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What a fantastic start, this game was a pleasant surprise. It looked interesting from the previews but I wasn't sure what to expect. Great idea letting people try out the first one for $5, I'm hooked now.Sinners Sandwich posted:It's so weird I thought I was I liked explored everything possible and it's like I missed big scenes like
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Here's the soundtrack from the game, if you use Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/user/officiallifeisstrange/playlist/1f5ZzLDTXHTDR8CYIEddpW I didn't realize I liked the genre so much, I'm getting my indie on right now Current mood: hella hipster bro
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Nckdictator posted:Why was David harassing Kate ? Was it something meaningful or just him being a dick?
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Rincewind posted:This is so stupid. He's filming his family members without their knowledge or permission, taking weird pictures of teenage girls at his workplace, and he's physically abusing Chloe! Yeah, I'm sure he's really genuinely concerned about Chloe in his own way when he's slapping her in the face. It's for her own good!
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edit: oh weird, I probably have the details mixed up. It is weird that she didn't recognize his name, out of all the little clues lying around. That's what confirmed it for me, because it says his name right there in her journal!
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Kraps posted:Maybe it's because I missed talking to some of the people but it seemed to me that you only got extra dialogue, like about Rachel, if you used time reverse, in order to make people open up to Max. So hey the license plates in the parking lot all seem to be TV shows. I figured them all out except for one:  The X-Files  Twin Peaks  Twilight Zone The Sopranos  Six Feet Under  Quantum Leap Buffy the Vampire Slayer  Breaking Bad  Somebody loves their HBO shows. I have no idea what the last one is though. Bird Churches?
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Hannibal Smith posted:Looks like it's Broadchurch. I forgot the one I was most proud of figuring out  Carnivale
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PunkBoy posted:I doubt it was intentional, but I like how THXFLS could be seen as a double reference with X-Files and THX-1138. Because of course Warren's car would have layers of nerd meaning. Two more I missed. OK now I'm done (until the next episode anyway, can't wait for more hot license plate action)  Parks and Rec  No clue on this one.
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Oh nice, that makes sense. Yeah someone really likes their HBO shows.
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I think the dialogue works within the world, it's at least pretty consistent. It's broad strokes characterization in a lot of ways (again, why would they have full out dudebro football jocks in a small, exclusive art school?) but I know that's more for the purpose of establishing this stereotypical high school hierarchy and it doesn't bother me too much. It does have a little bit of a Veronica Mars thing where some of the high schoolers seem way smarter and adult than others, yet still act and talk like high schoolers most of the time, but it's not nearly as bad as in most TV shows and movies where they have 20+ year olds playing the parts. And apropos of nothing really, I was replaying the first episode and rewound so hard I apparently froze time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DpNzlG3ZXo
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Wow that was quick. I didn't expect it to come out a day earlier, that seems like a first. I don't know what happened with the whole idea of the pay as you go episodic gaming. Seems like a good idea to me, but then I don't know much about how that actually works out financially. I think they've found that the vast majority of sales come from season passes to the point where it's just not worth splitting up or something? I'm just glad you could buy episode 1 as a standalone, I was ready to have my hopes dashed but it really sold me on the series.
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Mar 24, 2015 03:16
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Anyone else notice (Nathan stuff) that he has some either really fresh or really nasty scratches on his face? That boy ain't right. I tell ya what. I'm starting to wonder how much of this is misdirection, because there is so much stacking up against him now it would be too obvious. Obviously he's a total poo poo, but how far does his part actually go?
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firestruck posted:He got those in episode one, Max scratched his face in the parking lot scuffle they had. 
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Mar 30, 2015 16:53
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Since it's slowed down a little again, time for some more hot license plate action. Looks like they've branched out from TV shows to movies though, which is totes cheating, and there aren't as many in this episode. Game is bullshit, zero stars. Donnie Darko  Groundhog Day  The Faculty The Killing  North By Northwest? That's really stretching it if so   No clue, this is on cool dude art teacher photography man's slick ride. Elephant Man? idk
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You running it through Steam? If so did you do the usual, verify integrity of game cache, and delete clientregistry.blob if that's still a fix that applies?Max posted:Probably just Elephant. It's from the same era as some of those other films.
