Life is Strange | Spoiler Thread

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Can we get a headcount? who here thinks Rachel is dead, like so dead?

I vote, alive, well and in hiding for some reason (like being pregers)

I think she's alive as well, as I don't think there'd be much reason to keep her missing for so long to finally reveal she was dead.

Also, I like the theory that Rachel has the same ability. Maybe something happens in the future, so she learned to pass it on to someone else. Learning about Max from Chloe, she probably thought she would be the best person to bestow it too.

So did anyone else stand around and wait for the train to come to see what would happen >_>

I did, as I thought that one of the pictures to take would be one of the passing carriages. Speaking about that area, when you use the gun, and try to shoot, I was wondering if you would get a new option to 'pretend the gun was loaded', as I thought Max could have styled that outcome pretty well, and probably earned even greater admiration from Chloe. Maybe that would have been redundant at that point though.

Some other theories:

1. Who's keeping the files on girls? David, the caretaker at schoool, or maybe Rachel herself.

2. David's link to Kate. Father? But seems too distant for that based on the responses in episode 2 about her.

3. Victoria's bitchiness/bullying. That closing shot of her in her room makes me think its all an act brought on by peer pressure, and she regrets what she did to Kate. Maybe she is more responsible for Kate's actions at the Vortex club than we know.

4. I wonder if there are any buried clues among the frozen people near the roof scene.

5. Also, that future storm seemed more intensive than before. I wonder if her use of the power is causing it to get stronger.

6. Its interesting that we are seeing the effects of rewinding time taking a physical toll on poor Max now. It will be cool to see more setups (like the roof) when she can't always rely on it. Since she can now rewind and stop time, I imagine consciously fast forwarding time might be the next.

Great game!
 
David doesn't have a link to Kate. He just has the same suspicions a lot of players do about the Vortex Club and the rich students being up to no good, and she's his main lead right now. When you talk to him it seems like he thinks it might be related to Rachel.

I don't think he's the one with the files either. The area doesn't look like his garage, and we know he's pretty poor (hence his creepy cameras at home are pretty barebones) so a secondary area seems out of his reach. Doesn't seem like Rachel would keep a file called Rachel either. Samual is a maybe. We do see two prominent prescription drug vials in this episode next to the file, and he's clearly not mentally sound so I can see him needing medication.
 
But even after knowing the contents of the quotes I worried I'd made the wrong choice because the quote Kate likes reads eerily like an invitation to find comfort in death.

Yeah luckily I guessed correctly. I just randomly chose one and when Max said it out loud I was like oh no I just told her to go kill herself. Then she stepped down. Heh.
 
Posted this in the OT but figured I'd post it here to see what everyone here had to say/think about it.

I liked it, didn't love it as a whole, just some snippets. I, like many others, didn't care too much for the Chloe segments. I just feel she's very selfish. Yes, I understand Max was away for years and didn't contact and she just lost her best friend BUT if she was so "mad" at Max for no contact she shouldn't really care what Max does because she should be "used to" Max not having contact with her. Ex. Answering Kate's phone call, this really annoyed me, Kate is Max's friend, and (regardless of the unfortunate connection Chloe and Kate have to one another) Max shouldn't have to answer to Chloe about Kate IMO.

I really hope she becomes more tolerable in the next episode, but I find that hard to believe because I haven't cared for Chloe since she's first seen in the girl's bathroom.

As for my choices I told Kate to go to the police, even though I haven't ratted on him at all about the gun, I just really wanted to make her feel better because that's always been my goal for Kate, to make her smile. I also answered her call. I didn't try to shoot Frank because I seen him as no threat to me, just to Chloe and since I don't really like her I couldn't care less what happens to her (as of right now anyway). Unfortunately I wasn't able to save Kate because Proverbs sounded more optimistic to me but I did go back and save her, I was very distraught when I didn't save her. I blamed Nathan because I couldn't take Mr. Jefferson being kicked out of the Hero contest and I feel like David (in the long run) will be a good guy and has good intentions he just doesn't know how to go about things in a "normal" way because he was a soldier prior to the game.

