DANA STRONG Edition.Previous thread: >>566593136>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.>Official Websites:https://lifeisstrange.com/https://dont-nod.com/en/>Life is Strange Series Steam:https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36149206>Lost Records Series Steam:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1902960>/lisg/ Permalink:http://orph.link/lisg>FAQs, Old Threads/Strawpolls, Soundtrack/Music & Leaks:http://orph.link/lisgarchive>/lisg/ Community Written Fan Fiction:http://orph.link/story>Compilation of Fanfics:http://orph.link/fanfic>/lisg/ Content Producers:http://imgur.com/a/DOAKn>Art of LiS:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=265yHETXRXo [Embed] [Open] [Open]>/lis/ sings:Obstacleshttps://web.archive.org/web/20200324102651/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjPsOkijFh0Glass Wallshttps://www.mediafire.com/file/1y584yhvq5p2y35/Glass+walls+lisg+edition.mp3No Belowhttps://www.mediafire.com/file/cpi79dyuahemkd4/Lisg+sings+no+below+all+v.mp3Discussion of other LiS games in the series like Life is Strange 2, TC, Don't Nod's other media like Lost Records, the upcoming TV show and other similar games is welcome!
We're really in the death throes aren't we?
>>567882312pissfield fanservice killed whatever interest was left
Plz, Oldfags, come back.
>>567890714I'm torn between Kat being natural because of "Fuck society standards" or cutting it into some punk stripe or whatever.
>>567890714>still seethes over AmandaKek
>>567892545Amanda still isn't there and I can't be bothered to add her
>>567888941I've been here since TC came out. I don't post much because I don't like how much negativity is here now.I am Cassidy anon.
>>567882312Indeed we are
>>567879238Should have posted the original, or at least some human made art, not this slop
>>567882312I think it will keep going at least until we know for sure if the Amazon series is shit or not.
I have never once seen a lesbian couple as attractive as Max and Chloe. Do they even exist?
me again >>567903147forgot to mention that I am trans btw, and part of the reason I transitioned is because I want to be in a lesbian couple like Max and Chloe
>>567904524Anon, the trolling is getting weaker and weaker
>>567904524At least try, man. This is pedestrian trolling.
>>567905014Don't call me man, I just said I'm a lesbian Pricefielder...
>>567905501This shit is fucking weak, dude. Let it go.
>>567906991wtf? don't call me dude. I told you I'm a trans lesbian like most Pricefielders, so I assumed you would be used to having to use feminine pronouns to refer to us. I guess you Legionposters are still transphobic...
>>567907375>>567905501None of the average autistic transbians pricefield fans speak like you
>>567903147No. They're usually black and blue from all the domestic violence they love to dish out. If they look as attractive as Max and Chloe then they're usually "bi" on their "lesbian" phase before returning to normalcy and settling down with a man later on.
>>567907618Yeah, this is a completely different brand of autism.
The only actor in the just announced cast that I'm at all familiar with is Leisha Hailey. Are the other actors good?
>>567930058Nobody cares
>>567930457forgot to mention that I am trans btw
Max and Chloe are mischaracterized... Max moreso than Chloe Max has gone through terrible traumatic experiences(Kidnapped, SA'd, drugged, watched Chloe get shot, Kate die/almost die, bullying etc) and without proper therapy and medication she has come out fine. She has no signs of PTSD or unless she's drugged you don't see the questioning side of her. She isn't skeptical with Yasmin... Even after being through Jefferson and Principal Wells. DE and RE both don't understand characters growing up with a traumatic past and how that changes them. Max calmly accepts Yasmin's role in the death of a student and it's eventual coverup... It's a LiS entries without the feeling of what makes an LiS game, Life is Strange. It's a lighthearted sapphic game that is good enough for a audience craving for a sapphic story but the story itself is fine I guess. LiS 1 told a really dark and beautiful tale about experiences and choices. RE didn't. Of course these issues already existed in DE (DE destroyed Max). But that doesn't mean Max isn't mischaracterized. DE Max cannot be a happy go lucky girl, she will have triggers and flashbacks... Moments that should be haunting her in DE. She has her own dark room ffs and this is not addressed in any way.
>>567934787
>>567935671forgot to mention that I'm trans while posting this webm
>>567879238Hot!
>>567922578Blond Chloe. Never thought I would see the day. She always have brown hair, despite being blond
>>567888941Too many left after DE came out. That game was really strange. But Life is Strange
>>567943897Marketing engagement data shows there weren't many of them left by the time it released anyway.
New Maisy haircut
>>567879238just replayed life is strange 1 to play double exposure and reunion and i sacrificed arcadia bay again im so emotional
>>567947593Looks more like Chloe now. Please be good
>>567951689Those games beyond LiS1 are worthless
>>567958203is reunion really that bad?
>>567958751Both DE and Re are bad but in different ways
Please dont die again
I just finished True Colors. Not sure what to say. It was decent, but forgettable. I can't say I was very engaged by the story or the characters. But I really like the voice of Alex. Can someone tell me why they like it?
>>567968415It's time. Let it go, anon. It's healthier.
>>567953724I really am not seeing it
>>567969945>The deuteragonist is the worst casting so farGrim.
>>567969945She lost weight compared to this pic desu
>>567879602So sad, love this
>>567976002She has? Do you have a recent picture. I think she is the worst pick so far.
>>567969945>Chloe is short and stocky with brown eyes Absolutely not. Chloe is a giant string bean with baby blues.
>>567970049Yeah. I was actually pretty optimistic at first, back when the early info dropped and there was a rumor that Sophie would be involved somehow. But the moment they showed that this zoomoid trash would be starring in it, it became obvious that it was completely over
>>567969625I liked the overall small-town vibe it presented to the player before the story falters with the mining conspiracy stuff. Small things like the town interacting with each other on their social media apps and Alex learning about them via imprinted emotional memories really worked for me. Awful use of Alex's powers as the game progresses though, could have been better or at least evolved to something, anything. Also, killing Gabe at all was a huge mistake. Much as I liked Steph and Ryan, Gabe would've been a more interesting companion. Already a game that closely follows the formula of 1, why not 2 as well with the sibling theme with Gabe and Alex reconciling after all these years. It's just more Life is Strange.Strong start then it just whittles away with the contrived tonal change at the end that didn't really work, much like in LiS 1. Alex is great and to D9's benefit, it's the only other one of their games to actually have your choices affect the climax and have some closure to the other tertiary character's subplots. LARP stuff could've been shorter but it showed that mini-games, like the foosball and arcade games, works in LiS and it's sad they never capitalized on that to add something fresh to the series. The music is great too, not so much Belle & Sebastian's score for it but the ones in the jukebox and Novo Amor's main menu theme. TC is by itself is one of those games that are okay but could be better with more development time. Wavelengths is okay but I feel like the DLC should've been Gabe's and his search for his John.
>>567981310>actually have your choices affect the climaxNot really, in spite of which character you can influence or not Alex will always mindwipe Jed into confession, and the final choice is only related if you romanced Steph or Ryan
>>567981310I very much agree on Gabe, him being your companion for the rest of the game would have improved the experience. I did enjoy the other things you mentioned, but it wasn't enough, there needed to be more, I don't know, side quests in the town, and more characters you could interact with. The romances was a bit lacklustre, I had heard a lot about Steph. But she didn't quite land for me.It was decent, but it strikes me as missed opportunity for something really good. Next game I will start is Life is Strange 2.
>>567981310I don't fully agree that Gabe shouldn't have died, but it feels that way because the entire "investigation" is bad. It doesn't feel like anything develops or gets solved. The only reason it comes to a resolution at all is because Jed decides to shoot Alex. It apes the structure of the first game with a fraction of the emotional stakes.
>>567969625I'm probably in a similar situation. I thought it was fine, but nothing more. I think that the city is very comfy looking, and it probably have the best romance options in a LiS game, Steph & Ryan are miles ahead of the Warren, the LiS2 & DE options.
>>567999683>Steph & Ryan are miles ahead of the Warren, the LiS2 & DE optionsLol.Lmao even
>>567999683While I like Steph and Ryan as characters, the actual romance is not very good. It's very videogamey.
>>567999683I agree with being better than Warren, Finn, and Amanda/Vinh. But Cassidy is great.
The AI guy has written again: https://old.reddit.com/r/lifeisstrange/comments/1tlfi56/allwhat_reddit_taught_me_about_the_damage_double/
>>567951689me again, I forgot to mention that like most pricefielders I was taking my estrogen pills and dilating while sacrificing arcadia bay, because, as ive mentioned, i am trans btw
>>567997165I post about it often but True Colours would probably be my favourite if the town and side quests were expanded on.Stuff like helping the couple get together, the siblings running the ice cream shop, the angry guy, it would've made the town feel so much more alive. Also those characters all have names and voiced lines, I just don't understand how much harder it would be to add that.Also before someone replies, I'm not trans
>>568000764This is unfortunately true
>>568004383eh, nothing interesting this time. just another 'muh DE caused so much damage, if only they'd done it the way i like' rant. and the comments are the usual bunch of pricefield cucks, like that czech grandpa, talking bs that contradicts all the data we have today
>>568009334They are right tho. In any other circumstances, DE would be a franchise killer and Reunion only got out because they were roped in developing part 2 from the start
Is this the Mixtape general?
me again >>568011250forgot to ask, is this a trans-friendly general as well? I am trans btw
>>568011250Yes and no, but we can discuss Mixtape in peace here
>>568011250No. Feel free to make one if you like.