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They've really picked up the slack for interactivity and exploration, Telltale's dropped that ball a while ago and doesn't look to be going back. I'm spending a few hours with each episode at this point, not counting the second playthrough I plan to do with alternate choices. Collecting the photos and the Gone Home style postcards and fliers and stuff adds a neat way to categorize all your wanderings.dmboogie posted:I wanna like Chloe, but gosdamn, girl, stop playing with guns! Why was there no "YOU loving SHOT YOURSELF, STOP PLAYING WITH GUNS" option? That and the fact that you couldn't avoid the standoff with shady dude were the only things that really annoyed me this episode. Dammit, Max, I know you're a doormat, but would it kill you to be just a tad more insistent on avoiding a completely unnecessary conflict?
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Apr 1, 2015 14:37
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Viridiant posted:Max gave Chloe the correct instructions on where to aim to break the bottles without missing on each and every shot, even with the trick shots. So from Chloe's perspective Max either has incredibly good judgement for other people aiming or she has powers. Plus the fireball when you shoot the gas tank looks pretty rad, I rewound that a few times in slow motion. The Unreal engine is being put to good use in this game.
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For the engine, I meant the look of the game. The art style makes good use of the engine, everything looks really rich and colorful, and you have some cool effects like the fireball. That's why I just called it a sort of puzzle, I thought it was a creative, if weird, way to give you some objectives. I like the way they've been doing stuff like this, its definitely a far sight more engaging than Telltales button mashing events sprinkled here and there.
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I agree on that, I think the fetch quest/hunt is the weakest part of the game so far. I can give them that though, and I didn't mind it much as I was going to explore the entire area anyway. Stuff like the diner exploration is where they're really knocking it out of the park, that rewards exploration in a big way and gives the player more of an active role in fleshing out the story. I'm looking forward to seeing what else they do with rewinding, especially now that the basics have been established and the laws of physics are starting to kick in. There are a bunch of creative ideas they could explore.
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Karnegal posted:Are you familiar with telltales offerings? I ask because this occupies the same genre, and these narrative-driven games as a whole aren't really the most "gamey" in the traditional sense. Although if you think someone is making this sort of game in such a fashion, I'd be curious to know what it is. Although Dreamfall Chapters is doing a great job, and they have some more traditional puzzles.
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Rosalind posted:I'm hella ready to be stuck in the retro zone. Happy face.
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Holy poo poo Max, "You eat like a pig. Try the floor!"  That was the best moment. Being a Time rear end in a top hat to people is fantastic.I had doubts they could keep up the quality for this long, but it's still great. It's kinda my perfect adventure game right now, it's between this and Dreamfall Chapters anyway. They've managed to pull off some level of choice yet still give you an environment to wander around, explore, and have optional conversations. I spent about 5 hours with this episode, the season pass has been worth every penny already. RightClickSaveAs fucked around with this message at 04:59 on May 27, 2015 |
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exquisite tea posted:Just downloaded this and played through Episode One. This is a good game, pretty much exactly what I expected it to be. I hope more games about the mundane continue to be made because they're very worthy subjects, even though this one has its own little supernatural twist. Also whoah, public opinion has really shifted against Warren in the last two episodes. I was ready to come in here and defend him, but that screenshot of him hiding out and waiting for Max has made that really hard to do. I kinda wish I didn't know about that. Dude has some pretty rad taste in movies though!
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It was this one, from episode 2:Mr. Flunchy posted:
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May 27, 2015 04:55
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I know, right? I never would have caught that, and up until it was posted, I thought Warren was just a nice, funny nerdy guy, maybe a bit conceited and with a barely suppressed crush on Max, but he respected her boundaries and was there when she needed help. Now he's kinda stalkery.
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License plate time! I only found one new this episode, although it's the car beside the diner that may also be in episode 2. I'm stumped. Also I think at this point they've completely broken the character limit for license plates.
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I couldn't save her either, that part seemed legitimately tough, and having the rewind yanked away from you put a lot of pressure on the scene. Good job to them for coming up with a way to make choices not trivial. I didn't see this covered yet, but how different is the game if she lives? Is she away in a hospital somewhere like was speculated? There's a surprising amount of seemingly unique mentions to her death if you're not able to save her. I haven't gotten far enough in my second save yet to see what happens in the alternate case.