As for the smaller choices I watered my plant like I did in the first episode, I helped Alyssa because why not? I erased Kate's board again, I was nice to Taylor because I felt bad about her mother. I initially accepted Warren's invite but once I found out he had already asked Brooke and used Max as a second option I rewound and rejected him. I was really mad he asked Brooke first and already made plans and was using both her and Max so he 1. wouldn't have to go alone and 2. could have either girl he wanted. I wrote a message because I feel like Rachel will pop up in a later episode and I'd like to see what she'd say about it, or see what Chloe would say. Max sounded really sad when she talked about wanting to write something so I figured I'd go for it.

I tampered with the tracks because I seen in the diner that the Prescott's are planning on building villa-type homes in Arcadia Bay somewhere and I'd like to stop them from expanding anything. I feel bad for the fishermen and everyone who gets in their paths. Hopefully this will end up halting their plans anyway, it's just my speculation right now. I got invited to a party so that way I can hopefully bust Nathan finally and get justice and sweet sweet revenge for Kate/Chloe. I'm thinking he'll try to dose Max too, or some other poor girl. I didn't help Warren, and I told on David but I didn't have any photographic proof since I helped Kate out in the first episode.

Also, what does everyone think of the ending, in general and, when Nathan walks into Victoria's room? I think they're dating, or are very close, unsure as to why he really went into her room though, besides to tell her about what happened in the principals office. I'm team waffles too.

Also I never really thought of Rachel being able to rewind time until my second playthrough of episode 2. I seen the dart score between her and Chloe and she is either really really good at darts or she kept rewinding so she could beat Chloe. Just a thought.

In regards to Warren/Brooke/Max possible love triangle I think I think this will used for plot later though. Not sure if anyone helped Alyssa and spoke to her afterward but she talks about Warren's flash drive from ep 1 and how Brooke is jealous of Max because of her relationship with Warren. I'm willing to bet that after Warren cancels his initial plans with Brooke for Max, Brooke finds out and goes crazy.

It also makes a little more sense because when you talk to Brooke in the hallway before you leave I felt as if she acts a little catty. Max tries to ask her opinion on the snow from the previous episode and she boasts about how Warren can only really talk to her about it and not Max because she is into meteorology and "she'd be the only one to understand him" and vice versa or something along those lines anyway.
 
So here's a thing that's 99% chance nothing but could potentially spoil the entire game (so I'll put it in a spoiler anyway), with regards to Rachel

In your diary, when you look at Chloe and Rachel's pictures, their faces look exactly the same. What do you guys think?
 
That reminds me. So far, we've seen that David's been taking photographs of Kate, right?

Near the beginning of the episode, after you leave the girl's dorms, you run into the groundskeeper feeding animals and stuff. He leaves the door to the back room open. If you go in there and look around a bit, you'll find a stack of photos of RACHEL in there. Max comments on this, wondering why on earth he has photos of Rachel.

It might be a red herring, because up until now we've had no real reason to suspect that guy. Although it occurs to me that Principal Woods tore David a new one for not making sure the door to the roof was locked. Who else might be in a position to leave that door unlocked?

Damn I love that I keep missing all this kind of stuff, even though I'm pretty thorough. Makes a second playthrough much more interesting than with e.g. TWD.
 
So here's a thing that's 99% chance nothing but could potentially spoil the entire game (so I'll put it in a spoiler anyway), with regards to Rachel

In your diary, when you look at Chloe and Rachel's pictures, their faces look exactly the same. What do you guys think?
I think simplistic art style and low budgets
 
I think Madsen could be a under cover officer gathering evidence about the disappearances and dirty stuff between the school and the Prescott family. If not, he's definitely a good guy in my opinion.

