r/LifeIsStrangeDE

I had played the first life is strange a lot and was so excited to have another Max Caulfield game. I’ll give a quick rundown on an opinion I have. The character building and the world around her is what I wish they stuck to anyway for 2/true colours. It is really cool to demonstrate other people in the world have powers, however they do that anyway in this game. I wished they’d expanded on Max life more before hand because I feel like this game series has so much untouched lore as to what’s going on in this world. I’m talking about how did these powers actually manifest? Is there a main threat/ entity and is it the storm? I’d imagine the storm is sentient tbh especially since it seems to be a recurring villain/ not an intentional one as the true villain is consequence I guess.

I’ll bullet point these points to make sure the post is not too long

. Really enjoyed the soundtrack because they obviously but a lot of attention into atmosphere adds to the character too when you feel the character listens to these songs, like with the ear phones in the first game.

. Pressing the rewind button at the start and the dialogue saying she hasn’t been able to do that for a while I really liked. Something simple and a “hmm nice”moment but it’s cool they did that for context also like a callback.

.I loved how background characters had their own storylines. I feel like this game is trying to get you to slow down and listen a lot and not rush through it. Gives you hints for that by fun story nuggets.

. They are building the lore regarding powers and are giving more characters powers too. I like this I wanted to see Max interact with other powered people before.

.grey cat yellow eyes, my favourite.

What I didn’t like

.Feel like the romances weren’t balanced. Vinh has more involvement in the story however has another person they can end up with and you get more negative consequences picking him than Amanda. Amanda doesn’t show up as much but is distant to the story so much that she’s in my opinion the better choice maybe they give her more involvement in the next one (haven’t played it). She’s not got a past with your friend or a crush on your student. She’s more chill too one choice is more fun but Amanda is the one that seems less sketchy to me.

.Doesnt feel like the ending had a satisfying conclusion. Ending is very much just for leading of to Reunion. They had a potentially interesting villain with the detective and they killed him off. I do appreciate it’s not nice to have not every villain be a serial killer too but Lucas seems so small fry compared to Jefferson. It doesn’t feel like they really lost anything. Again maybe it’s because this is the first part to a larger Caledon story.

. Story is a bit confusing, they should have let you play as Safi for a section to explain how her powers actually work. Maybe a flashback or something. She is Mystique then suddenly she’s Jean Grey. The photo bit makes Safi sinister but she’s not actually like that when she goes gun mode she’s more angry than evil.

I guess this would all be fanfic anyway as the writers would never see this thread, but whatever.

I see season 1 as ending without a single choice being made, but seeing BOTH choices made (save the town AND save Chloe) in 2 different universes. Season 2 would take place a decade later and at some point have the 2 universes merging and causing world-wide psychosis where people are unable to deal with memories from both universes. People will remember families and lives that don't exist and lose their minds. Even those without significant changes start losing their minds. Max needs to re-separate the universes, but her own emotions are out-of-wack due to the same psychosis affecting everyone else. Chloe talks to Steph who introduces Alex to Max who is able to stablize her emotional state and help to fix the damage and split the universes apart again.

This whole story would allow Max to stay with Chloe and also have her move on (with Amanda, naturally, sorry Vinh) in the other universe.

There are probably some issues as I spent all of 5 minutes thinking this up and some Pricefielders will hate it, but it avoids the breakup and also allows both endings to exist.

I downloaded Threads a few months ago, and never used it until recently after I played Double Exposure. I know this sounds stupid (because it is), but honestly, the reason is that I realized Threads was very similar to CrossTalk in the game. I think I’m genuinely obsessed with this series…

I am 17 and Ive been very depressed after playing the life is strange series. Life is strange really spoiled my game standards, because it was that good. Like I am basically obsessed with life is strange for some reason. The game series feels like a friend that I lost and all of the good memories flash in my head uncontrollably. Does anyone know how I can fight this? I've read two of the comics, and I'm trying to play other games like the life is strange series but I still think about the series daily.

I just finished DE for the first time. Played all of the previous games, including the first LiS back in like 2016 when I was in high school myself. I'm now a grad student as well and my time in high school was quite traumatic in many ways (though not the same as Max's of course). But I feel like this game just did such a good job at conveying this feeling of moving on and growing after trauma but it still sometimes coming back to haunt you in inconvenient moments. I have never seen this conveyed so closely to how I experience it in any type of media. Also the overthinking and that sentence where Safi says something like "it must be so tiring to be so stuck in your own head all the time" or something like that.

