So I absolutely wasn't interested in a game with new protagonists....
never mind, shit looks amazing and seems to be the correct rebound from 2.
never mind, shit looks amazing and seems to be the correct rebound from 2.
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That’s awesome. Never did care for the episodic release setup with the others.
Looks interesting, but I'm going to be waiting on some reviews from women of color, because "woman of color doing literal emotional labor for everyone else" could end up suuuuuper problematic.
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LiS2 was praised by critics. The actual reason is LiS2 just wasn't appealing to nearly as many people, and in my opinion thats because it was extremely boring. Other people might have just not liked the setting/characters. Don't try and paint some conspiracy.
LiS2 failed to rejuvinate the hype and interest that the first game did. Thats not the medias fault. Notice how LiS2 EP1 has a higher amount of interest than LiS1 EP1. LiS2 trails off because it didn't hook players.
The marketing department correctly assumed that most people will think you need to play the other 2 to understand this games story if they named it LiS3
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I think some major turn offs with Life is Strange 2 were, yes, that it didn't continue from where the first game left off and people were obviously attached to Sam and Max but that you also weren't playing as the super powered character this time either, you were actually babysitting them.
I do wonder if this Life is Strange shared world is leading anywhere, though. How many individuals need to pop up with superpowers before someone or some organisation starts targeting them?
I do wonder if this Life is Strange shared world is leading anywhere, though. How many individuals need to pop up with superpowers before someone or some organisation starts targeting them?
Yup. Re-litigating from twitter randos about LiS2 being actually good and overlooked because of it's story featuring minorities is missing the forest for the trees: it was dreadfully boring and not nearly ambitious enough. The only people who can even make that determination are people who bought it, and many people bought it because it was about latinos, so that argument just totally falls on its face for me out of the gate.
I think that's part of the charm though, like you have all these isolated incidents where no one (not even the character w/ powers) knows what's going on. Makes it more relatable and mysterious.
Add in an organization and you get, like, every superhero movie/show/comic ever.
It's better proof than a baseless conspiracy about the games media intentionally ignoring a game for no reason
Think you have rosy memories of LiS 1.
Even 2 was a pretty big step up on a technical level.
I was extremely dismayed by the fanbase with their full-on diet racism around LiS2 during the reveal. The game sadly didn't do itself any favors between poor narrative choices and the spacing between eps being way too long, but those issues did not crop up until well after the community marked the game as "no queer white teen drama, not interested".
Not a conspiracy when I vividly remember seeing posts here on Era about the reveal complaining that they "couldn't relate" to the protags so they weren't interested.
Yes the game itself had issues. No, those issues weren't apparent until well after the community complained that the game was about latino boys.
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I'm wondering who would pick the Jim Bob on the left over Steph.the main character looks great but
these two others npcs look...very...generic?
These anecdotal takes don't line up with LIS2 E1 having higher interest than LIS1 E1. People were interested. It just didn't hook players beyond that first episode.
Nah not gonna erase the diet racism we saw by dismissing it as "anecdotal" sorry.
I guess the marketing department forgot Final Fantasy exists.
Or they're FF: Spirits Within stans.
THE TRUTH WILL HURT
Discover the shocking secrets behind your brother’s death in an emotional roller-coaster of an adventure.
FEEL EVERYTHING
Change fate and change lives with the psychic power of Empathy.
FORGE DEEP RELATIONSHIPS
Build trust with the townsfolk – and embrace friendship or romance with Ryan and Steph.
A TRULY PERSONAL STORY
Make tough decisions and choose your own future. Freely roam the streets, stores, and hidden spaces of Haven Springs and meet unforgettable characters.
FIND YOUR VOICE
And decide Alex's style, with up to 24 outfits in your wardrobe.
EXCLUSIVE SOUNDTRACK
New tracks by mxmtoon and Novo Amor, and extensive licensed songs including Radiohead, Phoebe Bridgers, Gabrielle Aplin, and more
WAVELENGTHS
Step into Steph's booth as the all-new radio show host for KRCT: Haven's best - and only - radio station. Over four seasons, discover more about Steph's past and her relationships as she makes her mark on the record store, uncovers its secrets – and decides her future.
LIVE ON AIR
You're the DJ: choose records for the playlist, 'ad lib' your way through local commercials, and help Steph compose an own original song.
ROLL THE DICE
Give D20-powered advice to callers with problems both serious and mundane, GM a tabletop RPG, and reach out to reconnect with an old friend.
SMALL TOWN PRIDE
Swipe left or right on Steph's dating app matches, and join Steph as she reminisces about formative Prides past.
ALL-NEW SOUNDTRACK
Hits from Girl in Red, Alt-J, Portugal, Hayley Kiyoko, Maribou State, and more set the tone for Steph's journey.
