Carrying You Tender editionPrevious thread: >>578442379An 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/>Don't Nod LiS GamesLife is StrangeThe Awesome Adventures of Captain SpiritLife is Strange 2>Deck Nine LiS GamesLife is Strange: Before the StormLife is Strange: True ColorsLife is Strange: Double ExposureLife is Strange: Reunion>Life is Strange Series Steam:https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36149206>/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>/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!
Hope it lives
>>578983785Best girl.
>>578983910Indeed, but I'm more of a Nora if you get me.
>>578983910Bold claim when Lyla and Amanda exist
>>578984967Lyla>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Amanduhdont fuck with me
>>578985509And just like that, the mask slips. Underneath all that LiS2 concern trolling, it’s just another seething pricefielder with a burning ass.
>>578986436pricefield lives rent free inside your head, and also is like 2027, nobody gives a shit about DE's love interests anymore
>>578991204>pricefield lives rent free inside your headJust like I said, underneath all that window dressing, you're just a basic pricefielder.>is like 2027, nobody gives a shit about DE's love interests anymoreLol, you literally got triggered by a single name. Keep seething.
>>578827139>MacWhat the hell are you talking about
>>578991791Said the anon seething about their fave being shafted by their spineless creators
>>578718193Lets continue this discussion from the previous thread. How would you reboot Life is Strange in a way that would be capable of appealing to newer audiences?
>>578984967I do like Lyla and I wish she had more screen time. I'm ambivalent about Amanda.
>>578991970I’m not even the anon who originally brought up her name. I’m the one who keeps telling you that you are literally the only person in the entire fandom parroting this brain-dead point. Which means that even by the notoriously low intellectual standards of this fandom, you still manage to stand out as exceptionally stupid. Keep seething.
>>578992230Let DN remake the original, but add combat where you play as Chloe while Max rewinds. Chloe has to protect Max since Max is a weak baby magic user. There will be a couple scenes, like when Warren beats up Nathan or David fights Jefferson, where you do combat as other characters.Today's kids need more fights in their video games.
>>578992997Sounds like a terrible idea, also not sure if DN can survive long enough for a remake
>>578992997It doesn't even have to be straight-up combat. They just need more timed action set-pieces, like when that retard got her foot stuck in the railroad switch and you had to save her. But with much higher stakes
>>578995750The over reliance on action QTEs was a result of Quantic Dream (mostly Heavy Rain) being an influence on the genre, but that wouldn't work the same way it did today
>>578986436Yeah, they literally can't help themselves
>>578997951I think the era of QTEs is long over. It would be cool to see LIS push the genre further and really experiment with the gameplay, but I'm not sure who would be a good developer for that. I would like to see DN get another chance and see if they can take it there, even if they might be washed. A straight up remake would be doing the original a disservice.
>>579004936>A straight up remake would be doing the original a disserviceThat's unfortunately the most Square Enix thing to do, but with even less care than the FVII remake saga
>>578983341Me too
>>578992230It’s a bit hard to say. I think the shipping aspect is kind of a dead end. Lost Records tried to appeal to the same audience that loved Life is Strange by adding more ships, but it sold kind of poorly and was only really saved by the PlayStation deal. To be fair, I also thought the game was pretty boring. There was almost no gameplay and very few meaningful choices.I think a remake would probably sell well, and if they ever made more games, I think they would need to keep Arcadia Bay, Max, and Chloe around in some form. Mysteries and things that get people discussing, debating, and speculating are also a must. I was part of the whole Dispatch release, and the discussions between episodes were really fun and attracted a lot of people. The speculation went completely wild and was almost always wrong, but that was part of the fun. It also got a lot of attention, and streamers and other grifters quickly saw the potential.I’ve heard from some very shady sources that Victoria, Kate, Warren, and some of the other characters are getting more content in the TV show. If that is true, I think it’s a smart move. If we ever got a remake, I would like to see something similar, with additional content or DLC that explores these characters more. Then build on that in future games. Give people several characters, relationships, and romances to get invested in without having everything compete with everything else.But of course, none of this will ever happen, because this franchise is dead as fuck
>>578997951I think the current generation would hate that kind of gameplay
>>579017093I think a lot of LiS 1 fans need to let it go. It's over.
