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Life is Strange 2 doesn’t seem to be nearly as popular as the first game. What gives? (Open Spoilers)
- Thread starter Fiery Phoenix
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The franchise isn't about high school.
Yeah to be honest this was ridiculous and one of the reason why I didn't preorder like LiS 1.
But,AGAIN,they wanted to talk about different themes and different people.
Seeing that one of the main characters was a little kid. Thinking how annoying it would be to have to travel around with a child in a video game. All interest in LiS 2 immediately lost. The end.
I was disappointed as I really enjoyed the first game.
I was disappointed as I really enjoyed the first game.
Funny thing is that I've only seen "Chloe is bae" mentions from women.
Not weird though since again, look at her.
Yes, I know
It's about the mundane crossing over with the supernatural, and there was more to tell with the game's original setting. The aforementioned struggle of being a minority in a mostly white school, your future career path's, struggle at home, etc. Things the original game didn't cover.
It was commendable to switch directions entirely, but it ultimately backfired.
I didn't play it as one. I played Max and Chloe as best friends and took a lot more away from the time travel story and the town as a living breathing character itself.
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Backfired how? In terms of quality? I don't think so. And in terms of sales I really don't think that the game not being set in a city is really that big of a dealbreaker. There was way more outrage about the choice of two brothers instead of a retread from what we had in LiS 1 and BtS.
Backfired how? In terms of quality? I don't think so. And in terms of sales I really don't think that the game not being set in a city is really that big of a dealbreaker. There was way more outrage about the choice of two brothers instead of a retread from what we had in LiS 1 and BtS.
but again if you stay in High School you will have the same kind of characters.
The writers wanted to tell a different story about totally different characters in a different setting than the High School one.
it totally makes sense.
And it's fine.
I didn't even really think of all this. Would have made for a more compelling game rather than another road trip game with guys. have they done any interesting thing with the powers yet?
Also fuck Chloe Price.
It's not, but people treat the characters as waifus because they're likable and attractive to them. Pretty much any cute girl will get waifu'd.
Was never really interested in the first season tbh. But it supposedly had more draws for the crowd it was courting.
But important subjects for society wasnt neccisarily that regarding the audience.
But important subjects for society wasnt neccisarily that regarding the audience.
- Male protagonists.
- Your annoying little brother is the one with powers this time around; not only removing control from the player, but also removing one of Life is Strange's key mechanics that made it unique in the genre.
- The power itself is far less interesting than time travel - especially how that developed as the original LiS story progressed.
- It's a "road movie" about brothers on the run from the cops, rather than a small-town high school mystery influenced by beloved shows like Twin Peaks and Veronica Mars.
- The game is heavily centered on criticizing the current US political climate and racial issues. I applaud them for trying to do so, but it's done in a very ham-handed manner, and likely alienated a lot of the audience. It's a big tonal shift, and one that many will find abrasive. To be reductive, Trump-fueled racism, police brutality, and gun control are all-too present and bad enough in real life that people aren't looking to play a game where that is one of its core themes.
- The free Captain Spirit episode having a similar tonal shift, focusing on child abuse, did not exactly set it up to succeed. It's not that the games shouldn't try to tell powerful stories, but that's not what the audience they garnered with the first two games was there for.
- The release schedule is really bad.
I agree completely. I think I did finish the first episode and start some of the second, but I lost interest in the game pretty early on. I'll probably give it another try once the final episode is out, but I didn't find it compelling at all.
This is a really shitty way to be reductive about a pair of games that have complex, strong, well-written female characters at its center, along with a large cast of other interesting characters.
It says more about you if that's all you see them as, or if you think that's the reason the games are popular.
I was about to list a bunch of reasons but I can just summarise by simply saying, it's just nowhere near as good in any way other than visuals.
well i havent played it yet cause im waiting for all episodes to come out. and its taking a looong time
Couldn't stand the dilaogues in the first game, they reminded me of Watch Dogs 2. Just horrible. Thought it was better in season 2 but havent played much.
Can't speak in general. But personally, i'm waiting on all episodes to be released (which seems to be taking a lot longer than they did for the first game) and a sale.
The first game had a lot of hype surrounding it which got me interested. but playing it was a mixed bag. The rewind system felt too forgiving. The reason I like games like this is because of the consequences of actions and living with them. Life is strange didn't have that. I also didn't like how it forced you to care for a character I hated (Chloe) and affectively centred the entire plot around her. It made what some considered to be a difficult and impactful final choice super disappointing and hilariously easy for me.
...And so I'm honestly a little aprehensive about a sequel. I want to play it at some point. But I'm just not in any huge rush to do so.
The first game had a lot of hype surrounding it which got me interested. but playing it was a mixed bag. The rewind system felt too forgiving. The reason I like games like this is because of the consequences of actions and living with them. Life is strange didn't have that. I also didn't like how it forced you to care for a character I hated (Chloe) and affectively centred the entire plot around her. It made what some considered to be a difficult and impactful final choice super disappointing and hilariously easy for me.
...And so I'm honestly a little aprehensive about a sequel. I want to play it at some point. But I'm just not in any huge rush to do so.
1 had an interesting story characters and setting.
2 didn't and was something I felt like i'd seen a million times before.
1 is one of my favorite games of all time, I noped out of 2 after 1 episode and you'd have to pay me to finish.
1 hooked me so dang quickly
Weirdly as a 25 year old(at the time) straight male I connected so much with Max that I even think i'd be like that if I had been a teen-age girl, probably.
