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Life is Strange: Double Exposure announced, releasing October 29 for PC / PS5 / XSX/S. Also coming to Switch (date unknown)
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Then where is she?
Check mate.
Maybe you haven't flipped the chessboard around enough yet...
Awesome. I'm probably in the minority in saying I like Don't Nod's games more than Deck Nine's. Wishlisted it.
Im surprised people didn't think it was Max, literally my first thought was " kinda looks like older Max.... IS IT?!!!"
Obviously a trailer is never enough to go on, and you have to imagine the game itself will have her grappling with the decision and maybe have external forces basically make it for her, but still, having lived through Donnie Darko, the idea that she'd be using her powers again to try to save someone is kind of a hard sell.
So, what do you guys think? I believe that this will start of in the reality where Chloe died. Then the stuff with Max's friend(?) happens and she realized she can travel realities. And while trying to solve the murder she later comes to realize that this other reality is also one where Chloe is alive. And we see from there.
I'm pretty excited for this. I feel like Don't Nod and Deck Nine have put out similar quality releases of these types of games , with Life is Strange 1 being the exception. It is one of my all-time favorite games and head and shoulders above the others imo.
That being said, I prefer all of Deck Nine's output to Life is Strange 2 which is the weakest entry for me. I didn't play Twin Mirror, but if I had to rank their games of this genre it'd probably be:
That being said, I prefer all of Deck Nine's output to Life is Strange 2 which is the weakest entry for me. I didn't play Twin Mirror, but if I had to rank their games of this genre it'd probably be:
- Life is Strange
- Tell Me Why
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm
- Life is Strange 2
- The Awesome Adventures of Captain Awesome
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We're through the looking glass now everyone
So is she going to cause another reality nuking tornado to save one person?
Imagine if Max visits an alternate timeline where Jefferson and Nathan were caught before Rachel died, and then Chloe and Rachel got to reconnect and be happy together 😭
I'm very conflicted. On one hand, Max is cool and going with the correct (Bay) ending is nice to see. I feel that's ending served the story and characters better but I also know better than to discuss that online.
On the other, while I liked the first two games, I feel like this should have been an anthology series. I'd much rather new stories than revisiting previous ones even if it hasn't clicked with me since 2.
Also, the practice of pre-orders and special editions for early access to the game for single player games is really fucking stupid. That shit needs to end and not be supported.
Then there's this so I'll honestly likely avoid this:
On the other, while I liked the first two games, I feel like this should have been an anthology series. I'd much rather new stories than revisiting previous ones even if it hasn't clicked with me since 2.
Also, the practice of pre-orders and special editions for early access to the game for single player games is really fucking stupid. That shit needs to end and not be supported.
Then there's this so I'll honestly likely avoid this:
Probably a good time to remember Deck Nine's recent history:
[IGN] How Hidden Nazi Symbols Were the Tip of a Toxic Iceberg at Life Is Strange Developer Deck Nine (UP: SE didnt want the IP known as “the gay game) News - Square Enix
https://www.ign.com/articles/how-hidden-nazi-symbols-were-the-tip-of-a-toxic-iceberg-at-life-is-strange-developer-deck-nine Treatment of staff How SE didn’t want the game seenwww.resetera.com
In a vacuum I do want more LiS and having a 'safer' choice by having Max be the protagonist is an option I can live with.
I have already accepted the messiness of Chloe living and I'm happy the LiS comics exist to at least further the relationship, even if it couldn't address the chaos directly.
PS: heartily recommend reading the LiS comics, it'll directly have Chloe/Max & Chloe/Rachel and multiverse shit already so I mean it'll make playing this a bit more palatable if you're still hung up on the madness
I have already accepted the messiness of Chloe living and I'm happy the LiS comics exist to at least further the relationship, even if it couldn't address the chaos directly.
PS: heartily recommend reading the LiS comics, it'll directly have Chloe/Max & Chloe/Rachel and multiverse shit already so I mean it'll make playing this a bit more palatable if you're still hung up on the madness
I am so happy. Been freaking out since the trailer played. No Chloe has me concerned, but maybe she'll appear in a Ep cliffhanger and the internet will explode.
Its only included with the ultimate edition which is nearly double the price of the standard edition
Cat DLC let's go
Annoying it's just the the 1st two episodes though I'm gonna get the ultimate but not gonna play part of the game and then wait two weeks to finish lol
I desperately wish I was more excited about this. I hadn't liked the premise for Double Exposure from the leaks, as it was such a retread of the original game's story. The reveal makes it seem like an even bigger retread, as the leaks at least had her student being murdered, which felt like it put Max in an interesting position of responsibility as a now grown adult. But another dead friend? C'mon.
The only thing that's holding some personal curiosity is Deck Nine did absolutely fantastic character work with Before the Storm in particular (as other users have mentioned, The Tempest sequence!), so even with the retread premise for Double Exposure they have definitely proven themselves in the past for me to give the benefit of the doubt.
