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I know you have to have the Deluxe edition to get it but does it install automatically or is it a seperate download you need to purchase like the previous episodes? Seems weird to wait until launch day to release the trailer but it does seem to confirm that the intial suspicion of it taking place just before Max left for Seattle was correct. Larryb fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Mar 5, 2018 |
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Explains at least why the autosave icon was a cassette tape.
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Mar 5, 2018 17:28
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I'm getting a hard lock like ten minutes in at the same point. It's frustrating!
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Mar 5, 2018 17:30
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I just downloaded Farewell but it's nowhere to be found on the menu...
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Mar 5, 2018 17:30
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If you're playing on PS4 then you have to go to the store, select BtS Episode 1, then scroll to the drop-down menus with add-ons. Farewell should be there. It's hella dumb but that's the way Sony manages a lot of their DLC content.
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exquisite tea posted:If you're playing on PS4 then you have to go to the store, select BtS Episode 1, then scroll to the drop-down menus with add-ons. Farewell should be there. It's hella dumb but that's the way Sony manages a lot of their DLC content. Once it's downloaded do you access it from the main episode select screen or is it somewhere on the main menu (like the extras section or something) instead?
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Mar 5, 2018 17:43
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Thanks, Exquisite Tea! You're a life-saver!
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Mar 5, 2018 17:43
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The mysterious non-interactive door in Chloe's house is finally able to be opened! All of Life is Strange's mysteries are finally being solved  edit: The timeframe of this game super doesn't make sense though Macaluso fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Mar 5, 2018 |
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Mar 5, 2018 17:45
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I uninstalled BtS after finishing it; do I have to reinstall the whole thing? And on that note, holey moley, 21 GB? That cannot possibly be right; I swear it was a lot smaller than that the first time I installed it.
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Argue posted:I uninstalled BtS after finishing it; do I have to reinstall the whole thing? And on that note, holey moley, 21 GB? That cannot possibly be right; I swear it was a lot smaller than that the first time I installed it. I'm not completely sure on this but I think all you really need to play it is Episode 1 and the Deluxe upgrade. Macaluso posted:The mysterious non-interactive door in Chloe's house is finally able to be opened! All of Life is Strange's mysteries are finally being solved So when exactly does this episide take place? The Deluxe edition trailer from a while back mentioned July 28, 2007 but at the end of the trailer that just dropped Max mentions something about moving to Seattle soon. Also, is there a new collection of optional photos Max can take? Larryb fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Mar 5, 2018 |
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Mar 5, 2018 18:18
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Larryb posted:I'm not completely sure on this but I think all you really need to play it is Episode 1 and the Deluxe upgrade. It takes place literally 3 days before Max moves to Seattle. You see "2008" everywhere. I dunno why the trailer made it seem like it was earlier. That episode is very very short. Even with looking around at everything, I finished it in about an hour, hour and a half. Usually with all the things to look at and read the episode take about 3 hours. And obviously it ends on a huge downer. It's kind of sad how the universe just kind of... hates Chloe? Like at some point the universe was like "She's had a good run for like 13 years (or however old they are here) time to ruin it"
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So in other words, my initial theory about this game was right, good to know. So does that mean there's not extra stuff like photos/graffiti like there was in the previous episodes then? Also, does anyone else show up during the episode or is it mostly just Max and Chloe? Finally, is there even a choice of some kind at the end or is there only just one ending?
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Mar 5, 2018 18:52
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That was really bitter sweet. But seriously, whose parents force their kid to move away literally directly after her best friend's dad's funeral? That's just seriously bad timing. I enjoyed it though. It was just a nice little full stop on the story. I could see the twist coming pretty early and I was glad that Chloe took the whole moving to Seattle thing pretty well.