I Thought I had done everything right to save kate, guess not. Anybody else pick not to go to the police-not to gather evidence- but because the Prescott family owns the town, and it would be big trouble? I was thinking too far ahead I guess, didn't think that was going to come to a head so fast.

Awesome episode, can't wait to see what happens next.
 
Trying to ricochet bullets off of metal objects at that distance is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever seen

Also why would you straight up shoot Frank when you don't have the slightest what their business is, yeah he pulled a knife but it's not like he was going in or anything
 
At the end, when you are in the principal's office with Nathan, you can see scratch marks on his cheek. Have they been there the whole game? It is the first time I noticed them.


Trying to ricochet bullets off of metal objects at that distance is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever seen

Also why would you straight up shoot Frank when you don't have the slightest what their business is, yeah he pulled a knife but it's not like he was going in or anything

Totally agree! The bottle collecting and shooting puzzle was terrible. The obvious thing to do with Frank is rewind, grab Chloe, and run.

Devs are clearly inspired by the narrative they are telling, not the gameplay. The episode was long enough to just cut most of that part out. The ending was really strong though, so it left me wanting more.
 
At the end, when you are in the principal's office with Nathan, you can see scratch marks on his cheek. Have they been there the whole game? It is the first time I noticed them.

Those should be the scratch marks from when Max/Warren got into a fight with him in ep1 in the parking lot. First time I've noticed it too.
 
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Solved it, Rachel is in the black lodge.
 
So here's a thing that's 99% chance nothing but could potentially spoil the entire game (so I'll put it in a spoiler anyway), with regards to Rachel

In your diary, when you look at Chloe and Rachel's pictures, their faces look exactly the same. What do you guys think?

This is legit my thought too.

Maybe not the same person, but they're connected very much in some way.

Max leaves Chloe's life, Rachel pops up. Rachel leaves, Max pops back up.

like, I feel like they can't be in the same place at the same time or something (Max's insistence that she would meet Rachel someday and her, Rachel and Chloe would be best buds sounds like a "yeah totally, except it will never happen" kind of proclamation, writing "Max was here" on the wall, feels like in the end, you'll have to pick between Max or Rachel to stay with Chloe and the writing of the one not meant to "exist" with Chloe will fade away).

Maybe not the same person, but I feel like hints here and there are leading to something like this where they can't exist in the same time together.
 
I've got an interesting theory about Max's powers.
I'm starting to think that Max can't actually change some events when she rewinds, and that she only really prolongs things which have to happen. You save Chloe's life in ep 1, only for her to be put into another situation where she can die in ep 2; you rewind to un-break your camera only for it to be broken again after the bust-up with Nathan. You save Alyssa in ep 1, only for her to have another incident in ep 2. I would be sad but not surprised if, even upon saving Kate, she dies anyway. I think the storm gets worse slowly because she's preventing the inevitable. Maybe Chloe will have to die in the end to stop the tornado, or something. Just my two pennies anyway.
 
I've got an interesting theory about Max's powers.
I'm starting to think that Max can't actually change some events when she rewinds, and that she only really prolongs things which have to happen. You save Chloe's life in ep 1, only for her to be put into another situation where she can die in ep 2; you rewind to un-break your camera only for it to be broken again after the bust-up with Nathan. You save Alyssa in ep 1, only for her to have another incident in ep 2. I would be sad but not surprised if, even upon saving Kate, she dies anyway. I think the storm gets worse slowly because she's preventing the inevitable. Maybe Chloe will have to die in the end to stop the tornado, or something. Just my two pennies anyway.

that's...a really good theory, damn
 
I've got an interesting theory about Max's powers.
I'm starting to think that Max can't actually change some events when she rewinds, and that she only really prolongs things which have to happen. You save Chloe's life in ep 1, only for her to be put into another situation where she can die in ep 2; you rewind to un-break your camera only for it to be broken again after the bust-up with Nathan. You save Alyssa in ep 1, only for her to have another incident in ep 2. I would be sad but not surprised if, even upon saving Kate, she dies anyway. I think the storm gets worse slowly because she's preventing the inevitable. Maybe Chloe will have to die in the end to stop the tornado, or something. Just my two pennies anyway.