>>568011138Yeah, but the data doesn't support this. High sales for DE were literally impossible from the start since it was releasing to an audience several times smaller than even TC's. And the stats completely disprove any mass exodus of players between DE and RE. So the only damage DE did was to whatever is left of their brains
>>568014564TC was kind of a fluke. If it hadn’t been for the lockdown period, I honestly think the game would have sold significantly less. The harsh reality is that the pool of potential buyers for these kinds of narrative games has been shrinking year by year, and unless something fundamentally changes, that trend probably continues regardless of whether the games are good or bad. One point I actually agreed with from the much-hated Zimmerman was that the games have simply become too expensive to make. If the budgets were lower, Square Enix and the developers could probably make these games with far less pressure and without needing every release to be a major commercial success
Mixtape be the vidya eqivilant to morbius
>>568004383That guy is going to be so disappointed when he learns there's never going to be another game.
>>568019009That seems to be all that's left these days. Disappointment
>>568019009Hell, IM disappointed.
>>568020440Pretty much.
>>568019009I wouldn't be shocked if a new game eventually happens, but anyone expecting Diamond or Safi ever being playable protagonists are setting themselves up for disappointment. D9 will never make another LiS game and only a real masochist would want to revisit shit that people hate.
>>568020772They were the only good part of s2, even if their sex scene is arguably the worst part of the season.
>>568018273The hatred against mixtape is so forced and cringeUse your energy for the next live service slop holy shit
>>568021330>D9 will never make another LiS gameThere's probably not even going to be a D9 anymore even
>>568021330I'd take a Safi protag game of what exactly she did with Diamond + the girl she ended up being shapeshifted as in RE. I mean, ig they basically "told not shown" regarding that, but I'm desperate and will take whatever pathetic scraps of LiS Universe may exist in the future.Also... That accent she put on as her was horrendous. Lmao
>>568026031>nooo I can't make my own general to talk about my game>let's go to another thread and force them to talk about my goyslop
>>568027835>goyslopYou have no thoughts of your own and you still cant see it when you repeat bigoted slop like cattle, its so pathetic
>>568026187They're supposedly working on an original game right now, so I hedged a little in case it actually gets released. But, yeah, they're done.
>>568028770They've been laying off people left and right, and have barely any dev left with experience on how to build a live service AR/VR game
>>568026031NTA but I have absolutely 0 interest in that game and wish people would stop posting about it here; The main chick seemed obnoxiously pretentious & that kissing "minigame" was literal nightmare fuel. Not to mention her headphones are on backwards, like... c'mon now.I rather have folks post about LiS 2 and True Colors over that weirdly stylized, phony nostalgia bait that people who never experienced the '90s think is an accurate portrayal.Hell, even Lost Records was a better portrayal of the 90s over that lmao
>>568020562Cute.
>>568027225That accent was insanely bad. Safi deserved to die just for that.
>>568034268>I rather have folks post about LiS 2 and True ColorsWhat do you mean "you'd rather"? They are LiS games, they have a right to be posted about and should be posted more about in the thread
>>568028348>t.cattle
>>568021330I doubt it. Making games is risky business these days
>>568060259It will depend on the TV show
>>56802936530 left, but five leaving in the near future. They are done
>>568034268>filtered by the kissing minigameLmao
>>568063268You are putting too much faith in the show. Knowing Square Enix, they'll rather have the show being part of their strategy to expand reach on other medias than to finance new LiS games
>>568059648People who use the term "goyslop" usually are low IQ and lack confidence in their own expressions
maxcute
>>568034268>I rather have folks post about LiS 2 and True Colors over that weirdly stylized, phony nostalgia bait that people who never experienced the '90s think is an accurate portrayal.Yeah, but it's pretty easy to imagine you losing your mind the second someone starts talking about DE instead of that 'phony nostalgia bait'
>>568067560>t.cattle
>>568058914The OP posts have devolved to suggest that the general is only for the first game and the mental illness it brings because of the shipping. Previous OP templates included other games of the series and those threads are what you would call "healthy" nowadays and didn't die prematurely often.
>>568070143No one is stopping you from talking about other games. People were just talking about TC. I almost fell asleep reading about it, much like I did when playing it
>>568069539Proving my point, you are literal cattle minded
>>568072096>t.cattle
>>568070143Whats left to talk about TC? Most of the fandom barely talks about it anyway
>>568070143The clowns gatekept themselves into a corner>>568071134Literally no one cares what put you to sleep, dipshit
>>567997165It needed tighter writing and I guess "Oomph". I agree though, more interaction with the town would've been good instead of Alex just reading their minds; something along the lines of the LARP's interactivity with the townfolk but the moment you step off the bus till the concert. Enjoy LiS 2, it's a good one but so so stupid at times.>>567998269>it feels that way because the entire "investigation" is bad.It's a symptom of Gabe's death imo. If Gabe were there to uncover the conspiracy and having him confront Jed instead of Alex, it would've hit so much harder. Not saying it should retread 1 again with Jed killing him, because that would be so ass, but the emotional fallout of losing a definite father figure and hero like Jed to Gabe is leagues better than Alex's lukewarm reaction to the whole thing. Also, just imagine Alex helpless watching Gabe go through every emotion in the spectrum, and contemplating whether to absorb it, knowing that he needs to go through it to get closure.
>>568073276I remember watching the behind the scenes, and feeling that both their actors had lot of chemistry together but barely utlized in the final game.
>>568069256I'm probably one of the few people who didn't mind DE for the "nostalgia" despite the literal shitstorm that was summoned from Pricefield being slamdunked in the trash by the various weirdo writers that had control at the time. RE was basically a mix of that comic with the seperate/merging timelines + a "fix-it" Pricefield fanfic; they were absolutely deperate to appeal to the Pricefielders they pissed off with DE lmaoI do agree with this anon tho >>567934787Max absolutely should have been experiencing more trauma... having some of it buried until she had spiked punch was an odd choice. I get why they did it but I kinda wish the game actually showed she was more affected from the OG LiS, instead of just occasional stuff she might've wrote down about in her journal. Like, I really appreciate Chloe having her previous tatts blacked out as a sleeve in RE, like in>picrel>>568058914While I'm late to the party (haven't visited here in years until RE teebee h, and haven't posted until recently) I presumed they're less popular than OG LiS; I know there's Alex + Steph posters, and Cassidy poster(s)... They're definitely more welcome (& actually belong here), over whatever that other "game" thinks it is. Like, please go make your own General for it, if you want to talk about it so bad. I get the feeling they KNOW it'll be shat on if they do tho lol
>>568079207>it buried until she had spiked punch was an odd choiceAnd it doesn't even goes as deep as it would have, given her backstory of being drugged into the Dark Room, her conversation with dark Max is another copypaste of LiS1, and the rest is her acting quirky with Idles playing in the background. Deck Nine just cant handle trauma in a consistent manner even within their own scenes, and as a result it always feel watered down
>>568079207>they were absolutely deperate to appeal to the Pricefielders they pissed off with DE lmaoand overestimated the shippers so hard that sales tanked even further, while engagement literally died right after the game dropped>Like, I really appreciate Chloe having her previous tatts blacked out as a sleeve in RE, like in>rendering a character model while keeping visual details from a photo in the previous game.wow, so deep>haven't visited here in years until RE teebee h, and haven't posted until recentlyyou should definitely fuck off back under the log you crawled out of
>>568079456Which is odd because I think they've been good at it. BtS had some great trauma dreams with Chloe, the last chapter of TC is just mostly dealing with Alex' trauma. I have no idea why DE/RE couldn't get a handle on it (other than most of the BtS/TC team was gone at this point)
>>568070143The issue with the OP now is that there are too many games to really include properly. So focus is on the OG which is universally regarded as best.
>>568080701The problem with TC was to follow the script layout of the original to an insane degree. Max had the nightmare sequence in the final episode, so Alex had to do the same ect...
>>568083867This OP is stuffed with a bunch of useless links that nobody ever clicks, formatted just to bloat the text wall. Half the words in it aren't even information. The current template literally just reflects the emotional meltdown of the Pole who keeps making it, and nothing else.
>>568080701The work environment from TC to the end of DE was pretty shitty and there were a lot of conflicts. Not to mention a lot of the writing team were really under qualified for their job
>>568088116How can you be underqualified to write, they start teaching you that at like 3 years old
>>568088286
>>568087168>nooo I'm too lazy to ctrl+cEither you are a retard or just a boomer uncle. Cope harder
>>568087168In fairness yes, it should probably be updated. Perhaps the links etc could be the first post.
>>568087168Some dead links too. Should definitely be updated or at least use the template from last december which was more complete then extend it if need be which has been done a dozen times before.
>>568090583Not sure which template you're talking about. From what I recall, we had a decent OP a while after DE came out. Every game was included with its own links, even LR before release. We had a rotation of OP posters back then, each adding a few touches, so it was actually good. Then that schizo anon mentioned took over making them solo and bloated the whole thing with this pointless shit.
>>568092969>Every game was included with its own links, even LR before release.It's probably that, I just remembered one of its latest incarnations was in december or maybe a few threads before the seethe thread they kept making that kept getting pruned.