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Larryb posted:So in other words, my initial theory about this game was right, good to know. So does that mean there's not extra stuff like photos/graffiti like there was in the previous episodes then? There are four pictures you can take but they're telegraphed pretty hard
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EvilHawk posted:That was really bitter sweet. But seriously, whose parents force their kid to move away literally directly after her best friend's dad's funeral? That's just seriously bad timing. The gently caress do you want them to do? Like they almost 100% certainly had sold their house/let their lease run out and already got a new place in Seattle. Just like "Hey, live on the streets kid, sorry about your friends dad!"?
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EvilHawk posted:That was really bitter sweet. But seriously, whose parents force their kid to move away literally directly after her best friend's dad's funeral? That's just seriously bad timing. To be fair, it always seemed like Chloe was more upset about Max falling out of contact with her than with the move itself. Which is understandable as moving away in and of itself wasn't Max's fault, just poor timing on the part of her family. Larryb fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Mar 5, 2018 |
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Mar 5, 2018 19:07
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5 years of not speaking to someone after leaving that tape. gently caress you Max.
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Larryb posted:To be fair, it always seemed like Chloe was more upset about Max falling out of contact with her than with the move itself. Which is understandable as moving away in and of itself wasn't Max's fault, just poor timing on the part of her family. Yeah I dunno, I just felt like it was going to totally blow up. I wonder what happens if you just don't tell Chloe - does she throw it back at you? Paul Zuvella posted:The gently caress do you want them to do? Like they almost 100% certainly had sold their house/let their lease run out and already got a new place in Seattle. Just like "Hey, live on the streets kid, sorry about your friends dad!"? Maybe wait until after your daughter's best friend puts her dad in the ground. An extra hour or two couldn't have hurt.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:5 years of not speaking to someone after leaving that tape. gently caress you Max. Yeah the prequel stuff has done a good job of making Max out to be kind of an rear end in a top hat. I mean they're young and I get it, but this episode furthered the idea even more that Chloe is INCREDIBLY sentimental and very loyal to her friends. And Max just isn't. And the first Life is Strange almost feels like she's trying to atone for ditching Chloe to the degree she does.
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EvilHawk posted:Yeah I dunno, I just felt like it was going to totally blow up. I wonder what happens if you just don't tell Chloe - does she throw it back at you? If you don't tell Chloe they talk about building a hideout instead and then in the ending the tape Chloe finds is different (Max just explains everything then and there). The final shot is still the same though (Chloe crying in her room clutching the tape recorder). Finally got around to playing this and it was pretty good overall (a bit short but that's to be expected), it's kind of weird that there isn't even a journal to look at though. While I liked most of the actors in BtS it was still great to hear Burch and Telle again (speaking of which, was that William's original VA on the tapes they listened to?). Also, even if it doesn't last it's nice to see Chloe happy for once. But all the same it seems appropriate to end Chloe and Max's story by showing us the day all their troubles really began. I'm going to miss these characters but I'm also looking forward to seeing what DontNod has in store for LiS 2 (which I'm still hoping we see something about at this years E3). edit: Also be sure to look at the concert tickets at the beginning, Chloe winds up doing a variation of Max's penguin dance from LiS (and Max has the option of doing an air guitar). Larryb fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Mar 5, 2018 |
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 Well, that was such a beautifully bittersweet ending. I guess the fact that Max mentions that pile of clothes was an excuse for her & Chloe to dress up earlier in the day should have be the first clue. I was slightly confused when I saw the photo on the side, but when Joyce came in the door at the end... I guess Chloe probably figured Max/future Max's breakdown after correcting the timeline in episode 4 was due to the impending move. I kind of fanatically took the chance to have Max in every potential photo (I don't know why, it's not like she would have jumped into them, since only the one in the kitchen was before William died - I guess so Bay Ending Max would be able remember them fondly). The fact there was a canonical photo of Max regardless (which was probably the setup for her selfie-obsession - sorry, couldn't resist) almost felt like it would be a setup for something if this wasn't the ending - and I guess beginning - of Max & Chloe's story. I may need to go and replay series 1. But I'm not sure, even doing it all over again, what ending I'll pick. I wish the hospital ending was an option, dammit.  At least that way Chloe & Max would have a chance at happiness without anybody else getting hurt.In non-spoilery news, do you think Chloe's shirt was a reference to Night In The Woods? It seemed to resemble Mae a bit. Also dammit, I know it's not gonna have Max or Chloe, but I can't wait until E3 for news on season 2. Hurry up and ruin me emotionally all over again, you heartless bastards! 
