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[Devilinthiscity]

Replaying some episode to get the picture trophies i missed. Man, they really know how to pick great music for the game. I also really liked how each character you talked to had to talk louder in order for their dialogue to be heard over the music at the vortex party.

 

[John Kowalski]

Oh dear.

I quite like Jefferson after this one.

 

[MMarston]

Oh dear.

I quite like Jefferson after this one.

I admit, his keikaku game is quite strong.

 

[Haly]

So if Warren goes out with Stella in the alternate reality, why is his potential girlfriend Brooke in the original?

In the alt reality, you were hanging out with Victoria and Warren and all the cool kids so I think Warren was never really pushed into Brooke, who was a nerd.

In the real reality Warren attaches himself to you, and you were ostracized, so he was ostracized along with you, but then you friendzoned him as well so he went to Brooke.

Fucking teenagers man!!!

 

[MidnightPass]

if they continue and do a season 2 after this..

will they continue with Max or a new cast of characters

 

[MMarston]

if they continue and do a season 2 after this..

will they continue with Max or a new cast of characters

I think they said that they prefer a new cast altogether.

 

[Voyevoda]

if they continue and do a season 2 after this..

will they continue with Max or a new cast of characters

See

There were talks of a season 2, but in an American Horror Story/True Detective style.

The Max/Chloe story is supposed to be over with this one, I think.

EDIT: http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/24/8838761/life-is-strange-season-2-new-cast

 

[MMarston]

You know what I think they should also do for Season 2? Maybe ditch the time rewind mechanic and replace it with something else related that's just as much reality altering. Time freeze maybe?

 

[Voyevoda]

You know what I think they should also do for Season 2? Maybe ditch the time rewind mechanic and replace it with something else related that's just as much reality altering. Time freeze maybe?

So do I. They should exploit a different power. Not necessarily time-related.

 

[Corpekata]

Body hopping so the weirdos that had the "Max IS Rachel Amber" theory can have a new pet theory.

 

[Octavianus]

Telekinesis, not enough games featuring telekinesis. I want season 2's proteg to have telekinetic powers.

 

[MMarston]

Mind-reading could also be a thing. Some might say that could break the dialogue system in favor of the player, but I think it will actually complicate things all the more.

 

[Opto]

The game has many Required Selfies we could be able to go back too...



Episode 3 for example.

A selfie is the one of the first things we take in episode one, we could go all the way back there!!

Final scene is Max going back to Monday, leaving class to find Nathan, knees him to get his gun, then blows Jefferson away "Guess I'm the everyday hero now, bitch!"

No that would be dumb

 

[The Smoking Bun]

Why not turn this into Netflix's Sense8 series, each season shows us a different school in a different country with a student who has a unique mental power. Then they can team up or something.

 

[John Kowalski]

I like body hopping.

Or turn things around and be a normal person trying to catch a body hopper.

 

[MMarston]

Why not turn this into Netflix's Sense8 series, each season shows us a different school in a different country with a student who has a unique mental power. Then they can team up or something.

 

[Opto]

I want to play in a French small town, that sounds fresh and fun

 

[Voyevoda]

Or, after time rewinding, gender swapping?

(no, not at all like Misfits *ahem*)

I want to play in a French small town, that sounds fresh and fun

Plus, French insults and teen 'tude can get really... interesting, sometimes. Talking from experience.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

You know what I think they should also do for Season 2? Maybe ditch the time rewind mechanic and replace it with something else related that's just as much reality altering. Time freeze maybe?

Max can already freeze time, though.

I think a conceit I would want to see in this kind of structure is mind reading.

 

[Voyevoda]

Max can already freeze time, though.

I think a conceit I would want to see in this kind of structure is mind reading.

So after Curtis, Kelly...

 

[The Smoking Bun]

I want to see Max's reaction to finding Samuel L Jackson in her dorm room...

Or, after time rewinding, gender swapping?

(no, not at all like Misfits *ahem*)

Yeah, Japanese Gender Swapping student... lets go full anime...
Honestly exploring Trans issues should be left until Season 3
DONTNOD would need the confidence of an outstanding Season 2

I wasn't talking about Trans issues, but, yeah...

They would obviously never use Gender Swapping just for cheap laughs and what bigger social issue could they discuss?
Of course if it's BODY and not Gender's being swapped then you could have a literal version of "Mile in their Shoes"

 

[Voyevoda]

Honestly exploring Trans issues should be left until Season 3

I wasn't talking about Trans issues, but, yeah...

