Hysterical
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Spoiler tag your post, dude
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Life Is Strange |OT| Rewinder Me
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Aaah kinda want to highlight that spoiler but I shouldn't! I won't!
Same day as Witcher 3...
So we can avoid something like this happening again and since episode 3 is approaching, I think it's worth reminding everyone that there is a spoiler thread. http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=984251
jediyoshi
Member
Every character? Between the two episodes you didn't feel like the game was explicitly pointing you to the fact that that specific character had any more narrative weight than any other? Entire scenes went by with this one character and their actual mechanical function based on either the previous whole episode or this whole genre of modern adventure game didn't clue you in to having to pay attention to details? You're arbitrarily affixing the idea of 'reward' with how you're labeling the outcomes. If you feel 'punished' by what you did, you probably shouldn't have went for a narrative based game that isn't keeping track of a score to begin with.
It rewards patience and thoroughness, it pushes you to invest yourself in the world and characters a little more than an ordinary cinematic adventure game of today (where you're mostly the spectator, with occasional QTE and decision-making). If anything, I think it's good when a game rewards a more detailed exploring of the world, making your time spent with it a little more meaningful (aka having an easier time with the climax of the second episode than someone who rushed through it like crazy).
It's actually one of the game's biggest strengths really, and what separates it from Telltale and Quantic Dream games.
shinjimimura
Member
I agree. I find it very rewarding that you CAN rush through the game, not giving a shit about the other characters and just minding your own business doing what you have to do to progress the story, but that doing so can prevent you from understanding them and their problems and ultimately from being there for them in the time of their need. Kinda like in real life.
I'd actually agree with his point somewhat.
Most of the stuff you can use in the scene he's complaining about is found out just by being nosy. Reading personal belongings and whatnot. None of the information you have is really ever communicated to Max in anyway that would actually suggest she's a good friend to Kate. They probably should have had like an optional scene where you can spend time with her and you find out some more stuff about her. Using the phone call and if you changed her drawing board and erased video links and whatnot are good elements of how you act as a friend toward her. The stuff with her family and her favorite bible quote are not handled that well.
I don't agree with his over the top reaction to it, but I do think they should probably not use rifling through your friends junk as a testament to friendship.
I don't agree with his over the top reaction to it, but I do think they should probably not use rifling through your friends junk as a testament to friendship.
Life is Strange first
Yeah I hear that! I got gifted The Witcher 3 for my birthday last week, but Life Is Strange is definitely going to take priority! Plus it'll only take a few hours to play through anyway, whereas Witcher 3 is like eleventy hundred BILLION hours.
Ehhh... Maybe it'll come back...
QuickSilverD
Member
Seems Witcher 3 will be unlocking on the 18th at 7PM for EST so I'll probably play it first, but the actual 19th is LiS day
Anything else you want to tell us about episode 3? (spoiler free pls)
Haha what would you like to know that wouldn't spoil anything for folks?
I don't know, just be vague about what happens. Think we're going to like it? Surprised?
Personally, I think the main thing episode 3 has going for it is the ending, and it will definitely surprise you. I'm really looking forward to reading people's reactions to it on here.
Daria Morgendorffer
Member
Does anybody know if the episode will be unlocked on steam early? iirc both episode 1 and 2 came out before the store usually updates.
never watch the trailers, always go in blind
Keyser Soze
Member
If it all works out the same as last time, the review embargo will match up with the Steam release. Embargo is 19th May 2015 @ 00:01 (15 hours from now).
PS. Reviewing this game without talking about certain things difficult!
Daria Morgendorffer
Member
Great, that means I'll visit Arcadia Bay again tonight.
QuickSilverD
Member
See you say that, but know I'm going to be expecting some twist there at the end, and I have a very vivid imagination so...
max and chloe are the same person
Because they are both clones from Rachel Amber.
who is actually Brooke in disguise
N30RYU
Member
Max is just like the Max from Sam & Max... just personating the inner representation of Sam's wilding when he can't achieve things reasoning.
Really having trouble parsing this
mitchman
Gold Member
Trailer is out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue9b6hkp48Y
Daria Morgendorffer
Member
Not watching that, the trailer for episode 2 burned me real hard. That one spoiled the whole episode for me.
"You can rewind if we get caught right?
I feel like that part is gonna be annoying as hell.
Chaserjoey
Member
Just finished it. All I can say is hoooollllly fuck
Keyser Soze
Member
isn't it coming out tomorrow?
It'll be tomorrow in some time zones then and then it will release globally. Just like Witcher 3 is the 19th technically but launching in an hour 20.
hemo memo
You can't die before your death
Thank you.
Daria Morgendorffer
Member
I don't see enough hype in this thread
Pandora012
Member
Yeah. In about an hour.