Life is Strange: Double Exposure |OT| Two girls, one cop
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Thanks for the OT! Greatly appreciated!
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
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So the story in Double Exposure takes place around 10 years after the events in the first LiS game which makes it a direct sequel.
That said, you don't need to have played any of the other games, although I guess there might be some small references here and there from some of the other LiS titles.
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Putonahappyface
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lughnasadh123
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Mmm, double exposure.
balls of snow
Gold Member
Managed to dodged spoilers for the 2 episodes like a boss ( again, a great fuck you to square didnt cave on the ultimate edition you scumbags).
Bring on the vibes shaka brah.
Bring on the vibes shaka brah.
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STARSBarry
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So the main complaint is that you get to decide which ending Max had in the first game. Considering how much you sacrifice for one of those and what the outcome in this game essentially boils down to if do. Then they should have just taken player agency in that outcome away and had them choose one of the two endings as canon and stuck to it.
It's far far better than the half arsed explanation this game has to pull out it's ass to allow for this. It's much less painful if you choose have one ending over the other, so they should of just picked that one and said "that's the canon ending" and worked off that.
Otherwise you start the game with "what was even the fucking point then?" Hanging over the whole experience.
It's far far better than the half arsed explanation this game has to pull out it's ass to allow for this. It's much less painful if you choose have one ending over the other, so they should of just picked that one and said "that's the canon ending" and worked off that.
Otherwise you start the game with "what was even the fucking point then?" Hanging over the whole experience.
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Nankatsu
Gold Member
There was as an ending were she sacrificed for the hair blue girl wasn't it?
I played the game so long ago that I honestly don't remember.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
hemo memo
You can't die before your death
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Reizo Ryuu
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Really excited for this.
Alex11
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Yeah, IMO these are BS requirements, and 4080 for 4k 30, sure sure. It's a beautiful game, but LIS games rely more on artistic touch than something tech heavy, a 3080 should run this game 4k at least 30 fps.
I'm seeing this more and more, games that are nowhere near as good looking to require such powerful hardware.
Ojeteespacial
Neo Member
I really dislike the new designs, look weird and don't resemble the old ones.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Gamefly shipped today morning. Wonder if I'll have enough time to play Ys: Nordics in the next 3, 4 days it'll take to deliver.
Melon Husk
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I will judge this game by its soundtrack.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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My LiS copy has shipped as well; hopefully it will arrive tomorrow. I want to play this during the weekdays and save Metaphor for the weekend.
cormack12
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What about meatspin, goatse, 1man1jar etc
Dorfdad
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Luckily I never saw those and I'm ignoring you now so I won't feel compelled to look these up! One time FOMO won't get me!!
MaKTaiL
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It's not.
Vampire On Titus
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Nice OT and it reminds me, I hear you can play Life is Strange Double Exposure along with many other exciting free games at lemonparty.org. You can't say no to free fun.
The first game became the hit that it did because DontNod caught lightning in a bottle with Max and Chloe. Both them and Deck Nine have spent the last decade trying to duplicate it and neither has come anywhere close to succeeding. So Deck Nine decided to break the emergency glass and seem to have given the people what they wanted.
I've read the leaks. Some of the following isn't really spoiler material but I spoiler'd it anyways because it somewhat implies what happens.
I've read the leaks. Some of the following isn't really spoiler material but I spoiler'd it anyways because it somewhat implies what happens.
The LIS fandom has basically spent the last decade obsessing over Chloe and Max's relationship. This is understandable since the other games in the series have been so weak. People have been absolutely STARVING for more Chloe/Max content, so Deck Nine has finally decided to capitalize on this and release a game with Max in it.
Now, this would seem like an easy win for them. Just give the fandom exactly what they want: Chloe and Max go on a fun lesbian adventure using Max's powers that eventually leads to them understanding each other even better than before and then they get married or something. Sell some preorder DLC with outfits from the first game, pick a good soundtrack, and BOOM you're swimming in cash.
Instead, we're getting another shitty sequel where Max is involved purely for the name recognition. Chloe is basically handwaved away and isn't in the game at all. Also, the ending of the game essentially sets up an Avengers-style team up for the rest of the series.
To add salt to the wound, the few pieces of dialogue Chloe has in the game during a flashback memory appear to be recorded by someone other than Ashly Burch. You can compare them to the recordings from the first game and they sound different. To the fanbase, Ashley Burch IS Chloe. Her performance was a major reason why the character became so beloved. The only reason to not bring her back is because she simply refused to do it no matter how big of a check was offered.
I can't believe they've taken something that could have been a return to form for the series and whiffed it so badly.
