/lisg/ - Life is Strange General #509

>>179845803
Yeah but this is Principal Wells we're talking about. He doesn't give a shit, he'd probably leave faster to get away from all that crazy shit and get wasted in economy

>>179845803
i mean they still do when max is declared winner, dunno why they wouldnt in another timeline

>>179845923
or we could just make the logical assumption that when Joyce sees the tornado, she leaves, and Warren goes with her, since he hasnt been told to wait there by Max in that timeline

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Max is #1

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>>179845923
hmmm

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I've had pic related in my images folder for a while now. It's from some talk Michel gave at some point (note that the page still says "What If?", though IIRC the talk was given sometime after the name change), and it's showing, IIRC, one of the dialogue puzzles from Season 1. But I'm not sure we ever worked out which one it could be from. Anyone wanna play the speculation game?

>>179846162
>or we could just make the logical assumption that when Joyce sees the tornado
Except she didn't? Like, we literally saw that she didn't.

>Warren goes with her, since he hasnt been told to wait there by Max in that timeline
Warren's just a lost cause.

>>179845923
this is a game where a girl not dying causes the fucking moon to change orbit and even appear twice in the sky, and you're gonna tell me that random changes cant make a huge seemingly unrelated change down the line? come on, anon

>>179846162
Well in that timeline Jefferson was exposed on Monday. It's still ridiculous but not that ridiculously ridiculous I guess.

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>>179845314
Before Episode 5's release:
>Lol Mari's theories're shitty.It's way more than shitty to become true
>Chloe has to die thing doesn't make sense.Don't worry they will come with unpredictable story
>We're gonna learn everything about Max's powers,Rachel and Prescotts even Nathan,spirit animals..
>Jefferson knows about Max's powers
>Nathan,Frank,David or Samuel's gonna save us
>Victoria's with Max,she'll save her
>(After seeing Cemetery scene from leaks) I'm sure it'll be Williams,Rachel's or Kate's grave.
>Rachel's the doe and Butterfly and probably we'll see her in Max's dream
>Blue Jay's Chloe

After Episode 5's release:
>Mari's shitty cliche theory became right
>We visited the SF art gallery for 3 seconds. FOR 3 DAMN SECONDS
>Jefferson became a silly bad guy from Disney
>David came to save us.He's a former-soldier but he can't even fight,just listens teenager's orders. Even he doesn't know she has some time travel powers.
>Victoria's with us in the dark room.Laying there and we can talk her or not.Just it.
>Nathan get killed,Victoria too
>Nathan knew something about the storm but they cut it.
>Warren explained Max's powers(!)(thanks warryn) We found out her power causes/related with Chaos Theory and storm.It's not like we didn't know or something.
>Storm is only coming for Bay because Chloe lives in there but Max's the one who keep changes the time
>Prescotts story erased.Nobody even mention their name.
>Rachel's story fucked too.She isn't or butterfly,bluejay just spiritualdoe
>Spirit animals thing died.Blue Butterfly's storm summoner just it.
>Chloe dies again in one of endings (unpredictable) It gives you a lesson: You shouldn't have used your power.And you shouldn't play this game.Now erase your choices and cry like a bitch.
>Chloe has to die thing comes true, Cemetery scene explained with that.
>The other ending's short but it's less cliché than other.We saved Chloe,storm's hit the town and gone.That's it

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Hello young Max, I'm Bob Ros...I mean Samuel. I just love happy little squirrels. I think Rachael may have had a happy accident.

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Reminder that Max has autism

>>179846635
>this is a game where a girl not dying causes the fucking moon change orbit and even appear twice in the sky
Yeah, and we still have little proof that these two are linked at all. This game is as vague as it gets with cause-and-effect, and plays fast and loose with the butterfly effect.

>>179846635
That's a totally pointless argument though. "Anything can happen randomly at any time, therefore we're free to assume our headcanon about the events in the town are correct, even though there's no reason to think anything differs from what we're directly shown in-game." I mean, if that's the route you want to take, go for it. But let's not pretend that it's merely wishful thinking. May as well just assume all the Jefferson/Prescott Cthulhu-cult fan theories were also correct, and that all of the main villains just happened to forget to mention any of it.

(For completeness, the Moon never changed orbit in the sky, it was seemingly just a vision/illusion of the Moon in both cases. If the Moon was actually randomly popping out of place, the entire world would be having more problems than just a strange storm in Oregon. The fact that the second Moon in Ep4 seems to shimmer out and vanish seems to support this conclusion too).

>>179847503
>even though there's no reason to think anything differs from what we're directly shown in-game
Well I don't know about you but this >>179846293
does not look anything like a scorched diner.

Honestly, it doesn't matter if the diner is destroyed or not, or how powerful the storm was. That's not why people pick bae > bay in the first place, it's just nitpicking at the devs. There's very few reasons for why bay is a possible option for Max, but many for why bae is.

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She's one of ours, isn't?

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>>179848474
>does not look anything like a scorched diner.
It's got the burn marks around the windows. These aren't present in the storm scene. And we see how the explosion changes the diner model - it doesn't. And given that the events which lead to the explosion are totally independent of Max, yes, all the available evidence suggests the diner exploded. We can argue as to whether Dontnod did a good job at visually representing this, but it's the only reasonable conclusion to arrive at.

>Honestly, it doesn't matter if the diner is destroyed or not, or how powerful the storm was. That's not why people pick bae > bay in the first place, it's just nitpicking at the devs.
I agree entirely.

>There's very few reasons for why bay is a possible option for Max, but many for why bae is.
I disagree. In fact, I'd argue that the opposite is probably true. But this goes into a more subjective territory which wasn't really the point of the diner discussion.

Reminder that Kate wouldn't approve of Max and Chloe's relationship.

https://twitter.com/DONTNOD_Michel/status/874728084217487360

What did they mean by this

>>179846293
i like how the newspaper guy you see in episode 2 is now laying there dead like he stood there for a week and just stayed there outside during the storm

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>>179848945
Well let's agree to disagree, because having another bae v bay argument is stupid at this point, and we should just try to make the thread comfier in lieu of these new shitposters

Anyone else find it worrying how little the dontnod guys are saying about the prequel? Not even hyping it up.

>>179849823
But it wasn't meant to happen.

>>179849823
Has anyone asked them on twitter their thoughts on it?

>>179850326
be the change you want to see in the world

>>179850389
I don't have twitter
or any social media
except snapchat

>>179849823
they're probably mad the company sold out their "art" to cash in on the popularity of the characters they created. I'd guess they were approached about making the prequel but they said no and Square said fine, we don't need you frogs and went and made it on their own.

