Thread 535944208

Shoo, Caulfield! Edition

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>Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
(LR: B&R) - A spiritual successor to the original LiS, made by Don't Nod (DN). Set in Velvet Cove during the summer of 1995, it follows Swann Holloway and her misfit friends: Nora, Autumn, and Kat. They form a band, hang out, and navigate the complexity of being gay. But something dark shatters their innocence and 27 years later, they reunite to confront the past. It’s nostalgic, aching, and supernaturally sapphic in all the best ways.
Steam: (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1902960)

>Life is Strange
(LiS) - An episodic narrative adventure game by developer Don't Nod (DN). Set in the fictional coastal town of Arcadia Bay, Oregon, it follows Max Caulfield, a shy photography student who discovers she can rewind time and perhaps more pressingly, that she is hella gay. At the heart of the story is Max’s reconnection with her estranged best friend, the rebellious, blue-haired Chloe Price. Their relationship becomes the game’s emotional core as they search for the truth behind the disappearance of Rachel Amber. What starts as a teenage reunion becomes a haunting, queer exploration of grief, love, and the impossible choices we make for the people we can’t live without.
Steam: (https://store.steampowered.com/sub/56692/)

>Other LiS titles:
Before the Storm (BtS) - (http://store.steampowered.com/app/554620)
Remastered - (https://store.steampowered.com/sub/440247/)
True Colors (TC) - (http://store.steampowered.com/app/936790)

Discussion of similar games is welcome!
>Commonly discussed non-LiS titles:
Lake - (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118240)
Gone Home - (https://store.steampowered.com/app/232430)
Fear the Spotlight - (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1959390)

Reminder: Do not respond to tourists from /v/

DEbros... not again...

>38:19
>38:35
samefag schizo, lmao

Swann LOVE!
Nora LOVE!
Snora LOVE!

>>535944208 (OP)
Reminder that LR, Lake, Gone Home, and Fear the Spotlight are not franchise games are therefore off topic discussion. DE and LiS2 are franchise game despite baker trying to erase their existence because of seethe.

So why did Max just ghost Chloe? Replayed 1 and doesn't feel like that's ever really addressed. I remember thinking the first time it would turn out to be some kind of time travel thing but it never does.

>>535945037
Max has autism.
It was also hard for her to really connect with Chloe after being forced to functionally abandon her at the very worst moment in her life.

>>535945037
That's what most people do at that age when they move, anon

>>535945173
Autism has nothing to do with it. And all that nonsense about her being autistic was debunked by the dev ages ago

>>535945037
She was a teenager with no idea how to deal with the situation, also I think she felt her move to Seattle was permanent, so she decided to move on. At that age, you tend to think that your problems disappear if you ignore it so that's what she did. Somehow she managed to look more towards the future in Seattle.

Do people really think that Pricefield only makes up 1% of the fandom?

>>535947514
Retards will think anything

>>535947514
Around 20%, I believe

>>535947514
Sounds about right

>Never believe that the anti Chloe trolls are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge.
>But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Chloe have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors.
>They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

>>535944208 (OP)
You should remove the remastered, they look like ass and add nothing worthwhile to the original game

>>535948579
>if people don’t share my opinions they’re a troll
Go back to plebbit already and be a mod there.

This is not a curse... it's a LOVE song!

Heh, stupid boy!
I'll put you under my spell! You'll be my slave!
I'll be your QUEEN and you'll be the slave!
IN HELL!
My slave in that motel!
Yeah I can't get you out of my head, boy!
Cause I actually love you and want you all for myself!
So take me back to the internal motel, I know you love me more than my bitch sister!
Whoooaoooo!

>>535948952
Off topic discussion/character, go to /v/

>>535948579
True, they are sad souls. No idea why they spend their time here.

>Be Deck Nine
>Get a contract with Square Enix to make LiS games
>Make Before the Storm, a prequel centered around the popular character of Chloe Price and her relationship with Rachel Amber as told by the first game
>It respect Chloe's character, with even a bonus DLC episode with her and Max as kids
>Successful enough to grant them other works and grow as a company
>Make Double Exposure, a sequel long requested by Square to cash on Max's nostalgia
>Shat on Chloe's character development and her bond with Max, trying to replace her with D9's shallow OCs
>It bombs so badly it starts a domino effect leading to D9's downfall as a gaming company

>>535949175
This is a forum about Life is Strange, all opinions are welcomed. If you want only one opinion plebbit or xitter is the better place for you to discuss.

>>535949285
>Shat on Chloe's character development and her bond with Max, trying to replace her with D9's shallow OCs
Whoa D9 is actually based?

>>535947514
They have to believe contradictory things to keep their narrative intact. It's all the fault of those filthy Pricefielders that the game bombed and they need to be blamed for its failure, but also they're only 1% of the playerbase if they ever act proud of their impact on a game they boycotted.

>>535950079
That's why I made >>535948579 best way to counter those freaks

>>535949865
Yes for the hilarious crash out we got from crazy shippers.

>>535950753
Fixed it for you

>>535951037
brutal

>>535951281
>>535951037
Laughtable at best, you rreally have no legs to stand for

>>535951037
>shitter for believing they weren’t engaged
LMAO, god the shippers here are so stupid. I knew it wasn’t going to happen. Anybody who actually believed Chloe and Max would be engaged when there was another ending where Chloe died was an idiot and deluding themselves. At most it would’ve been Chloe and Max were long distance friends/girlfriends depending on if you saw Chloe romantically or as a friend.

>>535951037
>we have evidence
my god

>>535952038
But the evidence is there! The ring that doesn't even look like Joyce's is on the wrong finger!

You guys are becoming boring desu, kinda expected something better than those old arguments

>>535951037
Just a reminder, that all this unhinged crap about the ring comes from baker. So keep that in mind every time you try to argue with her - you're not dealing with someone sane

>>535949285
>>It bombs so badly it starts a domino effect leading to D9's downfall as a gaming company
Well, about that...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-new-life-is-strange-game-is-in-development-according-to-leak/

>>535955468
Read properly:

>It is Double Exposure 2, with a more likely release of 2026. DE2 was part of Square's contract with Deck Nine for DE. It was never not going to be made.

>Also Deck Nine is laying off every department one at a time after they finish their last work.

>Animation —> Design —> QA —> Engineering, one at a time, until the game is out. Mark Lyons, Jeff Lichford, and Stephen Frost were not able to secure additional projects, so they will tear out the entire dev team in the hopes of finding a way to survive later on

D9 is gone and done after they fulfill their contract

>>535955605
SE could easily finish the contract without delivering the second game but DE was successful enough for SE to make D9 finish said contract.

>>535955468
classic cada working the marks as always

>>535955778
>DE was successful enough for SE to make D9 finish said contract
It was labelled as a "large losses" by a Square analyst and it flopped so badly it's being repackaged with the ultimate edition just one year after relase. This is less about sales and more about unfair contracts, wouldn't be surprised if SE is now killing D9 by pulling out a sequel that's pretty much dead on arrival

>>535955945
lmao
Cada, you're basically our bitch at this point

>>535949175
Attention seeking

>>535956732
>It was labelled as a "large losses" by a Square analyst
Square Enix has always been very dramatic about games "not reaching expectations" even when they're massive successes. Said analyst just engaged on the usual whining but eventually cold heads prevailed and realized the numbers weren't bad in the slightest.

>>535957907
She looks like Gwen here

>>535957907
You have no data to disprove that japanese analyst, but yes Square is retarded in their sales metrics. And no, it's likely they expected DE to stuck gold to then justify the investment they made for DE2 as well, which is why it was then seen as a large loss.

>>535947514
It's the vast majority.

>>535959848
seen as a large loss doesn’t mean they spent more than they earned. it's just that the forecast, based on last year's numbers, that turned out way off. either you're mistranslating your 'japanese analyst', or you just don't really get how this works

>>535960328
50/50 split for endings btw

>>535961513
Not necessarily.
For example yuri fans loathe happy endings or endings where the couple ends together even when it revolves around a sour note and always go with "muh tragedy kino" so I can see many Pricefield fans choosing to sacrifice Chloe so they can get their "tragedy kino".
Or you have people that aren't Pricefielders but found immoral to sacrifice a character they knew for people they didn't so they sacrificed the town.

>>535962237
lol
lmao even

>>535962373
It's the truth.
There are more nuance than said 50/50 (or the 1% the people who hate the ship claim)

>>535962237
>yuri fans loathe happy endings or endings where the couple ends together even when it revolves around a sour note and always go with "muh tragedy kino" so I can see many Pricefield fans choosing to sacrifice Chloe so they can get their "tragedy kino"
This is a crock of shit on you know it. Their fans cried when they broke up, do you really think they’d let Chloe die?

>>535963071
Yuri fans and Pricefield have overlap but aren't the same; the ones who cried are the Pricefielders who aren't yuri fans.

>>535963301
For a game that's touted to have Blue Is The Warmest Color as one of its inspirations, the fans never seem to bring up its story and only focus on Emma's blue hair. It's way up their alley.

>>535961513
And out of that 50%, some people made that choice for reasons totally unrelated to pricefield. So that anon who said it's more like 20% is probably the closest to the truth. Plus, the fact that SE, who basically lives by their focus groups, decided not to include her in the game kinda says it all

>>535965060
There is also the loud minority phenomenon; just because a small fanbase plasters the entire internet with fanart and posts about something that doesn't make said something popular; it just means it has autistic fans.

>>535965060
>Plus, the fact that SE, who basically lives by their focus groups, decided not to include her in the game kinda says it all
Square also believed DE would have been a success so big it being split in two would have being a justifiable tactic, which it wasn't. Focus groups do not represent a large audience and they are the reason why Square London is so out of touch with the LiS fanbase, also there's D9 being massive cucks in the middle

>>535965497
if you actually start looking closely, you'll see it's the same people behind most of this. same thing with stirring shit up in the comments - reddit, socials, same people just crosspost everything. even here you can spot them by their replies
>>535965515
if the requirement for the focus group is 'have you played the game' - that's alread enough. or you're suggesting they build a representative sample based on how much fanart's been drawn? lol
as for that 'big success' - you've already been told who thought that and who they managed to convince

I see the smartass troll is back trying to be more clever than they actually are lmao, they do not know anything but larp as like they have all the info upon their hands

Focus groups are the death bed of creativity and risk, and worthless if you don't have a proper creative vision or balls to commit into one. And also the anon is wrong, last focus group post DE in Los Angeles they were asking feedback from people who did not play DE... on why DE didn't work, and seemingly they did the same for past focus groups.
You act like you have all figured out, but the truth is you are ust trying to impress other anons that aren't be that tuned in, and you get your ass licked by the other anon who might as well be your wife/hubby for how much you two act as a tandem.

Now, I'd like to make a thought experiment for all /lisg/; let's pretend you are an out of touch balding executive at Squeenix London, and imagine they have been handed all development of the original Life is Strange, and forcing DontNod to have their work focus groupped by a test audience of half former The Walking Dead/Telltale Games players and half people who never played narrative adventure games before, and from this extrapolate how sanitized, cut down or changed LiS1 would be if they followed the same amount of ingenrences they put with Double Exposure. Would LiS1 still be as iconic and impactful as it is now, or would it fell down into the thropes of what they though would have been popular in 2015 - 2016?

