Ladies / ladies, it's the new Young Time-Traveling Lesbo Adventure Game thread. Please be civil, and agree that Kate is best girl.
>>2000403
Gasp! You fiend I was going to make a new thread once the old one died.
<<with this image cause of Chloe's adorable expressions.
So the Japanese version's out now, which leads one to wonder: How did they translate 'hella'?
>>2000609
>'hella'
Herra
>>2000407
Joyce being a really good mother-in-law to Max is my favorite thing.
>>2000678
Hella yeah that unfinished comic makes me wanna read some "Life is fine and Nothing Hurts" docs.
>>2000709
*fics fucking autocorrect.
>>2000719
So apparently there's an AU visual novel in the works called "Love is Strange". Sounds hella gay from what I've read.
http://loveisstrange-vn.tumblr.com/post/132707025080/love-is-strange-demo
>>2000745
Ot3 coming through!
>>2001531
ew, I know Chloe is not the most girlish girl out there, but she's not a butch either. I hate when artists are unable to balance Chloe's femininity and tomboyishness and instead chose to draw her as a total stud or butch.
nothing against butches though, I just don't think it really represents Chloe's style and personality.
I remember seeing an image a year ago that had "Twerk4Max" in it
Gone now. I think Kate would do that, though.
>>2001788
I don't think Chloe's butch in that pic at all her hair is too long. If anything she looks bifauxen you know that feminine princely look.
>>2001851
butches can have long hair too, same way some really feminine girls have short hair
>>2001879
Well my point stands I think Chloe looks more bifauxen than butch.
I'd take bifauxen over butch any day.
>>2001912
well, I guess we'll have agree to disagree then, to me she looks like an emo dude with tits,not sexy at all, but to each their own.
So, I finished my second playthrough. I thought it held up very well and I appreciated the differences some of your choices made. There's nothing earth-shattering, but Kate's fate in particular really changes the mood of the rest of the game (and purposefully picking the options that made her jump felt so bad). There's much less of a sense of Max being any kind of a hero and her desperation to keep Chloe alive reminds you of her earlier failure. Sacrificing Chloe would also allow her to get Kate back.
It's also nice to be able to enjoy the story for what it is without having to obsess about theories and then being disappointed when they didn't pan out.
>>2002065
I'm digging confident Max.
>>2001788
>tfw you rather enjoy the occasional deliberate reinterpretation of Chloe as an amazon.
>>2002099
>tfw it'll never be canon
I'll just rewind to the birth of the universe.
>>Tfw my parents we're going to name me Max
>>Tfw my gfs parents were going to name her Chloe
This still weirds me out thinking about it.
>>My gf turns to me and says "What if we went back in time to change their minds and picked our own names to prevent what happened in the game to us in real life-- but the reprocution of it happening is it got made into a game for us to play to remind us of your power to be able to rewind time so that way we ended up together?"
My life is a paradox.
>>2002099
>more of defined chloe
Anyone know how this game did in Japan? Are we going to get doujins and fanart? I heard it didn't do very well.
>>2002316
Oh, we're gonna get doujins. Just not the ones we want. ;_;
>>2000609
I'm watching a Japanese let's play and they have changed quite a bit of dialogue like Nathan simply saying he could do anything to the school, but doesn't actually reference blowing it up like in the US version. One of the hella instances I distinctively remembered got translated as kuso (shit). They didn't really put too much effort into it or I didn't catch it, my Jap isn't that good to be honest.
>>2002370
Yeah I'd rather we not get any doujins than have to suffer through that. I've already seen my fair share of horror while looking for Life is Strange lewds.
So, any good recent fanfics? I dropped All Wounds after the latest chapter skipped forward in time and turned Max and Chloe into the kind of couple that has hungover arguments over who was allowed to sleep with which third party, and that's a little too real for me.
>>2002443
The only solace is that makes seems to be against polyamory for now at least.
>>2002455
Max* curse this autocorrect to the abyss!
As for your question I don't know of any new fics I hope there's a fic to go with this VN>>2000745 but I haven't looked.
My favorite fic is still the True Ending series although series might be generous as it only has two chapters.
http://archiveofourown.org/works/5038093
>>2002443
Letters from Tomorrow had a major update recently (+20K words):
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11536155/1/Letters-from-Tomorrow
Though that fic isn't for everybody, being an AU with Chloe literally like >>2002099, seems on a poly route (though it sounds like it'll be strict Max/Chloe/Victoria instead of this open relationship drama), and has a kind of irreverant humour which delights in mocking any stupidity the author detects in the canon game.Is it wrong that after ep 5, I ended up gaining a greater appreciation for someone mocking the game's stupid moments?
>>2002443
It updated? Kek, it's going to be entertaining.
>>2002521
Well I'd rather have a closed ot3 with Victoria than the open relationship bullshit in All Wounds. Even if Max is against polyamory at the moment comments made by the author leave me worried.
>>2002560
Entertaining? Are you a masochist?