>>568092969You just seethe because the corporate fanfictions are excluded
>>568080673Anon... I don't even know what you're so bitter about lol Was it the fact someone didn't outright hate DE and/or RE or whatOr was it that someone else doesn't want to hear about Mixtape in an LiS threadWould you really rather have that pisspoor ragebait "im trans btw"poster over someone expressing their own opinion to the void or
>>568093202>seethe threadHaha, I remember that clown show. But I think I was referring to the template we had earlier, around Nov '24 - Jan '25, if my memory serves me right. That seethe threads were later on, when the schizo failed to launch the thread a few times and someone else did it instead. To be fair, I don't remember what the OP looked like then.But his meltdown was absolutely epic, lmao
>>568088286Considering how many shows, games and movies fail due to the writing it must be hard
>>568098129Its nor just writing, them writing a bad script can also be due to executive meddling, crunch and lots of other circumstances pounding on each other. And we know Square Enix has always tied their leash harder on Deck Nine to get the game to whatever direction they decided, only to spinelessly walk it back and put all the blame on D9, althought they also weren't spotless either
>>568073276You bring up an interesting point. I think one of the reasons 1 and 2 work so much better than the other games is the presence of that companion character who spends most of the game with you as you move through the story. If Gabe (or even Steph or Ryan) was around to add context and emotion to some of those key scenes, maybe it enhances them.
>>568095101We have one or two posters now who are actively trying to ruin the general, so actual discussions must be turned into rage bait.I'm surprised he just came out and told you to leave, that's new.
oh I forgot to mention when I posted >>568109793I'm also trans btw, but idk if that matters
This >>568110260 is the most creative he's been in his life, so please, be kind.
Why is it so hard to find actual women Youtubers & Twitch streamers that don't mind romancing women in games?One of the ones I watched claimed they felt no romantic chemistry or sexual tension between the characters in Lost Records, and tried to only be friends with them. Like... Was anyone ever even Bae over Bay purposefully, back in the day? The only one that comes to mind might've been Geek Remix
>>568113890Jesus. Lost Records is even more explicitly trying to urge the gay than any LiS ever has been. It's canon that Nor and Kat are gay, Autumn is Bi and Swann is either Gay or Ace dependant on choice.
>>568114368Exactly
>>568113890How many men do you find romancing men in games? Most people don't want to be gay, no matter how many trans people post here
me again from >>568118504I forgot to mention that I'm also trans btw
>>568114368I didn't get gay vibes from Kat at all.
>>568121181Kat is less in your face than Nora tbf
>>568113890There were a few, but there is a reason Warren has pretty much never had a active fans
I know our Schizophrenic friend is presently doing the whole "I'm Trans." rigmarole, but Chloe, and LiS1 itself is pointed out quite often as being part of peoples Awakening to either Gender or Sexuality discovery.
David is kinda sympathetic but also a huge piece of shit, huh
>>568142363He's waaaay better in BtS and LiS2.
Growing up and maturing is realising David was right about everything.
>>568152370Reacting that way to a teenager, that isn't even yours, smoking weed is pretty retarded.
>>568152370David was a retard. He thought Kate was up to something. The only reason he was useful at all is because Max tipped him off on the Dark Room.
>>568169641>>568169815The hicks.
>>568169641>>568169815Cute!
>>568151091BtS tone him down because they don't get his character. 2 shows him having character development
>>568182268Cry more, Michel
>>568182964Obsessed
>>568152370Gotta love him
>>568183127Well, I'm not the one sucking him off in every comment, you are, so...
>>568183564You are confusing different people anon
Roseanne
Do straight guys actually romance Warren/Ryan/Vinh when playing the games?
>>568189458To get their money's worth? Sure. Because it's just a game? Sure. Because it's gay? Sure.
>>568189458Ryan is the only male romantic option I would choose for Alex.
>>568189458I went with Ryan on second playthrough to see how the ending went.
>>568189458Straight guy here. Kissed Warren in the first game because honestly, why not? The whole world was literally ending and who knew what was coming next, so yeah. But the thing is, none of the relationships in LiS1 really feel like full-blown romances, so it barely even matters. Didn't romance Ryan because he's the absolute epitome of boring, and he looks like an absolute retard during the climax. I actually liked the dynamic with Vinh, especially how heated Max got in some of their talks, but I didn't romance him because I wanted to commit to Amanda's route. You already have to lie to her a ton for that anyway, so at least I didn't have to double down because of Vinh.
Me again from >>568193015Thought I should update everyone that after reflecting on how I romance male characters, I've decided I am a transwoman.
>>568203861>>568199653You are so lame holy shit
oh me again from >>568206527I wanted to expand that the reason you're lame is because you need to tell everyone you're trans. I'm also a trans pricefielder, but you don't see me going around saying it.
>>568208314>trans>pricefielderFigures
>>568208991sorry I clicked "Post" too quickly, I meant to say "Figures, because I'm also trans and pricefielder"
Ignore the schizo troll ffs
Who is a better friend for Max is the question asked on one of the Life is Strange FB groups. Chloe or Warren 1000 people or so voted. 700 or something voted Chloe, and 300 voted Warren. I find that quite interesting. Because the 300 or so people seems to be the type who claims Chloe is toxic, while the 700 or so seems to be mainly Pricefielders. I am not sure if this means that Pricefield fans still dominate the fanbase, or if a surprising number of people just did not understand the game at all
>>568213954there are more of us trans pricefielders than warren fans
>>568214286However few trans Pricefielders there are, I still think there are probably more of them than Warren fans. So on that, we agree
>>568213954Warren just hasn't real fans that miss him, that's why you can completely erase him from DE/RE and nobody care
Another interesting thing is that while there are very few new reviews of Reunion, they are mostly positive. The right people are buying the game. But for DE its still really mixed. 13. April. 50 positive and 21 negative, almost half in other words. 11. May. 25 positive, and 11 negative. But some days there are more negative reviews and other days more positive. But you would think that at some point DE would find its audience. Yet that never really happened.
>>568214767>Warren just hasn'tGOOOOD MORNING SARRRRSS
>>568215102Huh, so RE really doesn't sell at all
>>568215379Pretty much. RE moved something like a pathetic 10k copies on Steam over the past month. We already had a weekend this May where DE actually pushed more copies than RE. Obviously, it had to happen at some point once the RE buyers got their fill and looked for the next game in line. But for it to happen within the first two months post-launch is honestly depressing
>>568215102I went to take a look at the Steam reviews since I was interested, and pretty much every negative review references Chloe and calls it a "cashgrab", which is weird because Reunion was literally turned into a cashgrab by adding Chloe at the last minute.I understand the reasons they don't like Double Exposure, but the whole "not being in Arcadia Bay and filled with LiS1 characters" makes me feel like they're children. Ignoring the traumatic event, how is it unrealistic for Max to, nearly in her 30s, go work at a university and have made friends in the new town. I'm 30 and I still do talk to a few friends from my hometown weekly, but it's not like it'd be weird if I go weekend without messaging. Add in the traumatic first game and I could definitely see why someone wouldn't want to talk to many people from their high school.I'm not saying it's a good game or anything, but all the negatives that only complain about the above (and there's a bunch that say the gameplay and everything is good, but no Chloe makes it a cashgrab), really confuse me as to the age or life experience of those people.
>>568216698Oh also it was funny reading the reviews and seeing the whole "none of your choices matter, the ending is the only choice" feedback like it's ever not been that. Like have they even played a Life is Strange game? Personally, I don't mind it, because the endings matter at the time, and it's about the journey (like how Max says that even if you sacrifice Chloe, that week still existed for her), but at what point do these people learn that this is how these games are.
>>568216698>>568217113Whoa, slow down there, sport. You're basically tearing down every argument point(s) of pricefielders, which they've used over a year and a half, by just applying logic to their criticisms.
>>568217198looks like he finally found a safe space for it, lol
>>568216698The whole point of a sequel is to see what happened to the characters and story from the original. Remove that and just place the main character somewhere else, and you lose a lot of what makes people want to come back in the first place. Applying real-life logic to it is also a bit strange, because it is still a game. And in a narrative game, the setting and characters are a huge part of why people play it.And when it comes to Chloe, there really is no good-faith argument for removing her. Either they should have made a sequel focused entirely on the Bay ending, or they should have written a very different kind of game. But as we now know, they originally wanted to make a Bay-only game, and then the focus groups made Square Enix change direction. They were clearly very nervous about this game
>>568216419>Copies sold in the last 7 days: 1.1k>Copies sold in the last 7 days: 158That is not true
>>568218708Notice how I didn't say a single about the 'last 7 days'. I haven't looked at the latest numbers yet
>>568218507>applying real-life logic is strangeI'm talking about the reviews that criticise Max not being in Arcadia Bay or keeping her friends as unrealistic. I honestly can't put myself in the mindset who finds it unrealistic that somebody might move towns and find new friends after leaving high school 10 years ago. Don't forget that Max was only in Arcadia Bay again for what, a year? It's not like her ties are that strong to the town other than Chloe. She was in Seattle for about 10 years before it, but we never hear anything about that 10 years.I disagree with you about sequels, I view it as being more about having the themes follow on, but I know there are people who need to see the same characters trotted out over and over to feel comfort.>>568217747I usually avoid all LiS discussion other than here because it is mostly children. I only read the reviews after what that anon posted and it pretty much confirmed it. Nobody mentions the story parts that get dropped (Alderman) as a negative, it's only "Max and Chloe would never break up" like your lesbian high school girlfriend you trauma-bonded with is the most stable relationship ever.Also side note to all those, why is Max such a cunt to her parents? She never mentions them being bad or anything, they seem fine sending her off to her high school of her dreams, but she's always just flat out ignoring them and cancelling on them. Am I missing something?