>>179850474
I mean, even then they'd probably say something like "good luck to deck9" or "we look forward to seeing deck9's work", something neutral but at least respectfully acknowledging the game. This is just complete radio silence.

>>179850828
Michel will be drunk one night again and tweet "DECK NINE SUCKS DECK".

"Thanks redneck poet."

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>>179845314
I want to give Chloe a hug.

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>>179852540
I want to hold her hand

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Finally got the platinum trophy!

>Only took six months

Welp.

>>179849823
Not personally. The game has nothing to do with them so there's no reason I'd expect them to say anything about it.

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>>179853207
>The game has nothing to do with them ...

You mean despite the fact that it's based on a franchise, characters, setting, lore, etc, they created; the fact that they were asked to sign off on the concepts near the start of development; the fact they were asked to review a recent build of the first episode; the fact that they kept getting brought up and spoken about in interviews; the fact that its success/failure will have some effect on continued sales of Season 1 and eventually Season 2; etc; etc? Not to mention the fact that we'd expect them to have -some- interest in the project, even if it -did- have nothing to do with them.

Whatcha smokin' over there Saul?

>>179854260
>You mean despite the fact that it's based on a franchise, characters, setting, lore, etc, they created
So is fan fiction.

>the fact that they were asked to sign off on the concepts near the start of development
>the fact they were asked to review a recent build of the first episode
Can you source this? Even then, if I got the writers to read over my fan fiction it wouldn't mean my work had anything to do with them.

>act that they kept getting brought up and spoken about in interviews;
To say the aren't involved.

>the fact that its success/failure will have some effect on continued sales of Season 1 and eventually Season 2
That depends on what season two is about. We don't know that it has any relationship to season one or the prequel. They could be making the franchise an anthology of sorts. If I were them I'd be more conceded about making my own game.

>Not to mention the fact that we'd expect them to have -some- interest in the project, even if it -did- have nothing to do with them.
You've yet to give a reason why.

>Whatcha smokin' over there Saul?
Dank Yharnam nugs. Seeing werewolves in the streets.
>

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Max is so adorable

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Max is there for Chloe and always will be! Chloe will always be there for Max!

BFFs, Pirates, Wonder Twins, Partners in Time & Crime & Love, Fellow Dorks, GFs, Wives.
OTP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhvZxmgLfNA

>>179846974
I think Samuel has a connection to the natives and may have been related to the bloodoath Rachel and Frank took

>>179856037
you're late m8

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>>179848945
Post more Chasefield!

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>>179846293
That does not look like it had a significant fire.
Looks more like water on the exterior from heavy rainfall and windows and some roofing missing from heavy winds.
If there was a fire from a gasoline spill then the asphalt on the road would be melted leading up to the RV and diner, the RV would be thoroughly burned because its gas tank lit off and the fire spread, windows would have very noticeable scorch marks which only the RV even slightly resembles, and if there was an explosion and fire at the diner then the walls would be bulged outwards at least a little bit and the interior would be torched. You can clearly see the painted walls and undarkened ceilings of the interior of the diner- no fire or smoke damage. Debris and things surrounding the diner would also show signs of damage from heat.

Conclusion: If there was a fire it was extremely minor and it was not an explosion like we saw in the one timeline. Chalk that up to the Butterfly Effect or someone else did what Max originally did and stopped the fire in its infancy.

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>>179856256
Apologies. Thread started while I was out doing some stuff.
(Or you can just pretend Max and Chloe were late because they were in the middle of a kissing session that got carried away.)

>tfw my best case scenario for this prequel is it bombs so hard that dontnod realizes that CANT be max and chloe's final appearances, and we get an extended bae ending added to the game, or (ideally) season 3 with them in it

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post dorks

While the whole diner fire thing doesn't really matter, it gives proof to the survival of Joyce, Frank, and the others. Some other theories but I don't like the thought of them all dying so I looked for ways to help show they didn't.
While the Bae Ending's central point is about Chloe and Max being together, that doesn't mean Chloe should lose her mother or that her and Max should lose their friends as well.
That's my biggest gripe with the Bae Ending. It doesn't give any closure or hints to anything. Sure we know the girls are alive and together, which is important, but it would be terrible for them to have to deal with losses like that.

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>>179857875

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>>179855481
Ok, so it's clear you're trolling. But for completeness and procrastination:

>So is fan fiction.
What a weak comparison. We're talking about an official entry into the franchise.

>Can you source this?
Have you not been watching all the E3 livestream interviews, or even casually reading through these very threads? Too lazy to go find a link for the sake of a troll post, but the two main relevant points are (1) they got Dontnod to sign off on their ideas for the game, and (2) they recently showed a build of the game to the folks at Dontnod in Paris.

>To say the aren't involved.
Aside from the above points where they -were- involved on the periphery, at least in a "we want you to sign off on this" capacity.

>That depends on what season two is about.
Not really. We're talking about the franchise as a whole, the performance of this game is going to have some effect on Season 2, regardless of which developers made it, and regardless of how well it reviews/performs.

>They could be making the franchise an anthology of sorts.
We know this is the case. But as above, we're talking about the perception/value of the franchise as a whole. Like it or not, this prequel counts towards that perception, even if the story/characters/setting/etc are totally unrelated.

>If I were them I'd be more conceded about making my own game.
To the point where they shouldn't show -any- interest in the new entry into the franchise they created; using characters, settings, lore, etc, they created; which will have some impact on the perception of a new entry into the franchise which they're actively in the process of developing?

They've had the time and interest to casually tweet about other games which were featured at E3, and they've had time to tweet about random stuff relating to Season 1 since the new game was revealed ... but not even a cursory mention of the prequel? Yeah, sorry, this is suspicious.

>You've yet to give a reason why.
Like I asked, what are you smoking?

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>>179857875

If Arcadia Bay were truly 100% wiped out, and Max and Chloe couldnt help, the first place they'd go is Seattle to be with Max's parents.

Max's parents live in Seattle, which is north of Arcadia Bay, and yet in the Bae ending, we see them driving south. Where are they going?

I like to imagine they're driving to the local evacuation center to see who heeded the evacuation call we heard in the diner.

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>>179858907
DORRRKZ

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>>179858205
If it gets too bad for them to deal with, Max can go back at anytime with the butterfly picture or any other picture she has to go back and warn the people about it and deal with Nathan/Bathroom event. Max has all the time of the world to plan things out better. If she's forced to go back to the bathroom scene, she can break the alarm and save Chloe without ever using rewind to get rid of the storm. Or use a photo from an even earlier time, warn Chloe via text or persuade her not to go to the school that day and arrange a meetup or distract her somehow. She can do that and much more without ever using rewind. Because according to Bay logic, time hopping and having knowledge of past/future events doesn't cause the storm. Rewind does.

