Oh now I need to try this tonight. Thanks
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Life Is Strange |OT| Rewinder Me
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Oh now I need to try this tonight. Thanks
SolicitorPirate
Member
Shit, sorry, I didn't mean to go off on you. GAF has had a bit of a history of having juniors come into threads, claim that both sides are just as bad despite the very real victims of GG, so I wrongly assumed you were acting in bad faith. Again, apologies.
Ehhh I thought this was better than D4 personally. D4 only thing going was the oddity
Daria Morgendorffer
Member
So does anyone else think
Rachel Amber had time rewinding powers herself and she disappeared because the game takes place on a timelines where she used her power? This would have quite the impact in Max I think because she'd have created a lot of these timelines too.
Oh no problem. It filled me in on what's going on.
I didn't feel like you were going off on me really.File marked Rachel at the end, plus "Rachel Amber 4 Ever" scratched into the desk in the classroom,
she had a creepy stalker or something who kidnapped her
That gave me an idea for an avatar change, but I'm not sure it really works:
I think it works.
Yup it has been said before and sounds like one decent option.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
Funny cause I liken Max to kind of an April Ryan for a new generation. There're some parallels there I feel. Anyway, finished the first ep yesterday and adored it. Felt sort of like The Breakfast Club filtered thru an indie film lens. It is so refreshing to play as a more realistic and well realized female character. I especially enjoyed how "lived in" the environments felt, as well as how the game parcels out background info through quiet introspection rather than haphazardly jumping to a cutscene. Also love the Makoto Shinkai-esque backgrounds that feel like every instance could serve as a desktop wallpaper. It's just a very pretty looking game. Really looking forward to the next ep.
For people nitpicking the "cringe- inducing dialogue," it really does depend on the people you find yourself around. I've personally witnessed middle aged adults saying stuff like "epic," "totes," "LOL" and "awesome possum" which is actually a whole lot more bizarre than having it come out of the mouths of teens. Chances are, if you've ever been a teen, you've likely partaken in some pretty cringe inducing slang yourself. I also found it amusing that Max says "Wowser." I say that all the time lol
swearing-circle
Member
Played this today. Really enjoyed the script and the puzzles were actually pretty well done if a bit sparse. March for the next episode is a bit of a drag though but I suppose that is the norm with episodic content, right?
Oh yeah, I was thinking this while playing
Deyjandi_Von
Member
None of my PSN friends have bought it, either. I did my part by rating and liking it, so it would show up in their What's New feed, but it doesn't seem to have made any difference.
Oh neat, thanks, that does look better.
Then the demo did it's job.
Messofanego
Banned
Back in the 00s when I lived in America, I used to say lolzors a lot. I find it endearing in this game in the context of teenagers.
I might but I have a concern. Don't your choices have zero consequence since you can just rewind time if something bad happens?
The way some of the choices are presented makes you think there is no "right" choice.
The game heavily hints at some of your decisions coming back to bite you in the ass later.
John Kowalski
Banned
Choices are permanent after you leave the section in which you make them. For example, you're given a choice right before exiting the school. You can rewind time and choose differently while in the school, but after you exit the building you can't go back. Also there's little to no way of actually knowing how choices affect the future while you're within range of changing them, so it's never really obvious in that sense.
OceanicAir
Member
You have to talk to the skater after exiting the school during the beginning, rewind to select the revised dialogue then choose "tre flip".
Talk to Brooke, get rejected then look in her bag, rewind then talk to her again.
Look through the cupboards in the room where you find the camera tools
When you first go to look for the tools, look in Chloe's parents room and go to the window. Rewind until the bird comes back to life and then open the window.
Talk to Brooke, get rejected then look in her bag, rewind then talk to her again.
Look through the cupboards in the room where you find the camera tools
When you first go to look for the tools, look in Chloe's parents room and go to the window. Rewind until the bird comes back to life and then open the window.
Sorry if you already know this
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
I played the demo for this over the weekend and while I wouldn't buy it I did think it was pretty refreshing and well done. It took a while to get going but once I figured out how the game was going to work I enjoyed it.