AHEMI jerked off to futa Chloe and futa Joyce fucking futa Max...
>>579023506>I think a lot of LiS 1 fans need to let it go. It's over.The whole point of the shipper contingent is that they physically can't let it go. But if you look at the broader LiS1 fanbase, judging by the hype for the latest game, they moved on a long time ago
>>579020184What do the kids want?
>>579031378coom content obviously
>>579031378They do not know
I... I still like Chasefield...
>>579046518if the show turns Chasemarsh into a real thing, I'll laught hard
>>579048585They should have Victoria bully Max... sexually.
>>579048645Hopefully not
>>579004936Absolutely no more chances for them, they are long washed. The only time they managed to make a quality leap and deliver something genuinely fresh was between Remember Me and LiS1. Since then, it’s just been a lot of different attempts to step into the same river twice, using the exact same old methods and approaches. They will never make anything worthwhile or conceptually new ever again
>>579048585I didn’t give a shit about it at first, but seeing how many people get triggered just by the thought of it makes me fully support this
>>579057268You seem like a miserable person
>>579054034>using the exact same old methods and approachesWhich methods are you talking about? The real dontnod issue is their leadership is full of jackasses who wasted too much resources on making ten games swapping devs with no long term planning at the same time, rather than keep few established teams to build up. Their only grace is they have more artistic integrity than D9 but that's not useful if their boss is as much of a tool as the other leadership
>>579017093The sad truth that even if another Life is strange game came out and was great the chance is that it would sell poorly
>>579059753Will TWAU2 sell poorly as well?
>>579063210I actually think it will
>>579025643You will never get over that so many people disliked DE will you
>>579068463What makes you think that?
>>579069279Different times and the last game was a long time ago
>>579058593This is the harsh truth
>>579017093I think there’s a reasonable chance that, at some point after the show, we’ll get a remake. I’m not really sure what else we can realistically expect. More games would obviously be nice, but as that other anon said, it’s probably about seven years too late for that. Personally, I’d be quite happy with a reboot that was more closely tied to Life is Strange
>>579075984I wonder if SE has any regrets about not selling LIS when they sold their other Western IPs.
>>579075984>I’d be quite happy with a reboot that was more closely tied to Life is StrangeIf you care about slop sure, but right now doesn't seem like LiS is in SE hot priority list
>>579068541>seeing DE everywhere even when it wasn't even mentionedIt’s honestly impressive how much that game broke your fragile psyches
>>579058593That doesn't change the fact that their core narrative team just got completely stuck in the mid-2010s, regurgitating the exact same tropes without any conceptual evolution
>>579091592There's always an impulse to stick with things that worked in the past and most people get more rigid as they age. It would be interesting to see a younger team try a narrative game in the vein of LIS and see what they come up with and if the genre still has some juice.
Oh, so we got Amanda the bartender in GTA 6
>>579101013that's just chun li haircut, amanda gon nothing new
>>579102459keep seething
>>579104082just stating facts amanduh hair style is literally chun li chinese knockoff
>>579104558keep seething
>>579102459>>579104558>doesn't know Amanda's hair is an actual Native American hairstyleOh dear.
>>579082705Arcadia Bay had personality. I would love to see it again
>>579106162Its also chinese
>>579112903Which one is Amanda?
>>579123156The ugly one
>>579123374keep seething, chlorefag
>>579123858I have already won
I love how whenever social media posts about the GTA 6 bartender drop, LiS fans reply with Amanda, Cyberpunk fans post Cheri or Rita, and fans of other franchises bring up their own bun-haircut characters, while here we have a lone chloefag seething and foaming at the mouth. The sheer stupidity and madness of these people needs to be documented by modern psychiatry. There is no way real human beings can keep seething this long over some pixels
>>579124107You are exactly the same as the most unhinged pricefielder. There is absolutely no difference. Nobody posts about Pricefield? You bring it up anyway. It's pretty fucking weird.