Anyways bottom line, Max and Chloe could still prevent the storm at a later time after bae ending and at anytime they choose to after they analyze and really think things through.

>>179859431
The butterfly pic is actually the one pic she cant use, she ripped it up. But yeah, the fact that she can still time travel through pictures, and she has all her pictures with her so you cant even claim the tornado destroyed them or anything, is the biggest reason I'm fine picking bae.

Well second biggest, after me being a hopeless waifufag for chloe

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So apparently Deck Nine has announced that they're expecting the gap between episodes to be around the 8-10 week mark. This is similar to the length of time between many of the Season 1 episodes.

Pic related is a calendar with 8 week gaps (green) and 10 week gaps (blue) marked out. That Episode 3's 8-10 week window sits squarely over the top of the holiday period is a bit of a worry. As with Season 1, it's probably best to assume the schedule will stretch towards (or beyond) the longer estimate, so it looks like we have to wait for mid-January (assuming the holiday periods doesn't slow things down further) for the final episode.

The bonus episode is set to release sometime after Episode 3 (from the interviews and what's written up on the product pages, it doesn't sound like it will release concurrently, though this is unclear). So the bonus episode could be longer again.

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>>179859281
They drive by the diner but don't see anyone (because they're either in a shelter already or David took them to the Dark Room for safety), trying to make phone calls in the area doesn't work.
I think the first place they go is Max's parents in Seattle (Maybe stopping at a motel if they're really exhausted)
After about two or three days in Seattle then the phone service to Arcadia Bay should be restored and Chloe will get a call from Joyce asking if she's alright.
Chloe says she's with Max and Joyce says she should have figured. They have a nice talk and Chloe tearfully apologizes over the phone for all the shit she did to Joyce and David the past few years. Joyce apologizes for not always listening or thinking Chloe could just move on from everything.

A few days later Max and Chloe go back to Arcadia Bay to see people, get stuff from Chloe's house, and attend Rachel's funeral. They see Frank there and Max runs into Kate, Warren, and her other friends also attending. A good part of Blackwell is there despite the larger disaster that happened, such is the draw of Rachel Amber.
Chloe sees Joyce and David for the first time since everything and they have a nice moment as a family. After that they agree it's best for Chloe to stay in Seattle for a bit while everything is rebuilt, it also leaves Joyce and David with some time alone to reconnect.

During their time in Arcadia Bay after the storm, Max is taking photos of the recovery and rebuilding efforts and her photos win her the next Everyday Heroes Contest.

>>179859431
Also extremely possible and likely. Max going back to some point earlier, saving Chloe another way that stops the storm entirely, or just warning more people.
If she saved Chloe prior to that moment in the bathroom then it may stop the storm entirely. If not, then she knows when its coming and knows she and Chloe have to warn more people.

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>>179859418

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As Max and Chloe are leaving the ruins of Arcadia Bay behind, there's one more tragic story unfolding
>Alice and Lisa stuck in Max's room, Alice hasn't eaten anything in days, the dorms are destroyed and no one comes looking for them
>"No one's gonna come save us, this is the end, we'll starve to death..."
>Alice...you can survive this and go back to your owner. All you have to do is... all you have to do is eat me."
>"What? No, fuck that. Lisa, you're my number one priority, I'm not eating you!"
>"Alice, think about it... how many times this week did you try to nibble my leafs? I'm a plant, Alice, you're a bunny, maybe it's time I accept my destiny... OUR destiny."
>"Lisa, I can't make this choice!"
>"No Alice, you're the only one who can"

>eat Lisa
https://instaud.io/kVV

>eat your own foot
https://instaud.io/kWb

>>179859150
>We're talking about an official entry into the franchise
So? It still has as much to do with them as the average fan fiction.

>they got Dontnod to sign off on their ideas for the game
What does "signing off" really amount to. Being content with the games existence doesn't mean it has anything to do with them.

>they recently showed a build of the game to the folks at Dontnod in Paris
That doesn't mean they have anything to do with it.

>the performance of this game is going to have some effect on Season 2, regardless of which developers made it, and regardless of how well it reviews/performs.
If nothing they do will affects how it performs then why would they care to talk about it?

>this prequel counts towards that perception
That doesn't mean they have anything to do with the game.

>which will have some impact on the perception of a new entry into the franchise which they're actively in the process of developing?
You're conflating "the game affects them" with "they care about the game". They have no control over it so there's no reason for them to even acknowledge it.

>>179859649
If the prequel hints that Rachel may be connected to the appearance of the storm, then going back and finding a way to save her could also help things. It also keeps Chloe's friend alive, helps Frank, and makes sure Jefferson and Nathan are busted before ever hurting Kate and possibly others.

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>>179860556
I'm not even going to bother.

>>179860556
>You're conflating "the game affects them" with "they care about the game"
"the game affects them" with "the game has anything to do with them" rather.

>>179860741
If you can't beat an apparently stoned guy in an argument I'm not sure you should.

Is this a video game or an interactive TV show? I'm so confused

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>>179860849
>If you can't beat an apparently stoned guy in an argument ...

I did though. Sorry, but there's just no argument here. Like I said, you're either trolling, or you're a moron.

>>179861249
Thank you kindly for saving me the intellectual hellfire you would surely rain down, if only I was worthy.

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>>179861624
No probs. ;)

I remember when /lesg/ used to have fun trolls.

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>>179860434
Nice dorks!

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RACHEL'S FAMILY ARE PART OF THE ILLUMINATI

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If you're looking for something super fluffy and don't mind total AUs, then this has been an awesome read so far.
http://archiveofourown.org/works/10279478/chapters/22757045

The Max and Chloe relationship building is adorable and Rachel playing match-maker is pretty funny.

>>179862027
>Then they realized they used salt instead of sugar
Just kidding, the cookies came out great

>>179847124
Woah, I missed this in my playthrough... So all this time, Max was on the spectrum? This could completely change one's interpretation of her character...

>>179862396
how, exactly? max is still max, sperglord or no

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THE WORLD!

>>179861758
You consider yourself the winner of an argument despite fundamentally missing the point of it. The game affecting dontnod is completely different from the game having anything to do with them. Work on that Dunning–Kruger effect, it's not going to serve you well,

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>>179862928
Still trying, eh?

>>179862845
ZA WOWSER
HELLA HELLA HELLA HELLA

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Anyone started compiling a list of all the new music so far?

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>>179863117
No. There's no point arguing against the Dunning–Kruger effect. Then it wouldn't be the Dunning–Kruger effect. You didn't have a good argument to make so you declared yourself the victor while providing zero evidence. People like that aren't worthy of discourse. You just point out their flawed reasoning and move on before their stupidity infects you. On that note, good day.