>>535970162
Why are you asking a question when you already know the answer?

>>535970162
So it would have still been released during the height of telltale style games? It would've done well regardless of the changes they made

>>535970645
>It would've done well regardless of the changes they made
Literally false. The Walking Dead was the only profitable Telltale series; everything else they made failed, which is why the developer went bankrupt.

>>535972317
Already false on a hypothetical situation huh. Also their other games sold well enough, it was the management of the studio that did them in.

>>535973106
>Also their other games sold well enough
No they didn't. That's why they were licensing all kinds of intellectual properties, from Game of Thrones to Back to the Future: they were desperate to find something that would sell as much.

>>535973526
The games did sell well enough but let me state it again: It was the management of the studio that did them in. And you provided an example of that. Thanks for proving my point I guess?

>>535973526
The truth is that Telltale fucked itself over exactly by stretching themselves thin in too little time and too many projects based on pre-existing IPs, which ultimately lead to their downfall. TWD was a huge success indeed but also the subsequent games did not recapture that magic again. TWD S2 did well on its own but of course it wasn't S1, TWD S3 had Stauder screwing the previous game ending choices and fucked up, S4 actually took its time to fix the previous season mistakes but it came out right when Telltale was going down with just a skeleton crew to finish it. All in all, that business wasn't sustainable in the long run, expecially in a time where narrative adventure games have returned to be a indie niche than blockbusters

>>535965060
> Dumb shit

When will you move out from your parents anon?

>>535983147
Are those the new restock?

>>535983621
For NA, ya.

>>535983147
I don't get why Hotdog Man is made such a big deal of when he's barely a thing in the series.

What if the next game is about Chris?

>>536002432
It would be interesting to see how they expand on his relationship with his dad and develop the trauma from his mother's death. But it's too easy, and I do think it's the route they'll take, to change his Captain Spirit persona to an actual mental disorder instead. A poor facsimile of Tell Me Why basically.

>>536002432
Chris is from LiS2, they won't do anything with him

>>536004594
I'll never understand the vitriolic hate that game gets. It's mechanically the best game in the series and it's still got the cozy LiS atmosphere.

>>536008567
A lot of people believe LiS can only mean Lesbian adventures and shipping up the ass.

>>536008567
It got hate because Chloe and Max weren’t the main characters of a sequel (there’s some irony in a direct sequel splitting them up) and the main character was a man. If Sean and Daniel were women and Sean was a lesbian, nobody would hate the game.
>>536008771
Hell, that’s what the baker things too. That’s why he says non franchise games can be in the OP if they feature lesbians because it’s “thematically similar” to the original game. Peak retardation.

>>535983147
Is this store good?

bumpu

bumpu

bumpu

>random anon: Screenshot this. I’ll be proven right by Christmas, new DLC is coming that month bridging between DE1 and DE2

>D9 dev on Linkedin: [unnanounced project - to be relased 2025]

>Ladydev: actually it's more likely to relase in 2026

>Linkedin D9 dev removes the "tbr 2025" tag

What do they mean by this? Do they change relase date last minute?

>>536058345
Given just how much staff D9 has lost at this point (including those who were never replaced after the mass layoffs post-DE 1), I think there is a very real chance that the plan was to launch in Q4 this year. But the simple lack of manpower means that there was no way for them to actually hit that date, so they have had to get a last minute delay from Square and have the advertising that was going to go live soon pulled.
I can only imagine what a mess things must be inside D9 right now. Especially since they have probably had to pick up a few external contractors just to try and get the game into a mvp state for launch.

You know, it's almost a miracle they release games at all.

>>536059449
I think the state of D9 really shows the value in more auteur led studios ala DN.
You can really feel the difference between a studio working towards one persons artistic vision (Bloom and Rage for example) vs a studio just passionlessly working for a paycheck (Double Exposure).
I honestly wonder at this point if D9 will just run out of funds before they can even get DE 2 out the door.

>>536058863
Sees like a plausible hypothetis, but jesus if it isn't

>>536059449
>DE2 replacement director for Stauder and Kuan is just Rob "badratz" the level designer but with fake mustaches sticked on
kek but why isn't Frost in charge of the project, isn't he's the only competent game director left at D9? Also the driver analogy is perfecct for the mess that's happening behind the scenes

>>536060049
>D9 will just run out of funds before they can even get DE 2 out the door.
They are already on that path, gradually winding down operations and laying off one department at time after finishing their jobs its the clearest sign of the company going down

>>536059449
MUH CHOLE will be a low-investment correction

>>536059449
And it all ends in a crash, but the British tourists survive unharmed and enter a new car.

LDH replied to Cada asking about who's currently holding the LiS contract. It's not good for D9 bros...

>>536060697
I wish she would commit to doing a full write up on all of the shit surrounding DE 2 and the state it is in. Her insight into DE 1 were some of the most interesting things about that mess of a game.
I really want to know if they are actually going to commit to the shit from DE 1 or attempt to course correct.

>>536060545
They did the same for Deus Ex, Tomb Raider, the Avengers game, Outriders... it's never SE as long as they use someone else to scapegoat

>>536060697
It was obvious the second SE asked if we cared about D9 in that survey.
DE2 is their last LiS and their last game.

>>536060885
Her knowledge might not be ultra up to date, as she's not into D9 anymore, and even if she's still in contact with people who are they are unlikely to spill everything out due to their NDA they signed. I assume she knows what's going on about the layoffs because they are likely a big deal that was likely openly discussed before, but on what they changed it's unclear

>>536061002
>D9 collapses
>Square comes crawling back to DN
I would laugh so hard.
I don't even think that DN would take them up on that now that they have LR. But the opportunity for a non-D9 team to have a crack at the series seems like a win anyway. Especially if everything post-TC becomes non-canon.
>>536061101
>she's not into D9 anymore
Ah, I was under the impression she was.
Well I hope that another dev anonymously steps up soon. Hearing about the behind the scenes drama was so much more fun than DE itself ever was. I'm desperate for more tea to be spilled, especially since it seems that DE 2 is even more of a mess.

>>536061415
>Ah, I was under the impression she was
She hasn't disclosed when she was laid off, but it must have happened either in 2023 or February 2024 because she seems at least partially informed on what's going on with the dynamics of D9 and Square. Likely she still has some friends working there who tell here what's going on but can't disclose too much due to NDA.

DE2 is that unwanted child.
SE doesn't want it as it'll keep hurting the brand and it'll fail financially.
D9 doesn't like or care about what they're making, they're just zombies at this point.
Fans for the most part already hate it.

Why release it then?
Contracts. It would cost SE a shitton of cash to cancel it. If they're not stupid, D9 probably charged cancellation clauses that would cost SE even more than just eating the prod cost.

>>536061415
If SE wants to try again with LiS, DN is the obvious one, the storytelling writes itself.

However I don't think Koch and co at DN Montréal want to work with SE ~creative freedom.
But Oskar Guilbert would take any offer at this point ~need cash.
So SE might get the name but not the mind.

Whatever happens, I guess we won't hear about LiS for years after DE2.

>>536062386
If DN did get approached to make some more LiS stuff, I have to assume that full creative control would be the first thing they would ask for. I imagine it would probably even be the main thing that would sink the chances of another DN LiS game, since Square is pretty well known for its micro managing.
But, given how uncomfortable Square has always been with the LiS IP, I actually think there is a solid chance they would try selling it off. I could very easily see the likes of Microsoft snapping it up.

>>536062863
Not a chance, LiS is too small for Microsoft and with everything that's happening at Xbox, It wouldn't be in better hands.

>>536062386
Wasn't Hannah in Paris those days? That's the city Don'tnod has their HQ

Assuming they take DN back, I can see Guilbert at least showing a modicum of care for LiS by pulling out people like Raoul Barbet and Christian Divine on a possible LiS project if Michel is busy in Montreal, althought it seems very unlikely

>>536064916
>Wasn't Hannah in Paris those days? That's the city Don'tnod has their HQ
She's recording for a Lost Records project.

>>536060538
>chloe appears and can get back with max at the end
>pricefieldfags will call it goty even if the writing is worse than de2
Screenshot this

>>536060538
What the fuck was Rihanna teasing for then?

>>536069473
Either for DE2 or I think in the first one Chloe had a few lines in the nightmare

>>536069713
>All Chloe says in DE are recycled Ashly Burch lines from LiS1
>Only new dialogue is in a nightmare sequence and it's the awful Porsche shit

Why would she hype a fan of Chloe presence when this is the best shit she's given to work with? It's just awful

>>536069473
I'm assuming she's referring to DE2.

>>536069984
Because she's a total piece of work. No wonder even Hannah had enough, like people already mentioned

>>536070705
>people already mentioned
one green text on 4chan, did you write it anon?

>>536069984
She just said she was excited to voice Chloe again, she got a paycheck even if fans didn’t like it

>>536072337
>did you write it anon?
I didn't

lmao
unc ds9trek, have you seent this? >>536059449

>>536059449
So they didn’t even plan to use Chloe in part two. I'm just looking forward to the next game because it will be a train wreck without equal. It will be so fun.

>>536079128
At this point I really want to know what that anon who talked with two people who supposedly went at the focus groups and traced down Hannah's location in Denver has to say about that

bumpu

It would be wonderfully ironic is Chloe was both the reason the franchise was born and why it died.

>>536094693
>franchise was born
Max was the main character of the original though

>>536094693
In a sense it already is, Chloe was the reason D9 got a shot at working in the LiS franchise and becoming as big as it was, and she's now the reason why their company is going down after DE1 & 2

>>536095995
This
Chloe wasn't in the early pitches

>>536095995
Max AND Chloe, they were both the main duo and whose dynamic made the original game work. Max might have been on a tecnical level the MC, but through her lens you also get to know Chloe as a multifaceted and complex troubled teen with an attitude, a gun and the trauma of losing the people she loves the most.

>>536096532
are you the Joyce's ring anon?

>>536096480
Just because she wasn't in the early pitches, doesn't mean she was not key to LiS' being as iconic as it is, in fact adding Chloe to be a counterpart and also soulmate to Max was highly beneficial for the story I might say. Pic related is one of the key inspiration for their dynamic

>>536096691
Why are you still obsessing over that stupid theory when there are more important things we should talk about? Also not that anon, I'm the one who made that past survey asking if people wanted to rename /lisg/, which a large majority voted not to, and I believe the name should stay

>>536096532
Max is the main character though, Chloe is a secondary main. You guys prove once again you don’t see Max as having an identity outside of Chloe

>>536096480
Wrong. In a french interview for Maximum Entertainment from a month ago, Koch and Cano said they had the power first ("DN asked them to do something with the rewind sequence from Remember Me"), then Max ("someone who rewinds because she isn't sure of her choices"), then Chloe ("they needed a strong emotional bond with the main character"), then the rest.

>>536096782
They added her as a functional character for one purpose and one purpose only

>>536097791
Based facts anon

>>536097791
What mattered was what they said back then.
And in that anniversary post this year he dropped the earliest concept sketches for everyone, even fucking Warren, but not her

>>536081383
wasn't that two separate anons? pretty sure they were talking to each other under the green text post

>>536098632
based Michel's been absolutely wrecking pricefield this year more than deck, square, Amanda, and Safi combined, lol

There might still be nazis at D9. What a lovely company.

