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Life is Strange | Spoiler Thread
- Thread starter Dr. Buni
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Lisa the plant salutes you :'(
What if they're both crystal gems and fuse together to create the ultimate Life is Strange John Cena meme machine
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Deleted member 80556
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Oh god, it has already happened!
JehutyRunner
Banned
I think Max is kind of fucked if someone doesnt come and save her in Ep 5. She saw Clohe die and is clearly lucid in the dark room. My guess is that Jefferson tries to make her overdose on the drug. Either David or Natan comes save her.
What I want to know is how Clohe or Max were able to write warnings in the timeline.
haha awesome.
What I want to know is how Clohe or Max were able to write warnings in the timeline.
haha awesome.
It'll be Rachel that saves Max, it'll turn out that she was the Blue butterfly all along and that she's some sort of animorph.
Liam must accept the fusion first for it to work. I can only hope ep 5 brings him around.
a) not rachel and just someone similar to her. We never see her face and it looks like a body bag so Chloe could have just assumed.
b) she's dead in this timeline but present in another
both seem far fetched
I wondered about A myself. I just assumed they went far enough to confirm it was her, I guess. If that ends up being one of the twists then I will admit it'll be disappointing since their lack of confirming things sent them on a huge revenge path that ended up getting Chloe killed.
B wouldn't make sense to me since we've yet to see an example of two versions of the same character existing in the same timeline. That'd be opening up a completely different can of worms in terms of loopholes that, again, would be disappointing since it hasn't been brought up at all thus far...at least not that I can remember.
There's always C) where the doe/Rachel's spirit/something like that warns/leads someone to helping Max. But A) makes the most sense if it even is more likely going to be David or Nathan or Max herself if it happens. The spirit thing is more on the level of Samuel, Warren, Frank and Victoria as far as likelyhood goes. Or Principal Wells (he has a spot in the scrapbook yet has been the most minor of those characters so far).
We never see the body but I think that was done more out of trying to be tasteful than to signal "maybe it's not her!"
It would be extremely convoluted to have her not be that body given there was a body in the exact same area we saw a photo of, and nobody has any real incentive to fake her death.
Not to mention it would be stupid to hinge a plot twist upon "oh, I guess we should have looked closer at the dead body."
It would be extremely convoluted to have her not be that body given there was a body in the exact same area we saw a photo of, and nobody has any real incentive to fake her death.
Not to mention it would be stupid to hinge a plot twist upon "oh, I guess we should have looked closer at the dead body."
I see lots of theories about "Max is going to use picture X to go back in time and stop the bad things"
What if you get to choose only one picture (Out of fuck your selfie, butterfly, warren ect ect) and then when you enter the new timeline, you lose your powers like with the kate dilemma. So its a permanent decision, that you can't renegade on. The whole point of the car crash chloe timeline, is to give you weight & insight to this ability, so when you have a permanent decision, you think it through a little more.
I'd really like if this was the case, and be the driving mechanism leading to different endings. It would also be interesting framed as "How much of your hard work do you want to sacrifice"
"Would you save chloe again?"
What if you get to choose only one picture (Out of fuck your selfie, butterfly, warren ect ect) and then when you enter the new timeline, you lose your powers like with the kate dilemma. So its a permanent decision, that you can't renegade on. The whole point of the car crash chloe timeline, is to give you weight & insight to this ability, so when you have a permanent decision, you think it through a little more.
I'd really like if this was the case, and be the driving mechanism leading to different endings. It would also be interesting framed as "How much of your hard work do you want to sacrifice"
"Would you save chloe again?"
I don't think this is that compelling of a choice. Who wouldn't go back the furthest in order to prevent everything? Going back to the Warren photo would mean not getting a shot at saving Kate again, while going back to the butterfly gives you that opportunity, saving Chloe, more time to expose Jefferson, etc. There's no reason to not pick the blue butterfly photo.
Though I think they are establishing that Max needs to be in the photo to use the power, so it'll probably be a moot point, at least as far as story photos go.
renegade_dewitt
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I love these theories folks! Keep em coming! This is all we have until possibly October when the final act is released.
Seems so so far away....But then again, so does Star Wars...
Seems so so far away....But then again, so does Star Wars...
