stuff, like where the dishes are on the shelves in‑game.
>>548190849>Kek, canonbad fanfiction isn't canon
>>548194242you seethe
D9 down to 61 over Thanksgiving :'(
>>548196371Soon to be in the low 50s by December, likely in the 40s by January and February
>>548196371absolutely irrelevant
>>548198301It is if you know where to look.
>>548198861Don’t get smart, anon. This info has zero impact on whether the game comes out or not. D9 is doing their contractual obligations right now and they’ll finish them, but headcount will keep dropping. That much is obvious.
>>548200035I'd be more worried about the state/quality of the whole thing, you keep shouting how its "irrelevant" all you want, but no sane development had relased a solid game when all of their team was being laid off one by one, with barely anyone left when it comes out. That only means the project will be closer to the remasters fucked up state, as its being completed by people who are likely demoralized and depressed to know their work will be crucified on launch, again
>>547932559Truck video actually coming soon.
>>548196371Who got laid off?
This shit should be shouted out by the main account, why are they being so silent?
>>548200851>the project will be closer to the remasters fucked up stateThat’s a guarantee. Last game was hammered out by the whole team, burned through 30 mil, and it’s still bugged to hell and back.
>>548205515They're all about to be unemployed, why bother?
>>548205515because her schizo fanbase killed the franchise
>>548213904>it's the fans fault!!1!>what about the obviously greedy and out of touch big corpo?>The fans made the corpo do it!This is how your dialogue tree will progress from here
>>548213904This
>>548214236>>it's the fans fault!!1!Fans spent a decade whining for a direct sequel, all while knowing exactly who'd be behind it>>The fans made the corpo do it!Yes
>>548215042what a pathetic cuck you are
>>548216308Adnan was a few posts up, anon
>>548216869Don't give a shit about Adnan, the true cuck is the one who excuse Square Enix's retarded greed by putting the blame all on the fans
>>548217778I don't excuse SE, where did you get that from? On top of that, when they sent me a survey, in February I believe, I straight up told them everything wrong with the game and their whole approach. But I never begged for a direct sequel, so I've got every right to pin this on the fans. And you're barking up the wrong tree right now
>>548219635Why are you still salty at the fans then? Nobody in the fanbase asked for a direct sequel to be as bad as DE was, so the blame is still onto Square Enix, as it should be. You have been repeating that for threads now, so even if you say what the game did wrong, which I'm inclined to not believe you, its still trying to defend a big out of touch corpo doing retarded decision, and then blaming the fans who had little imput on the final product
>>548221086>Nobody in the fanbase asked for a direct sequel to be as badYeah, and the news about how SE actually works only hit after DE dropped. Nobody knew about those infamous focus groups, or how they run even way more successful franchises straight into the ground>the blame is still onto Square Enix>blaming the fansBecause in the end, everything comes with a price. Did SE pay for their greed? Yes. Did D9 pay for their incompetence? Yes. Did the fans pay for being delusional? Also yes. You literally trying to shift the blame when you're just as guilty.That's why I keep repeating it, like you said, thread after thread
>>548216869kekaroo
>>548219635>I don't excuse SE, where did you get that from?they literally can't process the idea of being unsatisfied but not sperging out nonstop
>>548205515Why do SE never use stuff like this for anything?
>>548215042nobody fucking wanted a direct sequel. Every direct sequel prior to DE was shit on. From comics to novels
>>548255241I did. But with Chloe and Max doing stuff.
>>548223194>Nobody knew about those infamous focus groupsThats literally false>how they run even way more successful franchises straight into the groundPeople already knew about what happened to Deus Ex, Tomb Raider, and Hitman>Did the fans pay for being delusional Also yes.Again, nobody expected or wanted a direct sequel to LIS1 to be that bad. Fans have no fault on what D9 and Square Enix did, because they would have tried and do it regardless of what they wanted it.>You literally trying to shift the blame when you're just as guilty.You are one retarded dumbass. First of all I never wanted a sequel to the first game, and even if I was one of them I would have wanted a bit higher standard to the game, not the mess we got
>>548258403you seethe
>>548258403>nobody expected or wanted a direct sequel to LIS1 to be that bad>publisher SE>dev D9>nobody expectedAnon...
>>548206872Whets the chances of it actually releasing?