Well..... Damn
 
I just noticed the banner during the storm near the lighthouse has blackwell academy written on it, I wonder how it got there, could they be having a party near that place? Vortex's "end of the world party" happens a day before right (thursday)?

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Also would the chances of the
Principal being the one keeping the files kind of high?

You see him drinking at the end of ep 1 in his office, and also he uses the same red binders, you see the cup of liquor this time on the table in ep2.
 
I just noticed the banner during the storm near the lighthouse has blackwell academy written on it, I wonder how it got there, could they be having a party near that place? Vortex's "end of the world party" happens a day before right (thursday)?

Also would the chances of the
Principal being the one keeping the files is kind of high?

You see him drinking at the end of ep 1 in his office, and also he uses the same red binders.

i believe chloe when she said the principal is a drunk who only cares about money for blackwell, not to mention max's notes of him says she smelled alcohol on his breath plus we see him drinking, but i think the folders don't contain things as sinister as they want us to believe
 
i believe chloe when she said the principal is a drunk who only cares about money for blackwell, not to mention max's notes of him says she smelled alcohol on his breath plus we see him drinking, but i think the folders don't contain things as sinister as they want us to believe

I missed those details :o Perhaps I should really replay the whole thing before ep3 hits.
 
Just finished Episode 2. Still really enjoying my time with this game.

Thoughts on choices:

1) I agonised a bit over what to tell Kate to do near the beginning. The real world tells me that the only option is straight to the police, but every authority figure in this game is such a skeptical asshole about everything I say. I ended up telling her to wait, as I'm pretty sure Nathan and his rich family wouldn't have much trouble wriggling out of an accusation with no evidence. Hell, they'd probably get out of it even with evidence.

2) Getting really sick of Chloe expecting me to do outrageous shit to save her arse. She gets busted with pot and I'm expected to take the hit for that? Why? She falls in with dangerous people and I'm supposed to kill them because she refuses to pay back what she owes? What kind of a friend does that to you? Own your shitty life choices, Chloe.

3) The big three-way choice towards the end was a tricky one. Jefferson is off-the-hook, because I really have no idea what he's up to at this point. Madsen also gets a pass this time, because while I know he's a huge douchebag I'm not convinced he's actually a bad guy yet. That only leaves Nathan, who I definitively know is a vile asshole, so it's his head on the block.
 
Haven't seen this particular scene from the epilogue being discussed yet and I think it's interesting because it's so ambiguous.


At first we see Victoria crying in her room. Does she actually have a conscience and regrets bullying Kate so much? Or is she worried about Nathan who has been called to the principal's office?


Then the shitbag comes in and he's smiling. Is he still feeling untouchable regarding the accusations? Just happy to see Victoria? Or is it all part of a bigger plan (involving the Vortex Club)?


Either way I'm really happy they've almost completely held back on supernatural stuff in this episode. Max's abilities have developed a bit but that's the entire premise, apart from that there's only the weather changes/eclipse which is still kept a complete mystery. That they would move away from the interpersonal drama towards magic and occult rituals was my one fear after ep1 but now I'm confident they'll at least find a good balance going forward.
 
At first we see Victoria crying in her room. Does she actually have a conscience and regrets bullying Kate so much? Or is she worried about Nathan who has been called to the principal's office?

Then the shitbag comes in and he's smiling. Is he still feeling untouchable regarding the accusations? Just happy to see Victoria? Or is it all part of a bigger plan (involving the Vortex Club)?

Yeah I'm not sure what Victoria might be crying about, when Kate was about to jump, she still has her mobile out taking video in the crowd if I remember correctly, and she cries regardless if you saved Kate or not.

I really like that scene though just because it gives you hints that there could be more to their characters even though they appear to be shitheads. The same goes to the scenes with Frank and David.
 