Third Strike
Member
Speaking of theories, how do you guys feel about there being an "original" timeline? In the theory, the events of Life is Strange play out, except in this timeline, Max didn't have her powers. Chloe died, and Kate as well, and Max may or may not have been abducted by Jefferson. Likely from being drugged, or from the trauma of the storm, Max discovers her powers, and is able to rewind several days into the past, at the point of the beginning of the game. She loses her memories, but keeps her powers in this timeline. The storm she sees in the beginning of the game wasn't just a vision of the future, but a memory from the past.
I thought Max needed to be in the picture too, and that the ripped up one was, well, ripped up, so I figured the only possible ones were Wednesday morning in Chloe's room and Warren's one at the party. Never mind how weird that Warren selfie moment was, it just fits the bill perfectly. If not for the Everyday Heroes contest picture being in the main menu representing Ep. 5, I'd have no doubt we'd be going to either Wednesday morning or Thursday night.
Right after the meeting in Wells' office, Warren and Max were talking about the incident. Can't remember if she mentioned Nathan at that point beyond the "I think it's related" she told Warren, but maybe they kept talking, or maybe rumours really do go this fast, or maybe Warren knows more than he lets on.
I think it's possible, I don't think the tornado is a dream because she's had similar visions out of nowhere during the day while talking to Chloe, nor is it a premonition simply because she hasn't had those before. I really think it's a memory of the future that she's lived in her past. Maybe I'm wrong and it's future sight but I don't think that's it.
Right after the meeting in Wells' office, Warren and Max were talking about the incident. Can't remember if she mentioned Nathan at that point beyond the "I think it's related" she told Warren, but maybe they kept talking, or maybe rumours really do go this fast, or maybe Warren knows more than he lets on.
I think it's possible, I don't think the tornado is a dream because she's had similar visions out of nowhere during the day while talking to Chloe, nor is it a premonition simply because she hasn't had those before. I really think it's a memory of the future that she's lived in her past. Maybe I'm wrong and it's future sight but I don't think that's it.
The_Hitcher89
Member
I can see it going in a lot of bad directions, for me. Anything that leans too hard into spirits, new powers, divinity or cults I can see myself disliking
Honestly, I hope they never make it the precise limits and origins of Max's power explicit
I just want the story beats to keep the general form, tying up loose ends where necessary and building up to a crescendo for the ending, surprising but not ludicrous.
Right now it's got the perfect balance between the normal and abnormal, the natural and supernatural, the believable and the unbelievable (in the good way)
Abandon that balance in favour of moving to the latters (the formers are often very effective), and the entire thing can be soured ala Beyond: Two Souls
Honestly, I hope they never make it the precise limits and origins of Max's power explicit
I just want the story beats to keep the general form, tying up loose ends where necessary and building up to a crescendo for the ending, surprising but not ludicrous.
Right now it's got the perfect balance between the normal and abnormal, the natural and supernatural, the believable and the unbelievable (in the good way)
Abandon that balance in favour of moving to the latters (the formers are often very effective), and the entire thing can be soured ala Beyond: Two Souls
Blood Diamonds
Banned
Hey when your drunk off half a beer who knows
can't wait until they get to episode 4
I wouldn't like that at all, sort of goes against most of what you've experienced in the game so far, to have a "strong male character" or a "redeemed male character" come and save "poor defenseless female character" would actually piss me off I think.
yeah, hehe, noticed that too. But honestly I was in the same position during my playthrough, like "wtf, Jefferson hasn't done anything wrong, has he?."
About the time when Jefferson shows up at the Vortex Club, that was the first time I went "oh shit! it's probably him!". So can't blame the guy for thinking that in his playthrough.
The_Hitcher89
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I wouldn't like that at all, sort of goes against most of what you've experienced in the game so far, to have a "strong male character" or a "redeemed male character" come and save "poor defenseless female character" would actually piss me off I think.
yeah, hehe, noticed that too. But honestly I was in the same position during my playthrough, like "wtf, Jefferson hasn't done anything wrong, has he?."
About the time when Jefferson shows up at the Vortex Club, that was the first time I went "oh shit! it's probably him!". So can't blame the guy for thinking that in his playthrough.
I think they could quite easily have David save you without making him some knight in shining armour, and it just makes the most sense to me
He'd still be creepy as fuck, and he's perhaps the only character with a motive for tracking any of Max, chloe and Jefferson, who wouldn't gladly see max and chloe murdered as much as he dislikes them
It's the best way I can think of for Max to get free while drugged, without feeling contrived
And really, we've had too much of Joyce telling us about David's good side without ever being shown it in action, aside from one brief conversation where he's not immediately on your back
ayy lmao
"What the fuck is wrong with you" indeed
shinjimimura
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I disagree. I saved Kate and didn't kill Frank, there wouldn't be any reason for me to go back before those events, risking of screwing what was perfectly fine the first time around. Don't forget that Max CAN'T live onwards from the jump back in time, she can just alter something in the close proximity of the boundaries of the picture and then adapt to the new timeline her actions in the past created.