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Who do you think is writing all the messages that seem to follow you around? They're on a lot of Chloe's stuff so it'd seem like her, but they also pop up in weird places like the drug dealer guy's RV. RV:  Chloe's truck:  The handwriting seems different too. Did Rachel scrawl that stuff all over the place, or is it a warning to Max from her future/past self? In the Max=Rachel theory, maybe both? Kind of like how she can leave a message for herself on the fireplace in the latest episode.
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Mr. Flunchy posted:Max isn't supposed to be a totally great person. She doesn't do anything that makes her an outright bad person or anything. I think a lot of it is just being a video game lead character that isn't either super virtuous or some kind of troubled antihero. exquisite tea posted:I don't think suddenly dropping out of contact with a previously close friend is all that uncommon an occurrence in the modern world, especially when you're young and don't have any real means of seeing each other. Max is a pretty well-written teenager, with typical teenage faults but also noble qualities as well. Of course it's easy to see how she could come off like a total rear end in a top hat depending on certain player choices.
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Well poo poo, no wonder Alt-Chloe was getting so much worse. Her doctor was absolutely ABOMINABLE! (relevant screenshot, no major spoilers, this is in the first 30 minutes or so): http://i.imgur.com/czqKdVf.jpg) I love these delightful French developers and their references 
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Yeah those have both popped up at least a couple times. I haven't played all of Episode 4 yet, but I'll be sure to continue my exciting license plate recap if I find any new ones. I did screencaps of (I think) all the plates from the earlier episodes, you can find them in my older posts in the thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3698214&userid=18902 People in the thread have figured them all out so far. This one was a bit deeper, I wonder how much stuff I'm missing.
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exquisite tea posted:This is an inexpensive game and assets get reused everywhere. Next, my elaborate theory on how Mrs. Grant is in on the whole scheme because the red binder on her desk is the same model as the ones in the darkroom and David's closet. You should never have given away your personal information on that petition, Max...  TOO BAD  
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I finished Episode 4 not that long ago, and I've just caught up with the thread. I feel a little behind, but why is everyone 100% sure that it's Rachel's body in the junkyard? The player doesn't see anything, and Chloe and Max don't seem to dig up very much. Did they see her face for sure? A body in a shallow grave for 6 months would be really decomposed. It took me a while to play this episode because wow, it feels like one of the heaviest ones, for both content and play length. That Vortex Club pool party scene was masterful and really served as the culmination of a lot of the relationships in game. And 24 minutes of music(!), the attention to detail is fantastic.
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Ekusukariba posted:Because we have a picture of Dead Rachel in spot where we find a corpse, not everything is a conspiracy
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Ekusukariba posted:But there is literally no reason for it to not be Rachel, its terrible writing to have it be a fake out, like "oh just kidding, they killed someone else and buried her there", all it would do is take away from the story I mean they were basically lured to the junkyard by a guy who has a long history of abducting blond girls, and they find a body right in the spot where it was posed for a picture, buried in a shallow grave. Both of them are stressed out and so convinced it's Rachel that they just right away jump to that conclusion as soon as they see something wrapped up in a bag. I had to go back and check it out and they show even less than I'd remembered  They're also 100% convinced Nathan's behind it at that point.
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Jimbo Jaggins posted:Speaking of grafitti, when you're looking for beer bottles you can go inside a small building where you can add your name to the Chloe and Rachael was here grafitti and it says it will have consequences.....it hasn't for me yet unless I missed something? I didn't add Max's name out of paranoia, and in the final scene of episode 4, it just has Rachel's name circled with the addition "IS HERE"
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Well poo poo, regarding the journal entry, I completely forgot there was a second scene before the ending one where they go to the junkyard while it's still daylight and initially find the body. So I was misremembering, I thought there were details I vaguely remembered missing. The luring to the junkyard doesn't happen until after they already find the body. My mistake, the whole episode was kind of a blur and I finished it all up late one night.Max posted:But where people really invested in the idea that she was alive? NOW, let me explain my theories about how Nathan and Warren G are actually working together, you see, Nathan = Nate Dogg
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NaDy posted:Can I just say I love it when this game gives you the option to 'Sit'. It's so nice to have a bit of downtime and reflection in a game like this and the way the camera slowly flicks between scenes with some music playing is god drat awesome. It fits perfectly within the game's universe and I'm amazed they actually put it in.
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