The trailer didn't hint at Chloe dead or alive, so that's interesting. If we're dealing with timelines, she could be both dead and alive, really.
ETA: Also the fancy edition releasing two of the episodes early is awful.
The only thing that's holding some personal curiosity is Deck Nine did absolutely fantastic character work with Before the Storm in particular (as other users have mentioned, The Tempest sequence!), so even with the retread premise for Double Exposure they have definitely proven themselves in the past for me to give the benefit of the doubt.
The trailer didn't hint at Chloe dead or alive, so that's interesting. If we're dealing with timelines, she could be both dead and alive, really.
ETA: Also the fancy edition releasing two of the episodes early is awful.
I don't really know how to feel about this yet because on the one hand, it feels like it contradicts the intent of the original game's ending about how the "right" answer was actually for Max not to have used her powers at all, and you spend the entire game figuring out that you have to undo everything you've done in order to set things right (and that your time with Chloe was really just some kind of celestial gift, not an actual reality you get to keep). But on the other hand, for a bunch of reasons, that reasoning always felt unsatisfying, so undoing it is not necessarily a bad thing either.
This is probably a sign that I need to try playing the rest of the games in the series already. Aside from Captain Spirit and maybe the first hour of Before the Storm I haven't been back since.
This is probably a sign that I need to try playing the rest of the games in the series already. Aside from Captain Spirit and maybe the first hour of Before the Storm I haven't been back since.
Wow, just seen that 2 weeks advance access on chapters 1 and 2 with the Ultimate Edition. That feels scummy.
The cool thing to do would be your choice from 1 is the main reality and the other is the opposite
Kinda funny of all my hopes and dreams for not-E3 this wasn't even a thought in my head(and had it been expected i'd have said it was an upper middle tier announcement)
But it just hit right(New LiS +Max returning) and now its game of the show and my most anticipated announced game overall right now...
And its this year!
But it just hit right(New LiS +Max returning) and now its game of the show and my most anticipated announced game overall right now...
And its this year!
Yeah I'll have to echo that I didn't recognize Max, just looked like a generic white girl.
And going back to Max again isn't very exciting. Guess after my ambivalence to true colors I'm just too excited in this.
And going back to Max again isn't very exciting. Guess after my ambivalence to true colors I'm just too excited in this.
2 weeks early access takes the cake.
What game will push the time frame of early access scams even more? Can't wait to find out.
What game will push the time frame of early access scams even more? Can't wait to find out.
Am I alone, who don't like it, because
- Deck Nine is the developer (Before The Storm was great, but True Colors is awful)
- Max's new design
- They picked wrong canon
- Deck Nine is the developer (Before The Storm was great, but True Colors is awful)
- Max's new design
- They picked wrong canon
Yeah, same. This releasing like a week after Silent Hill 2, my other favorite game of all time next to the first LiS, seems like an insane fever dream.
Yes but not because True Colors was bad (in fact it was awesome). Yes because they've got a bunch of Nazi fucks high up in Deck Nine apparently.
No it's fine.
No they didn't, Bay ending is fine.
No, it's a shit ending made by developers so both sides can speculate what happens next to the characters.
I can't believe how a slight hair style change really changes Max's look (I definitely didn't know it was her till they went and said "Max")
Her almost-emo puffy hair and bangs are gone; but they definitely share that (and I swear dont mean this in a bad way because I like how it makes her look distinct) somewhat constantly confused/dopey expression again haha
As a diehard LiS fan I'm simultaneously happy to see Max again, and destroyed at how awful Deck Nine management is. What should've felt like a joyous moment as a fan was ruined by me thinking "isn't this studio run by monsters" the entire time. No meaningful complaints about the trailer. I think the only thing that tempered my excitement (outside of the reprehensible management) is that I own the 6 volumes of the graphic novels and have gotten to enjoy Max Caulfield's many timelines for about a year now. The use of her powers in the trailer feels extremely familiar thanks to the books. Which isn't a bad thing, but it's less exciting.
Me too! Even when they called her Max, I was like okay and only when the trailer finished I got my revelation - wait a fucking second, THAT Max.I can't believe how a slight hair style change really changes Max's look (I definitely didn't know it was her till they went and said "Max")
Her almost-emo puffy hair and bangs are gone; but they definitely share that (and I swear dont mean this in a bad way because I like how it makes her look distinct) somewhat constantly confused/dopey expression again haha
I got the idea my thoughts aren't very popular here, hence "alone" part, but I read the thread now and could see there are people with good taste 🤭
Fuck that's itI can't believe how a slight hair style change really changes Max's look (I definitely didn't know it was her till they went and said "Max")
Her almost-emo puffy hair and bangs are gone; but they definitely share that (and I swear dont mean this in a bad way because I like how it makes her look distinct) somewhat constantly confused/dopey expression again haha
It's absolutely the hair
This may be the best aged character design ever, to be honest. I knew who it was immediately with the hairstyle. Joanna Dark on the other hand I didn't realize at first
That one leaker on here who kept talking about another Max Caulfield LiS is super redeemed now.