Life is Strange Episode 1 Review Thread
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ramoisdead
Member
Gosh darn you folks. I bought the complete season over at Nuuvem all thanks to your positive impressions.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Just bought... Why? IDK
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Great scores and impressions. Will buy once the full season is available.
jediyoshi
Member
I liked how much of it was actually, completely modeled and not made up of fake, painted, cardboard cutouts like what Telltale games have been doing for scenery work. Looking through my screenshots, so much of it looks like fully drawn concept art.
dark_inferno
Member
Great graphics besides the first section of the game. The ground looked fucking ugly (At least on the PS4... dont know how it looks on PC).
Everdred
Member
Just finished the first episode with my wife. It took us 111 minutes with some moderate exploration. I liked it a fair amount. Story is going interesting places and the mechanics are good enough. What a downer the main character is.
EDIT: No issues here with the PC version. 2500K and a 580 GTX.
EDIT: No issues here with the PC version. 2500K and a 580 GTX.
Chaserjoey
Member
I was going to wait a little bit before getting it, but the high reviews convinced me. I also didn't realise the game came with a (gorgeous) theme on PS4 so that was an added bonus.
Karak
Member
Weird. All of us can. That sucks.
dark_inferno
Member
Yes and no.
Graphics are great in Life is Strange. The overall presentation is good.
Animation wise they are on par. But Life is Strange has one of the worst Facial Animations ever.
Cant comment on Story and Characters because its just the first episode.
I was able to get past it by alt tabbing during the unreal logo
Karak
Member
YUUUUUP. Same here. So much atmosphere in the game and that soft filter they use on the graphics. Simply amazing look.
Oh well thats good. Enjoy it, its great!
jediyoshi
Member
The lip sync is terribly shite, but half way through it just didn't phase me anymore. Moreso than graphics and tech, I wish Telltale's games gameplay wise would lean back in the exploratory, self paced direction. This was way more in line with Walking Dead Season 1 in a good way.
Karak
Member
The lip syncing is like a whales blowhole on a human head I mean the mouths just open and close like fucking sock puppets. Everything else is great.
dark_inferno
Member
Facial Animations could be a problem later on if they dont work that shit out. A lot of drama gets lost if you dont do it right.
Telltale managed to get that shit right.
jediyoshi
Member
I think Telltale have the benefit of having much less fidelity in their character models as a whole so it's less jarring either way. Animation wise, I think this still wins out overall when you take into account body movements and how characters actually move around or interact with environments.
Telltale's character animations always look so completely scripted. You can tell when one animation is triggered and when it stops playing or when it's looping, there's really no sense of animations subtly blending between each other.
dark_inferno
Member
Well okay you are right. They both have problems when it comes to Animations. They probably should team up and make a game together.
MrNinjaSquirrel
Neo Member
Was super excited for this, and after the first episode I'd say I'm pretty optimistic for the series. I feel like the time travel element is sort of just - there - at this point and probably the worst part of the game (despite being what it's ostensibly orbiting around), but the characters and writing were enough to cover for it and I'm hopeful Dontnod can improve as they begin to get out of the mindset of making more traditional AAA stuff.
Anyway, if you want to read me ramble a bit more I posted a somewhat long, overly personal review on Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/mrninjasquirrel/recommended/319630?snr=1_5_9__402
Anyway, if you want to read me ramble a bit more I posted a somewhat long, overly personal review on Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/mrninjasquirrel/recommended/319630?snr=1_5_9__402
Karak
Member
Had no knowledge of the existence of the game, but reading enough has made me buy it. Helps the GMG 25% off code expires today, so was still able to use it.
Well the game is like 5 bucks anyway man...
QuickSilverD
Member
Is this still not up in the US PSN? I don't see it
Nope. Almost 5am EST and it still isn't up. Square should have just given an option to pre-order/pre-load.
publicpwnerer
Member
I'm really wanting to play this, but why the fuck is the game $19.99 (AU) on Steam, and $29.99 (AU) on PSN?
EDIT: It makes my purchasing decision easy...but why is this happening?
EDIT: It makes my purchasing decision easy...but why is this happening?
Acquiescence
Member
I'm really surprised by the positive response this is getting. Even as someone who likes playing this sort of thing by the likes of Quantic Dream and Telltale, I thought the game looked like a right stinker from the very beginning, mostly due to the cringe-worthy dialogue and the stilted character animation. But whaddya know, apparently it's worthy playing. I'll check the demo out and go from there.
QuickSilverD
Member
I wonder why they didn't, would it cost them more to have that option? in any case it seems the US store has decided to filed this one under the 'update whenever' category, if it isn't up by the next hour it means that I won't be able to queue it for download for the next 10 hours while I go to work and that would suck
JetSetRadio
Banned
Downloading the demo now. First impressions sound good, nice.
I've sent a pm to MRORANGE asking what the status is on the OT. I'll post again when/if I get a response.
Just giving a heads up here so his inbox isn't flooded
lol I was just about to send one because I couldn't earlier, thanks.
Lightning Count
Member
So I just downloaded it, for anyone curious/on the fence, I'm streaming live, I am literally about to start right now. I'll be on chat with my laptop so if you have questions I will try my best to answer fast.
http://twitch.tv/lightningcamaro/
http://twitch.tv/lightningcamaro/
Mass_Pincup
Banned
I went to the Steam forums because I had some framerate problem, wow at some of the comments there...
Yep. Had a crash at startup and went to the forums to look if there was a solution and General Discussion is a cesspool of hate comments.
I dont wanna look. What is the issue?
Tizoc
Member
1- Where's the OT, lol.
2- For those that have the PC ver., any tips to keep it consistent at 60 FPS? It seems when there are a lot of characters, my FPS dips to 40-50 FPS. What options or alterations to the ini should I do to improve performance if possible?
3- I like the water color motif in some of the images and how they try to apply it to the hair.
2- For those that have the PC ver., any tips to keep it consistent at 60 FPS? It seems when there are a lot of characters, my FPS dips to 40-50 FPS. What options or alterations to the ini should I do to improve performance if possible?
3- I like the water color motif in some of the images and how they try to apply it to the hair.
QuickSilverD
Member
Just curious, EU PS4 users, what control scheme does remote play uses?
Can't stop listening to the music from the launch trailer. Gonna have to see if it's on iTunes.
Anyone know if it's used in the game as well?
Anyone know if it's used in the game as well?
Miles Quaritch
Member
Yeah, it's fantastic.
I downloaded it last night, here's the link...
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/indie-folk/id675317622