Yeah I'm not sure what Victoria might be crying about, when Kate was about to jump, she still has her mobile out taking video in the crowd if I remember correctly, and she cries regardless if you saved Kate or not.

I really like that scene though just because it gives you hints that there could be more to their characters even though they appear to be shitheads. The same goes to the scenes with Frank and David.

For sure, David and the principal have been at least partially redeemed for me in this episode. David does care about the students and Chloe, but his methods are questionable and he certainly has major communication issues. Contrary to the impression you got of him in the first episode he is actually tackling the issue and seems personally invested in protecting his students as shown in the scene between him and Jefferson - he on the other hand gave off some weird vibes towards the end like others have pointed out already. Of course ep3 may very well turn all of that on its head.

I have no idea what to think about Frank at this point. I wouldn't be surprised if Chloe pulled something really dumb on him, on the other hand he's been creeping around the campus and the cop at the diner specifically warns you about him, which he wouldn't if he was just some smalltime dealer. On the other hand that might be a big fish by Arcadia Bay standards so who knows.
 
Haven't seen this particular scene from the epilogue being discussed yet and I think it's interesting because it's so ambiguous.

I don't think Nathan is there as an ally/friend. If anything, I think Victoria has something to do with the video/promiscuous Kate, I get the impression she is some sort of monkey that Nathan has control over.

I think Victoria is feeling guilty (still works on either ending - she either is crying that Kate has killed herself, or that she has ended up in hospital) because of her actions, and Nathan has just walked in and is about to get her to do more 'evil' things.
 
A few of my thoughts:

1)Talking to the officer at the diner, I got the impression that most of the department feel that David is better off where he is at. I felt like it was hinting at the way he goes about things, like being harsh & paranoid with Kate and such. I feel like there is this untold story where perhaps David tried to become a police officer, but couldn't because of the mental effects from the war. IDK, just a thought.

2)Also there hasn't been alot of talk about Samuel, find it weird that he has these pin-ups of Rachel in his shed area. It is prolly a red-herring as he is pretty insightful about spirit animals, his being a squirrel, Max's being a the deer that keeps showing up and Kate's prolly being a bunny. The spirit animal side of things might come in more so later.

3)I love Chloe's character, but one thing that kinda struck me is how she behaves & the contrast communicating through text & talking face to face. Both of them come off much more flirty over text.
 
Copypasta from the OT.

Seeing Kate jump was fucking horrifying. I was terrified that they were going to have the rewind keep failing so you just couldn't save her, which would make Max blame Chloe because she wanted to play. Seeing the first fall was harrowing; the rewind is much, much worse though. An excellent use of the mechanic to display helplessness, even when you can rewind time.

It seems Max's powers unlock through trauma/potentially fatal situations for others. I wonder if there will be more there?

I blamed Nathan because fuck you Nathan. Get suspended.

Also big note; did anybody else check the picture of the doe, only to see that there's no doe there at all?
 
I've just finished episode 1 today and I loved it! Such a dreamy atmosphere. Really great characters who I actually care about. I thought having licenced tracks made such a huge difference too and really added to the game. My favourite thing was the option which opened up in the menu to replay sections just to get the missed photos. Very helpful.

Can't wait to start ep 2. I'm trying very hard to not read any spoilers on here!
 
And Chloe is atrocious. I dislike her character with a passion.

I'm feeling that. I'm still cheesed about when she threw Max under the bus for the blunt (If you aren't in the closet in the first episode). Some best friend you are. Her guilt tripping is also starting to get on my nerves as well. As soon as I get a "cuss this girl out" option, I'm taking it.
 
Then the shitbag comes in and he's smiling. Is he still feeling untouchable regarding the accusations? Just happy to see Victoria? Or is it all part of a bigger plan (involving the Vortex Club)?

I bet he raped Victoria too. The little fuck.

Hope i get to shoot him in the testicles.
 