Stuff like this. "I promised my high school girlfriend that we'd be together forever, wtf we didn't spend the rest of our lives together?!?"
>decade-long relationship>6-8 years in universeI just thought it was rare to find a pricefielder that thinks Safi was the best thing about Double Exposure
>>568220562>I only read the reviews after what that anon posted and it pretty much confirmed it.Anon, there's absolutely zero surprise in what this balding reddit unc is writing. The latest game appealed exclusively to the Pricefield fan base - they're the only audience that actually got energized by it. Naturally, they're the ones writing all these positive reviews based on the single, sole quality metric they care about. Same goes for DE - those exact same Pricefielders finish RE, their seethe dies down a bit, and they want something else to play, so they jump onto DE. Then they play it and write yet another negative review based on that very same single metric.
>>568220562>Nobody mentions the story parts that get dropped (Alderman) as a negative,Likely because they never reached that point when they played it, just look at the hours played, or they just didn't watch it. Most of the criticisms I've seen are always that unreasonable "together forever" stuff, choices not respected, blah blah blah etc. and never about the game overall. Those opinions are also, sadly, parroted throughout the fandom, not one original thought from these people.
>>568220562>Also side note to all those, why is Max such a cunt to her parents? She never mentions them being bad or anything, they seem fine sending her off to her high school of her dreams, but she's always just flat out ignoring them and cancelling on them. Am I missing something?In DE? Iirc, she's still traumatized and bit hollow after all those years on the road with Chloe. They never really addressed any of the trauma they faced, head on at least, possible survivor's guilt and all that jazz even in 2. Michel himself confirms it. You're left with what you can glean from the text messages which is exactly that, petty spats because some resentment is building from within themselves. It was only in DE where she starts finally healing bit by bit, and she was still recovering from her breakup with Chloe. The messages aren't dated so it's tricky. Also, I'm guessing Caledon became this really safe space for her and she didn't want to leave yet, even for holiday visits with her parents. Just human stuff.
>>568220562>I disagree with you about sequels, I view it as being more about having the themes followWell, it did not really follow the themes either. So, double fail. But there is almost no doubt that people were hoping to see more of the old characters and setting, not just Max alone. Life is Strange is not really that kind of series.
>>568223032More like souless stuff, D9 needed Max to end up in the same place in spite of the endings and have her own OC characters take the spotlight for the big supernatural showdown on DE2. As trash as Reunion was, I'm glad it stomped all over that ridicolous storyline
>>568225596>But there is almost no doubt that people were hoping to see more of the old charactersOh, I guess that means that Reunion should be the best selling LiS since BtS since it brought back characters... right?
>>568220562>trauma-bondedThat's only a relationship that happens between a victim and their abuser, Max and Chloe have a shared trauma relationship with each other
>>568221491Could you explain why DE was a massive commercial failure, ended up mantaining mixed reviews all around the corner and didn't gain a strong long term fanbase?
me again >>568226014I'm also glad it got rid of the Gwen storyline, since I'm also trans, and I hate seeing any trans characters have any flaws. I'm glad Izzy in Reunion had no flaws, as that's what trans women like me don't have either.
>>568226523Gwen was a good character stuck in a shitty storyline and ultimately fucked over by D9 lack of spine. Izzy was never a character outside of that Steph novel
>>568226462>massive commercial failureIt's still done better than Reunion, which brought back Chloe, so that doesn't make any sense. Unless the pricefield whiners are too poor to afford their fan-fiction game and don't support the series.
>>568221193>>568220853Cherrypicking reviews that can fit your narrative sure is convenient
>>568226816>Izzy was never a character outside of that Steph novel>she/they didn't play trans-inclusives games like Wavelengths or Reunion
>>568226965How's this for a reviewhttps://www.polygon.com/life-is-strange-reunion-review/
>>568226960>so that doesn't make any senseTakashi Kiryu, the literal Square Enix CEO said the game sold very poorly and hurt the perfomance of their other lineup titles in the short period it was out. Does that still do not make sense to you?
>>568228541>nooo it wasn't pricefielders being too poor to afford anything>listen to this Japanese guys opinion on the French gameyou trannies are so deranged
>>568228727>French gameDeck Nine is in Colorado
>>568229039retard
>>568229569I was referring to Double Exposure you dumbass
>>568229696I was never talking about Double Exposure you dweeb
>>568226462>Could you explain why DE was a massive commercial failure>and didn't gain a strong long term fanbaseBecause SE completely failed to realize that the casual audience had already moved on from these games, and the franchise's core fanbase had dramatically thinned out over the years. Burning a massive budget on asset production, character models, and R&D for multiple future titles - all while cutting up and rewriting the game several times over - was a colossal mistake.>>568228541It does make sense, probably more than it does to you. Kiryu said that while reporting to shareholders when he needed something to blame for the bad metrics. But the catch is, we roughly know the dev budget and how much the game actually brought in. We also know part of that budget went into RE, which I mentioned above - something Kiryu obviously wouldn't tell the shareholders. Plus, we know how much cash SE dumped into their restructuring plan, so the financial losses from DE are nothing SE couldn't easily survive in comparison. Throwing his quotes around while ignoring the actual numbers we have is just disingenuous.
me again >>568231110ugh, I pressed Post too early, I forgot to mention that I'm also trans btw
>>568226816>Gwen was a good character stuck in a shitty storylinethat's a standard cop-out because you need to pretend you're standing up for trannies. in reality, you haven't said a single word in her support for a year and a half, you just kept crying over your fave. cut the hypocrisy, dog>and ultimately fucked over by D9 lack of spinethey didn't fuck her over, they fucked her because they had to shove your fave into the game with all the remaining funds. if it were up to them, everything would be different and you know it
>>568232816Shut the fuck up, Chloe is everybody's favourite and Double Exposure was shit simply because she wasn't in it. Go make your own FUCKING thread if you want to talk about Double Exposure.
>>568233163>Chloe is everybody's favouriteLol, look at RE sales and the absolutely dead engagement. And keep seething
>>568234061Reunion has been out for how long, a month or two? Of course Double Exposure will have more sales. Get back to me in 2 years once Reunion has doubled Double Exposure's shitty sales and I'll let you suck my dick like the faggot you are.
>>568235167>Get back to me in 2Such a pathetic whimper after two years of acting all high and mighty, claiming Square was just turning away money. Nice job eating your own shit.Stay mad, pissfag
Yall are insufferable twatsDE is a flop and so its Reunion, both are mediocre corporate fanfictions propped up by a spineless game dev and SE own incompetence and mismanagement
>>568240132>so it's ReunionGOOD MORNING SAAR, kill yourself 3rd world DEfag, stop comparing Reunion to DE when it's way better.
i drove through the Oregon Coast and stopped by the LiS 1-inspired areas yesterday.it was wicked
>>568241228cope DEfag
>>568241756Retard, I hate Double Exposure and like Reunion. How bad is your English that you couldn't comprehend that, DEfender
>>568242730Lmao, you're literally the only Reunion fan to ever show up here. Or maybe just the first one to openly admit that you enjoy this garbage.
>>568241590Where at? I'm going on vacation to the PNW next year. Would love a LiS tour.
>>568243476that was Cape Meane, and this is the town Garibaldi
>>568242730pricetard fans are retards in general so it checks out
>>568245854Christ I wish I had money so I could live here.
>>568231110The plan was dumb. Multiple games before the first one was out, with no plan but to earn money on nostalgia but offering no nostalgia. But a better game would have sold more. DE almost goes out of it's way to fail. It's like someone really hated the franchise and just decided to check all the boxes needed to fail.
>>568223032>Michel himself confirms itNot even remotely what Michel said. He said there would be ups and downs, but they would get through them together. You can feel however you want about the idea of a breakup, but it was just cooked up by D9 to have Max start DE alone regardless of the ending the player chose. It wasn't some inevitable conclusion endorsed by Don't Nod.The problem with the breakup is that it happened entirely off screen and insisted that the relationship actually was always bad. To toss the emotional core of the first game like that, you would have to be brain damaged to think fans would react well to it. I'm not nearly as invested in Pricefield as a lot of people and it came across as pretty mean spirited.
>>568257275What I want to know is why they chose to do it that way. It felt like self-sabotage. It made no sense. Why go looking for controversy? I read that Stauder did something similar with The Walking Dead. That guy honestly seems like the biggest tool imaginable. It is kind of strange. All of these people helped ruin a franchise, and then they just move on with their lives. No real consequences at all.
>>568257275You get it. I never wanted a Pricefield fanservice game and I was more than happy with Alex, and even the few moments with Cassidy in 2, give me more of that. But the moment they brought back Max alone and tried to make Safi and Moses alongside the whole Caledon the new hot thing, they fucked themselves over because. And since D9 had zero spine and SE was a jumbled mess, they mostly walk it all back and decided to end it all.Insane fuckery from all sides
>>568259429The only logic for it that I can come up with is that they figured they could convince you to hate Chloe enough that you wouldn't care that she's gone.
Bump
>>568275919Keep up the good work, anon.