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Yvonmukluk posted:
I choose to believe so (I kind of consider that game to be something of an unofficial entry in the LiS franchise in some ways, there's a lot of similar themes). Also, god drat did that final scene hurt especially when Max promises in her message to write and even have Chloe visit at some point. As has been mentioned, while Max is a decent person she's still kind of a lovely friend and doesn't really start to get it until the events of the first game (where of course, she winds up going overboard and making things worse at times). Like I said, ending Chloe (and Max)'s story by showing the day everything started to fall apart is a nice way to bookend things. Also William dies and Max leaves all within a day or two from each other, followed by David entering the picture not long after and people in this series, including her own mother, still wonder why Chloe is so on edge all the time. That's just cruel. Get some rest old friends, it's someone else's turn to suffer now. Larryb fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Mar 5, 2018 |
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Larryb posted:I choose to believe so (I kind of consider that game to be something of an unofficial entry in the LiS franchise in some ways, there's a lot of similar themes). I hope anyone whoever gave Chloe poo poo for not wanting Max to take someone else's phone call feels incredibly awful yet again. And she even apologises 2 days later when she was perfectly justified. Chloe is a saint.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:And add dealing with classist bullying from both students and admin. It's been said, but this is why Chloe is ultimately the true hero of Life is Strange. She's the one who went through the most hardship but is also the one responsible for saving everyone in the end (even if only Max will ever know about it). A lesser person probably would have hurled themselves off a ledge or put a bullet in their skull a long time ago if they had to deal with even half the poo poo she's gone through. Remember, most of her punk persona is just an act to mask her own sense of loneliness and self-loathing. The real Chloe never fully disappeared though, she just got buried down and we still see glimpses of her throughout both games. Its telling that nearly everyone who makes an effort to look past the surface regarding Chloe generally winds up becoming her friend and even when some of those people wind up hurting her eventually (Max, Rachel), Chloe still remains loyal to the end. Despite her pretense, she's just a genuinely good person who the universe suddenly decided to start making GBS threads on relentlessly one day. Though like with Kate and others, Arcadia Bay just seems to at times be a place where the innocent suffer and the guilty seem to prosper (but to be fair, the latter only really make up a small percentage of the population). Larryb fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Mar 5, 2018 |
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One change I really liked that they made this episode was decoupling the dialogue from the camera changes in the, 'sit and ponder' sections. They always made me nervous I was missing dialogue if I got up too early before, now it's all right at the start and then a relaxing sit. They also had a bit better comedic timing, putting back the board game felt snappy.
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I made the most cowardly decisions possible and jeez, that last scene hurt. drat, Max. Couldn't have hurt her more if you tried. I don't remember if it's mentioned in the first game, but I finally realized that the photos hanging in Chloe's room were taken by Max which hit me kind of hard for some reason. Chloe really is loyal to a fault. Edit: Also, it's kind of messed up playing the game and seeing how vulnerable a state Chloe's in, and knowing what's to come. Seeing her playing as a pirate in the backyard was just... rough to watch. Renoistic fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Mar 5, 2018 |
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That email from William where he kindly tells Wells to gently caress off is great (though I see his habit of blaming Chloe for the actions of others stretches all the way back to the start of her time at Blackwell). Speaking of which, did William's original VA reprise his role for this episode as well?
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Mar 5, 2018 23:35
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They pretty much replaced everybody because of the voice actor's strike.