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>>179863830
Cute. Have your (You).

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Wonder how powerful Max could get by mastering her powers.

>>179863682
dyke

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"lemme see you LIS folder"

"one sec"

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>>179864282
LOVE the Max sorceress and time goddess stuff that shows off her power.

I think she would stop using them for a while but then decide she has to know if they cause problems and if she was responsible for the storm.
she would take a picture before any uses in case she needs to go back and not use them, and then do some small stuff at first. Rewinding and seeing if she has any visions, going into a recent photo or two and then seeing if anything changes, and other little experiments. As she matures and learns more about how they work she may be able to do things like freely freeze time and rewind certain objects.
She gets to a level where she can hold Chloe's hand and rewind the both of them or hold her hand and go into any image as well as instantly exit back to the present. Make for some very interesting dates and vacations.

>>179863365
that's pooh's job

>>179864829
>in the ending where she accepts her powers and doesnt undo everything she's ever done, she winds up in a gay relationship with chloe
>in the other ending she decides an intrinsic part of herself that she cant change is inherently wrong and tries to hide it and never act on it, and ends up super depressed

And I thought xmen was heavy on the 'powers = homosexuality' thing

>>179865204
judging by her voice, no

>>179865076
Well one of the supposed ideas behind changing time is "the universe always tries to make things right because it's fate" (or some bullshit) so Max will always end up with Chloe.

>>179865204
she says in her diary she never had any luck with boys, so probably not

>>179865204
DELETE THIS

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>>179865204
No. And unlike you, she eventually will.

>>179865640
she had luck with warren :^)

>>179865204

..This image deeply unsettles me

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For once Jefferson is right

>>179866285

Pretty much yes

>>179865204
Thank fucking christ somebody else made this connection.

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are we gonna make bingos or not

Calling it now, Rachel's dark secret will be that she's straight

>>179867571
Could be fun to make as the release dates get closer.

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>>179867730
>mfw

>>179867730
The horror!
We already knew that. Or at the very most she's Bi but just didn't see Chloe the way Chloe was seeing her.

>>179867571
>>179867771
suggestions?

>>179868054
>"hella"
>"I wish Max was here"
>"Life is [insert word that isn't "strange" here]"
>Sarcastic references to time travel
>Hawt Dawg Man in the background
>David Madsen makes accusations of drugs
>Awkward reference/foreshadowing to Rachel's body eventually being buried in the junkyard
>More references to the Prescott's being dicks

>>179868054
hmm let me think
-Chloe says "hella" after hearing Rachel say it
-Chloe mentions missing Max or William *Bonus points for her trying to be pissed off at them*
-Chloe sees something and says Max would like it *bonus points if she actually uses the word "wowsers"*
-Chloe lashes out against someone she's talking to who really didn't deserve it
-Rachel flirts with Chloe
-Rachel flirts with someone who is not Chloe
-Something supernatural is hinted
-Something hinting towards Jefferson's crimes, stuff like people going missing
-A song we've heard in the original game plays
-Something from the real world mentioned to remind us what year the game is set in
-We see a Blackwell student we already know excluding Chloe, Rachel, and Nathan

How's that for a start?

>>179869006
>-Something hinting towards Jefferson's crimes, stuff like people going missing

its already confirmed jefferson isnt gonna be in this, isnt it? so its likely before he arrived in arcadia bay

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>>Hella Walk with me

>>179868559
I already know of one instance of the Prescotts being dicks. the notice in the sawmill that 300 workers were laid off and their pensions cancelled.
Then again they've mostly been scumbags for over a century judging by the letter Max found in the barn in episode 4.

>>179869181
>no jefferson
>not kate

not even worth a pirate

>>179869181
He probably won't appear in person but there's no way all those binder in the Dark Room were from just two years.
I think it's something he been doing for many years and in many states. Being buddies with the Prescotts just got him the Dark Room, a secure place to do it.
So maybe we'll see a news article about a missing girl or of one saying she was drugged but can't remember what happened.

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Kissu

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>>179869376
Yeah, that's why I wrote "more" references to the Prescott's being dicks. :P

>>179869843
kiss kate, yes
kiss victoria, no

>>179869968
Oh okay, my bad. I'm sure there will be more than that one anyway.
The Prescotts, minus Kristine, do not seem like very nice people.

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>>179870213
They are so adorable and precious.

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>>179870493
Indeed they are

Has anyone been reading the fic 'Small Things'?
It's quickly becoming one of my favorites. Reminds me a little bit of Ouroboros but more in character and with more a defined story.

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Kate is number....

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>>179871720
666

>>179871192
>Reporter approaches Max and Chloe during the storm
>"Are you people stupid?! Do you not see the tornado off the coast? This is why I don't feel guilty about keeping the girl I love."
>Chloe blushes at the word "love"

>>179871469
Wonder who Chloe is texting

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>>179871720
>>179871786

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;_;

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PRICEFIELD FOREVER

>>179872236
the pirate hat makes me most sad

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>>179872236
At least it gets better eventually...
Still, seeing Chloe so sad is really going to hurt. Going to need lots of cuteposting to help.

>>179872272
FOREVER AND EVER

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>>179872014
That scene is the very last we'll ever see of Kate and it isn't even the real Kate.

>>179872236
this game is going to be a tearjerker bait isn't

>>179872236
Is it normal for american teens to have some much crap on the walls?

https://twitter.com/webbpickersgill/status/875188951660732416
Luc being as always Luc.

>>179873437
I think most people at least have some stuff put up. Chloe's just someone who seemed to come into possession of something and then put it on her wall. Seems like as she got older more stuff got put up.

Nice that you can she keeps some actually sentimental stuff like the pirate hate and the photo of her and Max visible from another angle.

>>179874728
Meeting Luc would be pretty cool. Even meeting Michel would be an experience.
So does this finally end all the talk of "Dontnod is angry with Deck Nine and angry about the prequel"? Luc's meeting with them and having (invisible) drinks.

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I want to see the first time Max introduces Chloe to Kate.
I'm sure that moment would be great. Kate hearing Max talk about Chloe before and it's clear there's really strong feelings of love, but Kate hasn't actually seen what Chloe looks like. Only heard descriptions from Max.

They go to a tea and coffee shop and Kate and Max take the bus there, Chloe shows up and enters, Kate's first reaction is a whispered "holy shit." After some introductions and conversation they are getting along decently.

I want to hug Chloe and let her know that everything will be okay!

>>179878234
She's in a bad place, and she's not okay. It's okay to not be okay.

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>>179879613
But everything eventually WILL be ok!

>>179879663
Chloe is too beautiful for this world.

Morning guys
What do you think about the new prequel?