>>568255637 #>DE almost goes out of it's way to failTrue, but for the reasons I listed, not the ones you think>>568259429 #Stauder has absolutely nothing to do with the decisions you're talking about. He came on board long after they were already made>>568259431 #>But the moment they brought back Max aloneReunion's abysmal sales pretty much confirm that it was the correct decision>>568260185 #Unfortunately, the game doesn't do that, because if it did, that pathetic fiasco of Reunion wouldn't be happening right now
>>568285536fag
>>568293065keep seething
>>568257275>>568259429>>568259431holy dunning-kruger batman, collective iq of a piss blanket
>>568285536You sure have a lot of strong opinions on DE and Reunion.
>>568294982It's just two sides of the same coin. Those who are rightfully angry over DE and then the fans of DE having the same happening to them and rightfully being angry over it. But instead of being angry at SE for this mess they hate one and other
Rachel!
>>568305383She's just great. That's one good looking woman
>>568305383sexo
>>568304026Sure are a lot of good porn art out there
How common is the word rad? The only person I have seen write that Amanda is rad is ladydevheart, but I just found another person from D9 who describes Amanda as rad
>>568322470Who they are?
>>568322470I wouldn't expect many people under 40 to say it.
>>568327717That was helpful
>>568322470Share with us
>>568324605>>568327717>>568342282I will share that, and more, once I feel confident in what I have learned
>>568347146Good boy
>>568348859
>>568357605Remove the not soulmates from this image and bring back Kate, Brooke, Stella and Alyssa
>>568358009Brooke is Max's #1 hater.
>>568360716Not anymore, since she's romancing Warren
>>568361302It only made her smug. She's still a hater.
>>568358009Both Amanda and Safi sucks, but it's just a funny picture
Can /lisg/ work together as a community to shape the new OP?
>>568383452I wouldn't bet money on it.
>>568383452I would like to see /lisg/ become a general for games similar in its genre, such as Lost Records and Mixtape.
so why did rachel amber dress up like prime christy mack in the mill
>>568348859>Polaroid Now puts out their best colorway in Gen 2>Doesn't use it in their Gen 3for what reason
>>568391887Lost Records is similar, Mixtape isn't. Heavy Rain is closer than your jew-funded neposlop
>>568402502max titty big and softd9 made max tastefully thicc and I will defend them forever
>>568358009>>568372127Lol, a year and a half later and the seething never stops. Love to see it.
>>568394475You talk in buzzwords and culture war narratives you don't even understand
>>568403060Bad characters are bad characters anon
>>568413171keep seething
>>568413449Just got to face it, those are subpar characters. Like all D9 characters, just pale imitations
>>568414579The second they got sidelined and stripped of their storylines in the sequel, sales and interest immediately tanked.Keep coping
>>568414890There were zero interest in those characters and if anything more people got interested in Safi after Reunion
>>568416470>There were zero interest in those charactersThey performed better than your fave that tanked the sales>if anything more people got interested in Safi after ReunionThe only ones interested in her after reunion butchered her character are the chloefags. For very obvious reasons, obviously.Keep coping
>>568417039>They performed betteThen why DE flopped as bad as it did?
>>568417259The causes are clearly laid out by this anon >>568231110 in the top reply.But it still performed better than RE
>>568417642If DE truly performed bette, RE wouldn't have been the game itwe got in the first place. The truth is DE flopped so hard D9 and Square only did the thing any spineless and creatively bankrupt corporation do when their planned direction is controversial, they walk it back with shameless cheap fanservice
>>568417931We got RE because of SE's sheer delusion. They actually believed that review bombing from vocal shippers using multi-accounts was the reason for bad sales. Due to their own stupidity, they decided to completely alienate the only audience they had left at that point, just to cater to a much smaller group of shippers
>>568418672You are one hundred percent that insane DE mod. Your game was boring and no one liked the characters.
>>568419518>You are one hundred percent that insane DE modMod where exactly? Either way, that's not me, I don't even use social media>Your game was boring and no one liked the charactersExcept Reunion is even more boring, and your fave is liked even less
>>568365095Is there any fan fictions where Safi gets cucked?
>>568420194yes, it's called Reunion
>>568383452Already been done numerous times. The current OP template is because of one seether that can't let go and has an itchy trigger finger, always making the new thread before bump limit.
>>568418672Where are these DE fans hiding? They are gone from social media, horny girls posting lewd art of Safi is pretty much the only ones left. But Amanda, Vinh and the rest have been forgotten
>>568421042>Where are these DE fans hiding?Right there with the massive wave of new Pricefield fans that Reunion totally attracted
>>568421276So you admit there isn't any DE fans
>>568421276Its not like most Pricefielders loved the game either anon, but there has been a uptick in both fan art and fan stories
>>568421648The game only sold a few hundred thousand copies. The number of fans staying in the fandom corresponds to those small metrics>>568421661>Its not like most Pricefielders loved the game either anonOh really?! Then why were they begging for it for so long?>but there has been a uptick in both fan art and fan storiesDoubt it. It's the exact same people drawing as before. Plus, I deal with models and other datamined stuff from the game, so I know exactly how much stuff is being downloaded. There's zero hype
>>568422383You know perfectly well what kind of game Pricefielders wanted. For some reason SE wanted to appeal to bayers and casual gamers. Despite that last group not existing anymore
>>568429802NTA, and actually, I don't. For a whole year I listened to them saying they'd accept literally anything as long as their ship got shoehorned into DE. The endless daily whining across social media about Max not being as lusty as in DE, and the romance and the kiss in Reunion not feeling as soulful they it did with Amanda, just proves my point. Shippers only ever have one metric for quality - whether their ship is in it or not. So trying to appeal to casual gamers is the right thing to do anyway, because a solid game can drastically scale up that player base, while the shipper crowd is limited and now too tiny to keep a game afloat by themselves.
>>568430992You are having a conversation with a windmill and your arguments is based on something that only happened it your head. Seek help, you need it
>>568430992They got the game they wanted after all.
>>568431626>your arguments is based on something that only happened it your head.Such as?
The more I learn about the people who worked at D9, the more I feel this was a pretty sorry collection of unprofessional people. And I really wonder what the people at Square Enix were even doing, because there were obvious problems, yet they somehow seemed either far too hands-on or not involved enough in the areas that actually mattered. And it is just painfully obvious that no one at either Deck Nine or Square Enix really knew what they wanted this game to be. Honestly, it is almost a miracle that Double Exposure shipped at all.
>all the self-insert fics are yuriI'm fine with a little AGP just to read something but it's starting to feel like I need to be the change I want to see in the world
>>568438039This is just vague bullshit echoing the standard cope from the last year and a half. Give me actual facts
>>568438039I remember that interview with Diamond's VA, and how she revealed the post credit scene was like a last minute shooting addition she wasn't expecting in the script, and likely was because the role of Diamond was also added late for DE2, before being cut out for goodThat's not something you do if you have a solid plan for a two parter story
>>568438039oh no those glassdoor reviews really are true!
>>568440884You're spewing pure bullshit right now. The post-credits scene was only changed because Stauder thought it would look cooler. The originally planned scene is right there in the game files, and Diamond gets her powers in that one too. On top of that, there are earlier comments from Max about this in the game, etc.
>>568443516Does the original ending have any indication of what Diamond's powers are or just that she has them?
diamond's power is that she makes me hard
Red hot days like this make me nostalgic for lost records and the summers of my youth. What is give just to be together again for an afternoon by the lake with the old gang.
>>568447862The original post credit is Reggie finding Diamond nosebleeding and then running away. If you are wondering if there's any indication about her powers, there's none there either
>>568447862No, it's the exact same manifestation - a nosebleed
>>568443516Watch the interview yourself then
>>568449396>>568449423I don't think I will ever understand why Stauder thought this shit was a good direction for the series.
>>568452045This direction for the series was decided long before him and completely without him
>>568452045Most logical step to keep it fresh I would imagine. If they managed to pull it off, while keeping the series' core themes: stereotypical characters, choices not mattering, hackneyed metaphors, "poignant" writing for its perpetual teenage audience and media ripoffs then it could've been something. Alas, we got the slop called Reunion instead.
Life is Strange 6 set in Japan
>>568453527>Life is Strange: fWould it work? Because there are some stuff from japanese society that are worth exploring in a LiS game, but it would need the right team and people understanding why it worked with the french adapting american media
>>568455880You could make the protagonist a foreigner who has to live in Japan for work, like being an English teacher or a translator or something.Make them having lived there for like eight months to year: enough to be immersed and get by but not enough to be truly part of the community yet.
>>568453527I would love that. Start anew in Japan with fresh people and powers
>>568456436A bit cliché, I'd rather have a full japanese main character and cast if has to be that. The problem is, it needs to have a personal touch and story to it, and I'm afraid that's something SE wouldn't try in doing
>>568453412The slop was DE
>>568474000Still better than RE
>>568448398I feel this in my soul. My core group from back then are all in their 40's now, most are gone in one way or another.
>>568477220I despise this AI generated slop leeching over the OG image
>>568476048DE is the worst game in the series and will be forgotten with time
>>568480138
>taste chloe pussy>goes fucking insanewhat an amazing character
>>568482823chloe’s canon true love
>>568482823he's just like me fr fr
>>568484265There really are people who played BtS and thought he should have been a option
>>568482823>was right in the endEliotGODS... we won...
>>568453527I really don't trust Deck Nine, or any Japanese company in general to do that.
We're all old millennials and depressed as fuck right?
>>568492091yeah
No doubt
It’s luring.