>>548286507Looking at everything we know right now, it's leaning more yes than no. But again, it all depends on whatever internal logic SE is running on. Everything else isn't much of an indicator. D9 is just gonna finish their obligations and then either disintegrate or shrink to bare minimum and go into a coma. They don't matter much anymore
>>548296367>it all depends on whatever internal logic SE is running onWhy would SE relase a game that by all account is going to be met with the same poor reception as the last one, and flop even harder, putting anotoher blind spot on the series? They are dissolving the SE London studio and the US one, and have made clear they want to refocus on their own japanese devs with a quality over quantity approach. DE2 do not fit their plan at all, even if it is contractual obligation there's nothing that would stop them to not relase the game
>>548302204my cute scaredy cat wife
>>548299142>DE2 do not fit their plan at allwhat is their plan, anon?
>when you find what looks like could be a good LiS fanfic>it's written in first person
>>548308515>dissolving the SE Europe and US branches>refocus on their own japanese studios as full control of every IPs >"quality over quantity" approach>more AI slop to replace QA testing by next year
cum on chloe price!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>548308515crashing this plane
>>548327491with no survivors!!!
Used to have this tab open all day and check in often. Now I pop in every couple of days if that.
>>548324312I'm so tired of coomers in this general. Go to /aco/ or something Christ Almighty.
>>548324312Wasted cum
>>548361934This
hag max sexo
>>548385063
Chloe bros
>>548394614They are correct, Chloe is far more iconic and memorable than Max as a general vidya character, even the amount of love and hate discussion are a key factor in this
>>548394614Such a asset. Surely any smart company would put that fame to good use.
>>548393791soulless and designed for the gooner male gaze
>>548398431Guinness records are kind of a scam but this is the kind of news any corpo would use to make publicity off their characters
>>548398384lolLMAO even
>>548398628>>548398431Not SE. They are too busy doing nothing and destroying IP after IP. Really, nothing of value will be lost when they are gone. Max and Chloe in Fortnite. It would be great for both parties. This is the kind of stuff those loser at SE should have been doing.
>>548398517GTFO, Max hater
>>548394614Well deserved
>>548393791She's so pretty...
>>548399006I'm a Max lover, not a slop consumer
>>548398907She is very memorable and so its her design. You can dislike her, but you can't deny how she was a key popular icon of Life is Strange for many people
>>548398989Why have they been so stupid at handling IPs that aren't their japanese ones?
>>548393791need comfy Max girlfriend expeditiously
>>548398907I love Max as much as the next guy, but come on. Whenever people who aren't fans of the game talk about LiS it's always>oh the game with that blue haired girl
>>548407324That's just not true. Stuff like this never gets backed by any valid numbers, only "ask anyone" talk. And once real figures show up, it always turns out like this >>547944329
>>548408147>Max artworks vs Chloe artworks>Whenever people who aren't fans of the game talk about LiS which non-fan of LiS makes or commissions artwork for LiS anon?
>>548408147>>548408517Chloe is just more recognizable. Much like when I think of that lesbian movie that inspired Don'tNod somewhat I always think of the blue haired girl. Never seen the movie and there's probably some other female but I don't recall anything about her
>>548407324>Whenever people who aren't fans of the game talk about LiS it's alwaysMore like: "You mean the gay lesbo tumblr game?". Which describes a lot but 99% of the time it's always referring to Life is Strange.
>>548409014yes, and they'll never talk about Max or time travel shit. 90% of the time they'll say "lesbian", "woke", "tumblr", "hipster", or "blue haired girl"
>>548408517I'm sure you’ve got the stats on how many of those artworks were commissioned vs. how many were cranked out by coomer artists just because the character's recognizable or there are plenty of 3D models around
>>548409014>You mean the gay lesbo tumblr gameSure sold well for a lesbo game
Any new leaks dropped lately? Haven’t checked in a while.
>>548414508There's an anon who said to have went to the London playtests, and they didn't sound too optimistic. Other than that, nothing worthwhile, nobody really cares anymore
>>548398517I'm so tired of all this drama faggotry. LiS should have never had any romance options, that was the only big mistake by Dontnod. Also, Max acting like a total prick is much funnier
>>548427652Mad Max is one the funnest ways to play for sure
>>548413850>Sure sold well for a lesbo gamebecause it's not a lesbo game>>548427652>LiS should have never had any romance optionslis1 has no romance options
>>548317479thanks, Kiryu
>>548449447Kek
>>548413850>lesbo gamelmao
>>548440831
>>548498186Warren will always be showed as a creep in Max's nightmare, no matter if you kiss him or not she will always have internal fear of him
>>548440831Based and both true
>>548498673Sounds more like you're the one carrying permanent trauma over him
>>548398517I dunno. If she was really designed for the Male Gaze not sure she'd have such wide shoulders and the stockier build. In fairness its tends to be DONTNOD that have characters with their tits hanging out (e.g., Dana and Dylan). That feels more traditionally male-gaze than anything in DE if I'm being objective.