>>179880375
Cautiously optimistic, though very bummed they changed Chloe's VA

>>179880375

I watched an interview on Gameslice with two of the Deck Nine Games developers and I believe their hearts are in the right place. Looking forward to August.

>>179880580
I'm a little confused as to why they made it, since the point of a choice/consequence driven game is to make your own story and your own character development. We already know how these characters develop and what happens, so what is the point of the game? I dont know what theyre charging for it, but its definitely not worth a lot.

>>179880375
>>179880759
>so what is the point of the game?

Literally opening old wounds - the video game. Not sure why anyone would voluntarely do this to themselves, let alone actually be hyped for it.

>>179880759
That's bullshit.

It can give us insights into the character development that we had not had, previously. Quite a significant part of Chloe's relationship with Rachel was left ambiguous.

>>179881048
The literal point of an action consequence choice game is to have a different story and different characters in sense of who they are to everyone else. We know that chloe ends up angry and sad and rachel ends up in the ground so why are they wasting their time making this? Its already a set story it doesnt need a choice based game where your choices do not and will not matter. Would have been better told if they made an online comic or an animated show, something along those lines

This isnt going to be worth buying, better off just watching a play through.

>>179881335
Yes, and that will be felt in the world around you, in the context of this game.

You're basing the value of choices on to what extent they change the conclusion of the story. Watching the playthrough would reduce a major impact of the experience.

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>>179879663
It's okay once Max comes back and once Chloe takes a step back to look at herself and her behavior over a few years.
I do feel bad for her. Probably lots of regrets and even if she tries to shrug it off it's clear at a few time she feels really bad about some stuff she's done and how she's treated some people.
She does a lot of maturing over a very short period of time and it's because Max brings out the absolute best in her, and vice versa.

>>179881160
Ambiguity isn't always a bad thing in story telling. We knew everything we needed to know about Chloe and Rachel's backstory to make Chloe's motivation and frustration plausible and give her character depth. I too see no reason to expand on this. I mean, it would make some sense if season 2 was about Chloe moving forward and they decided to give her this bit of extra character development beforehand, but considering none of the characters will be in season 2, this prequel just seems utterly pointless.

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>tfw the general for a tumblr-tier narrative episodic game that hasn't had any new content for 19 months and has only just had a prequel announced that sounds kind of shitty has been more active than the general for fucking battlefield
just fuck my shit up family

>>179881954
Feels bad man

>>179880759
Never underestimate the Jew's ability to squeeze a profit out of something.

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>>179878234
she gon be ded

>>179878234
You can't because she is dead and it was entirely her fault

Guys, did you see this interview of the bald guy from deck9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEIjUYqDtK4

They even mentioned the leaks in one of their questions...
Also, the interviewer wanted to know if the farewell bonus was Max leaving for Seattle but the guy from deck9 wouldn't say! I don't know if it's just to build up the hype of if we should expect something different
They also said they may changed a few things in the next episodes according to the players's feedback. The interviewers wanted to play as Chloe "when she dyes her hair" and mister deck 9 confirmed "don't worry you'll definitely see this transition in the game"

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>>179886080
We will see her dye one streak.

>despite LiS being labeled as an ''SJW'' game, Before the Storm was one of the few games presented at E3 with no forced diversity

really makes you think

>>179889228
It's almost as if LiS isn't actually an SJW game

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Chloe is stronk

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>>179888445
So we will probably find out where (Deck Nine thinks) the famous boots and beanie came from!

More Vampyr gameplay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqmCPAjDavA

>>179889278
B-but tumblr a-and blue haired lesbian!!

>>179889973
wtf i hate life is strange now

>>179889909
Gosh, I hate that haircut

Lis
Life is shit

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>>179890804
Chloe: not even once

>>179845314
Where is this picture in OP from? Anyone?

>>179891482
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOM3gOoTJ4s

>>179891605
Thank you!

>>179889228
Yes, it makes me think that /pol/ are sheltered manbabies who still aren't used to black people.

>>179890804
>>179891251
Is Chloe a good influence on little impressionable Alice?

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>>179892584
Absolutely!

Daniel looks a little like harvey price, dont you think?

>>179893008
He reminds of myself.

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>>179893567
me too

>>179881732
>We knew everything we needed to know about Chloe and Rachel's backstory to make Chloe's motivation and frustration plausible and give her character depth

So you say. That was when the end goals were the events in the story, whereas this would have the end goal of Chloe's relationship with Rachel

It makes perfect sense when you stop looking at it in terms of purely how one can change the major events of the original.

>>179882172
>>179881954
Plebby philistine posters, get out.

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Reminder that long-haired Chloe is amazing

>>179894437
Long hair chloe looks autistic

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>>179894437

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Is she rushing or is she dragging?

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Good night /lisg/

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Good morning /lisg/

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>>179895635
Sleep well, Alice.

>>179895719
Have a nice day, anon.

The weekend's beginning!

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Happy Friday

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>last few days, the weather here has been perfect
>few clouds most of the time, no rain
>just enough of a breeze to keep it cooler and to blow through the trees in just the right way
>going to bed at 5am because up all night and golden sunlight is creeping in the window

It's really making me miss Arcadia Bay guys.
I dont know whether I should replay and face the sadness or just wait a bit for Before the Storm and face that sadness instead.

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Dontnod involved finally?

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Why is Chloe in the emojii movie?

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>>179897762
spite

I can't get "I feel numb in this kingdom" out of my head

>>179898451
Here, this should help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwJqUbd1vzs

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>>179898554
NOOOO

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>>179898451
fucking life is strange music

how the fuck do they do it

>>179897762
"You'll be hearing from my lawyer!"

>>179897936
Sad Chloe makes me sad. The prequel is really going to be a punch to the gut.

>>179899553
>We will hear 'Max & Chloe' in the Farewell episode

>>179889228
in the new CoD's multiplayer you can customize your character so that you can be a black woman on the nazis. and DICE are making the russian bolt-action rifle class for BF1's upcoming eastern front DLC a woman, because there was one battalion of women that fought in one battle during the summer of 1917, so they're just gonna put them everywhere. it's amazing, really, what they're doing.

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>>179901080
As someone who loves history, stuff like that is disgusting.
Not only are they forcing an obvious agenda to try to get points from overly-whiny bastards who probably won't even play their games, they are disrespecting those groups they try to give more attention. By just folding them into every battle and squad, you ignore the achievements that made them special and worth including in the first place.

>>179901080
>>179902301

Its worth noting that for COD, the campaign is going to be historically correct - i.e., white men for germany, the UK will have white and brown men, both sides might have a woman pretending to be a man, who knows.

But for multiplayer they said that accuracy was going to take a backseat and theyre just going to let people play as themselves in mp if they want.

