Madam Drrrrector @ 21/8/2018 16:24

Josh @ 20/8/2018 22:17 Felt like I was watching the Sia music video for Titanium you say that like its a bad thing but ya the trailer didn't have the same IMPACT I was hoping for but i'm still hyped

Not a bad thing at all! Sia's impact is growing wider and wider every day.

The gameplay video was very good. I'm already traumatized.

First episode is out. They did that.

ooooooo

Curtis @ 26/9/2018 17:25

ooooooo

It's really good. Better than LIS1E1

Oh snap

I’ll prob play Sunday

I've heard this one has a lot of political undertones. A lot of the negative reviews say the voice acting isn't great and the storyline is meh. But there are plenty more positive reviews. Worried about the political stuff, though.

Bryce @ 30/9/2018 16:53

I've heard this one has a lot of political undertones. A lot of the negative reviews say the voice acting isn't great and the storyline is meh. But there are plenty more positive reviews. Worried about the political stuff, though.

Eh. Not really. There is racism. And the whole storyline does revolve around a police shooting which can certainly be political but really shouldn't be.

Anyway, I just finished. I would HONESTLY say I enjoyed this more than both premiers in BTS and LIS1. I was skeptical of the new storyline and characters but I thought it was great. I really, really liked this a lot. And I cannot wait for more to come out.

Choice & Thoughts

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- Gave the candy bar to Esteban. This was a cute scene (: - Lied to Esteban. I REGRETTED this a lot especially since Esteban was so open minded about us experimenting with alcohol, sex and weed. IF ONLY WE COULD REWIND! - Hugged Esteban, why the fuck wouldn't you!? Man I bet people who didn't felt like shit after he died! - Didn't steal money from the jar. I... think I actually missed this opportunity completely. I would not have stolen from it regardless. - Confronted Brett. Fuck that guy! Just throw it in the washer you little bitch. - Didn't steal from the car. Come on, dude. What's the #1 rule we've learned from the past in choice matters games? DON'T STEAL FROM CARS! - I begged for food. I kinda didn't want to but I almost always exhaust all the conversation trees so I just ended up doing it. Knew they probably wouldn't help. - Did NOT steal from the gas station. That made the interaction with the old dude even more infuriating. - I DID knock out and steal camping gear afterwards. Did not feel bad about this whatsoever. He fucking kidnapped and assaulted us!!! Fuck his business. - I DID call Lyla back. I made a promise to her in the beginning of the game we'd be friends forever. I felt like Sean needed to at least have some closure with her before he tossed his phone in the ocean as there is a very real possibility he'll never see her again. - Promised Daniel I wouldn't lie again - Taught Daniel about trailblazing... I guess? I don't remember this. I remember Sean constantly saying he learned about it from Esteban when he was 8 but never really explaining it at all. This is probably going to be important later on so good! Too bad for the 2% that didn't, Daniel's gonna get lost and die. - Daniel didn't fall down in the woods. Okay. - Daniel didn't learn how to skip stones. I was waiting for this scene!!! Oh well. - Daniel collected firewood. Cool. - Daniel won the wood race. He sure did. - Daniel didn't beg for food. Hey, we covered this already! - Daniel had an OK night sleep. - Daniel wasn't mad at me in the woods. - Daniel didn't have enough to eat. This... doesn't surprise me (: I really regret buying him that candy bar. I ended up putting a loaf of bread back so I could keep that promise to him that I'd get him one. - Daniel didn't distract Doris. I didn't steal, so. - Daniel stole from Brody. Yeaaaah, I had a feeling he would do something like that when I stole from the old racist dude but whatever. - Daniel did not get a bear toy. Fuck that machine, I wasted $2 on it! Had a feeling it was just a money eater so I didn't dare try again. OKAY, THOUGHTS. First of all I will say that the idea of a LIS game being more isolated and out in the wild is kind of weird, as to me one of the best things about this game is the characters you meet and how your dialogue/actions affect their lives just as much as yours. I was very excited about the party and was super bummed when the plot dump with the cops happened before it as I was really looking forward to meeting all these characters Sean was texting on his phone. The only character you really get to meet besides Esteban and Lyla is Brody, who we will likely never see again. That said! I did enjoy this a lot. I really liked the camping portion. And in games like this, I always enjoy the feeling of having to take care of not just yourself but a very vulnerable companion as well. It makes the decision making much more challenging as your actions will effect how he goes on with his life. For instance, stealing from the old dude will make Daniel steal from someone who isn't an asshole because he can't tell the difference in situations. The one part I hated was the gas station scene with the racist guy. This felt super super forced and kind of unnecessary. Especially the "build the wall!" shit. I mean these type of people exist, obviously. But is a guy who has a big plague in his office and award for being the best and friendliest gas station in the county going to fucking ATTACK an underage minority and then handcuff them to his office? Bleh. I don't mind racism in games. Fuck, I've been replaying Mafia III for a bit before I played this today, which I adore and is almost 100% about racism. But this was overboard. Super excited to see what is to come. I'm very interested to see how Chris gets involved in all this. I don't think it will be like 400 days like Boc mentioned where he only has a brief cameo, I think him having powers similar to Daniel's will play a very important role later on. And he's in a similar situation with his dad that he might end up on the run as well.