>>548524589Pretty much this. Show this model comparison to a rando on the street and its pretty obvious which character is designed to be kinda pretty (Max) and which character is designed to be stereotypically hot (Dylan).
>>548519823I'm just telling facts, Max deep inside is scared of Warren as a man and see him as a creeper regardless of romance path or not
>>548524589>Male Gaze not sure she'd have such wide shoulders and the stockier buildBecause they adjusted her proportions to Hannah Telle's IRL build, even if she's supposedly a lot more skinny in DontnoD game >>548525763The male gaze is more than just appareance, is also hows she's presented in the game and the story around it. The romance option things, like Amanda, seems designed to be as generically likable and pleasant as possible, because D9 see lesbians as a key to market the game and get money and easy praise, rather than something they truly care about. Dana and Dylan might fit that stereotype superficially, but that's because they have a lot more going on with their backstories, both have been receiving some form of injustice or deep issue that makes them not just a stereotypically hot girl, but a victim of circumstances.
>>548525763kek. So this character in her sensible cardigan and high-waisted Mom jeans with a body shape that's more of a rectangle than an hour-glass is designed for the 'male gaze' apparently. Dafuq.
>>548527437Fair points in here. But while dunking on D9 has become a national sport around lisg I figure its more of a tug-of-war in their studio rather than simply the entire team seeing 'lesbians = marketing'. I'm sure *some* in that team see it that way. I imagine others fought for better/genuine representation.We see that with Alex. Her original design was much more 'stereotypical hot lesbian'. Ppl in D9 fought to give her a look that breaks those body-type norms. And good on them for winning that fight.
>>548528946Unironically if you told me those are Amanda's early concept art I would believe you, the similarities are there>I imagine others fought for better/genuine representationLike that hack Mallory, who believed that making the game as inclusive as possible would have made it a masterpiece even when they shat upon the original game? They all got fired in the end, they lost their fights and got spit out with a flop. >>548527685Read what I wrote beforehand
>>548529580lulz. continues to mix up an asian person with an indigenous person.
>>548530023>caring about generic romance option n°244001
>>548524589>>548527437>>548527685>Male GazeNo such thing, just another gaslighting crock by an old feminist
>>548530343>generically maps an Asian person onto an Indigenous person. like a redneck who can't tell an Indian person from a Hispanic person. kek
>>548531004tbf some native americans do have some trait similarities with certain asian people, even if its not always
>>548527437>The romance option things, like Amanda, seems designed to be as generically likable and pleasant as possiblenta, but it's kinda funny that even a year after all the drama, when things cooled down and people can look at it with a clear head, you still can't figure out why the romance was written that way. especially since it's basically the only part of the game that's actually well‑written, untouched, and made it in as intended
>>548535898>the only part of the game that's actually well‑writtenlmao sure>untouched, and made it in as intendedwhy should I believe you?
>>548538250You seethe
>>548535898What was the intention? Because it didn't seem like that was going anywhere
>>548540407The intent is to immediately throw lesbian shippers a bone to soften the blow of writing Chloe out of the story.
>>548541279You seethe
>>548540407Well, if most people didn't feel like it soften the blow. How can you argue it was well written?
>>548541279This is pretty much spot on with how D9 see queer relationships >>548398517 and the whole reason why that whole intro scene is the devs pushing you to pursue their romance option after they ask you to confirm how Chloe got out of the story
>>548538250>lmao sureif you don't get the point, how do you know it doesn't hit it?>why should I believe you?go google it then>>548540407>it didn't seem like that was going anywherein a sense. you can see every friendship route convo flows way smoother than the romantic ones. and it does more good for Max that way
>>548543503>in a sense. you can see every friendship route convo flows way smoother than the romantic ones. and it does more good for Max that wayI guess. But then you got to wonder why even add romance options. Which to be clear I thought was a mistake. The game is too old and established to add new ones.
>>548550291Hubris, ego and out of touch producers spite, the perfect combination for a disaster on rails
>>548559232You seethe
>>548559568Can't you expand your vocabulary a little bit? It can't be that good to just repeat stuff like a parrot
>>548559717Not worth your time to reply to low-effort trolls.