(was already artsy and into photography in highschool, had a few friends like chloe even just not to that level)
The setting felt like a legitimate character even
game just did a good job making you feel like you wanted to use the powers to help people and fix stuff
and does a good job making you feel like you did afterwards
But both endings are absolute trash and nearly ruin the entire game.
2 didn't and was something I felt like i'd seen a million times before.
1 is one of my favorite games of all time, I noped out of 2 after 1 episode and you'd have to pay me to finish.
1 hooked me so dang quickly
Weirdly as a 25 year old(at the time) straight male I connected so much with Max that I even think i'd be like that if I had been a teen-age girl, probably.
(was already artsy and into photography in highschool, had a few friends like chloe even just not to that level)
The setting felt like a legitimate character even
game just did a good job making you feel like you wanted to use the powers to help people and fix stuff
and does a good job making you feel like you did afterwards
But both endings are absolute trash and nearly ruin the entire game.
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I enjoyed the first episode more than I thought I would, but the long-ass wait between episodes has really killed the hype to the point I'm just waiting for episode 5 before marathoning the rest. It's also a very big tonal departure from the first game, and in a narrative-driven game like this, having such a different cast and story means inevitably losing people who were interested in the previous entry. Almost think it would've been better received under a different name, especially given how attached people were to the cast and setting of the first game.
I also think Captain Spirit was a mistake as it's kind of slow and dull until the last like, ten minutes, and does a poor job at making you interested in the rest of the game.
I also think Captain Spirit was a mistake as it's kind of slow and dull until the last like, ten minutes, and does a poor job at making you interested in the rest of the game.
Well, they garnered a pretty specific group of people regarding the lesbian relationship of their two lead characters and made a follow up about two brothers.
Sooooooooo
Sooooooooo
Price, new cast (which is fine I'd prefer them not continue from the almost perfect story of the first one), and waiting for it to be done. I didn't play Life Is Strange 1 until it was finished and I'm glad I waited. When I can get the entire season 2 for like $15 I'll pick it up.
I think the writing and voice acting is a lot stronger in season 2. I think it's missing a narrative hook (first game was essentially a murder mystery), but I love the road trip feel of the early episodes.
The first season also got a huge boost from Tumblr. The second season focuses less on the main characters queerness, it obviously wasn't a central theme the creators wanted to carry through every season, but it was for fans
The first season also got a huge boost from Tumblr. The second season focuses less on the main characters queerness, it obviously wasn't a central theme the creators wanted to carry through every season, but it was for fans
I agree with this. I enjoyed the new game way more then the original series. Episode 4 not included though. That episode sucked.
As someone who loved the first LiS and hasn't picked this new one up yet (I will when it is all done so I can play in a week).
I kind of went into blackout mode almost as soon as the game was announced so I know very little about it. So, with that said, if I'm totally wrong on this assumption, please correct me and let me know. One of the things I loved about the first game, other than the Max/Chloe dynamic (not waifu stuff as people say), but the interaction with those characters in the town and with one another. Someone told me (again, I don't know) that this is more of a road trip game.
Life is Strange married those two concepts of an intense personal relationship with the backdrop of a detailed and varied township (cough cough no spoilers). If this new season is missing both of those, I can see it being impacted by fans of the game. Also, I don't think Captain Spirit did them any favors. I don't think a change in setting or characters is the issue; or at least I hope not because anthology stories are just as valid as direct sequels and it sucks that video games are stuck in the latter.
I kind of went into blackout mode almost as soon as the game was announced so I know very little about it. So, with that said, if I'm totally wrong on this assumption, please correct me and let me know. One of the things I loved about the first game, other than the Max/Chloe dynamic (not waifu stuff as people say), but the interaction with those characters in the town and with one another. Someone told me (again, I don't know) that this is more of a road trip game.
Life is Strange married those two concepts of an intense personal relationship with the backdrop of a detailed and varied township (cough cough no spoilers). If this new season is missing both of those, I can see it being impacted by fans of the game. Also, I don't think Captain Spirit did them any favors. I don't think a change in setting or characters is the issue; or at least I hope not because anthology stories are just as valid as direct sequels and it sucks that video games are stuck in the latter.
I still think its funny I only gave 1 a shot because it was suggested to me after finishing Until Dawn and I asked for anything remotely like it...
Glad I did
then I asked for something like Life is Strange and got 1 decent season of 13 Reasons Why...
Glad I did
then I asked for something like Life is Strange and got 1 decent season of 13 Reasons Why...
People just treat the MCs as waifus which is gross considering they underage.
They aren't underage. But I never saw this heavy sexualization people are talking about here.
I would say the game is more famous with women than men.
Did the people agreeing with this somehow miss some of the reaction to Ellie kissing Dina in last years TLoU Part II trailer?
I'm waiting till the whole game is out before I start playing. Haven't even played Captain Awesome yet. Can't comment on anything else till then.
It will definitely be hard for it to get on the same level for me as the first one did. Loved Max and Chloe, the time travel gameplay, and the whole story.
It will definitely be hard for it to get on the same level for me as the first one did. Loved Max and Chloe, the time travel gameplay, and the whole story.
Ah, i see. Fair enough. Still find it a tad odd.
This. The whole "it's an anthology series" thing falls flat for me. Not a good decision, then! Because lots of people associate the series with max and Chloe and their story / mystery regarding her powers.
If it has no real connection with the setting/characters of the first game, why make it a sequel to life is strange vs an original title?