>>536103865
This is going to kill D9 and DE2 harder than any contract they made with Squeenix

I for one want DE2 to be released because the whole "now we're Superhero fiction a la MCU" trainwreck will be hilarious.

>>536094693
She's simply too powerful

>>536097656
Exactly

Im amazed ladydev hasn't been sniped by square. She and Twitter lady dealt killing blows to de1 and any faith people had Chloe might appear in part 2. She wants the company to burn to the ground. What are people's thoughts on ladydev?

Also was that dude actually a nazi woke people think agreeing with jk Rowling makes you one so i dunno

>>536146751
Rob was reposting far right crap on his Twitter account, but apparently he isn't the only one who put the racist meme into the game

Ladydev is 100 percent one of the devs I'd bet that was part of the nazi article. She wants the company to burn to the ground. A disgruntled employee with a bone to pick.

I wish she'd reveal what she knows about part 2.

>>536118979
All hail Chloe. Creator and destroyer of worlds.
>>536154402
D9 more than deserves it. Remember that we only know a fraction of what has gone on behind the scenes.
Really, the rape-y lead writer should have been enough to throw the studio in the trash alone.

>>536154919
Chloe killed a company fr

>>536103865
So life is 2d was harassing an innocent person for 2 years?

>>536158398
>DE writing staff does not like Chloe
>Lack of Chloe kills DE
>DE kills the company
>Unemployed writers kill themselves
Don't mess with the hella cute manifestation of Kali.

>>536146751
Yeah, and it looks like she figured out how to play the brain-dead Pricefield stans, and sneaks something into every post that's just enough to stir them up. And of course Mazzu and the other cucks come alive again.
The icing on the shitcake - Cada went off on another innocent person again. It's some kind of pathological inability to read people and pure, unfiltered stupidity at this point.
So I'm not surprised at all LDH's back

>>536159309
Who did cada go after?

So chloe gave d9 life and then ended them Jesus Christ

>>536158872
>told the outsourced dev to yeet her out of the game
>stocks shot up to an all-time high right after
Kek

>>536160513
We are going to have to sacrifice a goat to her in order to soothe her divine spirit.

>>536160813
Make it 2 goats and 1 human sacrifice

>>536160136
I think they meant Frost

They should’ve had Chloe still die somehow in the Bae route for maximum seethe

>>536164030
Chloe exists in the liminal space between life and death.
She is a manifestation of the goddess of doorways, crossroads, the tripartite nature of existence and the supernatural.
She is the key and the torch.

Pray to her, for may bestow upon you the gift of choice and a hella gay gf.
Praise Chloe.

>>536166561
>hella gay gf.
Canonically had sex with a man and had condoms in her bag btw

>>536167440
>Canonically had sex with a man
And? You know that most lesbians went through a period of exploration before discovering they were gay, right?
'Gold star' lesbians are hella rare and the type to brag about that shit are just the worst.
>had condoms in her bag
Lesbians use condoms all the time.
Try actually learning about something before commenting on it, moid.

>>536167440
Shut up, Eliot

Sexuality fights are retarded and always turn to cancer but I also saw Chloe as bi but heavily has a female preference. She did make remarks about men being attractive in LiS and the condoms (“lesbians use condoms” is a dumb rebuttal too, I doubt that was Michael and cos intentions) are a possible indicator. I don’t really count Elliott in the argument because even if they slept together I remember Chloe’s journal implied it was not enjoyable and it was more out of loneliness than genuine attraction. But I do think especially romantically Chloe prefers women.

>>536169387
>also saw
Meant always saw. Most of the protagonists and supporting cast seem to be somewhere in the LGBTQ range.

>>536169387
>journal implied
that it was more than once

>>536169606
Yes, but Chloe also does say she thought it was weird I think. I’m not disagreeing that Chloe likely has some attraction to men but for Elliott I don’t think it was ever anything meaningful, just loneliness and seeking connection post William’s death.

>>536169387
I agree about how unproductive sexuality fights are. It is why I appreciate the girls in LR having more concrete sexualities.
But I do strongly disagree about Chloe being bi. Max? Sure.
But if we are going to factor in BtS here, I think she is pretty clearly a lesbian. The idea that you cannot be a lesbian because you had sex with a guy during a vulnerable moment when you were 16 is insane and speaks to a lack of understanding of lesbians.

bumpu

>>536074673
Yeah I've seen it. I'm on Reddit more than I'm here these days

>>536179109
ds9trek, you're a pathetic cuck. know that

>>536103865
National Socialists in a company? Good.
Why do you hate leftists so badly?

>>536167851
Homosexuality most of the times is caused by being molested during one's childhood. By another homosexual.
The mkre you know

>>536188265
>>536188402
Go back to /pol/ were you fucking belong, you mistake of nature

>>536146751
>woke people think agreeing with jk Rowling makes you one so i dunno
It's always this when they describe someone as a nazi. Disagreement = Nazism nowadays

>>536191808
This isn't 2016, your tactics are outdated as fuck given current world events

>>536191903
Looks like I'm not the one living under a rock since

>>536192151
Kek

>>536170520
Why do you make every single reply about LR holy shit. Nta but at every turn you’re like “this is why in LR” nigga nobody gives a fuck they weren’t even talking about that game or anyone in it

>>536205285
Because shoving it into discussions about other games is the only way to make it even remotely relevant

>>536205285
LR fixed many of the problems that plagued LiS 1.
Because so much of it feels like a response to the failings of LiS 1, it would be always worth comparison, even if both games were not made by DN.
I'm sorry that you have such thin skin that talking about a game relevant to the discussion triggers you so badly.

>>536205285
Yeah I think that’s weird, at least they agreed with me about that the fights are dumb though.
>>536205757
That’s why they’re too scared to make their own general, it’ll never work.
>>536205839
Yes, but the conservation was about Max, Chloe, and the Life is Strange franchise. LR has no relevancy to the discussion I was having regarding sexuality. I get you’re obsessed with the game and have to talk about it at every turn, but the anon was right that you inserted LR into a conversation that had nothing to do with it.

>>536206394
>LR has no relevancy to the discussion I was having regarding sexuality
Hard disagree.
Sexuality is one of LiS that is repeatedly fumbled, to the point that it can be considered pretty problematic. LR is a similar game, made by the same studio and also handles sexuality; Just in a far better way, having clearly learnt from the failures of LiS. Thus it is valid as a direct point of comparison.

By studying how LiS failed, we can better appreciate how LR succeeded.

>>536206903
But you’re missing the point, I was talking about Chloe and Max’s sexuality. LR has absolutely nothing to do with Chloe and Max no matter how you spin it. I was simply discussing what their sexualities could be, I didn’t ask for a comparison of a game that is completely unrelated to the franchise aside from it having the same devs as LiS and LiS2.

>>536206903
If you truly think that LiS and LR is about sexuality, then you are an lliterate subhuman.

If you are horny for the concept of underage lesbians - keep it to yourself

>>536207493
>I was talking about Chloe and Max’s sexuality
And I was comparing how poorly that was done to how LR handled things. That is how discussions work.
>LR has absolutely nothing to do with Chloe and Max no matter how you spin it
The characters of both LiS 1 and LR are inherently linked due to the shared devs and genre. Thus LR is going to be inherently relevant to the lions share of LiS conversations. That is not even getting into how the failures of Chloe/Max were clearly learned from in LR, furthering that link and inherent relevancy.
>I didn’t ask
We are on 4chan. I truly do not care.
Deal with it lmao.
>>536207583
>If you truly think that LiS and LR is about sexuality
It is funny that you seem to think I even implied that and yet would call me illiterate. I torn between you being esl or just the typical incel from /v/.
>If you are horny for the concept of underage lesbians
I'm here for the middle aged lesbian romance, thank you very much.

>>536205757
>>536206394
https://arch.b4k.dev/vg/thread/523559280/
It died with a whimper but still with some decent discussion. Just compare what it's like when they weren't there to shit it up.

>>536208453
>with some decent discussion
Because that schizoanon hadn't shown up yet to derail everything with her obsession and delusions

>>536206903
>studying how LiS failed, we can better appreciate how LR succeeded.
Most obvious paid DN shill here

>>536209749
I will take my payment in Snora merch thanks.

>>536208767
Good thing it died before that. Even the sparse discussions that followed the thread's death were still okay as long as it's something to do with the game as a whole. They only discuss the game when it comes to ships and add nothing.

>>536208453
>97 posts
Truly Flop Records

>>536208453
>>536210171
How did Michel go from a game that sold 5 million copies and had a thread alive for 10 years… to one that barely scraped 50k sales and couldn't even make it past 100 posts?!

>>536210621
Because the game actually has to be good for it to sell well

>>536210621
Times changed, regardless of game quality. Narrative adventures games ala Telltale have been increasingly become niche and general people interests have shifted a lot since 2015, plus the fact DN doesn't have the same marketing push as they had with Square. But overall seems like LR did in line with their expectations, at least with sales, so there's hope they can push out another sequel and keep going with it

>>536212780
>LR did in line with their expectations
Anon, if you keep eating the shit from their press releases - the same ones the warn of 'tough times ahead' - just don't try to feed that shit to the rest of us

>>536212780
>sequel with under 50k sales
I wish I could be this delusional

>>536217197
If DE can get a contractually obligated sequel even if the first one bombed hard and D9 is one foot on the grave, why Dontnod can't? The Montreal studio is supposed to work on a M2 project for 2028, hopefully they can deliver and even if it doesn't materialize I'm grateful for LR existing in the first place

>>536220830
>I'm grateful for LR existing in the first place
interesting way to say you're seething over pricefield breakup

>Hey anon, what trick do you wanna see?
wat do

>>536220830
Because DN didn’t have a two game contract for flop records

>muh flop records
Why are you hurt so much?

>muh high school relationship broke up
Why are you hurt so much?

>>536224061
But my headcanon.... my ending, the only ending that is true and doesn't contradict what the developers said because I said so... my ring theory... my ship... my fan arts that indicate popularity and sales...

Did D9 let someone else go? They're down to 72 on linkedin. Maybe some short term contractor finish their task.

>>536228048
Not contractors, animators. Check how many of them will be fired by the end of the year, design people are next on the chopping block

>>536228048
Yes, but loads of freelancers are on contracts directly with SE

>>536224061
Why do you care?

>>536229430
>>536230010
Any guess who's gonna be their next bully when D9 dies? Assuming they don't just shelve the IP (but I think they'll give it another try).

SE London doesn't make games in house, they have teams and creatives but not the full studio capacity and I don't think they want since they're already bleeding cash.

>>536231653
who are they gonna bully next i mean

>>536230768
Why do you care? >>536223029

>>536231832
I'm thinking no bullying but maybe someone's kid from SE London/SE will be given the chance to continue the franchise with their own studio

>>536231653
Pure speculation but I think they're already working on LiS1 remake with new partners.

