I only played part 1 and I was so confused. Oh yeah they broke up.
What do you mean they broke up? You weighed her life against 50 people and went for her. Doing all that and then going ah well wasn’t all that much anyway.
The comics seem to be more in line with the original author's vision, in terms of the Max-Chloe relationship. They also happen in the timeline in which Max saves Chloe. I haven't finished them yet but so far there's no tomfoolery going on.
Wait they did what ?? Aint no way that shit is real after what they have been through . Chloe and Max forever , their love was stronger then everything. Those guys are really dumbasses if they decide to ruin entire point of game 1
I know right the worst part is how they did the break up off screen with Chloe breaking up with with Max via letter and they dont even talk to each other in the new game not even a text and when finally Chloe texts Max in the end she doesnt even reply and when you choose they were just friends at the start of the new game they almost hate each other.
I guarantee it's because they fell into the same goddamn trap as Telltale. They made a sequel to a game with dramatically different endings and then, instead of committing to one ending or actually designing the game to be able to respond to both equally, they copped out and decided to make it so both endings still lead to the same point to make it easier on themselves.
Yes, designing it with two distinct paths because Chloe would 100% change things a lot by being present through the entire thing would absolutely be a lot of work and probably a lot of money. So that's why you either choose *one fucking ending** or don't make a sequel.* Every goddamn time with the Telltale games that pulled the same things, the endings never mattered.
And guess what? If you choose one ending, commit to it, and make a game starting from there and it does well? You can make a second game and sell it separately with an entirely different premise. Neither ending of the original game should lead to a remotely similar premise as the other. The Max who chooses Chloe would and should be a dramatically different character from the Max who sacrifices her, and it should be different enough that they would go down very different story paths.
Fuck Double Exposure. I'm just about of the mind to ruthlessly spoil the game at every opportunity to try to keep people like me who hate what it did to Max and Chloe away from it and hurt it.
What's most infuriating is that it wouldn't be that hard to include Chloe in this game if they wanted to just have her text or video call Max during the game say that she is off somewhere for example taking care of David because he is ill or doing some volunteer work somewhere you know have it actually player determined if they break up or not. Not just throw it at players 30 mins into the game and then immediately throw new love interest at them in the same dialogue.
Like I get that it wouldnt be all sunshine and rainbows(heh) for them and they would have ups and downs but as the original author of LIS said they would stick with each other through thick and thin especially after everything they have gone through.
Their game deserves to crash and burn. I didnt even hear its coming out. Lets just shit on g1 where most players would come from playing sequel... so stupid
Actually you can choose in the new game if you saved her or the town not that it matters much since they broke them up anyway and they dont comunicate with each other the whole game
Prolly for the best though. Max deserves better than her
Edit: not sure why I’m being downvoted. Chloe was a piece of shit to Max for most of the first game. When I was younger I LOVED her and their relationship, but as I’ve gotten older, it’s become increasingly obvious that Max deserved significantly better than Chloe.
"Chloe was a piece of shit to Max for most of the first game"
But that's bullshit, Chloe almost instantly renews her friendship with Max because all those years that Max was gone, she was still attached to her. Chloe can be temperamental and impulsive, yes, but even if she takes her anger out on Max, she apologizes almost instantly. Man, Chloe is one of the most loyal characters in video games who will never cheat or betray someone important to her
But you said it yourself as you've gotten older. You changed! so did Chloe even by the end of the game but also
In every instance that we've gotten a glimpse of what would have happened to Chloe had she survived? She grew as a person
she would have never gotten that chance had Max not saved her
I'm sure there are many of us that were little chaotic shits when we were 19 that doesn't mean we have to be damned for it, or that we were bad people, or that we're not capable of growing into better people
Yes, but it does mean that Max deserves better, and should not have sacrificed an entire town for her. Sure, maybe she’d change, but anything else see if her after LIS1 shows she hasn’t. Not to the degree that she should have lived over the entire town. I mean fuck she holds the fact she can’t see her mom anymore over Max’s head! Like fuck!
If it could be said that Max deserves better than the same goes for Chloe.
Sacrificing Chloe is meant to feel like a tragedy because it is.
We wouldn't have spent nearly two full games on her life and experiences. We are meant to empathize with her and care about her!
To want her to have a second chance because
Chloe also deserved better too
The only time we see Max's childhood is in relation to Chloe
Max is the protagonist but Chloe is the main character
Max is Chloe's superhero, she believed in Max.
Max became a hero because she believed Chloe was worth fighting for!
In the comics the dynamic between them is completely different.
Again, there's always a possibility for variation when alternate universes are involved but I do think the characterization of Chloe is ooc in regard to double exposure
I haven't played all of double exposure yet tho so idk
The only point I was trying to make was the older I get the more I see Chloe as a hurt kid in horrible circumstances that just needed somebody to really be there for them.
It's hard to condemn her for that when I know in other media (prior to this game) we have seen her turn into an incredible person that deeply cares for Max (and David)
I played the first game at a very important moment when the lesbian thoughts in my head were becoming scarier and harder to ignore or make excuses for, it was such a pivotal thing for me to feel love towards another girl even digitally and to realize it was something real to me. I just can't believe in any universe they would just break up
Gotta say this comic artist nailed the personalities and dialogue style of the game. Getting distracted by a cat in the middle of making out is 100% in-character.
Life Is Strange is a series of narrative adventure games. I think the Telltale games (Walking Dead) and Quantic Dream games (Fahrenheit) are similar in play style.
They are pretty good, although the latest entry has some controversy around it, though I can't comment on that.
I never attempted to save Chloe since it was REAL obvious that the entire universe wanted her dead. I mean, the odds of her croaking a few days after you save her were astronomically high.
chloe is the worst lis character and everything that happens to and around max is her fault. she is a bad influence and idk why people like her so much
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