Anyway play this if you haven't yet

Oh shiiiiit

I haven’t had time yet and it’s killing me

HMMMM. I think as a standalone ep this was p good/probably better than LIS ep 1, but at the same time I'm not sure I see this season topping that one (much less BTS). But WE'LL SEE!

Spoiler

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The overall concept of this season has potential and I guess I'm interested to see where it goes even if it seems much more aimless than S1 (but that's sort of the point). Sean/Daniel definitely doesn't seem like it'll be as impactful of a relationship as Max/Chloe but they're decent so far? Like KC said it's gonna be kind of weird not having a stable cast of side characters this season, assuming that the whole season actually is gonna be a road trip Much like LIS S1, the biggest weakness by far was the dialogue. It was definitely an improvement on the over-the-top cringiness of some of S1, but there was definitely some still there. But even "slang" aside, the politics shit was...very hit-and-miss. Mostly miss. I didn't mind them tackling those topics but they did it in the most hamfisted way possible really. I really just wish Dontnod could've handed off the writing duties to Deck Nine (the studio that made BTS) again - Kept the candy bar. Didn't feel like picking sides, plus I played Sean as kind of a dick towards his family in the first part - Lied to Esteban. Similar to KC, I thought I'd get in trouble otherwise (: - Hugged Estaban. ofc - Didn't steal money from the jar. THOUGHT ABOUT IT, but didn't want to be THAT much of a dick. Plus I felt like Sean was already bringing enough stuff to the party at that point anyway - Questioned Daniel. I wanted to hear both sides before jumping to conclusions okay! It ended up a little more aggressive than I was hoping - Stole from the car. I learned NOTHING from TWD! - Begged for food. I went through a few of the other options first and found it funny how aggressive the family was already being towards me so I kinda just wanted to see what'd happen. Apparently if you send Daniel it actually works tho, HMMMM - Didn't steal from the gas station. I actually kinda wanted to but the option went away after I interrupted Daniel/the shopkeeper's conversation - Hit Hank and stole the camping gear. Deliberated for a bit with this just cuz I knew how it'd look to Daniel (and to a lesser extent how Hank will prob feel vindicated), but fuck that guy. Plus it's almost a matter of survival at that point, if we don't have camping gear we're prob fucked. I have no idea how they're meant to lug a fucking tent around with them but I guess that's the magic of bottomless pockets in these games - Didn't call Lyla back. OOC I wanted to just to hear how the scene would go, but in-character that felt like a terrible decision with the HUNT heating up - Promised Daniel I won't lie again (I probably will) - Taught Daniel about trailblazing AKA I happened to click on some trees on our path - Daniel didn't fall down in the woods. Nice! - Daniel built a fort. Figured I'd give him that job for his Minecraft outlet - We didn't do the "wood race" (?) - Daniel didn't learn how to skip stones. I gave him like THREE tries and he still wasn't getting it. I wasn't gonna give him ALL NIGHT! - Daniel didn't get mad. Good - Daniel had an OK night - Daniel didn't have to beg - Daniel didn't distract the shopkeeper - Daniel didn't have enough to eat (????????? WHAT) - Daniel got a Power Bear toy! Spent like $3 out of my $10 on that shit. WORTH - Daniel stole something from Brody. Monkey see monkey do

https://www.pcgamer.com/life-is-strange-2-episode-2-is-coming-in-january/

o wow. Good I guess?

I mean... I guess?! It feels like forever since I played the first episode and another month and a half is going to be torture waiting.