>>536234541
If they got new partners we would have known already desu, but surely the idea of a full LiS1 remake/reboot seems a lot more compelling given D9 is not going to last and DE's massive brand damage. Even Adnan now is saying things have changed so much that all plans are up in the air and everything can happen next

>>536234541
>LiS1 remake
Did this happen like two years ago

>>536241713
That was just a graphical remaster but with a few new face animations, a remake would be something from scratch based on the original game, think of it like Resident Evil 2 to 4, Silent Hill 2 or Dead Space, with even brand new scenes and voice acting.

Imagine the crash out if they do a remake but there’s no romance

>>536240173
October livestream SE presents LiS special edition including DE2 (D9, 2026), TV series (amazon, 2026/2027) and LiS1R (new dev, 2027/2028).
Drown the bad news in a flow of somewhat more hopeful news.

Reality: DE2 spring 26, IP shelved for 10 years.

>>536243143
The TV series I doubt will ever happen. I have been seeing things about it since 2018 and nothing has ever came to fruition.

>>536243445
The dmitri guy says it's still coming so who knows really.
And I'd say DE reception is a problem in itself.
His company bought like a hundred IP, few will actually come to fruition.

>>536243445
They should really do the TV show now with video game adaptations trending again.

>>536244295
He claimed it was "definitely not shelved" but who the hell know if there's going to be any official confirmation, they haven't even announced any showrunner or writers for the show yet

>>536244532
Likely that's the plan, but they have to deal with the reception of DE1&2 first, who might as well have killed any large interest for the franchise in the first place

>>536244532
A TV show is a terrible idea for a choice based game unless they do it interactive. Alternatively, they could make BtS season 1 to buy time and then make the actual LiS season 2.

>>536244697
He also asked for a little more patience... 3 months ago. Too bad he didn't define what 'little more' is.

Isn't the new life is strange collection just the ps4 versions except de and tc?

>>536255884
Yes, and DE is specifically the Ultimate Edition (scam DLC and Early Access) and TC the full edition with Wavelenght, and they are the only two games on the disk

This was made three weeks ago, and corroborates ladydev version, D9 was already on zombie mode for at least a month before Webb was officially fired

>>536255884
Correct, it is a bundle. Cost almost nothing to produce.
Still a nice price for every LiS games (if you don't mind digital versions and the botched remasters), but if you already have them, it's useless.

Soon

>>536257802
Mocap and assets are done, D9 is probably finishing levels / puzzles or even already in the cleaning phase now.
Don't worry, you'll still have a lot of T posers.

>>536258884
There are still some animators left and mocap guys left tho, how long before they get laid off as well?

>>536258610
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0OBxwi0ZgA&ab_channel=Player1vsTheWorld

Autumn VA interview is up

>>536262071
1/ they still might try to make some of their own projects, try to get a pub til the end, or a miracle to revive their co-dev initiative (they don't need two main mocap directors right now, so bye Webb).
2/ they still need animators to clean scenes or basic things. mocap is nice and all, but it's not an automatic process, it's more like a shortcut.

If the game was stated to release 2025 (or now more likely 2026), story and mocap are done and won't budge. Actors in Denver this year seems more like small rewrites.

>>536265328
>they still might try to make some of their own projects, try to get a pub til the end, or a miracle to revive their co-dev initiative
Too late for that, I'm afraid

>Actors in Denver this year seems more like small rewrites
Guess we'll see how much of rewrites they have done so far, but I'm not too much optimistic

ds9trek you are a huge idiot if you read this

>>536265328
Interesting is that there were no Gwen, mother of Safi (I do not remember her name), Amanda or Vinh VA actors in Denver when they had their little reunion. The VA of Alex was doing theater at the same time. So if there were any changes it just involved Max, Safi and Moses. And Rihanna was doing theater at the same time. So, I really do wonder what this next game will even be about

>>536271018
But the other person that was there last month was also Lucy of Square, and the last time she was in Denver was for setting up the backstage for the video presentations to DE1. However, Hannah went down in March without them

>>536271018
>>536271913
Did they forgot they gave Diamond powers?

>>536272879
I think it's just Lucy setting up another presentation for DE2, but she has to talk with the actors because all the other devs have been laid off or are going to get booted out soon. For all I know, the recent layoffs might as well screwed plans for the reveal last minute, hence why the change from 2025 to 2026

>>536272879
I did not check her on social media, because I honestly forgot she existed.

>>536272879
It could be a fakeout

>>536278310
That's the big twist, Moses has hypothermia but Diamond has leukemia.

>>536271018
>>536271913
Let's put it this way - just because you didn't track someone or nobody reported it here doesn't mean they weren't there

>>536279648
>Moses has hypothermia but Diamond has leukemia

>>536280883
Do you think Rihanna Devries had some part that were cut?

>>536278310
>I honestly forgot
try some cholinesterase inhibitors, uncle

Where's the anon who claimed to have talked with two people who went at the focus groups? Since Ladydev spilled the beans already, I guess it's your turn to corroborate if what she said is true or not

>>536269368
>ds9trek you are a huge idiot if you read this
Why am suddenly the centre of attention?

>>536283827
Damn, you're even more of a cuck than Adnan. He used to chase after someone here too, trying to figure out why people thought he was an idiot

>>536283329
fuck off chlorefag

bumpu

>>536285106
desu I'm flattered by the attention.

bumpu

>>536307840
Let it die like this franchise should’ve after LiS2.

I don't mean this personally, but "bumpu" is such a stupid word I feel a physical urge to kill you for saying something that dumb.

bumpu

bumpu

I think D2 is what will finally kill LiS. It will make most of the old fans leave permanently. I think we have all seen it, a lot of people have already left.

>>536324829
We expect DE2 to be a finale to the franchise. So...what is your argument again?

>>536330139
Nora's time to shine baby!

>>536332384
Hella yes

>>536330139
That no one will be left afterwards

Ladydev is making jokes about being hired back at D9 lol

Also says D9 should try get a kickstarter fund to their projects like they did when they were named Idol Minds
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pricefield/comments/1mltalu/comment/na7n40h/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

>>536332384
>>536334881
Yeah, a game that sold less than 50k is definitely DN’s future

>>536339498
They have other two games in Paris, one being Aphelion and the third one unannounced

>>536340082
Nobody cares about Aphelion.

>>536340646
I do, and I'll likely buy it since it looks cool

>>536340727
I'm expecting LR merch to make more money than it.
I have no idea who the target audience is with that game.

bumpu

So according to LadyDev, Chloe's not in DE2 at all? Or if she is, it's just some half assed cameo to shut fans up?

>>536349343
She didn't give a solid answer as to if she is 100% in or not.
But she said that if Chloe does and up being in DE 2, it would just be some half assed thing that they did not actually ever plan for.

>>536351612
Ladydev left Deck Nine in 2023 or something, and before that we had a leak in 2022 from a playtester saying Chloe could make an appareance if you saved her. And likely was going to appear in TC's Wavelength too before being cut

Hannah got Engaged.

>>536357551
Was it with Joyce’s ring?

>>536357830
fuck off shitter, we have more evidence they're married

>>536357551
He looks like glow up Warren.

>>536357551
Good for her

>>536358261
Pricefielders destroyed in every reality.

>>536358580
You seem so obsessed with pricefielders, even when most of them aknowledge that Hannah Telle and Max Caulfield are two different persons, one being a VA actress with her own opinions and one being a character written by people

>>536351612
>they did not actually ever plan for
So, even those devs wanted Max to be happy

>>536358580
Pricefield is the cancer of this franchise. It needs to be burned out wherever it shows up.

>>536362131
OBSESSED
Weird behaviour desu, you keep bringing up the ring bullshit and then you do things like this one? Maybe you are the one who needs to be erased from the franchise

>>536363880
I never even mentioned a ring, what are you on about? Is that you again, ds9trek?

>>536359981
There'll be decent options for her. She'll be fine

>>536367946
ME

Imagine being so completely shattered a mind that you see a real person getting engaged and sharing her happiness, and your only thought is imagining it was done out of spite against a vague collection of online people you hate. That's KPop stan levels of criminally insane.

>>536368207
Pricefieldfags literally sent death threats to Hannah and D9 because of DE

>>536369063
Can you provide any proof for this besides devs trying to shift the narrative after reviews had tanked?

>>536368207
DEcocksuckers aren't the brightest bulbs, sad!

>>536369171
Which dev tried to shift narrative? I remember Stauder leaving Twitter as soon as DE was going to get into early access lol

>>536369546
>Which dev tried to shift narrative?
Deck Nine. After the reviews were nosediving they began putting out unsubstantiated reports that they were receiving hate mail and death threats. Which, when no evidence is provided in tandem, leads me to believe they were just taking a page out of every AAA dev when their game shits the bed: shift the story to be about how they're being abused so it doesn't matter they released a subpar product.

Victoria triggers my cute aggression

>>536340727
Style is king

bumpu

Zak Gariss was good for one thing

bumpu

>>536407954
thighs.
ass.
milky.
asian.

>>536369546
Stauder leaving showed what a coward he was. But the funny thing is that he actually had a small window before he left where he even unblocked some of his critics. Maybe he really thought the game would be well received?

>>536368207
>only thought is imagining it was done out of spite against a vague collection of online people you hate
Literally no one above thought that. And yeah, people clown on pricefielders all the time - but that's kinda on them. They made themselves way too easy to mock

>>536369738
>no evidence is provided
There's no evidence to the contrary either. Meanwhile, pricefielders already have a bad rep - they've sent threats to Warren's actor and the Diaz brothers' actors before. And considering how unhinged the loudest ones are, it's not hard for people to imagine them doing it again.

For my part, I've seen a few posts about threats to some DE actors (not Hannah), but there's no way to verify them

bumpu

>>536432594
Let it die. These threads haven't been comfy since June of last year.

>>536437751
Go back several years and besides myself posting, there were maybe 4 other posts per day.
I kept this thread alive for years like that. I can keep it alive now.
Since DE 2 seems to be up in the air again. If it gets bad enough, I will just pull the rebrand leaver early and try to attract some Signalis and Coral Island posters here.
I will not let this general die on my watch.

>>536438494
>rebrand
Nobody wants that but you

>>536438784
I sure do care.

>>536437751
comfy enough for me

bumpu

I’m just thinking. Ladydevheart still seems to have sources in D9, since she worked there for a long time, even before the D9 period. So when she says that if Chloe is in the next game, it will only be because they added her after all the criticism, that means most of the story won’t have her. And Amanda and Vinh will be the main love interests they’re basing the game around. That’s just insane. Probably will set a new record for low sales. How dumb are the people working at D9 and SE? Do they hate money?

>>536438494
Dont do that stupid bullshit on your own, if we want a name change you'll have to make a name poll so the anons here can express their opinion

>>536453521
She's implying how she will spill the beans again only when its over, guess after DE2 is out. Also some D9 devs on Linkedin are putting their profile to private

I remember some past anon replying to that fake greentext, saying how they had been in contact with two people who went at the focus groups and could confirm to them what kind of projects we were going to get and what characters to expect in DE2. Are they still in the room with us?

>>536459513
It’s honestly strange they didn’t go private earlier. Once news articles start showing up, that’s the time to enforce some discipline. From what I’ve seen, some did go private, but not all. And a lot of the ones who didn’t seem to be people already looking for new jobs.