>>568479697You mean RE. Because it’s objectively a way lower-quality game that serves absolutely zero purpose anyway.
Despite Mixtape not being a LiS-like (I find comparing it to LiS does it a disservice desu) it was so fun, especially since the music was catering to my taste
me again from >>568532013Forgot to mention I'm also trans and Jewish btw
>>568537008Get a new joke, you are getting tiresome
>>568532013Good for you, for me it was too short. Good vibes and music, but nothing more
>>568523408No one will remember DE, people will be fine with Reunion. They will just wish it was longer and better, but they will wish DE never was made at all
>>568562947>people will be fine with Reunion. They will just wish it was longer and betterSure, that’s exactly why every day I’m reading the pricefield fans whining about the soulless romance, the terrible kiss, and how pointless it is for people who’ve known each other since childhood to act like they’re meeting for the first time.>but they will wish DE never was made at allThat’s their problem, I honestly couldn’t care less, lol
>>568509638this makes me think of some of those infuriating fanfics I've read where Max will dye her hair and get piercings because the author would really rather write a ship fic between two Chloes than Chloe & Max
>>568573924Why do they look so dirty?
>>568564997I could see Max getting a nose ring and a few tattoos, she's an art hoe after all, but the dyed hair doesn't seem her style.I'd like to see the opposite, where Chloe takes up Max's style instead.
>>568564997that's classic pricefielders for you. they never gave a shit about max, and only ever viewed her as a trophy toy for chloe. they also completely misunderstood chloe's character. in direct contrast to what the original creators intended, they imagined she'd just constantly indulge in degenerate behavior and drag max right down with her
>>568576461>degenerateBack to /pol/.
>>568576461Most of the time, it's the fan fiction writers themselves self-inserting which is just awful and self-indulgent.
Are any of Syd Matters new songs>>568576992 liscore?
>>568580545Couldn't tell you. Never really listened to their music outside of the game.
>>568576461Classic DE mod argument
>>568583217Which one of those balding uncs are you, retard? You’re so butt-hurt over him that you mention him every single time.
>>568583217The DE Reddit is a hilarious circle jerk.
>>568590683like the entire pricefield fandom?
>>568583217Are people still talking about DE?It's funny that there is pretty much no conversation about Reunion as far as I am aware. Such a sad fate for a franchise
>>568597941I don't know what else remain to talk about DE, because all it set up either is retconned or straight up dumped in RE.
>>568597941It's not funny, it's just predictable. Blatant fanservice is always a death sentence.
>>568597941They aren't talking about DE anywhere. The D9 games never stimulated conversation
>>5686019531, 2, and BTS are the only games with real discussion, and people only talk about BTS because they're mentally ill.
The original Life is Strange is now on a 60% discount sale after years since the remasters
>>568576461anon here, late on this but forgot to mention I'm a big tranny and love guzzling cum in my anus
>>568604096keep seething, fgt
>>568602235DE will also be talked about, even if it's just because of the 'what if' questions it leaves behind. The real issue is that its audience was just insanely small.As for BtS, it's basically the exact same kind of stupid and pointless fanservice as RE.
>>568590683>>568592089here is an example of a classic, distilled circle jerk. it is especially notable that half of the commenters are well over 30, as regrettable as that may be, and the other half are trannies https://www.reddit.com/r/lifeisstrange/comments/1tpmp0t/all_i_fucking_love_chloe/
>>568604595BTS is worse to me because people take it seriously. I thought RE was fine despite its problems, but we shouldn't give any weight to the D9 games at all. They're all bad.
>>568605196grim as can be
>>568605196Man, what I love about Chloefags, Pissfags, or whatever you call them, is that literally everything they love to accuse others of can be found in their own circles in way more terrifying and absurd ways
what is sex with chloe like
>>568607492Iimagine like it would be with those punk onlyfans girls nowadays
>>568605196People do love Chloe, and Max. Do anyone love the DE characters?
would like to have sex with Safiya Llewellyn-Fayyad.
>>568614715get in line, pal
>>568614715She's not really that good looking
>>568618316I'm a complete Chloe simp and even if I hate Safi's psychotic personality, I know for a fact she's hot as fuck.
safiprice while max takes pictures
>>568622675Do not call her Max Cuckfield, she hates that.
>>568613684I really like Vinh as a character in games. I think he would've had a good dynamic in True Colours.
>>568613684I love Amanda Thomas
Life is Strange in the Philippines
>>568647092there are fans there, especially DE ones, lol
>>568626264I know you do, the most bland character in the entire franchise and this is what you obesses over
>>568654769Amanda lives so rent-free in your head that you literally haven't been able to pass by a single post about her without foaming at the mouth for a while now. Your obsession is beautiful
>>568655560Chloe lives in yours you mean
>>568658916Nice 'no u' retort, retard
>>568659276Obsessed freak
>>568666429keep seething adi
It will always be funny how fans of DE hate Chloe while at the same time they love Safi
>>568669348Which is particularly funny since post-Reunion, like 90% of Safi enjoyers are Pricefielders themselves.
>>568669724Safi did get more popular after DE, Amanda did not. No one remembers her anymore. But before that the fans Safi did have were all those bitter Chloe haters
>>568671573Honestly, you're either completely unhinged or your coping is blocking you from understanding reality and basic cause-and-effect
>>568672702he's just seething over Amanda. it's the exact same schizo
Any writefriends know how to write Max? Specifically Max in LIS1. I think I have a good grasp of Chloe but not Max.
>>568673425>Any writefriends know how to write Max?A bit too late for that, Jonathan Zimmerman, your garbage fanfic already shipped. You should’ve thought about that earlier.
>>568673425read catcher in the rye and the bell jar and you'll get some idea on how
>>568671573Safi's fans are annoying as hell, but thankfully they are just a fraction of the infamous Amberprice legion that spawned out of BtS, and they'll eventually shift out to other toxic yuri ships
>>568678915>Amberprice legionDamn, did they give you such a severe mental trauma that you’re still bringing them up in 2026?
>>568678915That's the thing. This time next year it will just be Pricefielders left, again. And a new fandom centered around the show
>>568685787Pricefielders are also going to be fan of the show, you moron
>>568685787I can see it. Depends on how much focus the other characters will get, breakout role/star stuff like that will definitely overshadow the pissfielders. A new retarded shipping wars will ensue.
Max looks kind of good chubby?
>>568685787The game pricefielders are going to get absolutely crushed by the normie horde. Oldfags' asses won't even have time to cool down before they get completely swept away by the avalanche of the new crowd>>568686629Man, I literally can't wait. I'm already buying popcorn in industrial quantities, I swear to God!
>>568694875>Man, I literally can't wait. I'm already buying popcorn in industrial quantities, I swear to God!Kek. I wouldn't be surprised too that if the show is successful, it'll spawn some spin-offs that'll move away from Max and Chloe. Jefferson prequel would be the funniest and most marketable if it's like a true-crime show.
>>568695498Time to take your meds. The TV show will make Pricefield more popular than ever
>>568694875Yeah, you do seem the type to buy food in bulk.
>>568698237
>>568675080I played Bully, does that count
>>568701193idk, prolly not
>>568693453She's cute
Thicc Max is why I will defend DE/RE
Today I will share
>>568711302Share what?
>>568711302Vague king post
LiS 1 is on sale for the first time in many years. Weird to see
Would Swann be considered a "slampig"
>>568711302From what I have heard, Stauder, Felicie, and the core DE people are still in contact and remain proud of the game they made. They also seem to have a very low opinion of the Life is Strange fanbase and mostly blame Square Enix and the fans for what happened.As for the future, I have been told that Square Enix currently has no plans for Life is Strange. They want to see how the TV show performs before making any big decisions. But their main plan is to sell the series. As for Reunion, my understanding is that Zimmerman played a major role in turning it into a Pricefield-focused story. Earlier versions apparently gave the other characters much larger roles. His co-writer reportedly wanted a poly option, but Square Enix had little interest in that direction
How different do you guys want the show to be compared to the game? (deviations, artistic liberties, plot etc.?)i assume it wont be 1:1 replica or even close, of course
>>568732067got sources or did this come to you in a dream
>>568733043They are probably going to change the course of the story to not be a complete repeat of the first game, and maybe even get a fully original ending. But that's still risky if the new bits and the cut parts end up not satisfying everyone
>short, fat, brown eyed Chloe
>>568732067And we should trust you because...
>>568733901God I hope it turns out good, so much
>>568733043I wanna see footage before I judge it
>Square Enix currently has no plans for Life is Strange>their main plan is to sell the seriesOne is contradictory to the other, anon>Zimmerman played a major role in turning it into a Pricefield-focused story>Earlier versions apparently gave the other characters much larger rolesreally wonder what the hell Diamond and the superpower people plot were supposed to work out>his co-writer reportedly wanted a poly option, but Square Enix had little interest in that directionthank god
imagine the biggest, most chaddiest thundercock warren in the tv show
>>568733043I want them to follow the story until the end, they need to make their own ending. But considering how many gay people are involved in making this TV show I think that Victoria and Kate will be gay.
Life is Strange: Kate has a boyfriend now
>>568736151 It's Warren
>>568736568>nerdy science boyfriend>artsy religious girlfriendabsolute shipping
>>568736568>>568739860How have I never thought of this before... It actually works.
