Thread 721151074

Is this game's success a fluke? Or does it offer something that other parts of the franchise don't?

It wasn't a fluke, you could make 1000 other western adventure games with cute White girls, a generic mystery plot and an indie music soundtrack and print millions and millions of dollars.

But leftoid devs don't want to do that for obvious reasons and would rather lose money than create anything like LiS 1

>>721151074 (OP)
It was like a requiem for an unlived youth, sort of a melancholy for something you never had.

LiS1 was an incredibly PERFECT mix of crime mystery, magic, cute girls, youth, scenery and social stuff. Also good pacing.

Nothing came close it afterwards, true.

>>721151074 (OP)
how the fuck did they make a game that even anti-sjw's could like?

>>721154592
cute girls, that's literally it, it's not rocket science.

>>721154592
it's not woke

>>721154659
i don't habeeb it

DECIDE THAT EITHER YOU'RE OUT OR IN

max sex

>>721154413
And a superb choice of music.

https://youtu.be/AZQuvl3bfqQ?si=Op8fuVWPgnA18Co1

>>721154592
>anti-sjw
no such thing, it's only sjw and normal world

>>721152142
>>721154959
TAKE ME BACK

>>721154852
ready for the mosh pit shaka brah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IIERc-XOqw

>>721151074 (OP)
it offered sovl

>>721151074 (OP)
The sequels decided to shit on the fans of the first game for some reason

stupid gun, it's the men's fault

>>721155751
Sequel was made by square giving the license to another studio. The people who were in charge of the direct sequel hated the game.

i could've saved her...

>>721156161
Chloe LOVE!

>>721151074 (OP)
The time gimmick really suits it. But because it's a gimmick they don't want to repeat it too much.

>>721151074 (OP)
>make good game
>like actually intentionally try to make something that people would genuinely enjoy
>everyone loves it

>make sequels that intentionally shit on the fans of the original
>no one likes it

>>721159521
was the sequel made by the original LiS1 team?

>>721159647
No. It was made by a new team that openly hated Chloe. And according to leaks the team was rife with toxic positivity where arguing against decisions immediately started suicide threats and summons to HR.

it probably wasn't that relevant to sales but I think it was a much better take on that movie game adventure format than the telltale stuff. it's obviously still streamlined compared to the traditional games in the genre but it didn't feel like such a cookie cutter cutscene sim. in between the story segments you had large areas where you could just fuck around and find optional shit to mess with, like actual interactive adventure game environments. those short walk around segments in the telltale games felt way more trivial.

i liked the time travel

>>721160370
why did they hate Chloe?
and what is it with people who spread "positivity" being awful humans?

I was eating those beans. Are you fucking insane? I WAS EATING THOSE BEANS!

>>721154674
I remember when it came out people were just hating on it because of the tumblr hipster culture. Ironic thrift store shopper, starbucks drinker, fixed gear bicycle riding crowd seemed to be drawn to it.

>>721151074 (OP)
Only the first 3 episodes are good. 4 and 5 are bad and were widely hated at the time. Chloe sucks as a character and was justifiably shat on in the terrible sequel.

>>721151074 (OP)
first couple of acts were good, they started to pander to "fans" after and changed the whole story. fuck episodic games.

>>721161316
They use the veil of positivity as a cover to hide their narcissism. I want to compare it to John Maynard Smith's "Sneaky-fucker" but it's far more insidious than a guy just trying get their nut. The nut in this case is 'dominance' over others. It's more psychopathic.

>>721161441
based or cringe?

between this, alan wake and oxenfree, i think my bong self yearns for the pacific north west

>>721162042
man's gotta eat

>>721151074 (OP)
it came out at the peak of the whole millennial hipster movement and basically embodied the spirit of the times to a tee. the art school setting, the folk soundtrack and coming of age story was like crack to the right kind of person. I'd say it released at the perfect time to capture an audience.

>>721152406
This desu
All they had to do for the last game was make it Max and Chloe further investigating the storm a year or two later while holding hands a lot

>We played hide-and-seek in waterfalls
>when we were younger...