I do wonder if she’ll actually spill the beans this time. But if Deck Nine goes under, it’s not like anyone will be left to go after her.

>>536459823
Anon I agree in principle. But LiS is dying. All that is left is people raging and people are leaving all the time. We are also drowning in bad faith actors. Might be time to let it die and be reborn as something else.

They really fucked us all with DE. The writing team at D9 with their massive egos destroyed everything.

>>536461683
After the shitstorm of DE2 is out, its better you make a poll if we want to change name or nor, but before that you cant do that on your own

>>536458542
/lisg/ has never respected polls before and I do not intend to start now.
If it comes down to a choice between a name change and /lisg/ dying, then I will go for the rebrand.
We are not there yet. But with DE 2 being up in the air, it is something we are inching closer towards. As I have said before, it is not something that would fundamentally change the thread much anyway. We had plenty of discussions about games like Coral Island and Signalis back when they released, actually advertising that its cool to talk about that stuff here is hardly some massive shake up and could net us a few new posters.
>>536461683
DE was a game that was made with so much spite, from both Square and the writing team. So much so that it even extended to how the game was marketed.
Just about a year on, I think it should be pretty clear to everyone that pricefield was the thing keeping this franchise alive and they totally killed that golden goose.
I think we should be open to considering just how viable continuing to be a 'LiS-first' in the wake of the franchise imploding and the lions share of fans moving on.

>>536438494
Feel free to ditch us again after DE2 drops. Take a year. Get your brain checked, wouldn't hurt

>>536462732
replying to yourself again, schizo

>>536462996
Im a different anon, you moron

>>536462836
D9 is progressively liquidating entire departments and has been notoriously cash strapped for years.
There is a very solid chance DE 2 never sees the light of day.
>>536462996
I have a pretty distinct writing style, it is pretty easy to tell when a post is from me.
Just because a person basically agrees with me does not mean they are me.
Fuck off back to /v/.

>>536463239
You literally got caught last week posting from different devices, lol

>>536463923
No?
You are literally unwell.

>>536463923
Bad faith actor. I tire of you people.

>>536463923
yup, with the same excuses about the writing style

>>536463923
Replying to wrong posts too KEK

bumpu

>>536462732
>/lisg/ has never respected polls before and I do not intend to start now.
When I made that poll to change name, the majority opted to keep /lisg/ going. You want to impose it regardless, I don't think its a good thing, accept that folks here are fine with the name being what it is and just keep posting good content as well as keeping it alive.

>>536471109
I just do not care about a poll you made. I really need you to understand and accept this for me, ok?
Ultimately the choice is for lisg to die or for a rebrand that preserves us. Thus, when it becomes necessary, I will just pull that leaver.
We are not at that point yet. But it feels like things are winding down.

>>536471501
I don't care. If we have to change name, then it's going to be made through a poll, and you are coming across as ridicously defensive for such a minute detail. Keep that energy for the trolls, not for this

>>536471696
Please just try and understand: I do not respect polls.
If things got to a point where it comes down to lisg dying or rebranding. I will take unilateral action to keep lisg alive. I'm not going to take some poll on if this general should die or not.
If someone else had been making the OPs and keeping the threads bumped for the better part of a decade, I would respect their call on this. In this instance, I just happen to be that person and thus preserving lisg is my responsibility.

>>536472369
I made some of the threads before you returned, and I was the first one to propose the damnatio memoriae on DE in the same manner it was done to LiS2 back in the days. There was never one person who bumped this general, and we don't have to be enemies, just accept the fact that putting out a name change without some degree of acceptance is counterproductive

>>536471109
fuck off chlorefag

>>536472627
That would be you

>>536471109
Baker wants to be the dictator of this thread. They’ll change the name regardless of nobody else wanting it to exhibit their power. They should’ve been a plebbit mod.

>>536472369
>I just happen to be that person and thus preserving lisg is my responsibility.
You could die tomorrow and someone else could do everything you’re doing.

>>536472568
>I made some of the threads before you returned
I was gone for like 6 months. I swear some people talk like I was gone for some incredible amount of time.
>I was the first one to propose the damnatio memoriae on DE
Well that is good. But I would have assumed that would be inevitable after DE anyway.
>There was never one person who bumped this general
Post BtS, we lost some timezone coverage in our posters. So there is about a ~9 hour stretch of time every day where our threads are pretty dead and risk sliding past page 10. I'm the one that has been keeping these threads alive during that ~9 hour dead zone for a very long time. It is just more noticeable now since I cannot be bothered to bump with pictures anymore.
You can find several large blocks in this thread alone of nothing but one bump after another, that is me keeping this alive during our dead time.
>we don't have to be enemies
You are interpretating my posts as far more hostile than what I actually intend them to be.
The only people here I consider my enemies are the 2 /v/ tourists. Beyond that I am just flatly stating what is going to happen and how it is going to work, there is no hostility on my part.
>putting out a name change without some degree of acceptance is counterproductive
There will be warning before it happens and it is not likely to happen soon. But I will not be taking feedback on if lisg should die or not.
>>536472896
4chan threads are not a democracy. I'm sorry to break this to you.
You are living in a benevolent dykeocracy.
>>536472985
Could they? Sure.
But the problem is that they will not. They will not be there to with a new thread ready to go like I am and they will not be on standby to bump the thread 24/7.
Someone could replace me. But would they have that same commitment to keeping lisg alive? The answer is simply, no.

>>536473347
>4chan threads are not a democracy. I'm sorry to break this to you.
The entitlement is insane, you genuinely you think you own this thread and it’s scary. If you ever change the name of this place, I hope someone makes a new and improved /lisg/ without you. Your calling was to be a plebbit mod and it’s sad we ended up getting stuck with you instead.

>>536473606
Chloe looks good, is Rachel that sucks balls.

>>536473347
there should be a kiwifarms thread about you lmao

>>536473904
>kiwifarms
That shithole of obsessive pedos should have died down years ago

If baker changes the name of this thread and makes it no longer a life is strange general I will make a new life is strange general myself

/vg/ as a whole is struggling now because of how fast gashafags generals are
you're not gonna fix shit by renaming the thread
make it /lisg+/ if you wanna discuss similar garbage
niggers

>>536474192
fuck off chlorefag
we call the shots now, that's how it is

>>536473832
>you genuinely you think you own this thread
No. I just take keeping this general alive seriously. Polls are not in line with that goal and so they will not be considered.
The continued existence of lisg is not up for democratic debate.
>I hope someone makes a new and improved /lisg/ without you
I would only be changing the name if the threads were already functionally dead. So even if someone did make a new lisg without me, it would not last long without me there babysitting it all day.
>>536473904
I think that says everything that needs to be said about the /v/ tourists right there.
>>536474192
Is it really the gacha losers who have been responsible for this? If so, it really seems like those threads should be on /jp/. Let the toe hoe weirdos deal with that shit.
I miss the days when lisg could go 4+ hours without a post without even hitting page 10.
>make it /lisg+/ if you wanna discuss similar garbage
No new name has even been settled on yet. As I have said, it is not an imminent change.
The idea I have been floating for close to half a decade is 'Sapphic Narrative Games General - /SNGG/' but it is not something that I'm concrete on.

>>536474192
>you're not gonna fix shit by renaming the thread
Yeah, that’s the point everyone is making, but baker believes they own the thread and will change it despite not a single person wanting it. They’ve already soft launched it by not including two franchise games in the thread and pushing LR for months. They’ve openly admitted for years their goal is to no longer have /lisg/ exist and make it a general narrative games general (but only featuring sapphic characters), which they could’ve easily made by now if they really wanted to but it has to be here otherwise it wouldn’t satisfy their power trip. A name change will kill it here as nobody will know what it is here or someone will make a new /lisg/ which actually would be a blessing in disguise to finally get rid of the baker.

>>536474603
Do you not get it? No one here wants to change the name but you. “4chan is not a democracy” shut the fuck up bro it’s not a dictatorship either.

>>536474664
>general narrative games general (but only featuring sapphic characters)
A narrative games general would thrive but it would 100% make the gay shit a minor focus, or even an afterthought, so they won't do it. It can even extend to traditional point-and-click games. It is is just a power trip nothing more.

>>536475002
>No one here wants to change the name but you
Do you not get it? I don't care
I will operate in what the best interests of this general.
If you do not like that, feel free to make some more polls. As many as you need until you feel better. Maybe even make a change.org petition while you're at it.

>>536475208
>I will operate in what the best interests of this general
If that was actually true and not a power trip, you would realize the best interest would be to respect people’s wishes instead of making it about you and what you want.

Max!

>>536475421
Look, I'm not going to continue this conversation.
The name change has been flagged for around 5 years now. It is unlikely to happen any time soon as things stand now. But it is an inevitability. Make peace with it.
I have nothing else to say on this matter and will not engage with it further. Getting pissy over something that will happen at some unknown time in the future is absurd. At-least save your tantrums for when I announce that it is imminent.

If I wanted to just power trip the OP would look very different. But instead I compromise with the wishes of the non-tourist posters who use lisg. Because such a compromise does not risk harming lisg.
But, I would not make a compromise that harmed lisg, including taking no action to prevent it dying. That is not up for discussion.

>>536475959
wowzers

>>536476042
>when I announce
Again, you miss the point. Nobody wants this, only you. Make your own general with the name you want and where off topic discussion actually makes sense.

Shitfielders are already tearing each other apart over absolutely nothing. And DE2 isn't even announced yet.
Glorious times!

>>536476316
It's just one anon on a power trip that really think they are tuff shit. I really miss the UEposer anon and their cover artworks from LR, they still own us another two or three album covers

>>536474603
>Is it really the gacha losers who have been responsible for this?
Yeah, the catalog currently has 3 uma threads, 3 zzz threads, 4 honkai threads. /vg/ is the fastest board on 4chan right now. /lisg/ is holding up well all things considered.

>>536477880
>the catalog currently has 3 uma threads, 3 zzz threads, 4 honkai threads
We either need a dedicated board for that slop or it should be posted on /jp/.
>/lisg/ is holding up well all things considered
It has been a real nightmare trying to keep us bumped. Just today alone, 2 times I got a bump in just seconds before we got pushed to the archive.
I remember once things quieted down after TC came out where I could just bump the thread before work and not have to worry about it again until I got home. Those were the days.

>>536476316
>failed pricefielder/LRschizo vs chlorefag

literally a fuckfest between a toad and a viper

>>536477880
it was one of the last holdouts during this year's april fools iirc

>>536478831
Good luck to both sides

>>536478431
>It has been a real nightmare trying to keep us bumped. Just today alone, 2 times I got a bump in just seconds before we got pushed to the archive
This is not your job. Unless you are a paid jannie, you don’t have to do it. The fact that you’re taking a thread on 4chan this seriously is concerning.

>>536480186
Eh, I have been using lisg for so long now and have invested so much time/energy into it that I do not mind all that much.
The inconvenience of keeping things running along smoothly here is better than the pain of seeing this general die. It is kinda like an old pet; I'm happy to pay the vet bills if it means we see another day together.

>>536480857
But you don’t even want /lisg/ to exist anymore.

