/lisg/ - Life is Strange General #760

''Friendship and Love'' Edition

Previous Thread: >Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Farewell Launch Trailer
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>Release Dates:
Episode 1 − ''Awake'' 31 August 2017 (Out Now)
Episode 2 − ''Brave New World'' 19 October 2017 (Out Now)
Episode 3 − ''Hell Is Empty'' 20 December 2017 (Out Now)
Bonus Episode: Farewell − 06 March 2018 (Out Now)

Life is Strange: Before the Storm features Chloe Price, a 16 year-old rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber, a beautiful and popular girl destined for success. When Rachel’s world is turned upside down by a family secret, it takes their newfound alliance to give each other the strength to overcome their demons. Available on Steam, PSN and Xbox Live.

Life is Strange is an episodic interactive drama from DONTNOD Entertainment. Set in the Pacific Northwest in the town of Arcadia Bay, the player follows the story of Maxine Caulfield and her seemingly newfound ability to turn hella gay and rewind time. At the prestigious Blackwell Academy, Max must prepare with Chloe Price for the incoming storm of returning to her hometown after five years. Available on Steam, PSN and Xbox Live.

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BAE > bay

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

farewell was shit

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Kate a shit

Max is #1

Reminder that Deck9 retconned their and Dontnod's story.

>Journal entry from Max's character bio (pic related)
>Dialogue from S1
>Journal entry from Ep3: "Here's something you never learned, Max: when someone you care about is hurting, you do anything you can to be there for her. Even if that means making the stars shine in her bedroom. That's how I got Rachel to open up and ask me about finding her mom." (in farewell this retconned to Max's trying to be there for her with a tape)

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Always kiss the Price.

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.
>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
>So, once again we got the fact that our ending always will be BAE>Bay

Before BtS Episode 3's release:
>Devs: ''Intense episode is waiting for us.Be ready for it;);) There is a reason why we chose Tempest as major theme and you will find out;)''
>Don't worry, Deck9 won't disappoint us. They are better than Dontnod
>I love you Zak. Thank god, finally a developer who understands us!! What did we do to deserve him guyssss
>CLOUD 9!!! TELL ME WHATCHU REALLY LIKE... BE READY FOR MULTIPLE KISSESSS!! CLOUD 9 WOHOOOO
>Sera is a witch. Ending is going to be awesome
>We will see how Damon got killed
>We will get our revenge from Skeevy guys too
>We will see Skip's concert too. Rachel and Chloe will go there yeeeyy
>All plot holes Dontnod left will all be answered.
>Beanie Queen Steph will get hug and also we will have advice scene ;);)
>They will not touch 3 years. They will keep their promises:) Unlimited happy endings are coming. 6 variations depending our choices with RACHEL HYPE CLOUD9

After BtS Episode 3's release:
>Deck9's worse than Dontnod
>Devs were bullshitting all along: Tempest? They forgot it. Poor Shakespeare is rolling in his grave right now
>Zak went full retard
>Nothing was cut:)
>Girls went full nun-mode and was giving each other cheek kiss and 0.1 sec cuddle scene in bed -even with cloud 9 intimacy
>Choices didn't matter
>Pedo Frank
>Frank pushes Damon out of screen. God knows how is he fucking dead
>Rachel spent almost the whole episode in that hospital bed
>Chloe was unconscious at the very intense moment
>Sera magically untied herself
>End choice didn't solve anything
>William went full Fast and Furious flashbacks.
>Even if Sera and Rachel reunite, Sera gtfos that town in one way or another
>They added credits scene out of nowhere - Rachel's ded - Chloe's still suffering. Technically, they were bullshitting about not touching 3 years either

Always

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
instaud.io/kVV

>eat your own foot
instaud.io/kWb

Kind reminder to IGNORE baiting, shitposting, and drama

real nigga shit.

fucj off

>"shhhh, Lisa, don't make a peep or we'll get busted!"
*nibble nibble*

>When you find both love and friendship in the same person.
That's what the real love is

kek

Kek is this a foreshadow to Chloe just wanting to be friends in the future?

kek

reminder that kate is for jesus only

she gives a very long intense look after Max says ''love'' so, nope.

I liked Farewell overall. It wasn't amazing but it had some really nice moments before all the sad stuff came down. the 'leaks' made me have higher expectations even though I tried not to fall into that trap.
Even the tape recorder scene was very bittersweet. I wonder if that was the ending the Leak user was hinting at. It did surprise me, but it also made some sense to me that Max would do something like that. It's just a shame her anxiety and all that locked her down into thinking she couldn't be there for Chloe. We know how badly she wanted to even after she was back in Arcadia Bay.
I guess what's important is that Max came back to Chloe, made up for mistakes, and while she cannot undo those five years of silence- they can both make the rest of their years the best they can. I know they can.

These two deserve a very long and relaxing break from the tragedy, mystery, and supernatural.

FOREVER!

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She was waiting for Bloody Bill to tell them what the treasure was

We will. Forever.

yeah, sure she does, amberfag

More or less, yeah.