>>579125330>pricefield is not mentioned in the post>still starts crying about other people being obsessed with pricefieldSeek medical help
>>579124107Who will remember Amanda in 10 years. No one. Who will remember Chloe. Everyone. And this is the root of your anger.
>>579126510keep seething, chlorefag
>>579127264Unless you worked on the game, I really do not understand your strong feelings about this topic
>Lucia will be able to have explicit and uncensored sexual relations with "Lily", this confirming lesbian SEXUAL relations in GTA6.LiS influence, no doubt about that
>>579128279What
>>579127896>first suspected everyone of being reddit mods>now suspects everyone of being devsyou are losing your mind more and more by the second, aren't you?
>>579128279In that case, I might actually buy this trash eventually.
>>579127896You don't have to be a developer to ve obsessed with Chloe
It was so funny when Reunion came out and all of the DE fans lost their minds. It was pure kino in certain discord servers
the people yearn for safield
>>579165279when you were asked to provide screenshots, you disappeared pretty quickly. meanwhile, the constant meltdowns from the pissfags across all social media are posted here regularly. so either back up with something real or get out of here to cry somewhere else, you faggot clown
>>579167357>Chloe is toxic and bad!!>now lets ship Max with a self entitled, nepobaby with a god complex and wannabe joker toxic bitch
>>579167784You seem obsessed with a certain anon, grow up
>>579168476sounds great
>>579168639NTA, but your concession was completely expected
>>579168476Safield is for the people who need the most toxic ship they can find.
>>579171719Pricefield has held that title for a long time now.
>>579174329Holy fucking based
>>579174329>ignoring that Max and Chloe grows as characters as shown by the ending of LiS1
>>579167784I'm not gonna take screenshots, and it's not like it's super hard to find those or the comments made on social media
>>579179620Lia and the Amanda fans having a meltdown was super fun to watch. Or the people on the Captain server
>>579179709Did they seethed hard when RE made both Vinh and Amanda break up offscreen? They should have known relationships don't last forever
>>579183696Most relationships don't last forever, I don't know why they would complain.
>>579185645They were the fist ones to masquerade Chloe getting shafted as a "relationships dont always work out", only to get a taste of their own medicine when D9 removed both Vinh and Amanda with no chances to win them back
>>579186163Not a single person at Deck Nine or any of the voice actors liked that decision. Zimmerman just nuked everything for nothing
>>579187943You're giving Zimmerman too much credit, he was just doing what he was told by his bosses. They didn't have the time or staffing to add options. Besides, LIS isn't a dating sim.
>>579187943Keep seething
Bump
>>579187943Ironically, even that second woman, his co-writer, understood it, but she had absolutely zero decision-making power
>>579201474Adding more sloppy romances wouldn't have made the game better unless its a complex system and focused story like Lost Records did, and that was a game that was not crunched in a year reusing assets from a cancelled version
life is stranger on page 10
>>579177750Well, the author of that comment definitely grew as a person after finishing LiS1. You certainly can't ignore that
>>579213996so did Max, Chloe and David in LiS2
>>579221474Good for them, I guess, but what does that have to do with the fact that witnessing toxic relationships in a video game helped a person escape a toxic relationship in real life?
>>579187943Zimmerman, our hero and savior. He saw the light
>>579201474This is actually true, she was fawning over Amanda in that one interview. Weird how it ended up with Safi being more popular
>>579230102That's actually not hard to understand. Safi became more popular because of pricefielders, who made up the vast majority of players for this garbage. In the game, she is depicted as a complete and utter loser, which made her feel safe to them. Plus, she's shown as genuinely toxic and pricefielders absolutely love that. On the other hand, actual Safi fans after DE, and I have quite a few of them among my moots, were completely shocked by this. Many of them just dropped the fandom entirely and stopped posting about LiS
>>579201474>>579230102And how is she doing right now? Still talkative, or did she shut her mouth just like her buddy Zimmerman and started shifting the blame onto Square??