>>536480186
The moment that bitch said she was setting an alarm, I stopped bumping. Let her suffer on her own, lol

bumpu

Where did all of the discussions go? There used to be some good ones here. Even the post-DE discussions were pretty all right

>>536488659
With that schizo girl back, all the decent talk turned into people just clowning on her, nothing more

>>536488659
DE killed much of the community off in general. Once there was not much left to unpack of that disaster, people moved on.
Generally things have been slow here since a big appeal of lisg is the comfy vibe we have maintained for years. Hard to have that when there are 2 tourists from /v/ that constantly shitpost.

>>536488659
They come and go, most mentions of DE are met with schizos going soulless this D9 and SE corposlop that. They didn't play it so pay no mind to them if you really want to discuss DE.

>>536488659
I think the discussion quality turned to shit after DE, because it literally had nothing to stick on and the more you think about it the more retarded it gets. Lost Records was a nice breath of fresh hair, and I loved the Snora posting, but that's all we got and we gotta hope for at least some news about a sequel or what Michel is going to do next. In the meantime, we are stuck with some deranged morons who just are here to troll and do not care about the franchise going to shit.

Also OP really has some serious problems and even if appreciate their contribution in keeping the thread alive, they should not be the for all overlord of this general.

>>536489761
90% of the discussions surrounding DE are mostly on how fucked up the development was, how stupid D9 was and how they are going to run out of business soon, and the remainder is just coomer bait and shitpost made by people who really do not give a shit about the franchise. This is quite bad and it's not going to give space to any proper discussion, because there's nothing lelft to care about, even at this stage people care more about how D9 is going to fumble the bag with DE2 than the story on its own

>>536490019
>OP really has some serious problems
I'm protective of lisg and I will not apologize for that.

>>536493853
So protective you don’t even want it to be a franchise general anymore?

>>536493853
Look you have done a great job so far, but stop being retarded for a minute and just accept to keep the /lisg/ marker.

>>536493853
You're seriously fucked up in the head, but the near future's gonna treat you even worse than DE ever did

>>536496171
Anon, don't buy into her self-hype. She was gone for like 8 or 9 months and everything was fine. We were moving faster than ever since the first game. Every game was listed in the OP - even LR, which hadn't even dropped yet, btw. And no one was complaining

>>536489761
>schizos going soulless this D9 and SE corposlop that
it's just one schizo having Amanda derangement syndrome

>>536500097
People bitch about LR or Lake being put in the description, but nobody made a fuss when LiS2 and DE were not, and I'll keep it that way, even bumping the general myself if necessary.

>>536500680
You're straight-up lying right now. But whatever - I already told you what's coming. Keep bumping, don't even bother sleeping. But once you're no longer needed, you're out of here

>>536502058
Literally disproven by >>535944932 >>535949080

>Not much, apparently. From what I gathered from two people who were at the focus groups, everything matches up, except for the DLC and anything related to Safi.
>But judging by how active they've suddenly become, the idea that something's coming around Christmas is starting to look more and more legit

Anon, ladydev spilled the beans, you can do it too, assuming your two sources who talked with you at the focus groups are real

>>536493853
You are doing a good job anon

>>536500680
Is this edited?
This has to be the most pretty image of Nora I've seen.

>>536505331
D9 will soon be bankrupt and SE will lose their last IP. No one is going to come after you for posting stuff on 4chan

>>536505331
What was the green text again? And if everything but the dlc part was right. Maybe plans changed.

Gays.

>>536473903
but rachel sucked everyone's balls, literally

>>536517645
They seem to be very good friends

>>536517645
History will say they were roommates.

Gays.

>>536510282
Samefag

>>536520421
oh my god they were roommates

Bump

>>536531039
I think this place will light up around December. The new game is dead on arrival. But the death of a fandom. That will be something to watch.

>>536536356
Is it going to come out in December or next year? Its all so messy with Ladydev and that Linkedin dev saying different things

>>536538616
True, but I trust reckless employees at Deck Nine more than her

Rewind coming back is their main selling point for a DE sequel, right?

>>536539640
Isn't she like that lol? But honestly, if she's wrong and the game does indeed get relased this year in Christmas, it's going to be a massive piece of rubbish regardless. A 2026 relase would be tecnically better, but we don't know how many employee are gonna get booted out in the next coming months

>>536540440
No fucking way Deck Nine can set up the rewind mechanic back in a convincing manner, not with so little time, crunch and so many layoffs and setback they had to endure so far

>>536540440
No it’ll be muh Chloe

>>536540440
It will only be at certain points, action scenes, rather than just free use whenever you like to backtrack conversations or stop Alyssa getting hit with balls etc.

>>536545089
If she's even in it.

>>536536356
The fandom already feels broken and dead. Prior to DE the Fandom was quiet but hopeful for the future. Pricefielders were even hopeful the next game would be about Max AND Chloe due to the 2021 leak that not only revealed True Colors details but that a direct sequel was in the works with Max and Chloe

De crushed that hope. And even non pricefielders mostly hated DE

The lis Fandom has always been full of negativity of the lis1 and lis2 discourse and the decknine against dontnod wars. But DE? Man that really wiped the floor with all of it. People who hated lis2 or the comics make memes about judging it to harshly lol

>>536556331
De could deal the killing blow. Only way our for square is to give IP back to dontnod because de just made everyone's loyalty to dontnod even stronger. This particular fandom will likely reject another company other than dontnod now

>>536549524
Then its pointless if they are just trying to ape Quantic Dream interactive cutscenes with even less care

>>536554202
Rihanna Devries still has an announced role both voice and full mocap perfomance on her site and said this >>536069473

>>536538616
LadyDev didn't say December is impossible, just unlikely

bumpu

bumpu

>>536565908
>>536569681
Kill yourself

bumpu

Doing this instead of posting art just lends credence to other anons' saying that you're going schizo and not doing anything out of an earnest attempt to keep the threads alive. Never mind the revisionism that there weren't more of us making threads and keeping the threads alive for years.

Just share a cute picture you found if you're gonna bump. It's not hard; at this point all you are is a spambot.

>>536540440
Maybe, maybe not. Max very nearly gave herself an aneurysm doing the photo hop lol. I'm thinking their main selling point(s) will be playing multiple characters and/or every LiS protagonist present, yes even Chloe

>>536576772
>Never mind the revisionism that there weren't more of us making threads and keeping the threads alive for years.
It’s not you, baker just likes to act like they own the threads and they’ve done everything so they can be a dictator.

bumpu

i never got around to playing the new game is it any good

>>536587029
Lost Records is amazing!
GOTY hands down.

>>536587265
okay i trust you with my life so i'll find a copy to play and
hey wait i thought double exposure was the new game... should i skip that one? i didn't even know about lost records.

>>536588479
Double Exposure is the new LiS game, LR isn't.
It’s just another attempt by Michel and the team to step into the same river twice. Only this time it's low-budget and low-effort

bumpu

>>536556331
No I agree. No coming back from this. I was reading what the fans of DE were thinking over at Reddit. They are on another planet. There's no healing this. The fan base is fractured and want very different things.

But I think it all comes down to Chloe. Her haters like the game. Her fans hate it.

>>536595313
>Her haters like the game
Not all the haters, the most vocal anti-Chloe people on the normie sphere all recognize DE was a cashgrab and just laught at the people who bought it, DE fans are a tiny minority of crazies

>>536588479
DE is ass, skip that one for Lost Records, it is low budget sure but it has a lot of soul and its the closest thing to LiS1 than we have at the moment. DE is the Riverdale of the LiS franchise

If DE2 is a sequel set in Caledon with the same characters... how do they keep track of the choices made in DE?

There aren't a lot, but some characters shouldn't be there anymore following some paths.

Will there be a save transfer? Will they ask the player's choices at the beginning?
Or will they do a D9 trick and just say Gwen always stays at Caledon (or cut her entirely) and resolve the accept / reject Safi in one dialogue and never mention it again?

With an even more direct sequel, they can't easily play the newcomers friendly tune. They banked on DE to be a hit but now they have to deal with a smaller audience than ever before.

>>536596727
A time skip and the way Bethesda handles endings

>>536596727
They also have to deal with a pretty negative and polarized audience from the get go, just go look under the DomTheBomb and Nicefield comment sections. This is a hype killer and something any producer, even the most out of touch ones, have to aknowledge because they can't pull the element of surprise again and hope it goes well

>>536595913
Forced soul.
LR is a slow-paced style-over-substance trash with AI-generated caricature-tier locations, and equally grotesque ugly characters

>>536597648
>"AI generated"
>"ugly charactters"
>"forced soul"
Yall aren't even trying in making some decent criticism of Lost Records lmao

>>536597905
Oh yeah! The locations are so realistic, like straight out of a postcard. The characters are absolute stunners, you can't stop staring. And the plot is so deep and intense you almost forget to breathe

>>536597453
That's partially why I think SE is "forced" to release it, bound by contracts.
SE, in its current era of restructuration, wouldn't have made this game.
D9 however needs the cash to survive a little bit longer.
I can't see SE burning 200 to 500k for a game awards trailer when this entire production is dead on arrival.
SE, as in the company seeking growth, is basically working for nothing right now.

>>536597453
>Nicefield
did that cuck crawl back into the job market, or still crying?

>>536598912
>D9 however needs the cash to survive a little bit longer
They are already in zombie mode, and if ladydev is right all the current devs at D9 won't be aroud when DE2 is out. They need the sales royalty from Square to survive, and they already accounted for DE2 being a flop, hence why they are trying to spin out the last minute game collection for PS5 to recoup some cash

>I can't see SE burning 200 to 500k for a game awards trailer when this entire production is dead on arrival
Marketing is likely going to be very underwhelming, maybe we'll see the presentation Lucy filmed with Hannah and co in Denver this summer but that's it

>>536599481
Ask people can fly if they were paid royalties by SE.

>>536600015
Ah right, they revealed that Square still didn't pay royalties for Outriders 1 and that's why that movie didn't met their sales criteria, likely the same thing happened with D9

life is strange is a tranny game

>>536587029
>>536588479
LR is not a franchise game, anon is a huge DN shill. Both that and DE aren’t worth your money.

>>536604049
LR is worth the money just for best bae Nora, and in a small part Dylan

>>536605181
Ok, DN employee. It was even more boring than TC which is the most boring game of the actual franchise.

>>536606575
>DN employee
Lmaooo

>>536607198
You dickride a non franchise game so hard on a franchise general and it’s not even that great of a game, DN must be paying you otherwise you’re just retarded and like corporate slop as long as there’s women kissing.

>>536607716
I do it because Lost Records is good, and I like it, and I don't need DN to pay me anything, an alien concept I know.

Why do all the girls in flop records look like trannies except the blondes, they look like rat faced versions of rachel

>>536617554
I blame the AI — it saw 'gritty realism' and thought 'rat-faced Rachel' was peak aesthetic

>>536617554
You seem so obsessed with trans people, is every woman that's not a clean shaved anime girl like prop with big tits and ass disgusting and repulsive to you? Insecure little bitch

>>536617554
when your character design budget is three granola bars and a strike notice, you don't get Victoria's Secret models

>>536595816
I haven't followed it that closely. I just discovered that place on reddit. And it just seems to me that the fans of the game wouldn't really like if Chloe was a major part of the next game. While a lot of people do want her to play a major role. So the next game is dead on arrival

>>536624089
>a lot of people do want her to play a major role
lmao

I can’t believe this general is more off the deep end than plebbit. Even redditfags admit that LR isn’t that good of a game.