Which is a pretty decent way to go about it I think.

>>179902301
It's just revisionism, not historical inaccuracy.

Whiny /pol/babies are clearly pissed because they have the "evil feminist agenda" in their video games.

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>>179902301
>tfw this came true

The farewell episode will be so heartbreaking

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>>179902858
I will have to play LiS immediately afterward, to see Max and Chloe reunite and laugh and dance.

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>>179902858
Just remember that Max keeps her promise, even if it takes a while for her to fulfill it

>>179897507
Do you think they get along well, or is it just a charade?

>>179903771
Maybe dontnod had to sign a NDA to not talk about LiS at all on social media, and this is just to confirm there's no bad blood btwn the two dev teams

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>>179902839
I see revisionism and inaccuracy mostly as the same thing. Only difference is if its intentionally wrong or not. It's still wrong and if it's shown enough, some people will start to believe it.
Not that every game has to commit itself to being as accurate as possible, but people have no foot to stand on about there not being "enough women or minorities" in a game about a World War. You want to see those groups then focus on their exploits and show their story so people know it and respect it, don't just throw them into every scene regardless of when of where it is.
You're right about /pol/ though, they're the same as the SJWs. Two sides of the same stupid coin. Enough said about that though.


>>179903468
>>179903558
Replaying the original will probably be necessary after. Followed by binge reading post-bae/fix-it fics.
Hopefully the prequel will shed some light on previous mysteries and give more meaning to things.
It'd be interesting to see Dontnod reset the stats on the game and see if they differ at all.

>>179904471
No such thing as the boogeyman "SJew"; they're merely a smokescreen, a cultural artefact of the ether, for inarticulate retards to point fingers at, instead of addressing individual claims.

I don't give a shit if you think that revisionism and historical inaccuracy are the same thing-- they're not, and have different literary meanings.

>>179904471
>>179905694

Revisionism and innaccuracy are different things, with very different purposes, but they can have a similar effect in the end - just gotta see the number of people who think the Enigma code was broken by the US thanks to Hollywood.
I doubt they deliberately set out to try and revise history, but their innaccuracy (and more importantly, people's lack of giving enough of a shit to check the truth) leads to people believing in what is effectively revised history.

Different thing, very different intent, sometimes similar effect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQGreZ-ZLj4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xJeqkA1SXg

>>179908234
>I'm so snarky, and unamused
>Am I funny yet, guys?

>>179910172
Cringe.

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>>179903849
They've tweeted about Season 1 stuff over E3, though I assume you mean BtS specifically?

If anything, this seems a little backwards to me. If there were LiS-specific contractual agreements controlling their social media, I'd expect such contracts would -require- Dontnod to do some token retweeting of BtS content for advertisement purposes. Especially if, as we've been told, they're positive about the quality of the game Deck Nine have produced.

I still don't know what to make of it. I'm hopeful it's all just weird misunderstanding and that we're reading too much into social media. Or, at the very least, they're being snarky about SE using their franchise against their wishes, and that they otherwise have no bad blood against Deck Nine and what they've created.

Scat tell us a story

Scat, don't

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>>179910784
I had to.

>>179911267
He is a fucking awful writer, that thinks he's funny.

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>>179911283
Excuse me asshole, but where exactly do you think we are right now?!

>>179911729
i'll head back to my mommy gf general then

>>179911638
Why are you so salty about him? Is it because you tried to be 'Trans Rachel Writer' and instantly got shit on?

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>>179912243
(I hope you didn't take my post too seriously, I just always enjoy having the chance to post that gif! c:)

>>179912331
What? That wasn't me.

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>ywn go to church with kate and then enjoy a nice sunday breakfast

>>179912421
That picture is unhealthy, and abusive!

>>179910249
>not enjoying cr1t1kal
There is something missing in your soul my friend

>>179913764
Yes, "shitty sense of humour" is missing.

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>>179913962

I am sorry anon.
I will pray for your soul.

I'd post a pic of Kate here but I dont have any saved

>>179913962
Fuck out of here, cr1tikal is amazing

>>179914117
>>179914141
Ew, the plebs are multiplying.

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>>179914117
>I'd post a pic of Kate here but I dont have any saved

got you covered

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>>179914226
You're a doll

>>179914141
Hella yeah my dude

>>179914198
>cums over chloe
>implying youre not a pleb


We need scat in here to change the mood. If the anon is here that was talking to him last night, try and get him on?

Are we arguing about Let's Players again? Because who has the best LiS Let's Play, and why is it Matt and Liam of The Best Friends Zaibatsu? Mostly because they picked the Bae Ending and the sheer hatred for Warren Warren.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_OS-EouTjo

>>179914417
He'll cancer the place up.

I don't "cum over Chloe", thank you very much.

>>179914432
They don't hate him for any legitimate reason, like we do.

>>179914821
I mean, Liam thinks he's skeevy as all get out, from what I remember. Is that not true of LiSg as well?

>>179914687
What has he done thats so cancerous?

>>179914432
Is this an American thing? Do you all like obnoxious loudmouths, and really find that funny?

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>>179916006
They're Canadian.

>>179916224
Same thing tbf

>>179916498
They're really not.

t. American

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Seems like a fair amount of people really have little hope for the prequel. Even if I'm hyped a little bit, I'm also concerned they will fail at telling a story important to LiS, but that really doesn't need to be told in great detail. We knew enough about Rachel and Chloe for the purposes needed in the game to serve as a plot point. Many of us even drew our own conclusions on what their past was and what kind of friend/person Rachel is.
The prequel can't make me not love Chloe and want to help her, but I may not be the least sympathetic towards Rachel if they make her seem mean and nothing like how Chloe described her. The prequel is risking a lot when they don't need to and just because DNG are fans of the game that doesn't meant they will definitely do it justice or in a way most agree with. Just as if any fic writer, or fan here or elsewhere, became dedicated enough to make a game. their heart may be in the right place but the results may not be good.

Anyway, typing this because I got thinking after I saw an update to a series of fics I enjoyed. Even though they were very dark, cruel, and violent at times. The stories were well-planned, made Arcadia Bay into a very interesting and strange place by expanding/creating lore, and things worked out in the end for most characters.
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11828459/23/Legend-Has-It
The author is clearly concerned about the prequel but is going to add on to their own story.
If the prequel does end up being bad then we may see other authors create, resurrect, or start adding to stories.
Even though it's my hope that the prequel ends up being a valuable addition into the LiS timeline and not something we wish we could rewind. (Okay, that was hella cheesy)
At least it won't change the ultimate outcome of things and preclude Max and Chloe from their happy ending together.

>>179917236
I guess americans are little fatter but other than that?