>>548560274My bad
>>548559717Post better takes if you expect anything worthwhile in return, fgt
>>548550291>why even add romance optionswell, Amanda's route is there to show it's basically out of reach for Max, same as anything normal people get without effort, until she sorts her own mess. the second option was shoved in by you‑know‑who. you need to ask them, if you want the reasons
so im replaying DE as a baefag (first playthrough was under bay route) and wow that's it? "chloe moved on, i was stuck in the past". that's very fitting for max and also realistic. plus max and chloe still keep in touch and discuss work or shit. why the fuck did pricefielders piss and shit their pants over that?
>>548564089That checks, keep going champ.
>>548564089>why the fuck did pricefielders piss and shit their pantsBecause they’re hypocrites and there’s only one character they actually care about
Remember the Porsche line? Still have no clue what the hell that was supposed to mean.
>>548567860Max's inner turmoil about how fast she ditched her old life
>>548564089The break-up was just half-assed and slightly retcons the LiS2 cameo, that's pretty much it. Not to say they were happy then too; they were co-dependent on each other in a toxic way with probably a lot of guilt being thrown around for the other to stay. It's still a realistic response to the trauma the both of them faced, just feels it shouldn't have taken them 10 years to realize they were bad for each other in this version. Also the writers making out Chloe to be vindictive because of the choice they made together is hilarious but not entirely out of character for her.
>>548564089Honestly? I want fully realized immersive, smelly lesbian sex in-game between Max and Chloe, which was one of the appeals of Max returning, and instead we got some jeet and a mystery meat fatty. People put on airs but that's really what it is, does Max eat butt, does Chloe make her, we'll never know.
>>548590501
>>548591379I don't need meds. It's the world that has gone insane.
>>548564089Based
>>548590501Based
>>548591379Based
>>548566647Pissfielder and apologist for D9, God punishes twice, that kind of people reinforces my idea that it was the deluded fans of Pricefield who ruined this franchise. They would eat shit if you put Max and Chloe together, even if it’s done poorly
>>548611753meanwhile in reality here you are, eating shit because it has "life is strange" labeling, getting angry at the people who still remember why anyone liked the original game to begin withthe longer these generals go on, the more the franchise fills up with garbage and the only good game becomes a distant memory, and so normal people flee and all you're left with is a smaller and smaller cadre of discord troons deluding each other and prepared to like anything
>>548588197The whole thing is completely out of character and poorly justified for Chloe, no way she would break up with a fucking letter after LIS show her wanting to have Rachel back with fliers thrown around town and so eager to accept Max back in her life. One of her main traits is being fiercefully loyal to the people she cares about and the original game makes it quite explicit. If anything,>they were co-dependent on each other in a toxic way with probably a lot of guilt being thrown around for the other to stayThey are both survivors of the storm, realistically they are the few ones that can help each other trauma, and its not like they aren't alone either, as they kept both contact with David>>548564089Low IQ attempt at trolling
>>548567860Were the writers trying to be self aware? I'm still scratching my head on why they thought it was a good addition to the game
>>548566647>I'm using this one example to prove my pointLow IQ
>>548563580Why the fuck Max would not learn anything from the first game and have the option of pursue a romance using her powers? Why the hell after Amanda calls her out she still ask her to win her back, but if you don't romance her she says she dodged a bullet? The normal people argument falls apart once you realize how shoddy and weird the whole thing is, on top of making Max dumber than her 18 year old self
>>548624292>realistically they are the few ones that can help each other traumaReality is they can’t. In fact, they’re the only two who straight up can’t help each other with that trauma. They dragged too much bad shit out of there, and they’re way too strong a reminder of what went down. Michel even spelled it out in his tweets — years later they’re still clinging to each other, but nothing’s moved. That’s why they don’t smile in our version of that photo, and so on
>>548627347Reality is also that Michel never wanted a sequel to Max and Chloe's story, it was over and done and he made it clear multiple times. And beside, its not like people can really move out of trauma that easily, sometime people have to just live with it and make the best of what they have, which is a fair reading of Michel too. But even without his word, its a bad practice to show your choice to save Chloe and keep that relationship despite the struggles won't matter anyway. Would you like it if LIS2 told you that the ending in which Daniel and Sean made through together don't matter because its "realistic" to them to drift apart?
>>548624292It’s obvious no one here has ever experienced trauma. You deal with that kind of trauma alongside the people who lived it with you, no one else will ever understand you the same way. There was a powerful story to be told about Max and Chloe facing their trauma together.
