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Life Is Strange |OT| Rewinder Me
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Haha, these were exactly the kind of dialogues that made me cringe
I guess i'm getting old... Sad faceAntiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Oh don't worry about it, I'm only a year or two removed from that kind of culture and nobody talks like that. Maybe it's an Australian culture vs american culture thing though.
Selfie culture is a thing but eh.
Selfie culture is a thing but eh.
jediyoshi
Member
Ironically, the hipster-isms basically start and stop with her fascination of analogue photography. The perception outside of that is just modern lazy co-opting of the word as people have broadened it to mean introverted/nerdy/geeky/outcast. Release this game 5~ years ago and everyone would be screaming emo from the top of their lungs.
figadapaura
Member
Hipster words lol. And selfies are pretty common now, so it's not like it's out of place.
Taking selfies is pretty common, sure, but it still bothers me that they talk so much about it. Even the
"go fuck yourselfie"
But I did also get the "hipster college" impression, so I just interpreted some of the cringy stuff as intentionally cringy by the dev team, because they're kool kidz trying to be cool, which is always cringeworthy in real life too.
BumblebeeCody
Member
As cringeworthy as I thought it was it also felt natural. I mean, people do that in real life so I understood the context ......but that didn't stop me from sighing while playing (an when people do it in real life).
There's cringeworthy like House of the Dead and there's accurately portraying "these people".
John Kowalski
Banned
I always recommend Antichamber. It's at its core a puzzle game, but it has a nice meta narrative to it and some really strong visual design.
Also The Dream Machine is another episodical adventure game (just finished in November iirc) with great writing and great claymation visuals.
I played the demo with my friend and couldn't get through the whole thing. It's a shame too, I was honestly looking forward to it. The dialogue was really bad and I didn't like the Main character. Got super judgmental vibes from her - I have expected to see this hanging in her locker.
I do like the controls though, wiggling the stick makes her spin in place which is funny to watch.
Edit - also who the hell goes to photography school with a Polaroid, come on
I do like the controls though, wiggling the stick makes her spin in place which is funny to watch.
Edit - also who the hell goes to photography school with a Polaroid, come on
Nemesis_
Member
See this is what I love about the game! There's so many little details and even the most obnoxious characters at face value have so much more going on underneath. I feel like this is a lot of depth that most adventure games (today) don't go for with their characters.
And for what it's worth, I like Victoria. I acknowledge she's a bitch but I assume she's troubled so I feel kind of sorry for her, if anything else.
OceanicAir
Member
Yeah I like Victoria, or at least felt for her enough to
comfort her
It was so sad to see her in her room at the end. I'm wondering if Nathan might have drugged her and done to her what he planned to do to Chloe since it involved a camera (which seems to be a recurring theme) and there are talks of a video being out.
jediyoshi
Member
Judging by her bio and the posters around the school, I imagine the sexual overtones in her teasing is an ironic dig at her pro-abstinence/religious background.
Whoa, that's awesome.
Anyway, I just finished replaying it (which is rare for me, I hardly ever replay games) and I have a refinement of my theory about what happened to
Rachel Amber. I think Chloe's step-douche David Madsen either had something to do with her disappearance or knows who did it - the files at the end with Rachel's name on are the same type and colour of file and the same style of writing as the one next to the TV in David's garage.
Of course I could be wrong. It could be aliens or something.
Wtf dude.
Messofanego
Banned
I know, right? She's some waif hipster bullshit!
I think you should play more, seems you identify with Victoria
I can see why Victoria is the way she is. I actually quite liked the result when I
/tsundere
consoled her.... after spraying paint on her cashmere.
And the rejection letter in her room makes her seem more normal too. She just wants to be successful and be noticed by mama and papa-senpai.
And the rejection letter in her room makes her seem more normal too. She just wants to be successful and be noticed by mama and papa-senpai.
If felt the same until I checked my messages later
Although I'd still do it again, she looked so
confused and vulnerable when Max made fun of her, I just had to rewind. Payback can wait till another playthrough.
Messofanego
Banned
Ooh good analysis. Especially the popularity thing.
QuickSilverD
Member
I suspect that David
doesn't know but is investigating Rachel's disappearance, and he thinks Kate's knows something about it
chrominance
Member
I didn't read the bio so I might be/probably am wrong but
I assumed it was because Kate had a sexytime video that leaked and all the school kids found out about it. The wad of paper someone throws at her at the beginning seemed pretty straightforward if you find it and read it. I don't know how strong the religious background is but even with that, it's possible.
I really enjoyed the first ep, though being a grown-ass man, I had trouble identifying with the whole teenage girl/school culture
I was playing with my gf, and I was constantly asking her "are girls really like this!". How little do I know!