>>179917643

If nothing else, the announcement of BtS has made me want to pick up the stories I started and never finished wway back when.

The end slayed me and made me want to write a better one, but then the misery cloud passed and I lost the impetus.

>>179917834
Go for it! Maybe I'll even get inspired enough to typed something.
Lord knows I've had enough ideas in my head that I've shared here but that may be able to be formatted into a readable oneshot or story.
Skippy turned a bunch of greentexts over multiple threads into a nice story.
Someone mentioned the possibility of an /lisg/ fic competition, that could be cool.
However I'm going out very soon so I'd only be able to reply and discuss stuff later.

>>179918218
>Someone mentioned the possibility of an /lisg/ fic competition, that could be cool.

Oh hey, that'd be kinda sweet

>>179917643
>Muh headcanon is ruined

Too bad. Suck it up, buttercup. It's not a real criticism.

If it differs from what Chloe tells, that's a further insight into who Chloe is, and what that says about her. It's a fascinating aspect of writing: character subjectivity! Characters are seeing things through their own emotions! Isn't it curious?

>>179918884
You forget that this entire general lives and breaths on headcanon.

>>179918884
It's not about headcanon and there will still be plenty of room for each person to fill in the blanks however they see fit. It's about it being believable and fitting in with the story we already know.
It's a prequel and needs to serve its purpose, if it doesn't then it should be criticized. But it's not even out yet and I'm nowhere close to forming any kind of judgement on it. My feelings remain cautious optimism, I like what I've seen so far.

>>179918884
So whatever dj2 says in the TV show will be canon as well. And their actresses will be how they would look like in real life.

It's official after all!

>>179919730
You said that your ideas about Rachel not coming true is an objectively bad thing. You said that Rachel not matching up with Chloe recount is a bad thing. You are narratively illiterate.

>>179919892
That's not what I claimed, strawmanfag.

>>179920292
So is everything unquestionably canon beyond criticism in Before the Storm for you, or not? Because the exact same would have to go for the dj2 production, buttercup.

Apropos: The TV show's estimated release was moved to 2018 (https://dj2entertainment.com/film-and-series). I can't help but feel this is because they wanted to avoid an overlap with BtS.

>>179920661
No, you moron. That's not what I said.

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>>179920783
Drama alert.

>>179920783
So you don't think it is, just wanted to have that clarified.

>>179920924
I'm not saying "yes" or "no". I'm saying that I never claimed one way or the other, you manipulative cunt.

Looks like the drama needs breaking up here

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Is it just me or the sign on the girls dorm showers is clearly a funny reference to Max...? Unless a lot of students have the same haircut but I feel it hard to believe.

>>179921385
So do your front teeth.

>>179921512

>>179921095
So you simply don't want to answer the question because you don't want to answer it for yourself either, you hyprocrite.

You don't want to go all the way with the statement that IP-backed thoughts are worth more than ours - you only want it to apply to BtS, because you know dj2 will use the official IP to make Chloe something you don't want her to be. Your poor headcanon will have to suffer, Chloe is whatever the men behind dj2 want her to be. They have the official, legal right.

>>179921512
You seem to be a little bit upset, maybe sit down and take a breather

>>179921670
Actually, no.

I said that his interpretation of the rules of canon are objectively incorrect, and therefore not a canon that could be broken; having Chloe view Rachel differently to what she actually was is not "breaking canon". It's exploring Chloe's perception.

Your example would be upsetting, but not exactly incorrect unless they broke canon.

>>179922403
>It's exploring Chloe's perception.
Chloe's perception... in the eyes of Deck Nine's writer team. As opposed to Chloe's perception... in our eyes. If their canon trumps our "headcanon", so does dj2's canon. Suck it up, buttercup?

what kind of retardation did I awaken to?

can we just get back to comfy and cuteposting

>>179922718
No, I said the actual fact of exploring that isn't breaking canon.

Anybody have bought redbubble merch?

>>179924381
But you said more than that.

You said:

"Too bad. Suck it up, buttercup. It's not a real criticism. If it differs from what Chloe tells, that's a further insight into who Chloe is, and what that says about her."

With this statement, you suggest that our interpretation of Chloe's perception is "headcanon" that is trumped by Deck Nine's "canon" interpretation of Chloe's perception, as long as it is at all canonically possible. But everything is a canonical possibility: Deck Nine could even have Chloe fall into a coma in the end and establish Season 1 was merely her comatose dream of Max returning. So they wouldn't have to be consistent with any of Season 1, because it is now simply, canonically, non-criticizably a dream. Or more simply, one could say: Everything in Season 1 is merely Max's perception, so it is all canonically malleable anyway.

That would then be... upsetting, but not canon-breaking, right? We couldn't muster a real criticism of it, for our non-IP-backed thoughts are invalid and we'll just have to suck it.

This is about a principle: Are our thoughts on the original canon valid criticisms of the canon of other IP-backed stories in the franchise, or are they not?

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This thread.
I think its time scat told us a story

>>179926057
Then, it would be within the boundaries of an established canon. It needs to have some consistency with canon, and evidence pointing to Rachel being multi-faceted is there. To make it as you said would be break a fourth-wall of sorts, of the legitimacy of the actual events. Expanding on those events within the boundaries of the established canon is surely valid.

I think your criticisms are valid, but are they really sensible?

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Lis cinematic universe confirmed

>>179930746
can't believe they got robert downey jr to play mr.jefferson

>>179929083
I'm obviously being a bit ridiculous playing Devil's Advocate against the notion that we'll have to blindly accept everything our overlords Square decide to lend officiality to, but in the principle of it, there is no difference between validity and sensibility of our criticism: either everything they say within their use of the IP is beyond criticism, or nothing is.

First we have to agree whether our criticism can be at all valid, then we can talk about whether it is sensible. I say this because I don't want the general's future to be "suck it up!" knockout arguments to an extent where we can't intellecutally or emotionally challenge anything said in the canon of new entries to the franchise. Some of us might be whinier than others, more dedicated, but if there's an argument to be made, I think that argument should be met on the grounds of the original canon, with equal validity of our thoughts to those of the respective writers, from where people could then discuss which of the two are the more sensible thoughts. The IP-backed thoughts will always be official, but that doesn't mean our thoughts and feelings are meaningless.

Basically, I think LiS, the original canon, is our overlord, not the Square and their authority over the IP. Even a new entry to the frnachise from dontnod themselves would have to stand for such criticism.

At least that's what I think.

RACHEL IS A SKINWALKER

>>179931552
Yes, you're clearly right. I think I established the principle just for my argument's sake, when it doesn't hold water. Nothing within their uwe of IP is beyond criticism, I agree.