>>2002566
I enjoy watching plots burn
>>2002099
>>2002186
gross
>>2002183
>>>Tfw my parents we're going to name me Max
>>>Tfw my gfs parents were going to name her Chloe
>This still weirds me out thinking about it.
>>>My gf turns to me and says "What if we went back in time to change their minds and picked our own names to prevent what happened in the game to us in real life-- but the reprocution of it happening is it got made into a game for us to play to remind us of your power to be able to rewind time so that way we ended up together?"
>My life is a paradox.
my mind was blown reading this.
>>2002756
I love lanky Chloe as much as the next /u/ser but this>>2002099 Chloe is pretty hot too hell if that Chloe is in fact in>>2002521 I might just give it a read.
>>2002573
Well from the looks of things you better get ready for a train wreck.
>>2002316
It's right now number 5 on PS4 game bestsellers (15th game product overall) for Amazon.co.jp. Searching for "ライフイズストレンジ" on twitter seems to yield quite a few tweets about the game on Japanese Twitter with fairly positive impressions. I'd say it's overperforming, considering it's a niche Western game.
One interesting thing to note about the translation is they translated the line where Chloe says "girl-on-girl action" to "百合" (yuri).
>>2002837
Wow its competing against Gundam, Dark Souls 3 and Dragon Quest. These are literally the TOP franchise in Japan, they are held in higher regard than Final Fantasy. That being said I am kinda surprised The Division is doing very well in Japan.
>>2002316
Here. Have some Japanese fanart as a taste of what may be coming.
>>2002916
>no ugly tumblr noses
I'm praying to Madokami that this game has success with the elevens, I wanna see more cute art like this.
>>2002916
Makkusu is so moe.
>>2002916
>large
Don't do that.
:orig.
Also, sauce?
>>2003075
Those are actually old.
>jpg
Disgusting.
>>2002924
>I'm praying to Madokami that this game has success with the elevens, I wanna see more cute art like this.
even without major success there will be a small audience there that will keep giving some fan art to the fan base,
>>2002916
I kind of wonder how Japanese players see the game's queerness.
Even before the game was out, when we just had a few screenshots, people already thought that blue-haired chick looked kinda gay.
Chloe, with her short blue hair, her punk outfit, her beat-up old truck and the long, lingering shot in romantically setting sunlight as she drives along with Max has one or two markers that kind of instantly peg her as someone who might not be entirely straight. (Also the 'angel' line.)
I kind of wonder how Japanese players react to Chloe's... everything.
But I don't know any Japanese and wouldn't know where to look for their reactions, so I guess it'll remain a mystery to me.
>>2003577
I can tell you which ending they'll love to bits.
>>2003661
The cliché ending.
>>2003661
The one endorsed by Christian Divine.
Do you think max takes pics during her lesbian love sessions with chloe?
>>2003392
I love these
>>2003822
Nah she's to shy but you know Chloe sneaks a few pics for her personal collection.
And Amber or Victoria or even Kate if we wanna get AU... which we do.
>>2003577
I'd imagine she comes across as pretty gay there too. They do have butch lesbians and their love stories often favor more subtle ways of depicting emotions than having the characters do something as vulgar as talk about them.
>>2003822
Nah, you can't focus enough to get good shots. She does use Chloe as a nude model, though.
>>2003852
Still a little salty over the drama that is All Wounds gonna wash down that salt with less ridiculous drama... or no drama.
>>2003859
>>2003863
>>2003864
>>2003867
>>2003870
>>2003873
>>2003877
>>2003880
Funny how Rachel was more enthusiastic once Chloe mentioned Max. And it stayed a wholesome closed lesbian relationship and they like totally had awesome lesbian sex for the rest of their lives.
>>2003882
And we'll close this with a little wholesome sin.
>>2003883
Kinda wish they'd kissed a little more passionately at some point in the game.
>>2005427
Anyone else have the head canon that while typically shy about sex at first Max and Kate get ridiculously frisky with the right provocation? Much to Chloe and Victoria's delight I would think.
>>2005813
Nah, I prefer Max being shy and innocent and Chloe being driven so wild by it that their first few times are just her eating Max out until she faints.
Victoria is dead.
>>2005866
>Victoria is dead.
Just like the rest of the town's residents.
>>2005905
>everyone except max and chloe are dead
this lack of imagination is disappointing
>>2005925
I never knew I wanted this comic before I saw it today.
>>2005905
Heresy blam!
>>2006068
On a totally unrelated note I could totally see the woman from 10 Cloverfield Lane play Max.
>>2006873
I just thought of the saddest thing. Why did I think this? I'm sad. Help. So, this is still my older Pricefield headcanons, but anyway... Chloe dies of natural causes, Max can only rewind to the last five minutes before Chloe dies. She only has the strength to do so that much as her powers faded with age, or something to that effect. She does so, just reliving that moment as many times as she can. Finally, she gives up because the pain is too much and dies a day later, finally with her beloved.