What'd she say?
I really enjoyed the first ep, though being a grown-ass man, I had trouble identifying with the whole teenage girl/school culture
I was playing with my gf, and I was constantly asking her "are girls really like this!". How little do I know!
WHAT DID SHE SAY? DON'T LEAVE US WAITING UNTIL MARCH PLEASE.
Kate runs the abstinence club hence all of the bullying related to sex. "Kate twerks for God" "Will bang for Jesus" etc.
Well she didn't give any direct answers, although she was smiling knowingly..
I guess we'll never know!
but why? Is he trying to bring back his
step-daughter's good friend, seeing her devastated by it? Highly doubt it. I do see him as the bad guy right now. Things could be turned around but it will take a lot of effort. I honestly don't think he's good.
Well... I could unwind the mystery a little bit.
I'm a girl, fairly young (24) and used to be very much into photography in highschool.
I can positively say I identify with the characters, especially Max, a LOT. Except she's a tiny bit more hipster than me. Tiny. I wish I had a polaroid back then. I do have one now though /hipster
And yes - girls are just like that. And even bitchier sometimes. Any further questions?
I love all these analyses. But man, I missed so much. Going to play through it again tonight.
If felt the same until I checked my messages later
Although I'd still do it again, she looked soconfused and vulnerable when Max made fun of her, I just had to rewind. Payback can wait till another playthrough.
I wanted to make fun of her so bad becuase she came off so ignorant. I comforted her with hopes I can burn her really bad later. But I have a feeling she will play a big part and opinions of her will change.
The Smoking Bun
Banned
Are you kidding me?
"Go Fuck Your Selfie"
Also if you
comfort Victoria, you kinda become besties, weird turn
QuickSilverD
Member
it would be too obvious if he were a bad guy, I think DONTNOD will try to subvert our expectations a bit also, when you consider that David seems to have good instincts
he was right about Chloe stealing his gun, is only mean to Max if he thinks she's bringing drugs into his house and is obviously investigating something about Kate (his files said "she knows something") we don't know what yet, but I would bet he is into something
She specifically tells you are not friends via SMS
In all caps no less.
tumblr tells me this is a thing already:
No guys who hits their own daughter is a good guy in my eyes. I mean, at least for a good reason and most certainly not when she's a teenager.
Tsun tsun dere tsundere tsun tsun
chrominance
Member
Strangely this is still not incontrovertible evidence to me, but yeah, I guess that makes it a lot less likely.
tsundere gonna tsundere
Playing us like a damn fiddle!
Well... I could unwind the mystery a little bit.
I'm a girl, fairly young (24) and used to be very much into photography in highschool.
I can positively say I identify with the characters, especially Max, a LOT. Except she's a tiny bit more hipster than me. Tiny. I wish I had a polaroid back then. I do have one now though /hipster
And yes - girls are just like that. And even bitchier sometimes. Any further questions?
Wow, sounds like the game was made for you, haha.
I'll never comfort my victims. Max has no mercy.
Those are fantastic, wow. I'll spend some time there
EDIT: A few seconds there and already saw "Chloe X Rachel >>>> Chloe X Max", damn right.
Your previous avatar was better. Please go back to it.
Now I finally get it! It's an origin story.
Hahahahaha, damn you, Chariot!
This is why tumblr should stay in existence.
If nobody does a spoiler thread by the day after tomorrow, I'm going to do one.
Just do it.
I can't, I am in a warehouse on my phone. The result would be certainly interesting, but not very satisfying. And tomorrow I am probably going to do an Darkest Dungeon OT
Oh dear. I know some people who are going to be loving that in all the wrong ways. -_- why internet why!?
That go fuck yourselfie line with that delivery was fucking amazing. Oh my god.
I've been thinking a bit about the Max's powers.
Time is nothing but an illusion, without it everything we have is molecules of objects and surroundings moving from one place to another.
Max can reverse time, that means shes altering every single tiny molecules back to their previous state and start new from there. This also indicates that she can switch between alternates universes. In order for this to happen, she has to rewind everything throughout the whole world. Even the entire universe. So basically she's a god or something like that, I dunno.
What do you think about this?
PS: Is this a spoiler for some people? I'll change it if someone say this it's a spoiler for him/her.
Time is nothing but an illusion, without it everything we have is molecules of objects and surroundings moving from one place to another.
Max can reverse time, that means shes altering every single tiny molecules back to their previous state and start new from there. This also indicates that she can switch between alternates universes. In order for this to happen, she has to rewind everything throughout the whole world. Even the entire universe. So basically she's a god or something like that, I dunno.
What do you think about this?
PS: Is this a spoiler for some people? I'll change it if someone say this it's a spoiler for him/her.