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
Yeah, I forgot to mention that I do enjoy how seemingly morally ambiguous your choices seem. Tho DontNod must definitely be trolling with the watering the plant LOL. Time will tell whether these choices are just a thin veneer to conceal the lack of agency though (I'm looking at you TWD)
That gave me an idea for an avatar change, but I'm not sure it really works:
I think we can get a GAF avatar trend going.
Jeeeeeeeeez there are so many places this can go, so many theories! I guess it's ok I have this whole month to see as much as episode 1 as I can
HOLY CRAP! THANKS!
I thought it was a little odd that brooke's scene had no good options.
Oh well then that's very reassuring. I might buy the first episode for now.
Great observations, I agree across the board.
OceanicAir
Member
I saw a couple minor mistakes in the game
Chloe seems to have attended Blackwell 2 years ago when she was in the 11th grade aka not a senior (happens if you break Chloe's snoowglobe0. Also there was a paper in her room that was dated Oct 17th which is a couple weeks after the game takes place.
What trend?
Certinty
Member
Not sure how the American school system works but I think Max might have mentioned Chloe being a year older than her? If she did that explains one year and I Max might have also said Chloe used to be quite smart so maybe she got moved up a year?
What paper is dated that? Maybe it is from a year in the past?
What paper is dated that? Maybe it is from a year in the past?
I love these theories. Someone said Twin Peaks was an influence for the dev team, right? I hope the story eventually jumps the shsrk in a cool way.
Messofanego
Banned
That reminded me of the sausage choice in Dreamfall Chapters. Both Red Thread and Dontnod be trolling!
Might have to call upon Foxes again
QuickSilverD
Member
There is a problem with this theory
Chloe mentioned Rachel's parents, they are people who exist in this game's universe, so Rachel has to be her own person
Also possible bug: on PS4, I noticed Kate sitting in a bench outside the dormitory but I get no prom to talk to her, it seemed odd but I guessed then than maybe I wasn't meant to talk to her in that scene, yet when I watched a playthrough on youtube (of someone playing also the PS4 version) they did get to talk to her there.
Did this happened to anyone else or did I do something wrong?
OceanicAir
Member
The report card said that she was in the 11th grade which is not what Blackwell is supposed to teach. So the age shouldn't matter.
The future dated paper is one of the auto repair papers in Chloe's room.
The future dated paper is one of the auto repair papers in Chloe's room.
The soundtrack/playlist is amazing as well. Very easy listening.
Happened to me while I was playing as well. Only bug I came across.
I'll jump in on this. Thanks!
Happened to me while I was playing as well. Only bug I came across.
Quick template.
I'll jump in on this. Thanks!
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Deleted member 80556
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It's awesome to see that people are liking the game to the point where they're getting avatars of the game.
Can't wait to get it, when my store finally gets a PSN card.
Can't wait to get it, when my store finally gets a PSN card.
Quick template.
Thanks for this! ^_^
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
There are limitations to the rewind power she can use in the game. you cant rewind more than a minute (or two).
you cant keep rewinding repeatedly to go around this limitation (rewind 1 min, then immediately rewind 1 min again). Seems like there's a charging time to the rewind power, so if you rewind 5 secs, then you'll have to wait for 5 secs to rewind again.
Although the game did show that it is possible to jump forward in time too, and that it is possible to jump few hours or even days, it seems she doesnt have the ability to do these (yet).
So its not like you can rewind to a longer period to take an action to eliminate a problem, but you can rewind to a short while ago to reduce the impact of the problem.
They do have consequences because to one point or another it might affect another character besides the ones you're talking to. Example
Take the blame for Chloe will affect how David reacts towards you which apparently will get him bothering you on the future which does the same for Kate Marsh.
jediyoshi
Member
The crux of it is that it can be the case that neither one of them can be "happy" or "correct". You can also only rewind as far back as the last decision or two, you can't take back a decision that becomes relevant much further down the line.