This was posted on Yuri and tea... right in the feels.
>>2006874
And those upset with All Wounds.
And then Chloe and Max had a mature talk with each other about their future and later invited Rachel over to discuss boundaries, needs, desires, and responsibilities, and never once tried to coerce their relationship into a box or have unfair expectations of each other and have a bond based on mutual respec
>>2006875
I get why people want to do these threesome things with Rachel, but I prefer to think of Max as way too jealous for anything like that.
>>2006892
I don't see three way relationships working, ever.
>>2006892
I wholeheartedly agree for the stories that want to stick to canon but just for fun stuff amberpricefield, marsh pricefield, ect. can be really sweet too.
Provided it's a closed three way relationship instead of the open drama bull shit.
But yeah otherwise I agree Max's nightmare seems to indicate she wouldn't share Chloe in any way.
Good morning here's your daily dose of cry.
>>2006894
That, and upon entering Rachel and Chloe's secret base, her first instinct is to write her name on the wall.
One of my funcanons is that Max likes to idly play with Chloe's pierced nipples while laying in bed.
>>2007027
Belly kisses.
>>2007318
Birthday love.
>>2007346
Holy shit those are some long necks.
>>2007583
you have seen Yaoi hands, now get ready for...Yuri necks!
By the way gals, if you have the Steam version of the game but still live outside Japan, you can grab the Japanese language DLC by putting the following into your web browser address bar:
steam://install/425570
Found this out from here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/319630/discussions/0/412448792353985175/
I've been listening to Obstacles a lot. The lyrics fit the situation so well I'm guessing the ending must have been written with the song in mind, unlike Spanish Sahara, which is a good song, but doesn't have quite the same lyric resonance, what with Max appearing distinctly non-furious. I particularly like how Obstacles' first line "let's say sunshine for everyone" takes on a new meaning after when everyone certainly did not get sunshine.
>>2007729
Agreed "Obstacles" is my favorite song on the soundtrack.
>>2007729
Obstacles is definitely my favorite LiS song, it manages to beautifully capture the nostalgia that one feels towards their childhood both with it's lyrics (We played hide and seek in waterfalls
We were younger, we were younger) and the instrumental bits. A real piece of art. Mt. Washington is a close second though.
>>2007770
Damn anon I literally can't hold all these feel so.
>>2007808
Chloe's going to rap, isn't she?
>>2008361
Is that a serious question?
>>2007729
>unlike Spanish Sahara, which is a good song, but doesn't have quite the same lyric resonance, what with Max appearing distinctly non-furious.
I think 'fury' is meant to reference the greek furies, spirits of vengeance that would drive people mad, suggesting the difficulty Max will have overcoming her experiences and Chloe's death.
Based Joyce is based.
>>2008409
I'm not sure that's an appropriate reference either. It was generally not possible to avoid the Furies' vengeance, even with divine help (Okay, Athena managed to save Orestes through negotiations and bribery). If Max is pursued by metaphorical Furies, the implication would be that she ends up killing herself, which isn't really the vibe the animation is giving.
>>2008441
>the implication would be that she ends up killing hers
She literally wrote in the journal that she couldn't go on if Chloe died.
>>2005925
I thought this too in my first play through, but I just finished my second and I realized all the lives Max tried to save end up being dead (except for Chloe, of course). So, Evan, Alissa, and everyone in the dinner are probably dead in the "sacrifice Arcadia Bay" ending.then again, I'm probably a dumbass
>>2008759
One of their favorite teachers getting busted for murder on the previous day might well have made Alyssa and Evan want to hang out with friends at their dorm instead of going outside, and David would have probably focused on getting Joyce to safety if he wasn't occupied with saving Max and Chloe.
>>2008759
I just don't like the idea of all that hard work I put into helping everyone going to waste. And since they left it vague and open to interpretation well I'd like to imagine there were some survivors.
Like how in the True Ending series Frank teaches Max poker that's freaking adorable. Or reading about Max, Chloe, Kate, and Victoria supporting each other during Jeffersons trial.
>>2010142
>>2010143
>>2010144
>>2010145
>>2010146
>>2010147
>>2010148
High Max is fucking adorable.
>TFW game sold like shit in Japan
I guess doujin never?
>>2011124
Doujin will come. Until then, let's enjoy the lesbians.
>>2011124
>>2011152
Let's hope they're yuri doujins.
>>2011152
How? The game sold worst than the Division which is a Western Ubisoft game.
>>2011223
Do you know what their sales expectations were and whether they reached them? If not, saying the game sold badly is meaningless.
>>2011228
Square normally wanted good sales, but the game did poorly in fact it did worst than Western titles.
Why does A Softer World and Life is Strange fit so well together?
>>2011648
I suspect that's where Vic's dislike stems from. "Stupid sexy Rachael."
>>2012337
What is?
>>2012747
That grin.
>>2012748
Fluffy cuddles.