>>568733698>>568734229Feel free to ignore. I am the only one sharing what I can find. No one else cares anymore. >>568735182I just mean that SE has no plans for anything moving forward. No games or anything else. But if the TV show is a hit, they will try and sell the franchise. Because they have zero interest in it now that London is gone
>>568733043It doesn't need to be 1:1, just recognizable.
>it came to me in a dreamokay big dog
>>568745363No, I talked to former D9 employees
>>568746273If you did talk to them, did they also said what was the original story before Zimmerman changed it to be what we got? What was Diamond's power, Safi's plan, the fire...
>>568746273Proof?
>>568613684Yes, they are good characters with properly written lore. They didn't all get to fleshed out in DE, but we know whose fault that is>>568626264Oh, Amanda is just my absolute beloved
nutting to chloe riding my cock while max kisses her shoulder
>>568733043I don't care at all, as long as it creates the exact same fanbase-splitting effect as the game.
>>568764906No they are the worst characters of the entire series
>>568776169just because you're seething over them?
Who are the best characters? I would say the characters from LiS 1
>>568779013Eliot for being right
>>568779013Max, Chloe, Kate and Victoria are all top tier characters
>>568779013The TC roster
>>568779698>Kate and Victoria are all top tier characters>literally just walking tropes built entirely on cheap stereotypes
>>568780056Most characters are, these were well done. I have always liked Dana too.
I like Juliet Watson and Loretta Rice
>>568779013The janitor. I always found him to be endearing.
>>568779013>tfw Samuel shows up in any context
>>568732067Just based on the interviews out there this is probably true. The writers of DE are such a band of weirdos. All of them have Life is Strange 2 as their favorite game and they seem to all be bay pickers. Like how did we even end up with that kind of writing room.
>trust me bro
>>568784175>Like how did we even end up with that kind of writing room.Because if you put the opposite kind in there, you get Reunion - the very definition of soullessness. Its creativity and spirit are on such a pathetic level that even Pricefielders, the exact people it caters to, can’t even get a hard-on for this game.
>>568784175So they're in the sane part of the fanbase then.
>>568784175I actually think having 2 as your favorite is respectable, but it's surprising because DE is such a crappy rehash of 1.
>>568785526It wasn't particularly smart business practice
>>568790669Being (allegedly) a fan of 2 and delivering something as sanitezed and mediocre as DE is surely one thing
>>568791817Still better than being (allegedly) a fan of the first game and delivering RE.
>>568792038You sure are stuck up with RE, aren't you? Both are bad but in different ways
>>568793110Not really, I couldn't care less. But it's important to constantly check this hypocrisy - every time you open your mouth to complain about how awful DE is, don't forget to mention that the game meant to 'fix everything' turned out way worse.
>>568793415If Reunion had the time and resources DE had it would have been much better. The mocap director flat out said that they had to limit touching while making the game to save money. They were really limited after the clowns that made DE messed up
>>568795056>If Reunion had the time and resources DE had it would have been much better.Judging by the quality of writing in the base game, which had plenty of time and required zero resources anyway — no, it wouldn't.>They were really limited after the clowns that made DE messed upYou mean they literally pre-made all the assets and levels for them, built the lore, characters, locations, mechanics, as well as the plot lines and hooks they could easily build upon?
>>568796096You mean the game no one liked. That killed the series because it was so disliked That had no coherent lore or loveable fan favorites
>>568796267>You mean the game no one liked. That killed the series because it was so dislikedExcept it didn't. There was low interest in it right from the start, even before release. It sold exactly in line with its marketing engagement. >That had no coherent lore or loveable fan favoritesWell, Reunion brought back the one you consider a fan favorite. Despite having the exact same marketing engagement numbers as DE, it sold way worse and generated less activity afterward.That's not how it works, son.
>>568796267>You mean the game no one liked. That killed the series because it was so dislikedThis cope seems to change here with every succeeding game lmao but I think it's safe to say that Reunion is the definite one because of just how awful it is. For the time being at least, the show might revive things somewhat.
>>568797296If its revived its probably going to be about Max and Chloe. Absolutely no one would do something with DE.
>>568798105You have some seriously unhealthy fixation on DE. Looks like it completely shattered your fragile psyche. Maybe try seeing a therapist or something
Playing through Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 and running with this team still in Latveria. I was planning on going pro-registration for the first run but I imagine the X-Men aren't happy with that, so I'm probably going to change depending on who I get.
>>568807239Wrong thread anon
>>568807991What do you mean? Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 has choices that change the entire way you play the game, as well as dialogue options. If Mixtape is a "similar game" that can be discussed here with no significant changes then this is closer.
>>568807239Kill all Muties.
>>568808156Go discuss capeshit games in the Marvel Rivals thread then
>>568809105 Fuck off, I bet you like Inhumans too.>>568811418This is a choice-based narrative game? If we can discuss Mixtape which isn't choice-based, then surely we can discuss Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.
Best girl.
>>568812976KILL THEM ALL
teenage pregnancy with Nora
https://strawpoll.com/GJn44Lbvbnz
>>568812976there's been no discussion of Mixtape in a while and LiS aint capeshit
>>568815348Stauder sure did try though
>>568816721Probably wasnt even his idea to begin with, but some exec at SE thinking it was the right thing for setting up their own soft reboot of the series
>>568813185indeed
>>568818379why is she so FLAT
>>568819091She was just a kid you weirdo
>>568818157Nope. Watch the interview with Baqir. It was Stauder, and read about his work in the walking dead franchise. His ideas are all over DE.
>>568732067>From what I have heard, Stauder, Felicie, and the core DE people are still in contact and remain proud of the game they made.That's true. As I've mentioned before, some of the devs who worked on Reunion explicitly list their contributions under Double Exposure in their resumes. Furthermore, I've seen a few recently created social media accounts belonging to these devs (two of them were made this past April, for instance) where they post DE team photos, use profile pictures of themselves with Stauder, and so on.>They also seem to have a very low opinion of the Life is Strange fanbase and mostly blame Square Enix and the fans for what happened.Both are correct. They genuinely hold a low opinion of the fanbase. And a blindingly stupid fanbase paired with an incredibly delusional SE is quite literally a match made in heaven.>As for the future, I have been told that Square Enix currently has no plans for Life is Strange.Also correct. With Reunion, they effectively cancelled their entire pre-existing roadmap for future games. I can personally add that I monitored their movements regarding the AB assets from the remasters, which completely ceased right around the time active development on Reunion kicked off. This strongly implies that a full-scale return to AB, in one form or another, was absolutely being planned either for this game or the next.I'm not sure how deep their remake plans originally went, but several people have told me that it's over. Nothing is coming.>They want to see how the TV show performs before making any big decisions.You need to be prepared for this, but they have absolutely nothing ready. Even if the TV show takes off, they now lack a studio, a plan - everything. Making a new game would mean going through a full development cycle from scratch, and we all know how many years that takes.
>>568732067>As for Reunion, my understanding is that Zimmerman played a major role in turning it into a Pricefield-focused story.Calling his involvement a "major role" would be a massive overstatement. He is essentially a collaborationist who volunteered to restructure the game into pure, unadulterated Pricefield pandering. I'm still trying to find at least one original thing he actually conceived for this game. Given his immense vanity, and knowing how the development process was shifting, he likely wanted to position himself as the savior who gives the people exactly what they want. And, of course, secure a co-director and narrative director credit on his resume. But it fell flat, and he had to go back to another sinking ship.>Earlier versions apparently gave the other characters much larger roles.Well, that's completely obvious. You don't dump that much lore into characters only to keep them locked in a basement with the protagonist, nor do you design a vast number of expansive environments just to have one "investigator" sit in the observatory and another in the bar for the entire game.>>568732067>His co-writer reportedly wanted a poly option, but Square Enix had little interest in that directionWell, the players also had little to no interest in the actual game they shipped.So it all tracks perfectly.
where are your sources for this fanfiction
>>568829710>that much lore>DE characters Holy guacamole the seethe is strong with this one
>>568829848You can literally google half of this yourself. Here is the credit list for everyone involved: https://www.mobygames.com/game/253504/life-is-strange-reunion/credits/windows/Knock yourself out. Go read their resumes, slide into their DMs, do some actual homework for once
>>568829529I wouldn't want Deck Nine to touch a remake of 1 or even a return to Arcadia Bay in a new game, so things actually worked out. BTS was shit and nothing they've done since has made me think they should have ever been allowed to revisit the first game in any capacity or use those characters.
https://x.com/i/status/2060721672173314363
>>568830891Do they need money or something, or this like a normal thing to do? Ashley hasn't really interacted with the fanbase in ages
>>568830084yeah, faggot. or are you seriously trying to say slopunion did anything to expand their lore?!>>568831456the bitch just realized that with the tv show on the horizon, it's better to stick around
In Episode 1 did they ever explain why Chloe was still in Blackwell even after almost getting shot by Nathan.
>>568831456With the TV show right around the corner they are probably hoping for some way to earn a little bit of money. There’s nothing wrong with that. However, considering neither one of them are fans of Pricefield it's weird that they would lean into that element. More so for Hannha than Ashley
>>568831893What do you mean, like between the bathroom and picking Max up in the parking lot? Probably fucking the skaters or something, it was only like an hour where Max went to go get the USB and then meet Warren.
>>568833516Yeah like what was up with that. Not to mention Frank (a known substance peddler) being there too.
>>568818379
>>568831801Why should I give a shit about the lame characters from DE? Gwen had potential but deserved a better game, Safi is all over the place and the rest ranges from forgettable to bland.