Kiss the Chloe.

Honestly is Bay better for Chloe after all the misery she's endured? She asks Max to let her die, and I wonder if she was just weary of bouncing from one tragedy to the next in her life and the Bay presents an opportunity to at least protect other's from tragedy before going to see her dad

Reminder that Kate is free to love whoever she chooses to love. If that means she's a Visexual, so be it.

>hotlinebling.jpg
"You used to call me on my cell phone"
fucking =KEK

If only they didn't retcon things in ending, and showed some things from Max's side, like what was she doing in seattle and why she didn't respond etc.

Her love for William is stronger than any possible love for Max retard

She only seems to want to die in Bay for the sake of the people in the town. She's not actually suicidal or anything.

And ever.

I just despise Deck Nine. I hate that I gave them my money and I hate that their game is permanently embedded in my memory. I wish I could just erase it and only remember s1.

>her love for dad
>her love for the person she values the most
Both of them are stronger than you thought, imbecile

hack writers.

37 posts and at least 10 dead Kates.

not enough dead Kates!

I can't help it. Being male feels wrong.
I want to be like any of the girls from lis

I just want to be female

I don't know what to do user. I can't live like this.

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New trailer

youtube.com/watch?v=KL_bLneiGqo

That's adorable, especially when Chloe breaks out into the air guitar.
Deck Nine may leave a lot to be desired when it comes to writing story but for small callbacks they're pretty good.

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>The scene where Chloe and Rachel bump into each other
>The scene where Chloe and Rachel stare each other with loving eyes
>"Sometimes who's going to change your life you just know it"->true love quote
>"You are the only one I can trust" *hold hands*
>No farewell teaser
Limited edition includes Farewell too, where's Farewell teaser then?

Seriously I'll nuke their office someday.

toby is a shit

as much as I hate to admit this, deck9 and SE are pro-amberprice, man.

if square enix ever give them a chance about retconning Rachel's mistakes, they'd go for it in a heartbeat.

There was tops 5k people playing at the peak yesterday. Farewell was a very small portion of the people who bought BtS, so they're obviously not going to cater to them

>SE is pro amberprice
This is truth and I would be less surprised to see a Rachel and Chloe sequel than a Max and Chloe sequel

They were given that chance. Stop speaking of things with no evidence.
Deck Nine liked Rachel because she was the character they more or less for got to make. They still acknowledged the mistakes she made and that she and Chloe were not going to work out unless Rachel really matured. Which she didn't.
They had their chance for a retcon or AU.

farewell episode is optimized very poorly (even more than bts), game constantly crashing even in a demanding pc.
they need to release an update soon.

not only retconned the ending, but also their game's technically problematic.clumsy bastards

Pretty clearly this

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Cutest girl in Arcadia Bay.

I G N O R E D

for 5 years

>Stop speaking of things with no evidence.
you think i'm an amberfag? if you think so, i'm definitely not.
i'm just talking about the truths in here; deck9 is really rooting for Rachel (even Zak was drooling over it in eurogamer stream) and they do aware of those idiotic so-called passionate fans either. while advertising this game, SE clearly sends many amberprice stuff without panic'ing because they know some people are really into that shit. remember, love before the storm video? Toby even sent a comment in there -he never done that stuff before.

>They still acknowledged the mistakes she made and that she and Chloe were not going to work out unless Rachel really matured. Which she didn't.
yeah but I was talking about ironically in there. they were so much into that character, so if they were given a chance to ''fix'' things, they totally WOULD do that.

Deck Nine's contribution to LiS is finished. With their additions/damages to S1, DONTNOD's story still remains mostly unchanged. BtS didn't change the outcome of anything from the original or the meaning of the original's moments and choices. A lot of characters made mistakes (and writers messed some things up) but at the end of the day the game still ends with Max and Chloe. Nothing will take that away.

Yes, a bunch of grown-up people with careers care about fictional pairings.
They just don't cater to whatever demographic they want to sell their stuff to, oh no.
youtube.com/watch?v=fsrLW3XZGBI

Are you forgetting that Farewell was just a small bonus side game and Before the Storm is a story about CHLOE and RACHEL?

Well that's what's meant by "SE is pr4o-amberprice"

No I don't think you're an Ambefag but I think too many people claim there was an agenda in the prequel to try to kill Pricefield or make people hate Max. Which there wasn't. Zak and the others root for Rachel because she's their character. She's a part of the existing story that they expanded on and by doing so they became attached for her and wished she could have a better ending. Yet they clearly hinted to the ending she does have, which is a tragic one after a terrible decline.
They didn't fix Rachel's mistakes or even leave room for people to think it was an AU. They wouldn't make a sequel involving her and some new future because they remained loyal to the overall points of the original game. Which is what they claimed from Day 1.

Kinda hard to get behind a relationship where one person completely ignores the other at their darkest hour

And farewell is about MAX and CHLOE? being bonus side game is completely irrevelant, because it was part of their project afterall, and limited edition includes it.
So I can't see why they don't add its teaser.