>>2011234
Square has the most retarded sales expectations ever. The Tomb Raider reboot was a failure to them.
Any love for Chasefield/Maximum Victory? Victoria seemed a little closeted for Max to me...
>>2013108
Everyone is gay for everyone no exceptions.
>>2013209
Insert groan here.
>>2013108
Well, the two times she comes on to guys, it's to get something. Despite being a bit of a social climber, she isn't dating Nathan or anyone else. She's obsessed with Max. Yeah, she's kinda gay.
Anyone got Ms. Ward? Love me some BBB
>>2013270
>Ms. Ward
Dana Ward?
>>2013272
>tfw no Dana/Juliet fics
>>2003075
>>2003077
More of this style?!!!
>>2013673
Those were the only two of that artist.
Does this game have canon lesbians? I can't really from reading the thread.
>>2014140
Yes, Max/Chloe is canon.
>>2014145
MAIN CHARACTER canon lesbians? Hot damn.
>>2014164
It should be clarified that it's as canon as you as the player make it through dialogue and actions. That said while certain internal musings of Max can hint she's bi it is entirely possible to avoid what triggers those musings making for a completely lesbian play through.
As for Chloe her voice actress basically said she interprets the character to be pan sexual or something.
>>2014115
>>2014119
I normally don't like strapons in my yuri but that's not bad. Anymore this looks like a set?
>>2014173
Well, she said she's sexually fluid and uninterested in labels. Chloe would probably make fun of anyone calling themselves pansexual.
In canon, Chloe expresses attraction to both men and women and implies she prefers women.
>>2014191
quoting myself to add that my previous assertion was wrong. you can't really avoid all hints to Max's bisexuality 'cause we still have the journals Max wrote, where she says shelikes skater boys even though they don't pay her any attention, and also some insinuations to a schoolgirl crush she harbors towards Jefferson
>>2014191
She's pretty gushy about Mr. Jefferson whatever you do, and the comment about her liking skaterboys is triggered just by looking at something. I don't really see the point of pretending she's a lesbian when she clearly isn't written that way.
>>2014196
>skater boys
Eh, she probably got a crush on skater Chloe but was too young to understand that it's not as forbidden love as one might think.
And there was this cut audio file of her calling girls cute in the Ep5 gallery, but the devs pussied out because they're French.
Her inner gay have awakened.
>>2014199
And yet you can have Max make comments that her admiration for Jefferson are purely for artistic reasons.
Besides its possible to have a bit of crush on someone and not want to sleep with them. Really one might wonder why there's even any mention of interest in boys at all for Max.
What said>>2014203.
I don't understand this resistance to interpret Max as lesbian especially since so much is left up to the player.
>>2014210
>It probably was meant as foreshadowing, given that Max sees the old photo of Chloe skating soon after making that comment.
yeah, pretty much this. that part was definitely an insinuation that Chloe is totally Max's type, even before Max herself was aware of it.
>>2014211
does it really matter if she's a lesbian or bi? it doesn't change the fact that she has the hots for Chloe.
>>2014217
There should be nothing wrong with those of us who want to interpret Max as gay in game or write fics were Max is gay.
>>2014246
who said it was wrong?
>>2014211
Because Max being bisexual is the most natural interpretation of what's in the game. Reading her as a lesbian is motivated entirely by a preference for characters of that sexuality, and we simply shan't accept sloppy analysis like that.
>>2014251
So you're saying lesbian Max is unnatural? Nice.
If others had such thoughts we wouldn't have "Love is Strange" in development.
>>2014254
Well, I don't care what kinds of fanfics you write.
>>2014254
well, I think you have to make a conscious effort to ignore all the hints to her bisexuality, but whatever floats your boat. I don't get why >>2014211 and >>2014251 make such a big deal out of it, at the end whatever her sexuality is doesn't play an important part of the game, unless you chose the hetshit options, that is. and even then it doesn't change that Max's most important person is Chloe.
>>2014266
Hey if you want to see Max all over cock you're probably in the wrong place.
>>2014265
I'm saying that interpreting her as a lesbian requires one to ignore lots of evidence to the contrary for dubious reasons. I don't see losing an amateur dating sim as an enormous blow, though there's no reason why you couldn't create a game like that starring a bisexual Max.
>>2014272
not that anon, but nice straw man there.
I can't even tell if you're being purposely obtuse or you're really that dense.
>>2014268
>>2014275
Ignoring? I never got anything in game to tell me Max wanted anyone but Chloe.
>>2014277
She explicitly says she likes skaterboys and is sad that they don't like her back, she has a clear crush on Jefferson and, horror of horrors, she can kiss Warren.
>>2014277
wat? dude, again, are you being purposely obtuse or just natural dense?
no one here is denying that Chloe is the love of Max's life or claiming she's hungry fordicksbeing bisexual doesn't mean she's a slut going after every guy she sees.
>>2014284
/lgbt/ pls go.