>>536624414
Don't be daft now. A lot of people clearly want her back.

Never should have made this game. It was a losing project from the start.

>>536619568
They secretly desire trans people, and they are all bottoms. The self-loathing gives birth to some pretty deep anger

>>536626897
If a lot of people really wanted her back, she'd be there. SE doesn't do anything unless a focus group tells them to
>It was a losing project from the start
Yup, except it has absolutely nothing to do with her being in it or not, LingYao

>>536621620
>when your character design budget is three granola bars and a strike notice

>>536619568
How does Izzie’s dick taste

>>536626624
Anon, LR shitposting here is literally just that one schizophrenic girl from Australia. Same one who pushed Joyce's ring theory and all that other delusional crap

>>536627706
>If a lot of people really wanted her back, she'd be there.
>SE doesn't do anything unless a focus group tells them to
Anon, a focus group is not representative of all people, expecially if they put in people who never played a LiS game before. Those morons have no touch or even care to understand what kind of audience are they even trying to cather in the first place but you still act like they do rational choices lmao

It's so sad how barely active the LiS account is, fucking Lost Records is still reposting fanarts and making fun posts once in a while.

>>536632767
You always run separate groups for newcomers and longtime fans to compare perspectives. That's the whole point.
But I see you're already backpedaling. From 'she's so popular', to 'the focus groups aren't representative'.
Maybe go do something more suited to your intellectual capacity, LingYao or whatever your stupid name is

>>536628891
you should ask Steph

>>536634997
>You always run separate groups for newcomers and longtime fans to compare perspectives. That's the whole point.
That brought us to the shitshow that was DE, focus groups are a part of the problem here. You can't have a good LiS game with those, because the real core appeal of that story was it being not afraid to be bold and go places (the first LiS), and it was made by creative people who had a clear idea for a story. You can't replace that with randos on a focus group, because you won't never make something that will stick around on its own term because they are lead by spineless and gutless executives who have no clue how to handle LiS and its characters.

>>536638754
>the real core appeal of that story was it being not afraid to be bold and go places and it was made by creative people who had a clear idea for a story
LiS2 fits that description, but it flopped

>>536639458
Because it took a lot of risks and while they did not pay off, the game is slowly being reappreciated for its political themes becoming increasingly relevant, the ending actually having multiple choices carrying over from the game course, lots of details ect... this argument is garbage because movies like Blade Runner were a flop on relase but slowly became a cult classic, or Alan Wake who underperformed at relase but got carried over by its fanbase over the years.

DE was a flop, but all the risk it took was rehashing the original story by bringing back Max and trying to soft reboot her world and character, shitting on the previous game choices and generally being poorly made. Completely different from what LiS2 did.

Little more hellish than hella lately.

Bumpu

What was his name that reddit mod who was a d9 dev? He claimed there would be a huge turnaround on discord when the next game came out.

I wonder what ladydev isn't telling us. She's been silent on plot details. She was let go 2 years ago so de was likely about finished from what the 2022 leaks said about the ending of the game being rushed

Ladydev may know some plot details shes choosing not to reveal. With Rihanna having a leading role still not announced im very curious on if ladydev is intentionally making things worse for d9. Its clear she wants the company to sink. And if ladydev is that Twitter dev who same day ladydev posted announced to everyone the game was about moving on from chloe...

Is anyone a little suspicious of her? We have no reason to doubt her. Im just sus on what shes hiding because if Rihanna was back as chloe she'd know that

>>536662067
What Im saying is i think she cares more about hurting d9 than fans

>>536649679
How the fuck do you get lost on the 101?

>When the small side character mogs the actual romance options presented in the game.

Are Deck Nine stupid?

>>536662067
>What was his name that reddit mod who was a d9 dev?
Philip Spear aka ThreadsOfFate, he changed name at the account last minute before leaving the server but the messages are still there, some anon was able to track them all down. He also said some stuff that in hindsight were quite telling on how the team at D9 viewed the story of DE and Chloe, but if the "huge turnaround" they claim is like a less than five minutes final cameo of Chloe then it's not going to change opinion on people that much

>>536662297
It's not like D9 are making thing easier, just look at their Glassdoor reviews of those two last years. But I doubt ladydev is Mallory

>>536665995
I'm actually surprised that more people aren't interested in what he said. Because both on reddit and discord he said some things that should give no Chloe fan hope. It was very much the party line of people change and breakup. Amanda is great. He was a mod for such a long time too.

>>536669590
Do you have the collection of what he said?

>>536664050
Riley is peak pretty, but she doesn't mog Steph by any measure.

Where would you rather live?
Arcadia Bay
Away
Haven Springs
Lakeport

>>536678207
Lakeport

>>536678207
Arcadia Bay, no question

Haven Springs comes across as a fake tv sets and it kills the mood that a reallife mountain town could have. Lakeport is just bland set dressing

>>536678207
Arcadia Bay if it's still exists.
Away if it got destroyed

>>536678207
Haven unfortunately exists in one of the most insufferable states in the country.

>>536678207
Lakeport
>>536680282
Funny how both AB and Lakeport are basically based on real places, but somehow one's praised and the other's just another excuse to cry

>>536678207
Haven Springs without a doubt. Better quality of living town than AB and probably cheaper too. Mountains are also more my speed than the coast.

>>536681440
>cheaper
Colorado is ridiculously expensive to live in. Worse than rural Oregon.

>>536678207
Give me Arcadia. PNW is so obscenely beautiful.

>>536681792
I meant in comparison to coastal Oregon. It's a toss-up with Arcadia Bay kind of in deterioration but considering the Academy and the Prescotts trying to drive up value I'd bet it's more expensive than an otherwise unremarkable mining town.

>>536681298
Because one its significantly better designed, its immediatly iconic and feel like a live breathing place. Lakeport is a nothingburger of a location, just saying

>>536681298
Pacific Northwest has more charm and natural beauty than New England.

>>536683221
I'm on the other side, but it's all down to personal taste, I guess

>>536682441
>>536681792
Every state is expensive to live in now except for the actual third world shit holes like Mississippi and Alabama.

bumpu

>>536664050
>the small side character mogs the actual romance options
Based
>>536669590
>Amanda is great
Based

>>536678207
Seattle in the 90's

bumpu

>Wants to broaden the topic the general's about
>But also won't post anything on-topic, just keeps spamming his babyspeak
Actual insanity

bumpu

>>536704510
That person seriously needs psychiatric help

bumpu

>>536726403
Controversial, but I like the ending with just Nora and Swann the best.
I think it really balances out the sweet and the bitter the best. Plus for a Snora path, it just seems like such a nice little coda to that relationship.

same schizo samefag lr-routine above

>>536726765
I agree.
Autumn felt like she didn't really want to be there the more the present day Story went on.

>>536726765
I can see why it work well that way, Nora and Swann do have great chemistry during the game and they go pretty well together

>>536731135
To me it feels like she does not want to be there during the '95 sections. She has a problem with everything the group is doing and is just generally not a good fit with the vibe of the coven.
In the '22, Autumn is much more likable. But she feels like a third wheel basically as soon as Nora shows up.
>>536731395
Nora and Swann have amazing chemistry. It was the real heart of the game to me.
Snora has to be the dev intended romance, since none of the other girls have that sort of energy with Swann.
Fingers crossed for some official Snora merch in time for the holidays.

bumpu

bumpu

>>536734751
Not bad Mazzu

bumpu

>>536761995
Let it go, friend. It's time.

Doesn't even have to let it go. Just post a fucking image, because at this point I'm starting to believe you're a spambot.

>>536765226
thick thighs save lives

>>536766982
Now lets see Swann's swans

>>536767313
There's a difference between Alex's Thicc and Swann's obese.

>>536767313
Swann needs ozempic

>swann is a fat max
>dylan and kat look like rat faced rachels
DN was lazy as fuck making flop records designs

>>536767313
I'd love to see those

>>536768167
>rat faced
There's nothing wrong with Dylan, you are just conditioned to jerk off at anime chicks and Blender porn

>>536769625
Based Architect

Architect posting exists outside /tv/?

The eternal question. Bay or Bae, and why?

>>536780127
always

>>536784051
Bae, always. Let the system die and reborn again

>>536784051
They both have their pros and cons. Bay ending is better written and feels more “complete”, but Bae also is quite emotional and complex, you’re sacrificing everyone to save the person you’ve grown the closest to. However, looking at how Chloe and Max’s relationship ended, it makes you wonder was it worth it.

>>536786016
>However, looking at how Chloe and Max’s relationship ended, it makes you wonder was it worth it
Deck Nine is not canon, they pulled a lot of inconsistencies and retcons to make that breakup work out.

But with Dontnod, much like for LiS2 and the way it handle the endings, if you choose to save Chloe, both the two girls move along together despite the trauma. They visit New York and other cities, rebound their relationship with David as both him and Chloe have changed a lot from the toxic persons they used to be. Its bittersweet but hopeful, and regardless if is love or friendship Max and Chloe endure with each other.

>>536786864
>they pulled a lot of inconsistencies and retcons to make that breakup work out.
Nta but while you would never be able to understand, two people going through a traumatic experience often do end up breaking up or having issues due to the trauma especially if it happened when you both were young teens
>not canon
Cope and seethe, Pricefield itself was never confirmed canon as its optional

Tell those same people that college flings never last and Amanda's as good as dumped, though, and watch them shriek like you stole their kidney straight out of their body.

>>536787368
>cope and seethe
>muh emotional trauma

Dude, the one who's coping is you. I gave you a perfectly valid explaination in how Dontnod handle their endings and relationships; in LiS2, if you have a low bond with Daniel, you have two endings in which the brothers part away, but if have good bond you can have an ending in which you two escape to Mexico and live in peace, which also come with a lot of trauma and hard ship. However they endure together, and same for Max and Chloe.

If you choose the ending in which Chloe dies, she's dead and Max moves on, if you save her, both her and Max move along as they both share the same trauma of the storm but they don't get bogged by it, and they even make peace with David in a nice way. You don't choose an ending just to have that be undone in a very petty way by writers who never worked on the original game or understood the characters

>>536784051
Bae only if you really like Chloe/Close Friend or Family Member. If you don't have the emotional baggage Max has and guilt for "abandoning" Chloe, then maybe not. Le trolley problem aside, saving an entire town is always the moral choice.

Bay because if you saved Kate, she's guaranteed to live. Also Chloe's "sacrifice", for lack of a better word, betters the town as well by getting Jefferson arrested and loosening, maybe even destroying, the Prescott's influence over the town. Max gets to move on with her life.

Ultimately, both endings are moot since we don't really know what caused the storm.