JehutyRunner
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I love seeing posts like that. Oh man, what awaits him is going to shake his world!
You're still not offering a compelling choice. Half the people that played the game would go back to fix losing Kate and Frank. The other half like you have no reason to choose anything but the Warren photo. Your previous actions in the game have heavily skewed you toward one option or the other. What's interesting about this for anyone?
Third Strike
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I think this was suppose to be a red herring. It really made me think that maybe Rachel was alive and hiding for some reason. I don't think they will touch this subject in episode 5.
Yeah, I guess it's something like that (him wanted to be suspected + him actually being a bit weird).
I didn't think they would talk about it again, that's why I was wondering if I missed something.
I really appreciate this game. There are a few choices I regret but I'm glad I will get to see new scenes i my next runs.
Also I like seeing the stats at the end of each chapters. Every time I have a "Huh ? I could do that ?" moment, and it's fun seeing how everyone played.
I didn't think they would talk about it again, that's why I was wondering if I missed something.
I really appreciate this game. There are a few choices I regret but I'm glad I will get to see new scenes i my next runs.
Also I like seeing the stats at the end of each chapters. Every time I have a "Huh ? I could do that ?" moment, and it's fun seeing how everyone played.
Nathan got his Best Son diploma on 6/6/06. Seriously. It's evident now that his father is Satan and wants to bring the apocalypse to Arcadia Bay.
Yeah, I explore pretty thoroughly yet I get at the end and go "I could save the blue jay this time too?". I'm pretty satisfied I managed to unlock Nathan's phone myself by putting in his birthdate. Figured that's one of the most common PINs and it felt rewarding. It's one of those where most people seem to get at the end and go "wait, I unlocked his phone but... wait what...?".
Yeah, I explore pretty thoroughly yet I get at the end and go "I could save the blue jay this time too?". I'm pretty satisfied I managed to unlock Nathan's phone myself by putting in his birthdate. Figured that's one of the most common PINs and it felt rewarding. It's one of those where most people seem to get at the end and go "wait, I unlocked his phone but... wait what...?".
Samuel knows too much. He's gonna be the real mastermind.
Samuel is probably the drug Kingpin and secretly on LSD 24/7.
From the characters that participate in any kind of major choices, Warren, Frank and David still can have some major impact in Episode 5.
I think Warren will interact with Max at some point, because that decision of drawing on his board teased a consequence in the future, which didn't happen yet.
Frank, if alive and OK with the girls, also can learn about Rachel's death and decide to do something.
David wants to protect the Price family in any way. Either to somehow save Chloe (if he's still in the house) or win Joyce back, if separated.
I think Warren will interact with Max at some point, because that decision of drawing on his board teased a consequence in the future, which didn't happen yet.
Frank, if alive and OK with the girls, also can learn about Rachel's death and decide to do something.
David wants to protect the Price family in any way. Either to somehow save Chloe (if he's still in the house) or win Joyce back, if separated.
Frank's out of the picture, I'd be very surprised if he has any role beyond texts or an epilogue scene. His scene in episode 4 was clearly his big culmination sequence, similar to Kate in episode 2 and Victoria in Episode 4 as well. Victoria will play a role since the big consequence of screwing up doesn't end with her death like the other 2, but I'd wager it'll be on the smaller side.
my guess is that those of us who warned her are going to get screwed, because she'll probably cozy up to Jefferson more instead
shinjimimura
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Well, for starters one could have saved one and lost the other. Would you risk to screw up what you did fine to TRY to fix what you did wrong? The keyword here is TRY. You can't replay the whole game with the knowledge you acquired the first time, you can only act within the boundaries of the picture. I'm not even sure how you can succed in saving Kate by going back to the first picture.
Yeah especially in collectible mode. I've already beat the episode and seen this dialogue, why do I have to watch the whole thing again? You can't normally fast forward (not just skip) text either. This would be a nice thing to patch in, even if I'm only waiting for 1 more episode...
I am replaying the entire game again and yeah I wish I could skip SOME things because i've seen them numerous times already.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Are there some good LPs for this that I can watch? I usually like seeing others reactions after I've played.
You know...that's probably something they would do.