We only talk about pure maidens here, which Max and Chloe most definitely are.
>>2014281
Well I never went near any skater boys so I never got anything like that and at every opportunity I chose the option that Max went to the school for the classes not Jefferson himself.
>>2014284
I'm just surprised there's this level of bush back in /u/ of all places for those of us who played Max as hella gay.
I know there's at least one option where you can have Max express a disinterest in boys in episode three or four I think.
>>2014290
>Chloe
>pure
pick one
>>2014293
dude, the only one making a big deal out of this is you. as I said before, nothing wrong if you chose to interpret Max as a lesbian, no one is attacking you for it, and certainly no one is trying to push hetshit in this thread, stop with the persecution complex already. if anything you're the one that went ballistic the moment someone mentioned the word "bi".
>>2014302
I'll concede All Wounds left me very sour in even the remote chance of Max being interested in guys. My apologies for my unnecessary behavior.
Shall we return to our regularly scheduled programming?
>>2014332
see, that's why I don't read edgy fanfiction with dubious headcanon from the author, I'll just wait here for an update of Artistic Experimentation.
>>2014339
Words to live by.
Artistic Experimentation? What is?
>>2014347
http://archiveofourown.org/works/6230902/chapters/14276542
>>2014349
The summary made me chuckle will give a gander thank you.
In return here's hawt dog Chloe.
>>2011124
PS4 Life is Strange (Square Enix, 03/03/16) – 5,286 (17,397)
Only ps4?!!
>>2014332
Why the fuck are they bears?
>>2014486
Welcome to 4chan. Be sure to fucking lurk moar.
>>2014486
One of the Seiyuus was from a show about gay bears.
>>2014490
who?
>>2014526
>ewww
The fuck is this? Write in proper English.
And
>preferring illogical tragedy
>>2014724
The last page is over here.>>2007027
>>2014480
In comparison to what?
>>2014526
and yet is still more canon compliant than that ficshit where Max is totally willing to share Chloe in an open relationship.
>>2014844holy fuck, that's some ugly Max. and why do they look so manly?
>>2014844
Is that supposed to be Max? Looks more like Zyzz.
>>2014480
sorry for the dumb question, but is this good or bad?
>>2014177
Sorry, that's all i have.. but if i find something else i'll post ir here.
What's with lesbians and plaid? It seems a bit stereotypical but Max looks good in it at least. And yes I remember Max wearing Rachel's old outfit I'm just wondering in general.
>>2014854
Well she did make it, brah.
so I've been reading So Far Gone and I like it so far (even though the writer could definitely do with a beta) I think it does a good job transmitting Max's newfound attraction to Chloe to the readers.
but, I have to ask, is Chloe "gender fluid"what the fuck does that mean,anywayin this fic? or is she a futa? I've just finished chapter 14 and if you've read it you'll understand why I'm asking this.
I just want to know so I can stop reading it if it does include any of this shit, I don't wanna waste my time with this fic just to find 10 chapters later that Chloe is a fucking FTM or something like that.
>>2015141
Plaid is popular for both males and females right now.
>>2015174
I'm no expert but I think it means mentally she doesn't fit into either a masculine or feminine mindset or interests I know it's different from transgender.
I haven't read the fic but chances are Chloe is just a girl that can't be easily categorized.
>>2015177
>>2015179
Well like I said Max makes it work but there'll always be a part of me that associates plaid with butch bull dykes unfortunately.
Regardless of how Max sees her sexuality at the end, how do you think she identifies at the beginning of the story? I'm guessing more or less straight, because of how unselfconscious she is when gushing about Kate or how coyly she writes about Chloe flirting with her until the last entry. If so, she is pretty cool about realizing she does like women, though.
>>2015352
Something like this. Just takes it in stride.
Sooo gay.
>>2015502
I like the idea of Chloe taking charge but getting nervous as Max maybe gives her a look or something that causes Chloe to feel an odd mix of love and hornieness she's not used to feeling.
>>2014543
lol still butthurt
>>2015585
You know who else is butthurt Warren upon seeing this.
>>2015603
I prefer to think the recipient is Victoria.
>>2015607
You certainly can but the other half of the picture is Warren and I ain't posting that.
But the idea of Victoria quietly fuming and eventually going full tsundere is appealing.
>>2015632
Like this.
>>2015636
And suddenly I want an AU where every girl is fighting over Max.
Hold me /u/, a fanfic hurt me today.
>>2015715
>not knowing what you're getting into
>>2015715
What the fuck is up with their proportions?
>>2015715
which fic?
>>2015739
Probably should have stopped reading on my first suspicion, but new stuff is scarce and I must read LiS fics.
>>2015741
They aren't that off, are they? Proportionately they are pretty ok, Chloe looks relatively small though. Seems like the artist had a hard time translating the perspective.
>>2015776
One where Chloe is rude.
>>2015800
Read books.