 

[Chariot]

Something mundane would be cool, something that isn't breaking the game so the game don't have to limit the player using it. Telekenisis would be far too much for LiS budget, unless you can only use it on relevant objects which would be not so cool.

 

[Pandora012]

Or, after time rewinding, gender swapping?

(no, not at all like Misfits *ahem*)



Plus, French insults and teen 'tude can get really... interesting, sometimes. Talking from experience.

Examples!?!

 

[Haly]

Synethesia

Do it DONTNOD.

 

[tomtom94]

So I just replayed episode 1 to do an alternative run playthrough (I may yet change some things; I took the blame for Chloe but I think the best option is actually to stay hidden)

Picked up on a couple of lines of dialogue: Jefferson asking 'What if Arbus chose to capture subjects at the height of their beauty or innocence' (also, further foreshadowing: there are tripods in his classroom); Nathan saying he's sick of people trying to 'control him'; and the most interesting one is Rachel saying she'd met someone who 'changed her life'. It's assumed she meant Frank but could it be Jefferson?

One minor detail that I'd honestly forgotten about but may prove relevant: Chloe gives Max William's old camera as a 'late birthday present' - the camera which he used to take the photo we time travel back into. Might affect which photos we can and cannot travel back into if they're sticking with that mechanic.

 

[Voyevoda]

Examples!?!

J'm'en bats les couilles avec une spatule à glaçage de ce que tu racontes, frère.

("I beat my bollocks with a frosting spatula [as a reaction of] to what you're saying, bro", basically, to say you don't care)

 

[Choomp]

Ah, well I'm not all too surprised they went with the weird "for the good of art" thing here. The ending didn't do what the front end of this episode did for me in terms of Chloe's death, which I thought was beautiful and sad, the end felt a bit anticlimactic.

Anyway, now that Jefferson's our guy I'm starting to have faith in David and Victoria of just being a bit insecure and being good people at heart.

This game can really turn into something special if they finish it off well. Already a GOTY watch for me.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Something mundane would be cool, something that isn't breaking the game so the game don't have to limit the player using it. Telekenisis would be far too much for LiS budget, unless you can only use it on relevant objects which would be not so cool.

It doesn't have to be, but I think a format closely following Life Is Strange (S1) kind of needs powers that aren't really perceptible for anyone but the one using them. So, in my mind, it'd be something like foresight (redundant given Max's abilities) and mind reading.

In any case, I like the concept of super powers used in a mundane environment, without a bunch of crime fighting elements or such.

J'm'en bats les couilles avec une spatule à glaçage de ce que tu racontes, frère.

("I beat my bollocks with a frosting spatula [as a reaction of] to what you're saying, bro", basically, to say you don't care)

Ha, I thought you meant some France language flourishes, but this is totally Quebecois talk.

Or is it. I always picture them having some "sophisticated" level of vulgarity because of the perception here.

 

[Voyevoda]

Ha, I thought you meant some France language flourishes, but this is totally Quebecois talk.

Or is it. I always picture them having some "sophisticated" level of vulgarity because of the perception here.

Yeah, it's true that in Québec they are often this sophisticated when it comes to insults. But we do too (Parisian here, btw), sometimes. With some interesting slang here and there.

 

[Pandora012]

J'm'en bats les couilles avec une spatule à glaçage de ce que tu racontes, frère.

("I beat my bollocks with a frosting spatula [as a reaction of] to what you're saying, bro", basically, to say you don't care)

lol. I'll make sure to not say this to my french teacher.

 

[BY2K]

Ha, I thought you meant some France language flourishes, but this is totally Quebecois talk.

Or is it. I always picture them having some "sophisticated" level of vulgarity because of the perception here.

What!? That is France French. Québecois don't insult like that.

 

[Voyevoda]

lol. I'll make sure to not say this to my french teacher.

You probably shouldn't, yeah.

But to come back to LiS, yeah, mind reading could be interesting.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

What!? That is France French. Québecois don't insult like that.

What. We totally do! I live in Quebec and went to a French high school.

 

[Chariot]

How about seeing simple emotional states? Like auras around people. Just very broad and unspecific, so no "murder"-aura, but "anger", "sadness", "happyness", and such and the player has to interpret those. Is the suspect angry because he's the killer and you're on his trail or is he just annoyed that you keep bugging him or because some idiot damaged his car this morning?

 

[jediyoshi]

I like body hopping.