>>548624641that first line makes zero sense, since that kind of possibility would exist anyway with her powers, no matter the experience from the first game>Why the hell after Amanda calls her out she still ask her to win her back, but if you don't romance her she says she dodged a bullet?first case is just Amanda reflexing emotional complexity. second one highlights how Max's powers turned into a wall between her and any shot at normal happiness. like I said, her friendship path with Amanda flows way smoother than the romantic one, exactly because it dodges the emotional friction from Max's supernatural baggage. that's the whole point of that romance line - the consequences of her powers shifted from external, like in the first game, to deeply personal
>>548643408>that kind of possibility would exist anyway with her powersSo its ok for Max to completely disregard character growth and user her power in a selfish way to pursue romance regardless of what the other party think? That would make Max not only stupid but render all the things she's supposedly carried from LIS1 moot. Who cares if she causes another storm, now she can kiss two people at once and get an achievement for it kek.>first case is just Amanda reflexing emotional complexityShe has the depth of a puddle, but given she don't know Max as well as Chloe does, I'd say it would be normal for her to doubt what the fuck she can do with those powers>the consequences of her powers shifted from external, like in the first game, to deeply personalThat was already covered in the original game, the powers were already a metaphor for the personal struggle Max had with relationships and friendships, DE recycles stuff that Max should have already learned or at least in the process of being acquaintance with
>>548642492This. I would have liked the comics to focus on that aspect a lot more rather than the Amberprice AU shenanigans, and it could be a very powerful story on its own.
>>548644049>user her power in a selfish way to pursue romancepursuing romance isn't the main reason she's using her powers>regardless of what the other party thinkother party's fine with it. Max is romantically involved with the version of Amanda who actively wants that relationship. Max, after discovering the parallel timeline, is operating from a similar emotional context>She has the depth of a puddlepretty surface‑level, tells more about your ability to process info. no wonder emotional complexity is beyond you>That was already covered in the original gameof course notanon, you're not even trying, just throwing buzzwords like 'recycled' or 'already covered' where they don't fit, and pretending that counts as critique. we're discussing something very specific. do better
>>548646859>other party's fine with it.The other party merge with that part who refused to get into it, and realize that she did that without taking into consideration her own feelings. I'd say I would be quite weirded out and would be a little uncomfortable to know the person I asked to wait did not only lied and got to kiss with an alternative version of myself who was available, because it would make it feel like they care more about their own enjoyment than actually respecting my feelings. Amanda should rightfully call her a red flag after doing this, not because she choose to not romance her, and Max should know better, her Dontnod version surely does after LIS1.>of course notYou are either lying here, or did not understood Life is Strange at all. The whole thing was that her powers were always a part of her daily struggle metaphor as a uncertain teen trying to accept the future or interact with friends without second guessing.
Lost Records just got a big update on Xbox.
>>548650336Nice they are keeping it updated
>>548648529you're either deliberately or just out of perception quirks ignoring the mindset Max ended up in after opening the parallel timeline. and that comes straight out of LiS1, the "deep understanding" you love to flex, where Max explicitly lays out her attitude whenever new possibilities open up
>>548651808>new possibilities is when you reckelssly use the powers that might generate a storm again for saving a girl you barely knew by five months or romancing the alternative version of another oneCouldn't be me that Max should be at least consistent with her past self
>>548646859One of the major themes of the first game is how Max using her powers to get "ideal" outcomes often had unintended consequences. That Max would use her powers in that same way is absolutely retreading old ground. The fact that Max is able to completely sidestep any serious consequences to using her powers in DE is counter to the original story.
>>548644398The comic is quite bad. It does nothing with the trauma or really anything.
>>548653124Yeah I know, that's why I was asking for something better
>>548653036This! Thank you anon for stating the obvious
>>548653124I think the second half is enjoyable, once Max starts working toward returning home. It gets more credit than it deserves because it finished strong, but it's worth reading in my opinion.
>>548651808And that's not even counting Amanda, who keeps showing how consistent she is at boxing off her own wants just to put Max first, letting Max hold onto her secrets, hoping one day she'll trust her enough to spill them. But she still openly says what she wantsI'm cracking up at their hypocrisy. Whole fandom's core whining is that casuals don't put in enough effort to get their fave isn't some simple character and actually has reasons for acting that way. Meanwhile they don't show even half that respect to other characters. Not just Amanda, even Max
>>548654502>who keeps showing how consistent she is at boxing off her own wants just to put Max first, letting Max hold onto her secrets, hoping one day she'll trust her enough to spill themShe feel less of an organic character and more like the stereotype of the perfect love interest romance you usually see on many romance novels>nooooo my Amandarino is disrespected I must protect herGet bent
>>548654501I tried reading it, but after the first four chapters the AU becomes just a chore to read, even if the ending is good it truly lacks a reason to go foward
>>548654502>Meanwhile they don't show even half that respect to other characters. Not just Amanda, even MaxEspecially Max, evidenced in this thread by the constant misreading of her character in DE. Keyword is Trauma that loves to get thrown around but misused.
