NeoRaider
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Life is Strange: Before the Storm |OT| Hella Walk with Me
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Necron
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Bedameister
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They're talking about Spotify? This game us set in 2010 goddammit!!!
WhereAreMahDragonz
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Bedameister
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Um yeah you're right. Did people use it that much/was it already popular though. 2010 feels like ages ago.
StrikeFirst117
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From what I could interpret
Rachel seems to know everything you did even though she weren't there or in view, plus there seemed to be some wind effect going on with her screaming near the end. She might have similar powers or completely different something to do with the wind perhaps.
According to Wikipedia, Spotify didn't launch in the U.S. until July of 2011. When is it mentioned in the game? I can't remember.
Bedameister
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When you watch the people in the park there is a dialogue option for the two guys on the bench
Ah, I must have picked a different option. That's funny though, it definitely seems to be an anachronism, unless people in the know were somehow streaming Spotify from Europe before it launched in the U.S.
Thank you! And I heartily endorse any efforts to start drawing again. It's been a while since I've done any fanart but BtS inspired me to.
Thanks! The series has always had such a great grasp of colors and lighting, so I spent a little extra time on the palette here.
What I find strange is that the game features songs that weren't released at the time it takes place. As far as I know, the original game didn't feature anything that came out after 2013, but BtS has at least one track that came out in 2015. That's a strange oversight.
I don't remember any mentions of Spotify in the game, though.
EDIT: just saw your explanation above. I didn't mock the couple, so I missed it.
Actually it's more like a toolset compatible with Unity, made of two parts. Playwright, which is basically the screenwriting tool. It generates a whole flowchart from the script with the choices, the gameplay involved, etc. And then there's Storyteller. This is the cinematic tool with all the sliders for the animations that does the lipsync right from the VO files.
But yeah, great work from Deck Nine. I wonder if Dontnod is staying on UE for season 2?
Mighty Bison
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Just finished the first episode. I absolutely loved it. I cannot wait for episode 2. Chloe and Rachel are great.
I guess this is my new wallpaper on my phone. Really liked your style, amazing!
Loved it more than the original game. Chloe and her struggles are written in such a way that I can totally understand.
Main theme is also amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtKsi9c8sW8
Main theme is also amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtKsi9c8sW8
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Does this game have any kind of PS4 Pro advantages ?
4 is a cutie
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good stuff
Pandora012
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I know me and some people that made fake accounts to get spotify before it released in the states.
Lol! "I'm gunna punch him right in the dick!"
"Fatal Cleave!"
Keyser Soze
Member
This area felt like a testing ground for simple mechanic (for the new developers), and to tutorialize new players. It is a bit basic compared to the rest of the game. To be honest, the game has not fully started yet based on where you are. What you played right now is the Season 1 Episode 1 equivalent of Max sitting at her desk in Jefferson's classroom.
The Dear Leader
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Finished it few days ago, it was fantastic just as good as LiS1 if not better in parts, they did such a great job framing a lot of things about Chloe that put in context how she acted and felt in LiS1 and the introduction of Rachel Amber as an actual character really gave a sense of how big of a deal she was to not only Chloe but Blackwell/Arcadia Bay. Deck Nine has really impressed me, they had a lot to live up to and so far seem to be doing a really great job, can't wait for episode 2 and the bonus prologue has me really intrigued too.
Tortahegeszto
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There is a certain cringe curve as we're playing and hearing Chloe the whole time, but it's totally living up to the first game so far.
The only downside is there's no way yet to turn of Chromatic Abberation. Ugh.
Yeah, some of the dialogue is pretty cringy, but the first game had a fair amount of that as well.
Tounsi_Tag
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Just finished the episode
Loved it much more than I thought I would
Chloe's new VA did a fantastic job considering the amount of pressure that was on her. I completely forgot about the change about 10 minutes after the episode and became used to it.
The new developer gets the game and its atmosphere right. Here are some of the things I thought were brilliant :
Most importantly, I seem to have missed a lot of character interactions and scenarios. I didn't meet the principal or the demo guy people have been talking about here? hmmm
Also ( Joyce Spoiler ) :
. I completely missed that until I saw a youtube video about it.
Loved it much more than I thought I would
Chloe's new VA did a fantastic job considering the amount of pressure that was on her. I completely forgot about the change about 10 minutes after the episode and became used to it.
The new developer gets the game and its atmosphere right. Here are some of the things I thought were brilliant :
The small details linking us to LiS .. During LiS I just assumed that both grew apart and Chloe was frustrated because Max left at such a sensitive phase of her life. Knowing thatThe text messages between Chloe and Max were heartbreaking. What's worse is that I would act like Max had I been in her place ( I'm the kind of people who would be constantly engaged with you face to face, but I cannot keep that connection online ).Chloe constantly tried to reach out is just so ... cruel
Also, when Rachelin LiS. We can see her birthplace and birthdaywas playing the two truths one lie game, we as players could guess which two are truths based on her file back
The lip syncing is much better and the music is top-notch as well
was such a well-implemented idea. I never knew there could be so many variations to this sort of gameplay. LiS was brilliant in the sense that it introduced time travel which allowed for new ways to approach dialogue in the gameplay. Before the storm also introduced a mini-game through dialogue which was super funThe board game
Did they hint atsupernatural elements with the Rachel scream at the end?