>>536788939
>Le trolley problem aside, saving an entire town is always the moral choice
Not really, in case of catastrophe many people would prioritize saving their closely ones than a whole town of people you don't know

>>536788939
>we don't really know what caused the storm.
Did you play the game with your eyes closed? Max stopping Chloe’s death caused the storm, that’s why the ending was you either sacrifice Chloe and stop the storm and save the town or you let Chloe live but the storm happens and destroys the town

>>536734751
joshua will lose his snort lines, izzy will go in stripclubs again, lucy will go back to being a youtuber, ria will refuge in japan again, truly cannot wait!

>>536788939
>and loosening, maybe even destroying, the Prescott's influence over the town.
LiS2 confirms the opposite is true. The town is dying a slow, choking death, and Nathan got off scot-free. Obviously you're weighing it against many deaths from the Storm, but if you want to Prescotts defeated and the town able to rebuild free of them Bae is the decision to take.

>>536789845
Except the game itself contradicts this multiple times, and you have to rely on metaknowledge to be certain of that. If you go off the clues you find in the game, Max is the LEAST likely source of the Storm of any possible culprit.

>>536788306
Giving perfectly valid reasons to someone who argues in bad faith is not a very clever thing to do

>>536788306
>if you save her, both her and Max move along as they both share the same trauma of the storm but they don't get bogged by it, and they even make peace with David in a nice way.
That's one way to look at it. Another would be because they don't know how to deal with the trauma. They ascribe this guilt and trauma to something they had no way of controlling. They're constantly on the move and running away from the past instead of confronting it. They don't know anything else and even Michel attests to that; they're each other's emotional doormats.

>>536790138
Nathan is still imprisoned and in the other ending the town is abandoned.

>>536790272
How so? Please explain

>>536790138
This, Bay only delays for like a week the inevitable downfall of the town, while if you choose Bae you can end its suffering once and for all to restart brand new

>>536790645
>They don't know anything else and even Michel attests to that; they're each other's emotional doormats.
Michel only says its hard but they have each other and thats what help them, and David points out how they are doing more progress together than him in Arizona. A good story who follow this premise would be something like Max and Chloe finally returning back to Arcadia Bay, finally accepting what happened and healed after a long while

>>536790272
>Max is the LEAST likely source of the Storm of any possible culprit.
Then why is one of the literal endings of the game “let Chloe die so the storm will stop”

>>536790651
>Max sees the Storm before ever using her powers, which indicates it is already manifesting
>You find multiple messages in Nathan's possession from his father clearly showing the Prescotts have known about the Storm for many generations and have been preparing for its arrival
>Samuel and the teacher's dialogue hints there is a connection between the native tribe and the Storm
>There's even a couple believable hints Rachel is tied to it

>>536791720
>Then why is one of the literal endings of the game “let Chloe die so the storm will stop”
Because the final episode was rewritten last minute to change the final antagonist, write out Sean Prescott, and change both the source of the Storm and the final choice to make becoming Bay or Bae.

>>536788064
The whole Amanda thing is so forced that even the fans of the game notice

>>536792096
Source? Or are you talking out your ass like usual

>>536792432
The only way you'd be asking that question is if you never even completed Episode 4.

>>536792432
I talk out of ROACHYL'S ASS as usual.

>>536792831
Episode 4 ended with Jefferson shooting Chloe and drugging Max, what the fuck are you on

>>536793086
>He only watched the clips
OH NO NO NO

>>536791908
The dead whales, and Rachel missing as well, in the wheelchair timeline can also be taken as a sign(s) that the storm is caused by something else. Though Max messing with the timeline could have accelerated it. I'm always thinking the storm is inevitable and everything that happened that week made it come sooner rather than later.

>>536793324
Plus, though this is more of a writing fumble, if you take Warren's theory on how time travel works at face value, and apply Chaos Theory to its function, its actually IMPOSSIBLE for Max to ever fix the timeline.

>>536790987
It's hard because I would assume they shut each other down when it comes to dealing with it but bit by bit they're lowering their guards or maybe not all. The idea that they can both cop out and blame one another for their lives or only holding on to each to other to make themselves feel less guilty is not something I like to think about much but they're not an uncommon thing in reality. I do agree they should return to Arcadia Bay, which the comics did well enough.

Where's the anon who said they talked with two people who went at the focus groups? Wonder what they feel about LadyDevs leaks and how they match to their supposed claims

>>536793189
I played the game shitter

>>536799391
If you did then you'd remember the preview for Episode 5 didn't represent the final product - by Michel and co's own admission many rewrites were happening all the way through development, including ultimately changing the intended ending for Episode 5. It's blatantly visible with the Prescotts losing prominence when they were being set-up as antagonists on the same level as Jefferson.

kek

>>536804812
The reduced role of the Prescott is noticeable, but I guess they also had to deal with budget constraints through any episodes and focalize on what they considered the best possible approach, focusing on Max and Chloe search for the truth, Rachel's mistery and the Dark Room

>>536805623
Kino, but Id like to see Max and Chloe kissing on Deck Nine's grave while burning a copy of DE2

>>536804812
NTA but asking someone to remember a preview from a decade ago is a bit crazy.

>>536807151
You literally see it by playing the game anon, it's part of completing Episode 4.

>>536809241
Baesed.

>>536809241
Its scarily impressive how on model the AI has managed to get considering the fitst attempts it made. Is this with Chat GPT or some other model? Would be cool if it can make a DE style 29 year old Chloe

>>536795150
>LadyDevs leaks
She basically didn't say anything new, just confirmed again that the game was in development

>>536810621
She also said D9 is one foot on the grave and pretty much lost the LiS contract going foward, thats quite new

>>536807235
Still, remembering every single detail is a bit of an absurd act especially if it’s been a while since playing.

>>536811996
Anon not remembering what happened in the games while trying to pick a fight over what happened in the games is nobody's fault but his own.

>>536809494
>Is this with Chat GPT or some other model?
that's the new gemini model that dropped today, yeah it's pretty fucking scary

>>536811414
Well, if you've been asleep for the past eight months, then yeah, I guess it's new

>>536812341
I mean, they said how episode 4 ended. You said a preview which again is ridiculous to expect people to remember after a decade.

>>536815326
You literally see it as part of playing the game, anon. It was part of the experience of playing it. This reaction, and the other anon's, makes as little sense as if he'd gone "What the fuck is 'go fuck your selfie'? Quit making up fake quotes, idiot."

It was an unavoidable part of playing the game, acting like it's insane to be remember what happened in the game when talking about it is clown shit.

>>536815632
A trailer for the next episode is not the same as episode content. And again, it’s absurd to expect people to remember things a decade later. I only played TC once and that game was released in 2021 and I can barely remember what happened, granted it was boring and didn’t have much of a plot, but still.

>>536816215
>A trailer for the next episode is not the same as episode content.
You are SHOWN IT the second the episode's gameplay ends. You are just making yourself sound like more of a fucking idiot every time you double down on the argument of
>Why did you expect me to absorb information bro I was just drooling in front of a screen

>>536816430
Are you not getting the fucking point? How do you expect people to remember every detail from a game they may not have played in over a decade?

>>536817975
>How do you expect people to remember every detail from a game they may not have played in over a decade?
If you're gonna get into an argument about what happened in the games? YES. I FUCKING DO. You illiterate, belligerent, moron.

>>536818056
Do you actually remember a trailer from a decade ago? Holy fuck you are purposely missing the point.

>>536820178
It's not a trailer you FUCKING MORON. It was IN. THE. GAME. People in THESE FUCKING THREADS talked about it constantly theorizing about it. At this point I don't think YOU played the game.

>>536820290
YOU SAID A PREVIEW FOR EPISODE 5. Your words. >>536804812 A preview is not the same as game content. You are so fucking stupid it’s unbelievable.

>>536820587
The preview ROLLS AS PART OF PLAYING THE GAME, you moron. This is the same shit every Telltale Game did too to advertise the upcoming chapter after you finished the one you were on. You didn't just not play Life is Strange, you didn't play a single fucking game in the GENRE?

>>536820721
I played the game, sorry for not remembering a PREVIEW that was in a DECADE OLD GAME. I could tell you the entire plot of the game without remembering a goddamn trailer and I’m obviously not the only person who didn’t remember it. If you’re actually equating someone not playing the game with not remembering a trailer, you seriously need your head checked.

>>536820976
You're the one losing his absolute goddamn mind that he tried to nitpick the content of a game and found out he just didn't fucking remember what happened.

This is one of the stupidest arguments I’ve seen here and I’ve watching shitfielders crash out for almost a year

bumpu

bumpu

What a mess of a thread. It's all just doomposters, falseflaggers, /v/fags, and one of the old OPs went full schizo and is actively one of the worst parts of the thread while telling himself he's preserving it. Really glad I stopped coming here so much; my love for the series is a lot healthier just staying away from this place these days.

>>536838573
Never a dull day in here

>>536792432
He's making it up. Koch said the ending choice Bae/Bay is the first thing they thought up and they wrote the story backwards from it.

bumpu

>>536840017
He said he would never choose sacrifice AB ending himself

>>536846373
Yes, but he also made sure to respect Max and Chloe and the Bae ending in LiS2, because he knows his audience and didn't want to continue their story

bumpu

>>536847131
>respect the Bae ending in LiS2
You've got no clue what it even means, but sure, I get what you're hinting at. Too bad he already said he meant something totally different
>he knows his audience
Yeah, too bad his audience never got him - still doesn't, just like in the example above - and already ditched him back in LiS2. The same LiS2 they only bring up when they need to justify their headcanon somehow

The troll really is a salty one, using Michel as a tool when it suits them and acting like they are the only one who got LiS. Calm your nerves and touch grass, insecure lil bitch

>>536813492
Be prepared because DE2 will have a tons of AI generated painting crap in it

It's almost nostalgic watching Schizo argue with itself again. It's been a while.

>>536858704
>It's been a while
Literally yesterday. She was faking an LR discussion.

>>536854967
You could see he appreciated that LiS2 got at least some redemption after everything that happened

>>536838573
DE mindbroke this general

>>536860684
only pricefielders

>>536859637
>faking
Anon, I know you are eternally seething but the truth is that theres more than one LR anon which you might found shocking but its true

>>536860250
Nobody at the time expected Dontnod to go as far as it did, even if the devs made many times clear they wanted an anthological approach with different characters and locations, saying Max and Chloe story was over. and it was kind of a cold shower to be as bold as it was. Not like politics weren't part of the core identity as of LiS1, but the presentation and the road trip format is what discouraged many people to try it in the first place. Unironically it had way more effort and replay value than any of the D9 games, on top of still being as relevant as it was

>>536860684
The bar was already ass, DE just brought in persistent shitposters with no care for the series

>>536864757
>the truth is that theres more than one LR anon which you might found shocking but its true
So many fans they couldn’t even make their general last over 100 posts!

>>536846373
Source?

>>536870848
yeah, very das

>>536893080
Kek

>>536893080
Need a Maxover too

Is the post on /v/ today any good?

>>536902926
/v/ cross posters killed this general.
Our golden age was when we were an extension of tumblr, not /v/.

>>536902926
You get better discussion there that's for sure

>>536904478
>extension of tumblr
No wonder this place is cancer.

>>536905520
It was the golden age. The more like the remainder of 4chan we got (mostly thanks to DE tourists), the worse this general has become.

>>536906938
spamming recycled fanart for years on end is not a golden age