r/lifeisstrange

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S2 SEGMENTS1-26

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EP1:IF IT SMELLS LIKE AN ED

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EP2:TAKE THIS ED&SHOVE IT

VG1:MISEDVENTURES FOR CONSOLES&PC

VG2:MISEDVENTURES FOR GBADVANCE

VG3:JAWBREAKERS

VG4:SCAM OF THE CENTURY

VG5:GIANT JAWBREAKERS

SHORT:INCREDIBLE SHRINKING DAY

EP3:OUT WITH THE OLD IN WITH THE ED

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EP4:BOO HAW HAW

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EP5:JINGLE JINGLE JANGLE

EP6:EDS ARE COMING,EDS ARE COMING

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EP7:HANKY PANKY HULLABALOO

EP8:FISTFUL OF ED

S6 SEGMENTS1&2

MOVIE1:THE BIG PICTURE SHOW

https://reddit.com/link/1tj3kgw/video/o7weh18lrd2h1/player

Chloe: "I get so turned on watching bros fight, let me show you Nathan."

LIKE WHAT? Max's imagination was very vivid in this scene... out of all people i would never expect chloe say she is getting turned on by "bros" lol. This is so funny. Were they also supposed to kiss like victoria and chloe?? since she was gonna "show him"

I watched a YouTube video earlier that kind of bugged me. I don't exactly remember the channel but the guy in the video basically complained about LiS 2, Tell me Why and other DontNod shoving political agenda down peoples throats. Meanwhile he praised LiS 1 and claimed it didn't do that.

He also claimed Tell me Why and LiS 2 don't have a story aside from political agendas. Like I'm sorry but what? Tell me Why is centered around separated siblings reconnecting and investigating their mothers death. LiS 2 meanwhile is heavily political but it isn't just that. It's also about family and taking care of a younger sibling when the main character himself is just a kid.

Also LiS 1 has tons of political and societal commentary. It commentates on male violence, has pretty clear LGBTQ+ themes if you choose to romance Chloe, handles themes of privilege and deals with trauma and mental health issues. I'm not here to bash this specific guy. But I just don't get the people who think this. DontNod always included political and societal commentary in their narrative driven games since at least LiS 1.

Video games and story telling in general is also usually very political. Cause media isn't created in a vacuum. So even if the story in of itself doesn't directly have political themes it's still a product of the place, time and political climate it's created in.

Bought and just a few hours into the game, and as the titles says I feel the voice performance is not of the same quality of LIS. I went through a few posts on this topic and was quite surprised to find that people seem to like it.

Some points I find concerning:

• Voice actors used a much lower pace. Max in particular, was talking heavy and enunciating from the very beginning. In LIS both conversation and monologue are read much faster if I remmeber correctly.
• Very few SE and BGM. BGM can be absent for a long conversatoin, and when it does pop up it's still very very shy, whereas in LIS we had a stunning openning with BGM.
• Some inconsistencies with the graphic. I believe I picked up one where the Max sounded like tearing up but looked completely calm.

Adding up, I felt that this game is kind of rushed into release, so that creators might have been forced to make do with whatever was made in the first go. What do you guys think, do you all actually find it quite alright?

SPOILER WARNING: LIFE IS STRANGE & REUNION
FULL GAMES AND ENDING DISCUSSION

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Okay so I’ve been a massive fan of Life is Strange literally since the first one released and it’s one of my all time favourite game series and comfort series, which I’ve played every one.

I have been holding off on joining this subreddit for a little while as I’ve been playing through Reunion on stream and didn’t want to see any spoilers. I finished the game last night and thought I’d finally join this subreddit, but am just seeing a lot of negativity around Reunion.

I personally enjoyed the ending and wanted to give my thoughts around it.

The game itself I found a lot of moments to enjoy, I really liked the entire concept and execution of Chloe being stuck in the two timelines and the glitching of seeing things from one timeline and the other and how much it messed with her, that I thought was genuinely really interesting. I loved the dynamic between the iconic trio Max Chloe and Moses, and thought they really had a great group dynamic that worked.

I’ll be honest, some of the Abraxas stuff was a bit lost on me - in the sense I feel like it should have had a darker twist with some bits (similar to LiS 1). Like, how much cooler of a plot twist would it have been if it wasn’t an accidental death that happened at the club, but was an actual sacrifice, or that’s even like a regular ritual with members or something like that. It would have been darker and more intense I feel.

The entirety of Max and Chloe’s dynamic I was obsessed with. They were the same old cringy cute gay dorks I loved from the first one all those years ago, and I think the way they interacted felt really natural and earned. Chloe’s character design is perfect and a really good take on how she looks a decade later.

I was a bit concerned it would feel too much like they threw Chloe in just for a cash grab and to play on nostalgia but I think the story they put together really worked as a good continuation of them both.

As for the ending, I genuinely really enjoyed it. I’ll be honest, I kinda goofed up a bit and I didn’t manage to stop the fire and had a couple deaths happen, but I still really enjoyed it. I loved the callback to Kate’s jump scene from LiS with Chloe falling off the roof and Max having to use time to get to her before she hits the ground, and I genuinely am happy with the fact we’re finally presented with a happy ending - no real deaths (I was most terrified for either Chloe or Moses to die the entire time) and think it’s a cute conclusion.

In the end I chose to burn the photo, and after seeing the alternative I do prefer my choice over that personally - and the flashbacks montage at the end showing max and Chloe’s life together absolutely broke my lil gay heart

Anyway that’s enough rambling from me, I’ve just seen nothing but negativity and wanted to actually share what I liked about it! Does it beat the original? Obviously not, but do I think it’s up there and pretty good, and better than Double Exposure? Without a doubt.

What do you lot think? Are there any of you who also really enjoyed it? Let me know :D

When it comes down to LiS2, a lot kind of ruined the reputation. It was not a bad game, definitely not, I consider it better than the first game. There is nothing wrong with saying that and there is nothing wrong with saying it's not, but it is definitely not worse than the first game or terrible in general.

With a lot of the hate or unnecessary discourse (like people review bombing for no Max and Chloe, not even seeing the quality, and invalid criticism, which yes most of it is not everybody doing this,) but with most of it gone what do y'all think.

I frequently witness invalid information and misconceptions (to my information), so the first thing I will ask before I get into what it is as a game: I heard people saying that it ruined continuity and threw everything from the first game away, which is just wrong. Maybe the aesthetics and more, but it definitely didn't throw away the first game, especially what it was to its core (basically saying that life is strange the core, not the characters, but the other stuff that makes it what it is) absolutely stayed, and doesn't just ignore the first game either.

I also heard someone say they delayed the episode just to make sure it does fit up with continuity because they know they messed up with the game even though I'm pretty sure that's also false.

Now that's out of the way, we can continue. So I do ask what y'all think about the game... the great parts, and the criticism. Do you think this game probably could have done way better financially if the fans (some to clarify because some people came at me for saying the fan base even though that's what happened) didn't review bomb and people didn't pick up the general consensus/bandwagon to hate it.

I think it always deserved the chance, and it succeeded in being Life is Strange. I understand the criticism of it being different, but it is nowhere close to being a bad game and I thought it could have done better without all the backlash (most being unnecessary) holding it back and I'm surprised it still did good for what against it.

That's all I have here. I also do hope the franchise does get better, I think it's going a bit downward especially with how the games are now. Though, I still think they can come back but I'm skeptical now.