- Chloe's journal
during the dream scene is pretty damn dark
Most importantly, I seem to have missed a lot of character interactions and scenarios. I didn't meet the principal or the demo guy people have been talking about here? hmmm
Also ( Joyce Spoiler ) :
you can sip money from the concert at the beginning and give it to joyce
You can upgrade later if you want to.
It's kinda lame to lock that behind a special edition, though.
NeoRaider
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For now, yes. That's the only way.
Maybe it will be available to buy separately later but idk.
Great post! I agree about the
text logs between Chloe and Max, very relatable and sad to read through, and also kind of changes how I feel about Chloe's attitude in the first game since she likely didn't trust Max at all anymore. Like when she gets all pissy about Max answering the phone for Kate in episode 2, that makes way more sense when you consider that Max likely wouldn't have answered the phone for Chloe before they started hanging out again.
And as for the characters you didn't meet,
they are both outside the school in the same area where you play the tabletop game. The security guard is the demo guy and he's standing near where you start in that area, then the principal will show up after you sit down on the stage.
Tounsi_Tag
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Thanks !!
Yes! That is exactly what I thought of. I thought that
Chloe was just butthurt and jealous of the attention Max gave Kate. Even worse, I thought she was a bitch for not considering the poor girl's state at the time but now I see it's more centered towards Max's attitude after she left.
I went back and played the first episode again to meet these characters. It's crazy how many details I was able to skip and miss! Ultimately, I do not foresee huge consequences that would affect the overall plot
( maybe I'll get in trouble for ditching detention next episode )
Now I do not like Chloe as a character in LiS. However, I completely understand where she's coming from
Finished.
The beginning was mostly boring, especially the parts with David and Chloe's mum. I tried and wanted to like these parts, but it was really hard knowing it's just a prequel and there was no way any relationship was going to change because of LiS.
Things got better once Rachel was introduced, since I wanted to know more about her. I went with
since my Max got with Warren and I thought it's the choice that made the most sense given the way Chloe talked about Rachel in LiS. I also
Speaking of Rachel, what's up with her character model? She had robotic movements at times and her face looked
weird, like in the
toward the end.
Do we need to spoiler Life of Strange story details?
The beginning was mostly boring, especially the parts with David and Chloe's mum. I tried and wanted to like these parts, but it was really hard knowing it's just a prequel and there was no way any relationship was going to change because of LiS.
Things got better once Rachel was introduced, since I wanted to know more about her. I went with
"I want to be more than friends"
lied to her during the train sequence, it was a good way to test if she had powers like Max. But it looks like she was just a good detective.
Speaking of Rachel, what's up with her character model? She had robotic movements at times and her face looked
hella
dream car sequence
Do we need to spoiler Life of Strange story details?
Keyser Soze
Member
I think it is okay to leave Episode 1-5 spoilers unmarked. The closest comparison would be Season 1 of a TV show in a Season 2 thread, and no one really cares when spoilers are unmarked in those thread.
I am sure at some point someone will get annoyed, as the good reception this episode got may make some people want to see the overall series ( and this is the easiest thread to stumble into currently), but almost all of the people coming to this thread would likely have played LIS before coming here.
Bedameister
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We can use the spoiler thread for that. I think there might be people who jumped into this game without having played LiS
Is the count at 22 Steam achievements now? Because there are 34 achievements/trophies in total and all of them are live on XBL/PSN, but remain secret for the time being. It should be 11 per episode, with the 34th achievement being the "beat the game" one.
BlackDoomShadow
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Just beat episode 1 the other day. I love the original game and was very skeptical about this one, but it lived up to my expectations. Like others are saying, the
was a ton of fun.
Also, I'm now strongly suspicious that
.
D&D scene
Also, I'm now strongly suspicious that
Rachel has rewind powers and this will be revealed in some manner that Chloe doesn't learn
Humdinger
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I went in skeptical, but I've been pleasantly surprised. It's actually very good.
Five things I want to compliment:
- The dialog. It's very sharp and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny.
- The
. What fun that was.
- The storytelling. They are handling it very well.
- Chloe's new voice actress. She's doing a great job.
- Inventiveness and new mechanics.
One thing I want to criticize:
- Chloe is too relentlessly sarcastic and snarky. I know that's her character, but she would have more depth if she had more range.
Five things I want to compliment:
- The dialog. It's very sharp and sometimes laugh-out-loud funny.
- The
tabletop game
- The storytelling. They are handling it very well.
- Chloe's new voice actress. She's doing a great job.
- Inventiveness and new mechanics.
One thing I want to criticize:
- Chloe is too relentlessly sarcastic and snarky. I know that's her character, but she would have more depth if she had more range.