>>548654959Keep seething, chlorefag
>>548655090best version of Chloe, bts being second
>>548655090Oh. Now I see. The hacks at Deck Nine copied the drama about Max's powers making Chloe untrusty from the comic, except they forgot the context as Max stuck in the Amberprice timeline and Chloe2 pointing out that if she does that less chances she has to return to her own Chloe. Thats why it doesn't make sense in DE
>>548655530>except they forgot the contextThe context in DE is very plainly spelled out by Chloe herself.
>>548655858I'm pointing out they were unoriginal hacks by using Emma Vieceli's story for their own crap
>>548652442don't drag the main plot in here just to beef up your argument. we're talking about a very specific thing>>548654959>She feel less of an organic character and more like the stereotype of the perfect love interestas I already pointed out, that's surface‑level understanding at best. i'll grant you might be making that mistake because you've got the wrong idea of what this romance line is for, though odds are slim
>>548656161Ok Amadafag, go on and explain why discount pucca is such important and underrated character
>>548656020We can agree then that both stories reused the aspect of Chloe's distrust of Max's powers that originated from LiS 1.
>>548656560LIS1 never shows Chloe developing full blown distrust for Max's powers, in fact at the end Chloe gives her the bathroom photo because she thinks despite everything Max can stop everything with one last act of her powers. By Max choosing bae and ripping off the photo, it makes obvious she would not choose to use her power again. In the comic, OGChloe freaks out when she see Max's nose bleeding and the first thing they try to do is getting back to Arcadia Bay and try to find a reason on whats going on, which is far more in character than what DE did
>>548655087I stopped reading after issue 4 when it originally came out, but I went back to read the whole thing a few months ago after seeing all the praise it was getting. I still didn't like the early part, but it does get better once they insert a goal into the story, it just takes way too long to get there.
>>548655090A Chloe that has learned the lessons that Max was trying trying to get her Chloe to realize
>>548656560Chloe is glazing Max' powers in the game though
>>548657521However in DE, Max stopped using her powers completely as well, as per your interpretation of the LiS 1's ending. Max in DE is more in character than in the comics. So what is it?
>>548657948If you choose Max and Chloe as only friends in DE there a part of messages in which she even encourage Max to rewind and get some tickets or something. DE is deeply inconsistent with the original game, because it tries to put it things from the comics and keep the same straight narrative from the original game, but it falls apart once further scrutiny
>>548657612How long does it take for the comics to become interesting? I dropped then at like the second arc and just ended up reading Eternal Return the fanfic
>>548658781I'd say from the Strings Arc (issue 9-12) is where the good plot kicks off
>>548658390I just rechecked and it was Max that suggested the rewind, but I'm pretty sure she was joking. It's hard to tell through text. It's still very much in character for Max though, even Chloe's freak out for both scenarios is still very much her.
>>548660450>It's still very much in character for Max thoughI don't see Max joking about rewind after LIS1, it makes in the context of the first game but not after that
>>548660450It’s a pretty glaring inconsistency. In platonic!Bae, Max straight up offers to use her powers, but the moment you try to rewind, she admits they’ve been dead for years. Then in Romantic!Bae she never brings them up at all, just asks Chloe to settle down, and Chloe spirals for no clear reason. Narratively it doesn’t make sense. If the writers wanted a breakup, then show us, make it make sense. Chloe leaving by letter is wildly OOC
>>548661576>Then in Romantic!Bae she never brings them up at all, just asks Chloe to settle down, and Chloe spirals for no clear reason.Chloe brings it up instead and goes on a tirade about sacrificing the town for her. Max really got hurt by that.
>>548662174And you call tell that was the writers thing because that former dev once said the team working on the game though saving Chloe was the "evil" ending.
>>548662571He hasn't been refuted to this day
>>548662705Because he was saying the truth. Ladydev has been spot on so far
>>548663185she's too manipulative
>>548670579Manipulative or not, she hasn't been properly refuted either
>>548673467Doesn't matter to you, cuck. You just start seething every time you hear something you don't like
>>548681024You really can't help yourself, can you?
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