Thirith on 10/1/2016 at 11:01

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I agree that that's what they aimed at with Max, but there was too much character there, or I just didn't like the way that character was written and performed, so she didn't work particularly well for me as a blank slate for the character to write on.

Edit: My mother used to say that I was born an old man and am getting younger, which means I've still got my teenage years to look forward to. Perhaps that's why the game didn't click for me as much as it should have.

By the way, Errant Signal recently did an episode on Life is Strange, much of which I agree with. In any case, though, I think his style of presenting an argument leaves space of different opinions.

[video=youtube;kQ_tCpNobac]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ_tCpNobac[/video]

Renzatic on 9/2/2016 at 00:26

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My penis can invert into a vagina if I concentrate hard enough. Don't know what happens to my balls, but I try not to think about these things too much.

I'm a TTLG Trans-former.

SubJeff on 9/2/2016 at 20:59

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What's that got to do with me going on Steam for the first time in 4 months, looking at this game because a. it's on offer and b. I heard about it on Crate and Crowbar and so was curious, and then seeing all you pantihose wearers have it?

Kolya on 10/2/2016 at 00:04

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I like the game mostly but I do have some issues with the story.

Max is surrounded by good loving parents, a great supportive teacher, adorkable friends and there's always something like M.Ward playing. While there are some big ol' meanies around so far (end of first episode) they're laughable clichés out of a high school movie. The decisions she has to make are either gamey or so simplistic they're unreal: Do I help the poor mistreated girl or do I want to become a meanie myself?

When the fat girl with the braces that you save from an incoming football says: We should hang out more! — Now THAT would have been an interesting decision. Do I really want to hang with her? And if I do, is it because I pity her, or because it's the safe choice since I'm still a repressed little girl myself? And will I get rid of her when I get cooler friends? Or will I stay and get caught up in a live that circles around cutting, anorexia and sexual daydreams?

These are the tough questions of adolescence and everyone who saw Breakfast Club knows it. But LIS doesn't even try to be authentic. It's all wonderfully dreamy.
And that certainly doesn't make her a Caulfield.

Kolya on 13/2/2016 at 20:06

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Just finished the game. Therefore spoilers.
I didn't much like the final nightmare Max goes through, I couldn't see the sense in having everybody act out against her after I tried my best throughout the game to be good and nice to everyone.
Then came the final question: Sacrifice Chloe | Sacrifice Arcadia Bay. And I saved Chloe without a thought. I mean I went through all this to save her from the start...how could there be a question?
Then a short ending animation, game over. Then I learned that apparently I'm a minority. Most people saved Arcadia Bay. I couldn't believe it. Furthermore I learned on reddit that that ending is far more elaborate and basically what the developers more or less expected would be the player's choice. Because saving many lives is better than one person you care about? Do people seriously rationalise like that? Oh well. It's a game.
The only part that really got me was when I had to end Cloe's life. The rest was more about seeing how it goes on. Probably because I'm not a teenager any more. And that decision at her bed was closer to my life than the rest. If the game had ended there, frankly it would have been fine with me.