Episode 2 is out and done!

Thots

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First of all, I'm not sure if it was a PS4 issue or not but man was this BUGGY as hell! There were times where characters would just completely vanish. Chris and Charles were invisible for the tree market portion. I also got STUCK inside the don't tread on me man after talking to him and had to reload the segment. Background characters were jumpy and glitchy, repeating lines over and over again. Mouths weren't moving during dialogue. Objects and shadows kept disappearing and reappearing. There were virtually no SOUND EFFECTS! Just music and dialogue. A bummer as this was a VERY GOOD episode and would have been even better if not for the frustrating glitchiness of it. Anyway, choices and thots after: SEAN: - I threw a snowball at Daniel and Mushroom because I'm an asshole apparently. - Scared the cougar off. Cougar was going off it's natural instincts. Also did not want to teach Daniel to kill in revenge. This was a VERY SAD scene. I absolutely knew something bad was going to happen as soon as I let Mushroom out and my heart sank when I saw her corpse laying there in the snow. My dogs were right next to me when I was playing this and I held them both tight ;___; I hate pet death scenes in games. Fuck. - Prayed with Claire and Daniel. Because I'm nice apparently! I get stuck in situations like these all the time irl and I just go with it to be respectful as I was here. - Told Stephen the truth. I trusted Claire and Stephen and honestly didn't see a big harm in confiding with either about Daniel. - I did the extra chores. - I told Daniel he did the right thing by saving Chris. - Did not call Lyla. Maybe I would have done this if I hadn't already when I threw my phone in the ocean. But it would have been very unnecessary here. - Did not use Stephen's laptop. Logging into social media while on the run sounds incredibly risky (: Didn't see the point. - Didn't gain Chris' trust. I guess because I got the heroes/villains wrong? I may have done well at that if it hasn't been like 6 months since I played Captain Spirit (: - Told Daniel to hide his secret from Chris. I... kinda regretted this immediately. - Listened to Cassidy's song. Also tipped her! Surprised that wasn't a choice nor did it spring any dialogue from doing so for some reason. Hope we see her again, even if it would be extremely nonsensical. - Drew zombies for Chris. Alright. - I bought Daniel the little polar bear sitting on the lawn chair toy that was like $7. - Did not talk to Charles about his problems. I attempted to but evidently didn't do enough. - Let Daniel use his powers to get Stephen free. Stephen already knew about Daniel's powers anyway and I knew it would probably be p bad if we didn't. Also it was pretty obvious this was the last time we'd see them anyway. - Cop chased us and hit Chris. Man, this made me feel really bad that this was not linear! I knew the Daniel/Chris decision was a mistake. DANIEL: - Daniel did not continue to swear. I knew this would probably be a bad idea so I curbed it (: - Daniel won the dice game without cheating. - Daniel did not kill the cougar. - Daniel was not able to bury Mushroom, I guess because of the above. :( - Daniel agreed to pray. - Daniel tidied the room. - Daniel was not asked to tell Chris the truth. - Daniel repressed his power. - Daniel did not save Chris. - Daniel blamed me for Chris getting hurt. - Daniel was too upset to enjoy his gift. -------- As I mentioned a few times, this was a pretty sad episode overall. As soon as we got Mushroom last episode, I knew something bad was probably going to happen to her as surviving with a pet would be extremely difficult. It happening so early as well really kind of killed my mood. The Chris stuff was also a gigantic bummer. I definitely saw something like that happening as soon as I made the decision to have Daniel continue lying to him. The game definitely teaches you to be truthful and honest as it seems lying and stealing does absolutely horrible things to you so far. Getting to meet a lot of new characters was a good contrast to the first episode which was almost entirely isolated. Cassidy and Finn was a fun little scene, I enjoyed the feeling of shelter with the grandparents, learning more about our mother which was extremely vague in the first episode and Chris returning were all very great. Again, the one thing I really didn't enjoy was the stupid character at the tree market who went on a political rant about snowflakes and people leeching off the government. I'm still not quite sure why they feel it's necessary to shoehorn these antagonistic political characters to the game when it adds nothing to it. There was no reason for that guy to be a character. Despite that and the glitches I mentioned above, this was very great. I think any other game, I would have had to take a break due to some of the brokenness but the story kept me enthralled enough to keep going. I can't wait to continue.

Oh I forgot this came out

Now I wanna play but I gotta work in 30 mins