r/lifeisstrange

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Hi everyone.

I’ve been away from this fandom for a few years. The original LiS and BtS impacted my life in ways I won't go into here, and—like many of you—I suffered from post LiS depressione for quite a long time. I never played any other LiS installments (except for LiS 2), but over the years I heard news about the comics, True Colors, and finally the return of Max and Chloe. I followed the updates with some curiosity but never dared to revisit the series.

However, a dear friend told me about the upcoming TV series a few days ago. Discussing it after so much time reignited my desire to replay the original and the prequel to refresh my memory, and who knows, maybe even catch up on the last two installments. Yet, it didn't take much to trigger a reaction: I played BtS and Farewell with a heavy heart, and now that I’ve reached the first episode of the original LiS, I’m finding it psychologically very difficult to keep going.

I love this series, but the emotions it stirs up in me are devastating, perhaps to a pathological degree. Maybe it’s because I see myself in Chloe, or because certain themes hit so close to home; I had hoped that with time I’d be able to process everything, but apparently not: a part of me is still stuck ten years in the past. I don’t know if anyone else has been in a similar situation—I know many people experience depressive feelings because of this beautiful yet devastating game. So, I wanted to ask how you handled it, or if you managed to handle it at all. Because every time I think about it, I feel like a total alien and a fucking idiot, and naturally I wouldn't know who to talk to about it.

Hi. I played the og when it came out. Although I didn't play any of the sequels, I'd always hear something about the games (announcements, reviews, etc) but with the newest sequel, I didn't even know when it came out!

When LiS Double Exposure was announced, I was excited but the reviews were lukewarm so I decided it wasn't worth checking out, but with Reunion, I only found out it was released on Xbox store searching for something else, which shocked me.

So to those who played it, how would you rate it? I was recently playing the og again and thinking thar they probably didn't capture the og's vibe in the sequels. (Also I think the reason they released Reunion was because people didn't like Chloe being absent in the DE so they added her again)

I would like to know if Reunion was as much of a disappointment for others as it was for me. I mean the game itself was on an "okey" level in my opinion, but if you put it in a comparison with what it could be...

Nor the story or the characters felt as intresting, and exciting as they were before, or as the ones in the other games. And they were literally Max and Chloe. Their characters got noticeably less well writen, and it was heavily carried by nostalgia.

But the biggest missed opportunity to have a sequel which is called reunion, and the mian characters did not unite with the other characters from the other games. It would have been so hype and it was served on a silver plate.

They even fixed the biggest issue with continuing the stories. If the stories continue, which ending should be canon? The answer is all of them. Max merged the timelines so it could have been a new story with all the characters, in a merged timeline, where every ending happened. I have zero idea why they did not go with it...