It should be held to the overlordship of the original game, and it seems that expanding Chloe's relationship with Rachel beyond the surface of her perception of Rachel is sensible.

>>179933404
STEALING MY FUCKING ORIGINAL PHRASE

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>>179933404
SKIN WALK WITH ME

>>179930746
Jefferson looks like he has down syndrome

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Isnt this how chloe realises rachel is trans

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>>179935732
Shit's cash

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So we're probably going to see an influx of new fan art over the next 6 months. What sort of images are you guys hoping to see?

Pic related. A fan art of Kate and Max.

>>179937190
>Pic related. A fan art of Kate and Max.
u sure

>>179937190
oh great more chloe and rachel shit

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>>179937874

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>>179935732
Alyssa fantasising about being taken to the dark room be like

>>179933526
With regards to anon's original statement, while it is possible that Chloe suffered Stockholm Syndrome and was the emotional prisoner of a mean, moody "sad Chloe's fucking sad again" Rachel, I would argue that, more sensibly, Chloe's feelings for Rachel and their expression in the context of the original have to mean that Rachel genuinely and openly did care about her. Rachel's letter(s) show that she was not actually mean-spirited toward Chloe, romantically or otherwise - at worst obliviously hurtful, at best protectively. A portrayal of Rachel that has her use and mistreat Chloe with purpose could be regarded (and rejected) as canonically inconsistent. Chloe certainly idealized Rachel, and learned of and understood things about her and herself she couldn't or wouldn't have prior to Max returning... but if Rachel's atittude towards Chloe doesn't significantly change from some of the stand-offish, secretive, disregardful behaviour of the preview, I don't think I'd say Deck9's done her character and their relationship justice.

Similarly, the expression of Chloe's romantical feelings for Rachel and vice-versa in the original suggests that they never were a thing. Chloe says she crushed on Rachel. I'd argue that alone is already pretty unreasonably inconsistent with the notion that they had ever been a couple. Further, upon Max's question whether Chloe's ever had a serious boyfriend or something, she answers "nothing serious". ...So if BtS has them become a couple, is that really sensible? I guess a short, wild 16-year-old summer "love" could be possible, but even then, would Chloe retroactively call it something not-serious, if she believed she had loved Rachel, had as hopelessly and desperately convinced herself Rachel did the same, as the original suggests? I would argue a more sensible interpretation of Chloe's perception is that she would take such a "summer love" as the most serious thing that's happened in her life, romantically, before Max.

Pricefield shall prevail

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>>179937190
Somehow I get the feeling BtS will lend itself worse to cutesy fanart, so maybe those among us who want the more "serious" stuff will be happy with the kind of things we'll likely be seeing more of, proportionately.

I really wish i would have been around when the game was still incomplete and everybody was theorizing what was going to happen. I bet it was amazing and full of passion and hate of the ending.
I suppose now i have a chance going forward.

>>179941626
I first played this game only two weeks ago, and I went in knowing only two things: it contained cute lesbians and the endings fucking sucked. Even prepared for a shitty ending, I've been depressed since i finished the game. I dont know how I would have handled it if I'd actually gone into episode 5 with months of hype and expectations of an ending that made sense.

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>>179940246
On the note of that artwork's style... I find it a little weird that they'll apparently be using the same visual effect for the major choice screen that the original did. It was supposed to be a photo effect, marking a significant event-in-time... but photography and time travel are not themes in Before the Storm.

Then again, photos represent "moments in time" in the LiS lore, so freezing the decisive moment in a photo effect could still be a relevant motif for the prequel. Dunno, it seems like a little example of where their trying to replicate the original stylistically might seem cheap or ring hollow narratively as it doesn't mean in the context of itself what it did in the original.

oh shit I missed Kate's VA stream

Hey I'm new here, just finished the game yesterday but couldn't get enough so I'm reading theories and everything I can get my hands on.
Can somebody give me a quick rundown to why warren is.. bad? I genuinely liked him and didn't think his motives were all too bad. It could be because they deliberately tricked me into thinking so. But I didn't think he was creepy in any way. I even go as far as to say he was rather cute (well stop me here if needed it could very well say everything about the way I view myself and my relationship to women ). If he only wanted sex, he would have acted different, wouldn't he.

And holy shit fuck Alyssa why the hell is she so damn obnoxious. Fat piece of shit

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>>179942957
Another concern for me is the fact that they came up with a story here because they wanted to create another entry to the franchise, rather than creating another entry to the franchise because they came up with a story. We know that Square approached Deck9, who then pretty much brainstormed the script from the ground up. They played with ideas ranging from doing a DLC for the main game to controlling Rachel at different points, to having another superpower, and so on. Basically, they created the story for the game's sake, and not the game for the story's sake. They didn't have something that inspired and compelled its inception, there is no original spark of concept, no central, carrying, driving artistic purpose. No spirit. It was about making money and gaining a footing in the industry.

So in this admittedly rather esoterical sense, I think it will be all the more important that Deck9 at least in parts manages to capture the spirit of the original, and is very consistent with it, on multiple levels, so that it may inherit a "spiritual value" from it - something that seems passionate about itself, where you feel the attention and dedication, the love in the craft, and more importantly, in the world and characters themselves, that alive quality, that to this day has me under its spell, the environments and the characters so close and personal, so familiar, intimate.

>>179942957

That's an interesting point anon.

What could/would work better for Chloe's backtalk/cheeky fukr ability?

Everything slows to a crawl and gradually black pen drawings appear on people in shot.
First a moustache is drawn on whoever she's talking to. Then glasses. Then buckteeth.

>>179943270
nobody hates here warren but his fans are the worst

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>>179943886
Yes, that.

Or something that represents the blurriness of an adrenaline moment? Blur, rapid small movements, increased saturation... Chloe's impulsive and emotional, her choice screen could reflect that somehow, give us the feedback that her emotions are in overdrive, maybe actually have her thoughts rolling for it as well.

Mt Washington > obstacles

>>179944950
Spanish Sahara >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the rest

>>179945160
Hmmm that's weird. I dont remember that song

>>179944492
Same here. I don't hate him. Its just fun making fun of him and calling him a cuck. It's all fun and games. Max friendzones him without the player influence.

>>179941626
I only heard about it when episode 3 was out
playing episode 4 when it came out was great
episode 5 not so much

>>179943541
I agree with you. To capture the spirit they tried to recreate the same visual feeling. But for the feeling that came from the Max-Chloe relationship (because that's the LiS fulcrum), it will only depend on how well they manage to establish the Rachel-Chloe bond..., Max opened up pretty fast to Chloe while Rachel was secretive... That's gonna be the issue of the prequel : same location, same visual effects, but not this mix of hope, despair and melancholy that gave LiS this unique feel.