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Giant Bomb |OT29| Uhhhhh I have a child
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LurkerPrime
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Life is Strange prequel potentially leaked. By Deck Nine Games, not DONTNOD, so it won't affect the Life is Strange sequel in development there. Seems like it will show at E3, but nothing is confirmed.
Jeff better sharpen his Wikipedia skills. Hella is coming.
Jeff better sharpen his Wikipedia skills. Hella is coming.
well they are doing a proper sequel with a different story so it doesn't really matter
formated4tv
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I feel like that's how you end up with a game that just overuses the shit out of the mechanic from the game before, but loses the charm/appeal.
"You could rewind time at crucial points in the first game? How about you can rewind whatever you want to, whenever, at any time! See that bird? Aim at it in first person, lock on, rewind the bird back until it was an egg, and then throw the egg at the bully!"
If it's only like two episodes and feels different enough despite the character return, it could at worst be ignorable.
Maybe LiS 2 proper is still a couple years out and SE wanted something cheap (what with the reused assets) to fill in the gaps.
But yeah, fingers crossed they don't super fuck it up.
LurkerPrime
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It mentions that Deck Nine built a new engine before working on their presumed LiS prequel, so I'd hope it's at least as substantial as the first game.
Also, all of TellTale's misadventures with shorter games turned out really bad and unsatisfying. TWD: 500 Days is like an interactive trailer, and TWD: Michonne only suffered by having three episodes (instead of the regular five). Whoever it is that own's LiS (S-E I guess) shouldn't make the same mistake.
Master_Funk
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So this is their 'fire walk with me' attempt. Why not, there are so many other similarities to twin peaks in the main series anyway.
It's silly for me to assume, but it didn't feel like there was enough left untold in Rachel's story to justify another five episodes, especially since we all know where it goes.
That is, unless there's a wide new cast that all have their own stories, but if they're doing that don't bother with a prequel.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I'm in as long as we get to explore the feel backstory of Warren.
Sadly, this is true too, unless LiS 2 is really far away and the setting is wildly different. At worst, Time Walk With Me retroactively damages LiS. At best, it makes Rachel the larger-than-life character we already knew her to be.
But I'm talking out my ass. Maybe it'll have a neat hook and surprise everyone. I'd hope so.
Yeah, this is not something I want to play.
I had to unfollow it. They way they handle the Twitter account is just plain awful. It's such a tryhard to be clever or funny. I feel Austin should've wrangled in the way it's been used. I dunno who handles the account but it's just tasteless for the most part.
I haven't even read the details but a Rachel story seems even worse. I'm not even sure how telling her story adds anything and it adds to my worry that LiS2 will be another Max story instead of something new. Man...i hope I'm wrong.
In case you missed it here is a LiS playthrough with some of the voice cast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvQmqdnFkZA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N47osAG5eoU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvQmqdnFkZA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N47osAG5eoU
It's Danika.
There really aren't details; just some concept art and a couple screenshots. Certainly looks like a Chloe + Rachel + crew of ruffians type thing.
If Life is Strange 2 has anything to do with Arcadia Bay or it's cast I'm gonna riot. This prequel looks like SE just hedging its bet.
I don't even know who that is. I don't follow anything related to that site except for Austin and Patrick's twitters. No interest in their live streams either.
I can totally picture Square Enix Japan looking at the sales numbers completely befuddled as to why this game does so well and then going ALL IN ON DAT hot new thing.
A short video on the history of Wipeout featuring Tim Wright aka CoLD SToRAGE, and former Wipeout community manager/Feisar pilot cosplayer Ami Nakajima.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc6-3ZJaw_g
It was very good, and better than BitE. Yakuza 0 is surely a better videogame, but LiS was more fun to watch the guys play.
That reminds me, I guess we're never getting a sequel to Contradiction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc6-3ZJaw_g
It was very good, and better than BitE. Yakuza 0 is surely a better videogame, but LiS was more fun to watch the guys play.
That reminds me, I guess we're never getting a sequel to Contradiction.
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker: Quick Look https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R11W2-FWg7Q
1 hour long
1 hour long
Yeah, for a CBSi owned company, they seem to be kind of happy to be in their bubble or whatever you want to call it. Even their yt channel is more of a backup or an "also on youtube" option for them.
Right there with you on that because fuck going back there. The other option is that (end game spoilers)
they go alternate ending with Max and Chloe or go even further where Rachel gets time powers (it was hinted at in the first game as far as I remember) and then you go super alternate timeline where she survives and Max doesn't even show up.
The problem with GB's social meda presence is that the GB account is manned by Rorie and he's too busy with the CSR and merch stuff to really do anything with it, imo. We get all our updates from the GB crew themselves. I don't really know why I need to follow the GB account, tbh.
Yeah I'll give them that. In this day and age #engagement and having a #brand is important because, well that's the name of the game!
That being said I respect Danika's efforts but the waypoint Twitter suuuuuuuccckkks. It's So bad. A while ago I remember Austin talking about these type of Twitter accounts and I was all "my dude did you look at your site's Twitter????". Their podcast is good stuff and I wish they made more video content but I get that writing is their jam. Even if I only read Austin's articles.
Though it'd be Rorie that would helm that effort if that's something they wanted to do and I find the thought funny. Actually now that I'm thinking about it how do new peeps find giantbomb. This seems something CBSi would yell to the fucking clouds about at Jeff during meetings.
They have a Facebook? Didn't even know.
LurkerPrime
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aw yiss
It's especially weak because it is personally driven content.
I want to know what /jeff thinks about covfefe.
I actually had to laugh at Brad's "Dude, what??" when Ben didn't know Zork. Grand Inquisitor was the last one and that came out as a niche game in 1997 lol
edit: Just looked it up, it didn't even get good reviews. There's almost no reason to know about Zork in 2017 as a 2x year old, honestly.
edit: Just looked it up, it didn't even get good reviews. There's almost no reason to know about Zork in 2017 as a 2x year old, honestly.
I don't know what would work for them. Similar sites engage their audience more directly, especially on Youtube, but they don't use that site like that.
Piston Hyundai
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speaking of Zork would you guys mind helping me flesh out my erotic Zork fan-fiction
all I have so far is "you are likely to be eaten out by a grue"
all I have so far is "you are likely to be eaten out by a grue"
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I mean that's kinda weak. Could have made it a vore thing.
SunDimension24
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1. That FMV game might be a bit more complicated​ than it needs to be.
2. It might secretly be a prequel to persona 3.
2. It might secretly be a prequel to persona 3.
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