Does anyone else feel similarly?

Also I'm a Bay ending person for life (glad to see some more on this sub, I always knew they must exist based on the stats but comments to LiS videos etc are always much more Bae ending ppl) but even if you chose Bae I don't see it as unrealistic at all that they would have broken up. Generally speaking how many people are still dating their high school sweetheart in their late 20s? Sure it happens but most people have at least one breakup in the meantime. And all that trauma involved I also feel like makes it more rather than less likely.

So anyway, I overall really enjoyed it, I understand some of the criticism around the side characters etc but I think they did an amazing job in evolving Max's character into an adult.

[side note I haven't played Reunion and probably won't as I don't have a compatible console/pc, so all of this only refers to DE]

I finished life is strange 1 about a year and a half ago. The free demo was in my steam library for maybe three years before I decided to buy the full game. During my play through I was 16 and already going through a semi-rough time in my life where I was lost and did not have many friends to hang out with. Life is strange 1 is a emotional roller coaster, and it made me realize that video games can make you cry. By the end of the game I was dwelling on it for 2 weeks where i didn't play any other games, until I realized there was more life is strange content.

After my 2 week dwelling I bought life is strange before the storm, and it was great, but it didn't make me feel the same as life is strange 1. The BTS main menu song is an absolute banger though .

After playing before the storm I had another 2 week dwelling phase. The next option would obviously be life is strange 2. LIS2 was exactly what i was looking for, it had emotional scenes that hit you like a truck. I feel like the setting of LIS2 made me more interested. The LIS2 soundtrack wasn't as memorable as the original LIS1 soundtrack though, but It doesn't matter.

I didn't have as long of a dwelling phase after LIS2 as I did after I played LIS1, but I still know I had a small dwelling phase. True colors was the next option on list for me. I'll try not to upset anyone but true colors left me disappointed. The game just didn't have as many memorable characters as LIS1 or 2. The game was a good attempt but it didn't match the standards that LIS1 and 2 gave me. The wavelengths dlc was pretty good.

Time for the meat and potatoes. I am 17 now and still haven't gotten over how good life is strange 1 is. Like Ive been searching for a game that has the same kick as life is strange 1 for 6 months now. sorry if I sound like a drug addict looking for the next kick, but it has gotten almost like an addiction trying to find the next game that hits you so hard that you cry. When I was 16 I really related to max, I was into photography (But mostly other hobbies). but i wanted to be like Chloe. I wanted to be rebellious. I started doing the most rebellious things a broke teen in the suburbs with no friends could do, like sneaking onto golf courses, or blowing up fireworks in parking lots. Ive struggled with social anxiety from since I was 11, but Chloe in life is strange really made me look at my social anxiety in a different way. I realized that no one cares about what i do, and if they do they most likely are jerks that no one wants to hang out with. Life is strange 1 is stuck in my mind, and I've heard some people on reddit and other forums compare this phenomena called "post game depression" to the longing of losing a friendship or a relationship, and this is exactly how I feel. I fell like I was friends with someone that Ive built many memories with, and we separated, but the separation was out of our control. And over that year I have realized that life is all about letting go and nothing good lasts forever, and I wanted life is strange 1 to last forever but it wouldn't. Also Syd matters (I cant wait for the "Gospel of Some Sort" album) is a great artist that I discovered from life is strange 1, and back to the losing friend thing it feels like a separated friend gave me a music suggestion to listen to Syd matters before we split up and every time I listen to the artist it gives me flashbacks to the good memories that we had together. The game really just evokes a nostalgia for a time you never experienced.

I really need help on how to stop thinking about life is strange 1, I haven't replayed the game but I have read 2 of the comics. I don't want to play double exposure but I am probably going to play reunion. Maybe I should go on a manic episode of writing fan-fic life is strange comics. Please give me some game/movie/comic suggestions, or just a suggestion on how to stop thinking about life is strange 1. Maybe I need have a holiday set on my calendar called "replay life is strange 1 week".

(side note) is it weird to like an emotional game when you are a straight male

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Just bought the game recently, I find it pretty funny to share the crazy clouds with you guys.