Or turn things around and be a normal person trying to catch a body hopper.

dontnod plz

 

[FluxWaveZ]

How about seeing simple emotional states? Like auras around people. Just very broad and unspecific, so no "murder"-aura, but "anger", "sadness", "happyness", and such and the player has to interpret those. Is the suspect angry because he's the killer and you're on his trail or is he just annoyed that you keep bugging him or because some idiot damaged his car this morning?

Empathy, then. That'd be interesting, but I feel like it's too vague, and the game would have to be a lot more about the intricacies and volatility of character interactions, which could get frustrating if your responses didn't get the intended effect based on how you perceived their emotional state.

dontnod plz

That also qualifies for the mind reading idea too, heh.

 

[Chariot]

dontnod plz

I would pre-order blind if they get Sawashiro as a main role on board.

Empathy, then. That'd be interesting, but I feel like it's too vague, and the game would have to be a lot more about the intricacies and volatility of character interactions, which could get frustrating if your responses didn't get the intended effect based on how you perceived their emotional state.

Exactly! That would be the great thing about it!

 

[Pandora012]

Does the MC need to have a 'superpower'? Maybe they are normal, but stumble upon some supernatural cult, or something.

 

[The Smoking Bun]

How about seeing simple emotional states? Like auras around people. Just very broad and unspecific, so no "murder"-aura, but "anger", "sadness", "happyness", and such and the player has to interpret those. Is the suspect angry because he's the killer and you're on his trail or is he just annoyed that you keep bugging him or because some idiot damaged his car this morning?

Very nice. I imagine this something like DETECTIVE MODE from the Batman games
This and Synthesia are probably two most unique suggestions and would make for some amazing visuals!

What Anime is that?

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Does the MC need to have a 'superpower'? Maybe they are normal, but stumble upon some supernatural cult, or something.

No but, again, I like the idea of super powers being used in a mundane environment. A supernatural cult doesn't sound too interesting to me, in comparison.

 

[BY2K]

What. We totally do! I live in Quebec and went to a French high school.

I need to talk to this person. Usually a Québecois would have said: "J'm'en tarbarnak" or "J'm'en calisse".

You want to know what swearing sounds like in Québec? Watch Bon Cop Bad Cop.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

I need to talk to this person. Usually a Québecois would have said: "J'm'en tarbarnak" or "J'm'en calisse".

That's true, you're right that there's far more of the latter than that other example. Though, can't say there was a lack of the other kind of involved phrasing in my experience.

You want to know what swearing sounds like in Québec? Watch Bon Cop Bad Cop.

I've had to see that movie, like, 3 times.

 

[Pandora012]

lactomancy
Mind Control
Premonition
Maybe the ability to see ghosts.

 

[nOoblet16]

Okay so if Life is Strange 2 is set outside America, guns won't be common so what would character's threaten each other with? Please add to the below list:

UK: Cricket Bats
Australia: Boomerangs
Japan: Katana & Throwing Stars
India: Hockey Sticks

What are the National Weapons of your countries?

Eventhough the national game of India is field hockey it'll most definitely be Cricket bat, and for UK it will most likely be Football.

 

[The Smoking Bun]

lactomancy
Mind Control

Use Mind Control to make people Lactate and then control the milk pouring from their nipples!!

Okay this got weird...

But yes, Lactomancy from Misfits would be funny .... and scary

Eventhough the national game of India is field hockey it'll most definitely be Cricket bat, and for UK it will most likely be Football.

Yeah but in movies for some reason we never use Cricket Bats, rarely. Most of the time it's sticks, guns (ugly pea shooters) and hockey sticks

 

[MMarston]

Use Mind Control to make people Lactate and then control the milk pouring from their nipples!!

Okay this got weird...

thatsmyfetish.gif

 

[Vylash]

dontnod plz

oh lord don't tease me

 

[Jachaos]

What does everyone think of David's "don't wander off in the dark" line when you last see him? (In my playthrough he said that after I told him I never wanted to hurt him but I wouldn't let anyone hurt Chloe).

Edit: This part though it might be a bit shorter or different from what I got in my playthrough.

I need to talk to this person. Usually a Québecois would have said: "J'm'en tarbarnak" or "J'm'en calisse".

That's true, you're right that there's far more of the latter than that other example. Though, can't say there was a lack of the other kind of involved phrasing in my experience.

In my experience it's both, depending on the person. Some will go "J'm'en calisse" and some will "Yo j'm'en bat les couilles" (though I hadn't heard "avec une spatule à glaçage" yet, but some equally creative things by the ones who go with this choice.)

 

[John Kowalski]

He probably also knows that shit goes wrong once folk disappear into the dead of night in that town.

Also, am i nutty or did Jefferson reach the junkyard super quickly?