I've got an interesting theory about Max's powers.
I'm starting to think that Max can't actually change some events when she rewinds, and that she only really prolongs things which have to happen. You save Chloe's life in ep 1, only for her to be put into another situation where she can die in ep 2; you rewind to un-break your camera only for it to be broken again after the bust-up with Nathan. You save Alyssa in ep 1, only for her to have another incident in ep 2. I would be sad but not surprised if, even upon saving Kate, she dies anyway. I think the storm gets worse slowly because she's preventing the inevitable. Maybe Chloe will have to die in the end to stop the tornado, or something. Just my two pennies anyway.

I was thinking something similar too. Mainly got it from
Futurama's doom theory/meter from Bender's Big Score or whatever.
 
I've got an interesting theory about Max's powers.
I'm starting to think that Max can't actually change some events when she rewinds, and that she only really prolongs things which have to happen. You save Chloe's life in ep 1, only for her to be put into another situation where she can die in ep 2; you rewind to un-break your camera only for it to be broken again after the bust-up with Nathan. You save Alyssa in ep 1, only for her to have another incident in ep 2. I would be sad but not surprised if, even upon saving Kate, she dies anyway. I think the storm gets worse slowly because she's preventing the inevitable. Maybe Chloe will have to die in the end to stop the tornado, or something. Just my two pennies anyway.

That's really good, I like it! Very 'Final Destination'...
 
So here's a thing that's 99% chance nothing but could potentially spoil the entire game (so I'll put it in a spoiler anyway), with regards to Rachel

In your diary, when you look at Chloe and Rachel's pictures, their faces look exactly the same. What do you guys think?

Wasn't there a photobooth set with both of them?
 
Caught this in a twitch stream, but did you folks know that when saving Chloe from the train that the game handles you using the axe on her to free her?

BTW,
I thought the point of having a spoiler thread was so we wouldn't need to have black bars on theories and episodes already released?
 
SO glad I saw that picture in Kate's room for the intense finale for episode 2. Love that the game forces a choice on you where you can't rewind time. And that all the choices factored in. Rewarding good ol' point-and-click completionism.
 
Just to be safe there aren't any spoilers out there for future episodes are there?

Nah, even the ending preview was too short to conclude anything.
Just a teaser of 20 sec.

Im liking Max a lot more than I originally though. <3
And Chloe is atrocious. I dislike her character with a passion.
She was alright in the first episode, I was able to understand her situation but in second ep ?
It's like her mother said
"she'provoking too much, Frank".
I totally agree with that regarding Max, Chloe like to remind Max how she abonded her and don't hesitate to make her remember that guilt whenever Max isn't following her leads.

pls respond

That reminds me that Chloe do send you an sms about
when you choose to not shoot Frank, she ask you if you can rewind time so he won't take her gun.
Chloe, I though you said to Max that is okay and that was the best thing to do to not shoot him
 
SO glad I saw that picture in Kate's room for the intense finale for episode 2. Love that the game forces a choice on you where you can't rewind time. And that all the choices factored in. Rewarding good ol' point-and-click completionism.

Yes! I really like how the game wanted you to pay attention to things in the world, because if you didn't then you would have likely killed Kate

For someone who is in favor of gun control Chloe sure loves fucking about with guns

I think she believes in gun control, just that she should be in control of them. If you talk to her after taking the blame but before jumping out the window, she talks about that further.
 
That reminds me that Chloe do send you an sms about
when you choose to not shoot Frank, she ask you if you can rewind time so he won't take her gun.
Chloe, I though you said to Max that is okay and that was the best thing to do to not shoot him

huh that's interesting,
because I actually rewinded so I could keep the gun, lol. I think Chloe actually has an agenda and something planned, I wouldn't be surprised she's the reason bad things happen at the end, but I don't hate her so far.
 
IMO you guys are projecting pretty hard on Chloe. She wants to test her old friend's awesome new time-travel power, like any teenager would. She's also pretty immature and irresponsible.

Edit: wtf, can you actually ax her?
 
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