>>2015810
Duh. But ever since I've played LiS I started reading fics in bed. And now I've grown too attached to that habit to go back to other bedtime lit. Will have to sooner or later anyway as less and less stuff gets written for it.
>>2015821
I know that feel. I've started to run out of my fav pair.
So how do /u/ guys think a marriage proposal would go between them?
>>2016181
Also here's some high shenanigans.
>>2016181
Text message.
>>2016201
I actually forgot about that bit actually.
I just finished listening to a podcast where one of the contributors insisted that even after the final kiss, it's ambiguous whether Chloe and Max's relationship is romantic. He didn't seem like an idiot, homophobe or even a Warren fan. How does that happen? Do some guys think teenage girls are a different life form with an entirely different way of communicating?
>>2016486
There are those who don't see kissing on the lips as explicitly romantic by itself. Combined with the dialogue though, you'd have to have your hetero goggles on not to see it.
>>2016486
>>2016489
Especially considering dotnod outright confirmed the gay so... yeah.
Also kiss at the end?! Pleb.
>>2016493
>Actually believing this
>>2016486
Visit /vg/ from time to time to find out.
Basically, after the finale dontnod is in damage control mode, but is failing even at that.
>>2016496
What do you mean by that?
>>2016499
How so?
>>2016513
So I take it you don't think Max and Chloe had romantic feelings for each other?
>>2016512
In a big shortcut, people got dissatisfied with the rushed "choose your tragedy" ending arrived at through illogical means and half-assed conclusions; dontnod can't keep their mouths closed and every time they speak through public outlets only digs themselves into a deeper hole regarding the endings; VA's magically change their minds about the ending when interviewed, that kind of bullshit.
>>2016521
>I do like to imagine people survived the storm
The storm couldn't even destroy the buildings. The only casualty is Evan, because he just couldn't keep from shooting those dead whales.
>>2016527
The storm also killed the old lady hobo and injured Rachel's ex.
>>2016521
>>2016527
>>2016592You pretty much see who would die in the storm before the tornado even hits, during the part where you're trying to meet with Warren for that picture of the party night. We know that, without Max there to fix shit, several people die. I even let a ton of them you could save die in my play through, because I was thinking about the sense of urgency to get that photo my Max would have, and how she'd consider everything going on around her to be inconsequential, as it'd just be erased shortly. I only stopped the diner from exploding because I needed in. The tornado probably killed a lot more people after that. Survivors would be scarce, if any.
>>2016757
I'm really sorry if you think noticing shitty plot points is being butthurt, did you play this game only for "the feels"?
There is zero reason to believe the tornado wiped out the town, because you can clearly see buildings still standing. Tornadoes are low-casualty events.
And no, Michel's (aka "the person who, when asked to clarify shit about the rewinds, said he basically doesn't know") tweet doesn't count.
And having the same eventual result when conditions leading to it change isn't chaos theory.
>>2016764
I'm so, so sorry your pet theory didn't pan out. It must have been awful for you.
>>2016766
You're kind of dense, aren't you?
Well unless anything is confirmed this is my continuation>>2002457 now if only the author would continue it.
>>2016780
You're the one who went off on some incomprehensible off-topic rant.
>>2016934
You're the one being a cunt.
>off-topic
Good joke jpg
>incomprehensible
Maybe if you're handicapped
>>2017563
That looks like it would hurt.
Artist saw this...
>>2017860
And had to make a short comic.
>>2017871
"Would let go down on me." 10/10
Road trip feels.
>>2018218
Cute. More?
>>2019587
I can't unsee how it looks like Max had hairy pits.
>>2019599
I'm pretty sure it is meant to be hair.
more cute art from the Elevens
>>2019690
Gross.
So, Love is Strange, the all-gay LiS visual fan-novel, is finally out.
Anyone played it yet?
>>2022683
i played the first few minutes of it. didnt feel right to me.the game starts out with rachel amber and chloe just fucking up the bathroom for shits and gigglesneedless to say i stopped playing after that. but maybe you'll find it more interesting than i would
>>2022689
>spoiler
Yeah, that was fanfic-tier. Also I think there's too much narration, too little variation - to the point that the visual stuff is pretty much unneeded because you're going to read about it either way.
>>2022683
I played the Rachel route. I thought it was max comfy and very clever. It's one extended fluff fic, basically, which I am totally happy with.
>>2022683
honestly, I found the art really off-putting, I tried to play the demo some weeks ago and I just couldnt get into it, seeing Max and Chloe with such manly faces and bodies made cringe. nothing against the artists or against that art style, I know the tumblr art style is pretty popular in this thread, but I'll be the first to admit I'm a superficial motherfucker and I like my yuri with more feminine character designs, specially when the character in the original game are the complete opposite of the way they're represented in this vn.
but still in nice seeing this fandom is still active, and I'm sure a lot of people will enjoy this game, so congratulations to the creators(if they're lurking here)
>>2022683
Too much text not enough sex.