Now, this would seem like an easy win for them. Just give the fandom exactly what they want: Chloe and Max go on a fun lesbian adventure using Max's powers that eventually leads to them understanding each other even better than before and then they get married or something. Sell some preorder DLC with outfits from the first game, pick a good soundtrack, and BOOM you're swimming in cash.
Instead, we're getting another shitty sequel where Max is involved purely for the name recognition. Chloe is basically handwaved away and isn't in the game at all. Also, the ending of the game essentially sets up an Avengers-style team up for the rest of the series.
To add salt to the wound, the few pieces of dialogue Chloe has in the game during a flashback memory appear to be recorded by someone other than Ashly Burch. You can compare them to the recordings from the first game and they sound different. To the fanbase, Ashley Burch IS Chloe. Her performance was a major reason why the character became so beloved. The only reason to not bring her back is because she simply refused to do it no matter how big of a check was offered.
I can't believe they've taken something that could have been a return to form for the series and whiffed it so badly.
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Generic
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But Max is still on it so it's a win.
LordOfChaos
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SIR
majorgamer10
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Pumpkin King!
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Just got my copy and put it to install. There's a small 700MB day one patch to download and the total install size looks to be around 22GB.
Reizo Ryuu
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Finished chapter one took about three hours, it's a bit slow to start, most of chapter one is really just about setting up things that happened in the past, how you feel about max and introducing characters and the mystery. As soon as you get your powers it feels like the first game again though.
Hope the focus is strongly on the mystery/powers like the first game from chapter two onwards.
My choices for the first chapter:
Hope the focus is strongly on the mystery/powers like the first game from chapter two onwards.
My choices for the first chapter:
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Haven't finished the 1st chapter yet since I'm taking my sweet time, but I'll have to say that I'm really enjoying it so far (I'm 2h in). I like the cast of the new characters and I of course love that Max is back. The music so far is great as well and I hope that Squeenix / Deck Nine will be uploading the full OST on streaming ASAP.
Won't enter into any story spoiler territory so I'll touch on a few more 'technical' aspects I guess. I tried playing in performance mode on PS5, but I thought the image quality suffered a bit too much, so I switched to the default quality mode, which is 30 fps.
IMO the devs really did a great job upgrading their tech since True Colors (I'm guessing that Double Exposure is running on UE5). They put a ton of work into making Max's facial animations expressive but not exaggerated which I'm liking a lot (see gif below).
The lighting engine (Lumen?) works really well as well in certain scenes. Oh and yeah the hair physics are very well done too.
I also really enjoy some of the relaxing moments where you can chill for a bit and listen to music while the camera cuts away to the scenery.
As for the not so good things, there's some streaming issues when the camera cuts which is a tad annoying as it can take a a couple of seconds for the highest quality textures to load in.
Won't enter into any story spoiler territory so I'll touch on a few more 'technical' aspects I guess. I tried playing in performance mode on PS5, but I thought the image quality suffered a bit too much, so I switched to the default quality mode, which is 30 fps.
IMO the devs really did a great job upgrading their tech since True Colors (I'm guessing that Double Exposure is running on UE5). They put a ton of work into making Max's facial animations expressive but not exaggerated which I'm liking a lot (see gif below).
The lighting engine (Lumen?) works really well as well in certain scenes. Oh and yeah the hair physics are very well done too.
I also really enjoy some of the relaxing moments where you can chill for a bit and listen to music while the camera cuts away to the scenery.
As for the not so good things, there's some streaming issues when the camera cuts which is a tad annoying as it can take a a couple of seconds for the highest quality textures to load in.
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Haven't finished the 1st chapter yet since I'm taking my sweet time, but I'll have to say that I'm really enjoying it so far (I'm 2h in). I like the cast of the new characters and I of course love that Max is back. The music so far is great as well and I hope that Squeenix / Deck Nine will be uploading the full OST on streaming ASAP.
Won't enter into any story spoiler territory so I'll touch on a few more 'technical' aspects I guess. I tried playing in performance mode on PS5, but I thought the image quality suffered a bit too much, so I switched to the default quality mode, which is 30 fps.
IMO the devs really did a great job upgrading their tech since True Colors (I'm guessing that Double Exposure is running on UE5). They put a ton of work into making Max's facial animations expressive but not exaggerated which I'm liking a lot (see gif below).
The lighting engine (Lumen?) works really well as well in certain scenes. Oh and yeah the hair physics are very well done too.
I also really enjoy some of the relaxing moments where you can chill for a bit and listen to music while the camera cuts away to the scenery.
As for the not so good things, there's some streaming issues when the camera cuts which is a tad annoying as it can take a a couple of seconds for the highest quality textures to load in.
I'll be waiting for all the episodes to be released and than wait for a sale on this game
Glad you're enjoying the game though