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UnknownMercenary posted:They pretty much replaced everybody because of the voice actor's strike. Oh sorry, I meant this episode specifically since Ashly Burch and Hannah Telle came back. While I think we should give these characters a break for a while it might be nice one day to do a BtS style game about Max in Seattle, if only to find out what happened to cause her to break her promise to Chloe. While it never explicitly vilifies her, this game doesn't really paint Max in the best light either. Larryb fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Mar 6, 2018 |
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I so totally called they were going to pull that ending months ago! Knew it! Fittingly it was the most Life is Strangey way they could have ended the series. This last episode really got to me. Six months ago I wasn't expecting to ever see another game set in Arcadia Bay again, was determined to hate BtS, and now I'm double sad that it's all over. I think I have to plan out some grand headcanonical run of the entire series so that I can finally put it to rest.
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Honestly it'd be more surprising if it didn't end in misery somehow given this series' track record. Related, the official blog has stated that DontNod will start releasing information about Season 2 in the coming months, which basically guarantees an E3 reveal. Arcadia Bay will be missed but I'm curious to see what they've got planned for the future as well (though like I've said, I wouldn't mind seeing Deck Nine take another crack at the franchise one day either). The lack of texts, a journal or even a screen at the end showing how your choices stack up to everyone else was kind of weird to be honest but it was still a fitting sendoff none the less and it was great hearing the old VA's again (though DeVries was still around for mo-cap work). Speaking of the latter, they still never fixed the glitch in Episode 3 where it shows 0% of people having played D&D with Mikey in the hospital. Larryb fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Mar 6, 2018 |
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Renoistic posted:
It was hard to watch the first time, but once you know that Chloe knew Max was leaving and "found" the tape to create a distraction it's even worse. It was a short episode, but definitely emotional. Wish they'd be more free with the skip dialogue feature. Sucks having to replay through the opening scene because the game crashed.
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One of the things I'm really glad BtS did was lower the stakes. Hopefully it gave DontNod some more freedom from people's expectations for the next game. But I really hope they've taken onboard some of the criticism of their contributing to the tragic queer couple cliche.
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I'm finding it really tough to accept that the end has finally happend. Coming back every few months to get more story from Arcadia Bay for years now, but no more.
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In retrospect, the final choice really should have had the standard large text and warping effect common to important choices in this series but I guess the fact that Chloe knew Max was leaving from the start probably mitigated it a bit. I hope DontNod takes careful note of what worked and didn't work in this game (and the original) and uses that knowledge to make LiS 2 even better. There's probably going to be little to no mention of the first game beyond maybe an Easter egg or two but honestly I'm fine with that, Chloe and Max's story is finished and it's time to move on. Who knows, maybe the new cast will wind up being great and then later we'll get a side game about one of them.
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As much as I love these characters, they certainly need to move on and have little to no reference of them in season 2. People will scrutinise them no matter what they do, but the focus needs to be on the new characters and story.
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In fact, I don't think they should even bring back the Rewind mechanic. That was kind of tied into Max's character so therefore the new protagonist needs a power more suited to them instead.
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Anyone else on PS4 having an issue starting Farewell? It's been downloaded and I see it on the episodes menu screen but it's showing "Purchase / Install" and I can't play it despite definitely having the deluxe upgrade. My PS Plus recently expired, but I don't think that should be an issue here. VVV Thanks! I manually downloaded it from the store, which did the trick. Kind of dumb that it wouldn't allow me to install it from the game menu. el oso fucked around with this message at 02:51 on Mar 6, 2018 |
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el oso posted:Anyone else on PS4 having an issue starting Farewell? It's been downloaded and I see it on the episodes menu screen but it's showing "Purchase / Install" and I can't play it despite definitely having the deluxe upgrade. Huh, I didn't have any issue with it. It's a separate thing from the update though so check the add-ons on the store page for Episode 1.
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