But in all seriousness though, I thought it was very meh. I played through the Victoria route to get my fix, but the character development was a little too shallow for me. I guess I was expecting a novel length game with drama and tension. I was also turned off by the art. I'm not sure why the creators felt the need to chunk up the characters :\ Rachel Amber seemed to make it out OK though ....
The game had a lot of potential and I'm glad that it was released rather than not. I'd check it out if you're big on a ship, but I think it's on par with fanfiction that you read for the sake of it.
>>2023396
I thought it'd be a longer fanfic instead of a oneshot length.
>>2023667
Using premade tools to make games that are short is still pretty time consuming.
>>2023201
>I'll be the first to admit I'm a superficial motherfucker and I like my yuri with more feminine character designs, specially when the character in the original game are the complete opposite of the way they're represented in this vn
This is just not true? The characters in the original game are intentionally toned way the fuck down. Complete opposite? We are not talking about Lara Croft here. Dontnod specifically made a point of not sexualizing the characters. And I don't know if you have looked at the game after the demo, but they don't look particularly androgynous or anything.
I will say the art is not particularly thrilling to look at, and for the months and months they had been working on it I'd have expected more poses and scenes. And I also agree that the routes are much shorter than I had hoped and rather straight-forward. But overall it's been a neat little experience I wouldn't think to complain about.
>>2024213
I think anon meant the characters looking fucking round and chunky as fuck.
Because they were pretty lithe in the game, while here it's all curves.
>>2024325
I think anon meant specifically what he said: "manly faces and bodies".
Besides, look at the game: they are not "round and chunky as fuck".
>>2024355
Oh yeah, didn't read carefully. They certainly do look man-ish.
>>2024371
I sometimes wonder if people have never seen a human being, if they require some kind of insane exaggeration in order to recognise a character as female.
How, exactly, do these characters look "mannish"?
(No, I'm not the artist or anyone involved with this game, I'm just someone who has a long-running issue with anime fans calling female characters men if they aren't identical moe cutouts)
>>2024371
Just what kind of men are you around?
And again it's not like they are the "complete opposite" in-game.
>>2024392
>I don't care how people look in real life
But you do care about how people look in LiS I assume? Which is: not particularly feminine. Do you want to tell me Max is a /u/ monster? Mean people are regularly caught saying she has the body of a 12 year old boy, my negress.
But you misread what I was responding to and make a point of saying you don't defend their argument and it's alright that you think these are too boyish for you to enjoy.
>>2024355
>what he said
*she
>>2024387
this isn't about real life, so don't try to bring social matters into this argument. when I read/watch media for its yuri content, I wanna see characters that I find appealing, both aesthetically and personality-wise, why? because for me yuri is about satisfying a fantasy, not about seeking representation for unattractive people, I read yuri because I wanna read about beautiful girls in love with each other . so yeah, if I'm playing a yuri VN and I find character designs ugly I'll just end up dropping it, simple as that. is it dumb to give so much importance to the art, and am I missing some real gems because of that?
probably, but meh, is just a hobby so who cares, I don't think is that different from straight people wanting to read romance novels and watch romantic movies with attractive actors, is a matter of satisfying a fantasy.
>>2024388
>And again it's not like they are the "complete opposite" in-game.
they kinda are. I only played the demo, so I don't know if the art style changed that much in the final release, but in the demo the characters looked bulky, with broad shoulders and manly faces.
>>2024399
>But you do care about how people look in LiS I assume? Which is: not particularly feminine.
yes, I do care about how they look. granted, I didn't pick LiS for its yuri content, but the difference between LiS and this VN is that I actually find appealing the art style in the game, I like the way Max and Chloe look, I like how their body proportions and facial features are represented.
jesus, I don't know why you're making such a big deal, so what? I find the characters unattractive in that vn and you don't, big whoop.
>>2024475
>I find the characters unattractive in that vn and you don't, big whoop.
I don't know that I made a big deal of anything, but that's definitely not what I was talking about.
I said "complete opposite" is not true because the base characters are not particularly feminine - they are deliberately toned down, so I just didn't think that part of your argument was applicable here, which I pointed out. That was all. I didn't argue opinions or preferences.
I can see what's not to like and I did say I don't find the art too thrilling myself. But I can't share your opinion that these characters have "such manly faces and bodies" that I'd have to cringe, or the other anon's that they are "fucking round and chunky as fuck". It's however totally alright that we don't agree on that.
Can we all agree that it's just great that a group of people and supporters came together to make something completely /u/ related?
Hopefully we'll see more such projects in the forms of visual novels, erotica, and what have you in the future.
>>2024498
maybe is becauseI'm not a native english speakerbut I don't get what you mean by "toned down" I mean, I know what it means, but I don't understand the context you're using it in, toned down in comparison to what?
but anyway, I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I stand by what I said earlier, to me the characters looked manlyor mannish I don't know what's the appropriate wordand yes, the complete opposite of the designs in the game (Max and Chloe are thin, scrawny even and with softer features)
>>2024507
totally. as I said before, it may not be my cup of tea, but I'm glad the fandom is active enough to produce new content.