>>568829710>Given his immense vanity, and knowing how the development process was shifting, he likely wanted to position himself as the savior who gives the people exactly what they want. And, of course, secure a co-director and narrative director credit on his resume. But it fell flat, and he had to go back to another sinking ship.It’s always going to be funny how Deandra basically catapulted into the big leagues after throwing Pricefield into the garbage trash. Meanwhile, Zimmerman, who thought he’d easily pad his résumé and act like a hero, had to crawl back to a struggling Telltale and is now reposting AI-generated praise from some obsessed fan just to justify his Wattpad-tier writing
>>568839561Obsessed weirdo
>>568839561>DeandraShe has no talent though, like everyone hates all of these other no-names, and she is the one behind everything they hated about DE
>>568839561no lies detected
>>568843160The Pricefield trannies betrayed by one of their own. Shakespearean
>>568843160Deandra was smart enough to get a new job before DE released and had could ruin her reputation.
Why did LiS1 push Warren so hard as a romance option when Michel wanted Max to pick Chloe
>>568844671You know why.
>>568844671I don't think it pushed Warren at all. Max repeatedly expresses disinterest and discomfort with Warren's crush on her. The kiss option is actually pretty weird in context, but I think they understood that Warren had fans and decided to throw them a bone.
>>568844671He's his self-insert. Now put two and two together.
>>568846132Michel already had a self insert in the San Francisco gallery, seethe harder
>>568847450That's not a self-insert, that's a creator cameo.
>>568844671A mix of Square demanding it, and media literacy test.
>>568849993didn’t he say square never forced warren in?
I don't know what to believe about this or that. But I'm sure that SE will have no way of capitalising on any success the TV show might bring. I guess a reboot might be the most logical choice. But what do even people mean by that. I'm thinking remake of the original and then maybe a brand new attempt at a new game if that's successful. I really would love one in Japan
>>568849993The fact that Max unironically mentions Spirits fucking Within instead of the still shit but better received Advent Children is enough proof for me that it's all 100% DN's writing
>>568850758He did. Pissfags just choose to ignore reality to keep their neat little fantasy from breaking down
thomfield but amanda is jealous of the pull chloe has over max
>>568851850SE will always do everything wrong, trust that if nothing else
So vague.
>>568850758Warren was expanded because at the time a portion of players was vocal in wanting more scene with him, but narrative wise he really doesn't have much to do in the latter episodes. Nathan getting beat up was supposed to be done by Chloe in the game files, for example
>>568883686Why would anyone want characters, especially the ones they actually like, to act like total retards, get all jealous, behave irrationally, etc?!
>>568894170putting my faves in situations is funny
>search up grahammarsh for a laugh>click on a fic>pretty sweet>even acknowledges that warren was being a chud with max and kate made him realize that>warren beats nathan the fuck outshit am I actually shipping these two
nathan getting beat up by warren is already dumb and unrealistic enough, chloe doing it would be even dumber.
Warren and Nathan throwing hands every time they met is actually funny though
In a sense.
>>568732067This is kind of minor. But I understand that Katy was trying like crazy to be part of the new direction DE represented and really wanted her character to be part of whatever they were doing. She spent a lot of time trying to get relationships with people at D9, SE and the other DE VAs, especially Hannah
>>568913914Katy Benz essentially gambled her future on being Steph, and it's almost sad how tryhard she is about it.
>>568917201So I have noticed. A big part of why they decided to bring Max back in the first place was apparently that the Alex and Steph books and comics did not sell particularly well. But I think they can only blame themselves for that, because Square Enix was reportedly heavily involved in the writing of all of them, and not necessarily for the better
What if we all played Death Stranding 1
>>568921142Not really, the project to bring Max back was already being considered in 2018, with narrative blocks being placed around with Chronos, mostly being a pre production phase. But clearly TC and its post content failed to live up to standards
>>568732067>>568829710Interestingly enough, only a couple of people were actually happy about the new direction, and purely out of careerist motives: Zimmerman and that guy who took Webb's place, forgot his name. So much for that 'genuine love for Pricefield'.
>>568923229Webb picked Bae and ships Pricefield though
>>568923096The TC comic largely failed because it took place in some abomination timeline where Max never came back and Chloe is with an alive Rachel.
>>568928473Webb was perfectly happy working on DE
>>568923229Most people won't care one way or another. They are just there doing their job. And they all had to suffer due to the writing team
>>568937092The Amberprice meeting had zero bearing to the rest of the story, it felt like it was the editors/Square telling the author to put thing without a proper understanding why. She also revealed how she wanted Kate to get a lot more involved in the story, but two previous drafts were rejected and it ended up this convoluted new timeline to where Steph's main trama is now Kate Lis1 suicide scene
>>568942167All of the comic and book writers have mentioned having their ideas rejected and having SE inserting things. For some reason it's very often Amberprice. So someone must have been a fan. But it's not like it helps to sell. So it's a bit weird.
>>568940814Why bring people into this What matters is that the collaborationist hacks who were all too happy to play along don't get to use this as a springboard for a promotion. It's only fair that he's now reduced to running a pathetic Substack blog
>>568944437All of this was very predictable, D9 and SE are spineless companies and they have no artistic integrity. DE dumb story being abandoned for a Pricefield one was only going to happen given the reaction to the game, and yet you are still here seething
>>568946876>story being abandoned for a Pricefield one was only going to happen given the reaction to the gameThe pivot had nothing to do with the reaction. It happened before DE even hit the shelves>yet you are still here seethingI'm doing my victory lap. I've always said that pricefield shit would eventually murder the franchise, and I was right. Except now, I also have the pathetic numbers to back up this embarrassment
>>568947752>I'm doing my victory lap. I've always said that pricefield shit would eventually murder the franchise, and I was right. Except now, I also have the pathetic numbers to back up this embarrassmentThat makes no sense to me. Life is Strange, the game about Max and Chloe, sold extremely well. The remasters sold well. The Pricefield comics sold well. The Max and Chloe merchandise sold well.I think both sides of this argument are wrong. Double Exposure did not sell well because it was not a very good game, but it also launched into a market where narrative games simply are not as popular as they used to be. For it to become a genuine hit, it would have needed to be far better than what we got. It had very little that would attract large numbers of casual players, and it did not give long-time fans enough of what they were looking for either.Reunion. It is not a bad game, but it is not a particularly great one either. Even among the audience it was made for, the reception seems fairly mixed. It is a decent game, but also a very bare-bones one. Something like that was never going to become a major hit.But at the same time, anyone looking at the situation realistically has to admit that a sequel built around Diamond and Max meeting other people with powers, water and fire benders, probably would have bombed to a far larger degree
me again from >>568949305I forgot to mention that I am a trans pricefielder btw, but I totall have no bias
>>568949305>Reddit spacingYou're obviously one of those balding uncs. Because having this much mush in your head, filled with things completely detached from reality and completely delusional causal links, could only happen to someone already suffering from senile dementia.
>>568950656And you are a 4chan shitter
>>568949305>it also launched into a market where narrative games simply are not as popular as they used to beYou had it then you had to wax cope about the rest.>But at the same time, anyone looking at the situation realistically has to admit that a sequel built around Diamond and Max meeting other people with powers, water and fire benders, probably would have bombed to a far larger degreeAnything, literally anything that changes the formula and/or innovate on it would have done better than the shit they delivered with Reunion. Capeshittery is still popular, waning but still popular. People still like superpowers. Forgoing that is just a bad idea. For all of the vocal majority's gripes about the series not being about powers, it's the surest way to expand the game's audience. It's not even a question of "soul", "artistic integrity" and their favorite "media literacy" (Which they don't have). They never cared about those in the first place since we know what they do care about.
>>568952296>it's the surest way to expand the game's audienceIt failed anon, DE lacked any real pull and flopped hard, no matter how hard you keep denying it to fit you anti PF bias
me again >>568952794forgot to add, I am trans and a pricefielder still, and we won
>>568952794Anon, DE sold exactly in line with its marketing engagement. You don't get millions in sales when your most popular promo video struggles to hit 700K views. But you tell me why Reunion, released just a year later with 1.1M views and way better regional targeting, even factoring in DE's drop-offs, ended up with several times fewer sales.The answer is already obvious though
>>568950656I am an old-time lurker, and I am honestly surprised that you are able to use those words when you clearly have no idea what they mean
>>568952296But you cannot go from Double Exposure straight into superheroes and expect people to stay interested. If that was the direction they wanted to take, it should have been introduced properly in Double Exposure. And honestly, the kinds of powers they seemed to be setting up feel completely wrong for a narrative-driven game
>>568953763>You don't get millions in sales when your most popular promo video struggles to hit 700K views.Barely reaching 8-10 millions over a 30 million budget and who knows how much of marketing is what we call a big flop in the industry
>>568953763But why did the remasters and TC sell so much better then?
>>568953053Zzzzzz
So what's /lisg/ doing for pride month?
>>568959746Same thing as Max, kissing Warren and Vinh
>>568959746I'm not a member of the alphabet mafia, so nothing. I'm just going to work and contemplate suicide, the usual.
>>568957836Because most people who played LiS were done with the story, espeically those who picked bay. Which is another example how SE had no idea what they were doing, because that was the group they wanted, and the more casual gamers.
>>568959746I'll be going to Pride in Max Cosplay.