>>579239384If anybody knew what she was up to, it would be you.
Im bored
>>579174329basedchloefags never want max to move on and evolve
>>579204895>AddingYou mean continuing the already existing ones, using the mocap and assets that were already finished? For a game that is universally criticized for a complete lack of choices? Yeah, that was obviously the correct decision. Paying customers appreciated that kind of effort>more sloppy romancesIf only the romance they replaced them with wasn't the absolute epitome of low-quality garbage
>>579260675Max's story was over in the original game, DE exist because Square Enix wanted to cash on nostalgia and her popularity and D9 was willing to do it, even if it costed them their job
>>579231668>Safi became more popular because of pricefieldersShe's really not that popular desu>On the other hand, actual Safi fans after DE, and I have quite a few of them among my moots, were completely shocked by this. >Many of them just dropped the fandom entirely and stopped posting about LiSThey should have realized D9 would have stood for nothing but SE's corporate demands. Either way, good riddance
>>579269249keep seething, chlorefag
>>579269086Even don'tnod considered continuing the story by making the choice less permanent with Chloe surviving no matter what. So it's not like the foundation isn't there
>>579269086Nobody here gives a shit about your fanfiction regarding whose story ended in which game. But please, feel free to keep reminding us how badly DE broke your psyche
Bitches why aren't you testing DLSS5 on the games uh? I'm too lazy to do it myself, please do it for me, LiS2 specially <3
>>579278773DSLL5 is a slop AI filter, and testing it on a heavy stylized game like the first two Dont Nod LiS only reinforce it has no place there
>>579179620Yeah, we already got it, there won't be any screenshots. Just like everything else you say.Keep seething
>>579277078The reason they scrapped the Chloe in a coma ending was because they never planned LiS to have direct sequels, nor that it would have been that successful, and such we get a definitive closure in Bay, and a open ended in Bae in a very artsy french fashion
>Rachel D. AmberDoes she have the Will of D? Is she like Portgas D. Ace?
>>579285640she dies like Ace too
>>579279523Your seething really is unmatched
>>579280872The reason was completely different>>579299308>No u
>>579301779This is what Michel said on the ending change, how Chloe alive in both endings felt like a cop out and wanted a strong emotional impactful ending, with the other one being the town destroyed
I never understood the blind devotion to Michel and the other writers. They had one big hit, and when they finally tried to recreate it with Lost Records, it wasn’t anything special. Most of their games aren't anything special
>>579306383Death of the Author when it's convenient.
>>579306383While authorial intent isn't the end all, be all, I do think it can provide clarity to hear what they were thinking when they wrote it. I don't follow Michel, but whether I agree or disagree, his takes are interesting.I also think it's reasonable to want a continuity of vision in sequels and prequels. It's rarely completely uncontroversial when new teams take over a franchise, but LIS emphasizes narrative and emotional connections with the characters to a greater degree than, say, an action game that lives or dies on mechanics. When devs get that wrong, fans rightfully bitch about it, too, though.
>>579306383Lost Records had great characters, but it suffered also because it was Michel alone and not with Raoul Barbet as a co director, if you look at their games Michel is clearly more of a slow paced, hugely metaphor guy while Raoul is more on the dynamic, cinematic set up similar to Quantic Dream's style. They had a good balance and LR suffers from his absence to counter Michel's more metaphysical abstraction
>>579316557Ripping off IT and making it slow as molasses definitely didn't help. Michel's washed.
>>579317649>thinking LR is a It copy because of one referenceLow IQ take
>>579320032>one referenceSigh, if you're going to bait, bait better.
>>579317649>Michel's washed.This
>>579320236LR biggest inspiration is also The Goonies, John Huges' movies and The Craft
>>579316557Too romance focused, too slow and not epic enough. There was too little to talk about after finishing the game too. I wanted to like it, I really did, but I was bored at the end.
>>579306383It's a bit selective at times tough