That's your own decision then.

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Piece of shit

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i get what you're saying, i know that they didn't fix Rachel's character but as ----for romance part--- they are rooting for Rachel and Chloe. even SE is promoting that shit, that's all I was saying
they were pretty much making clear which choices were canon in-game even.

It would have been interesting to see some of Max's time in Seattle, hear her thoughts on things, meet Kristen and Fernando, and see Ryan and Vanessa. They could have done a little thing like when Max finds out she's been accepted into Blackwell and realizes she's going back to Arcadia Bay.

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I didn't think it would be Farewell of all things that killed my enthusiasm for Pricefield

youtube.com/watch?v=iCdiAKeUKww

give me one good reason to not cry

Well yeah, the idea of canon choices wasn't very good. The game did feel like it was pushing you to take a specific route.
Which I wouldn't have objected to so much if the character didn't just meet a day prior. That's what BtS was though, all about how Chloe and Rachel met and why Chloe started developing feelings for her. It would have been a better story if there was some more to it and if it covered more time.

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It took them 3 months to finish what we got, and they only had to model Ryan and Vanessa from scratch, and add like two rooms and edit the graveyard scene. We'd be waiting until August if they had to do all Seattle shit

>eu.square-enix.com/en/blog/storms-bonus-episode-farewell-out-now

>"Deck Nine Games took extra time and care to craft this Farewell episode into something meaningful that will stay with everyone who plays it."

>they took extra time
>tfw Episode literally took 30-40 mins, even if showed comfy moments for 10 mins of it; the rest were filled with tragedy,(retconned) ending montage; -not showing Max, not showing her life in Seattle, some timelapse from farewell to bts etc.

Did anyone feel like the choices in BtS were not as impactful as those in LiS? I don't remember any major ones except for the last one in BtS

That would have great but we only got filler and Chloe's house for the billionth time

We didn't even get a very good look at Max's parents. Maybe someone can get the models, or make their own, and do some stuff.
Personally, I'd love a "coming home" video where it's Max and Chloe arriving at the Caulfield's after the storm and being greeted/comforted by them.
Or maybe a nice scene of the future with Max and Chloe, Joyce and David, Ryan and Vanessa having a picnic or something.

Yeah

I would've liked to see Max painted in an even worse light by showing her laughing with her new Seattle friends, while Chloe sits alone in American Rust with a dirty old bottle of wine

will there be an android version

Yeah. Even ignoring the fact that a prequel like that won't have crazy choices that clearly take the story to somewhere entirely new from the original.
The choices in BtS rarely had the same weight some of the ones in LiS did. That's both good since it makes the game feel less perilous, but it's bad because it makes it feel bland at times.

S O Y
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it's a prequel,characters pre-defined as you know from s1, so eventually story meets with the same consclucion in those years. so it's normal to its having specific obvious route. they retconned some stuff like in very major way, but at least some things stayed loyal to story either.

to be honest with you, i actually liked the way how we saw Chloe happy and having those feelings for the first time. all of those cliche romantic moments, just gets you somehow. but you also know how their story ends, you know Rachel's mistakes so I can't be fan of it. and her idiotic fans really not helping.

Imagine if they fuck, hnnnnnnnnnnngggg

>Max makes her happy
>Max makes her sad
>Rachel makes her happy
>Max kills her
Poetry

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How was Farewell? I'll be playing when I'm off work.

Pretty good. It was the best part of the prequel.

That tape is a retcon because you'd suppose chloe would keep it and we'd see it on BTS and S1.
Or maybe she destroyed it out of anger and forgot about it.

>Or maybe she destroyed it out of anger and forgot about it.
Probably this after the 5th time Max said she'd Skype her and then disappeared for a month again

Comfy moments are good but ending montage is a retcon (even if it was powerful, still a retcon) It was a tearjerk episode as you may imagine. Includes some heartwarming Max and Chloe moments and the rest of it is tragedy, that's all.

I can sympathize with you on that. I try to not let Rachel's fans ruin the character for me, but they do make it hard sometimes.
And to see Max's mistakes amplified, while Rachel's just get glossed over or not even shown, is a bit annoying. They wanted to show the "angel" side of Rachel that Chloe came to love, not the entire reality of what Rachel did.
Which leaves a big gap between the games where the only possible way to explain stuff is imagination, which shoudn't be the case. It's like Deck Nine took on the responsibility of showing Rachel, acknowledged what happened to her, but didn't want to do the dirty work of elaborating on the path Rachel took in that time.

Fuck off saying it's a retcon. Just because it's not mentioned 5 years later, or in BtS, doesn't make it a retcon. There's no reason why couldn't wouldn't have forgotten the recording after Max totally disappeared for 5 years. The tape was just another person lying to her, so no wonder she chose to forget it

real talk from one degenerate tranny to another, you sound trans as fuck
at the very least you should talk to your doctor/see a counselor