>>2024507
Don't think anybody was disagreeing on that.
I enjoyed the experience. Doubt there will be more for this fandom though. Well, isn't that "All Wounds" thing being made into some sort of VN too? But I haven't read that and only heard very bad things about it.
>>2024513
With toned down I mean Max hardly has breasts, hips or butt. She dresses very plain and tomboyish. She doesn't use much make-up or is otherwise sexualized. If Max was Lara Croft I'd agree a less "sexy" character design would be the "complete opposite". But for LiS I just don't think that applies when the game specifically makes a point of making the characters less traditionally feminine. If you are talking exclusively about the demo, and exclusively about thin vs. thick, I guess that is the oppsite. For "complete opposite" I would still need a 200 pound Max in the VN.
>>2024518
the characters look slightly better in this one, I'll give you that, maybe they did make some modifications to the character designs. still, kinda ugly for my tastes, specially Chloe.
>>2024518
>isn't that "All Wounds" thing being made into some sort of VN too?
now this is another VN I won't be playing, not only it has ugly as fuck art style, but the fanfic is bad enough as it is, I don't find the possibility of watching Max and Chloe having a threesome with some guythe author is self-inserting intothat exciting.
>>2024532
I don't find it ugly. But I obviously agree that she doesn't look as pretty as she does in the original game. Same for the other characters. The art definitely didn't make this game, and I'd agree with the opinion expressed earlier that this VN will not do too much more for you than a regular fanfiction. Still pretty neat.
> Max and Chloe having a threesome with some guy
Oh, that's that one? Yeah, fuck everything about that.
>>2024542
keep in mind that it's just a possibility, we may never actually watch them going at it with some guy, but the author has made it very clear that they are in an open relationship and they have had their flings in the past, so is just that possibility and the fact that the author shows such disregard for the character's personality and motivations that it was enough for me to drop it. specially because it doesn't make any sense, how can someone who played the game affirm that Max would be totally cool with sharing Chloe with other people? makes no sense ,man.
>>2024551
Agree completely. An "open relationship" however that is portrayed in that fic goes grossly against the type of people we get to know Max and Chloe as. Chloe loses her mind over Rachel having been with Frank (and she wasn't even together with Rachel as far as we know), she doesn't even want Max picking up a phone call and at the core of her character is being scared of abandonment, of not being important to people, of people leaving her. She is very attached.
And Max is not overly sexual at all and loves Chloe on a very different level first and foremost. Namely on a level of deep friendship and special connection.
It's absurd to think they would share each other in sexual escapades or otherwise.
>>2024551
I've read all of it because I'm a masochist, but don't remember anything about an open relationship. And make that threesome a foursome.
That fic is completely stark raving idiotic.
>>2024573
Spoke with the author he basically confirms Chloe considers her relationship with Max to be open, but with Max things are a bit more murky. He doesn't find the idea of Chloe and Max having a monogamous relationship as realistic more or less.
>>2024562
That, and Max's unconsciousness seems to think that Chloe kissing someone other than her is about as terrifying as being chased by a man who abused and nearly killed her.
>>2024573
>>2024596
Do you have any idea how other people perceive the fic? Surely there's gotta be people telling them that it's irritating as fuck?
>>2024600
Exactly, *that's* the stuff of her existential nightmares she's having while a tornado is threatening to swallow her hometown. Safe to say she wouldn't be too comfortable guiding dicks into Chloe.
>>2024542
There's a few cool artworks in there though.
>>2024596
which is total bullshit that the author has nothing to back it up with other than his twisted headcanon.
not only everything >>2024562 and >>2024600
pointed out is true, but also let's remember Chloe get jealous even at the very idea of Max "going ape" with Warren and doesn't miss a chance to shoved it in his face when she got a kiss before him. I mean, heck, she even gets jealous of Jefferson for being an object of admiration for Max, I can't see her wanting to share Max sexually with other guys.
>>2024623
oh, and forget to add the famous line "I just don't think anybody is good enough for you... besides me."
>>2024624
*forgot
>>2024623
The logic is if Chloe instigates the situation like the time she attempts the foursome in the fic then Chloe is fine with it.
I don't agree with this interpretation of the characters by any extent of the imagination and neither does the artist behind these comics>>2014714.
http://lifeisfineandnothinghurts.tumblr.com/
I think the second post is the relevant one.
>>2024642
>>2024642
>The logic is if Chloe instigates the situation like the time she attempts the foursome in the fic then Chloe is fine with it.
that reasoning sounds forced as fuck.
honestly, all this insistence from the author to portray Chloe and Max as some polyamorous girls is suspicious as heck, specially when there's nothing in the canon that backs him up. it makes me think he's planning to self insert into the story as one of the guys Chloe and Max might fuck in futures chapters.
Are you planning to make a new thread before this one dies?