Discover the shocking secrets behind your brother’s death in an emotional roller-coaster of an adventure.
FEEL EVERYTHING
Change fate and change lives with the psychic power of Empathy.
FORGE DEEP RELATIONSHIPS
Build trust with the townsfolk – and embrace friendship or romance with Ryan and Steph.
A TRULY PERSONAL STORY
Make tough decisions and choose your own future. Freely roam the streets, stores, and hidden spaces of Haven Springs and meet unforgettable characters.
FIND YOUR VOICE
And decide Alex's style, with up to 24 outfits in your wardrobe.
EXCLUSIVE SOUNDTRACK
New tracks by mxmtoon and Novo Amor, and extensive licensed songs including Radiohead, Phoebe Bridgers, Gabrielle Aplin, and more
WAVELENGTHS
Step into Steph's booth as the all-new radio show host for KRCT: Haven's best - and only - radio station. Over four seasons, discover more about Steph's past and her relationships as she makes her mark on the record store, uncovers its secrets – and decides her future.
LIVE ON AIR
You're the DJ: choose records for the playlist, 'ad lib' your way through local commercials, and help Steph compose an own original song.
ROLL THE DICE
Give D20-powered advice to callers with problems both serious and mundane, GM a tabletop RPG, and reach out to reconnect with an old friend.
SMALL TOWN PRIDE
Swipe left or right on Steph's dating app matches, and join Steph as she reminisces about formative Prides past.
ALL-NEW SOUNDTRACK
Hits from Girl in Red, Alt-J, Portugal, Hayley Kiyoko, Maribou State, and more set the tone for Steph's journey.
Huge, huge bummer it's not episodic. Was hoping they would keep that going but with a bit more control/management over the schedule with Deck Nine in charge, it fits these games and the discussions you can have about them perfectly.
Would have gone day one but I will wait for a sale instead, because I'm always slow playing these games anyways (partly why I liked them being released in smaller packages so I was done a few days after release of each one) so I know I'll miss the zeitgeist of it regardless.
Other than that, looks great.
Would have gone day one but I will wait for a sale instead, because I'm always slow playing these games anyways (partly why I liked them being released in smaller packages so I was done a few days after release of each one) so I know I'll miss the zeitgeist of it regardless.
Other than that, looks great.
Not feeling the trailer at all unfortunately, and the graphics don't look that impressive to me? Kinda surprised at all the praise for that part (characters look off especially).
I'm sure I'll play it at some point as I've really liked all past LiS games and it not being episodic is a definite plus, but this is gonna be a wait and see for now.
I'm sure I'll play it at some point as I've really liked all past LiS games and it not being episodic is a definite plus, but this is gonna be a wait and see for now.
ngl I had flashbacks of TLoU2 and how it treated minorities when I saw that and the fact that they fridged the brother.
It's already confirmed that you can enable "Chapter breaks" in the game, so you can play the game "episodically" if you want. That's what I do, every LiS game I bought when all the episodes released so now I can finally not have to wait until the last episode about to release to play it.
She is most prominent in the first episode and then falls into the background for the rest.
That's definitely good, at least! Thanks for the info. Glad they have thought about it a bit, and hopefully some group will play "episodes" on a weekly basis or something so they can chat about it without getting spoiler bombarded. I always liked it being paced out with breaks between episodes so people could discuss, like a TV show but I guess this time they're going for the big Netflix-style dump, in a way it's just reflecting how a lot of people consume their episodic media nowadays.
Yeah, it is. Their story's done.
The fact that Dontnod (and likely Deck Nine) respect the player choice from the original game means that:
Chloe's dead for half the population that played the original game.
What? lol
Hell, they even specifically spoke about doing full-motion capture for the first time.
Yeah, I don't really remember any character that wasn't in the first game(well besides Rachel). I think there was a small geeky kid with a jock older brother but that's about all I remember.
ALL-NEW SOUNDTRACK
Hits from Girl in Red, Alt-J, Portugal, Hayley Kiyoko, Maribou State, and more set the tone for Steph's journey.
Hits from Girl in Red, Alt-J, Portugal, Hayley Kiyoko, Maribou State, and more set the tone for Steph's journey.
Steph the DnD Queen is the Chloe of this game, and is the protagonist of the bonus episode
Deck9 you fookin animals you gave me what I want and then what I didn't even know I could ask for.
Deck9 you fookin animals you gave me what I want and then what I didn't even know I could ask for.
I am sorry but Max saving Chloe is the canon ending.
It's not anymore though, AAA is $70 now.
If you're lucky. It's closer to 85€ here :(
I'm not sure why this isn't grabbing me...on paper the concept is compelling.
Maybe I'll wait for some previews.
Maybe I'll wait for some previews.
That says nothing about any ending being canon. The comics themselves aren't canon.
You didn't play DnD?