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So I just started playing Life is Strange today and have gotten so caught up in it that I've finished the first episode already.
What a game. It's so atmospheric, and filled with characters that you just can't help but care about and be interested in. The core mechanic behind the gameplay has certainly been done before, but the world in which it's set and the way the game just draws you in and makes you care so much makes it feel totally fresh. Such a superb character driven piece which puts choice and consequence at centre stage.
Considering I actually knew all the puzzles in Grim and had played that before, albeit a long time ago, I think this might actually be my GOTY so far. It's definitely the game I've most enjoyed playing in at least a couple of years. Highly recommended for those of you who don't have it.
Onto Episode 2 I go!
What a game. It's so atmospheric, and filled with characters that you just can't help but care about and be interested in. The core mechanic behind the gameplay has certainly been done before, but the world in which it's set and the way the game just draws you in and makes you care so much makes it feel totally fresh. Such a superb character driven piece which puts choice and consequence at centre stage.
Considering I actually knew all the puzzles in Grim and had played that before, albeit a long time ago, I think this might actually be my GOTY so far. It's definitely the game I've most enjoyed playing in at least a couple of years. Highly recommended for those of you who don't have it.
Onto Episode 2 I go!
"Perhaps this is what I have always wished for since that day. The loss and destruction of all. That's right, one must destroy before creating. In that case, if my conscience becomes a hindrance to me, then I will simply erase it. I have no other choice but to move forward....therefore!" - Lelouch vi Britannia/Zero, Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
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The first episode of Life is Strange was great, yep. There are clear similarities to what Telltale does with their games (and if any of you still haven't played The Wolf Among Us, you really should) but it does its own thing as well. I really love the rewind feature which the've basically repurposed from Remember Me, it works so much better here though. I haven't played episode 2 yet but I'm planning to go through that once I've finished with Bloodborne and before I move onto whatever I play next. Looking forward to it
(Oh and they get props for having the little Twin Peaks reference in there! - Chloe's license plate]
I wouldn't put it as my GOTY (so far) but Jan-March has been incredibly strong for gaming releases. Ori and Bloodborne for example with their 9s and 10s all over the damn place and with metascores of 89 and 93. Superb games. You have the remaster of Grim Fandango which I absolutely adored and even played through twice, which I rarely do back-to-back with games. Had never played it before but it will go down as one of my favourite games and not just of the genre. Then there's Cities: Skylines which is by far the best city builder to release in over a decade and goes to show that those kinda games can still review & sell extremely well, when they're done right. Skylines really shines.
So many great games already this year and of a really high standard too.
My list for the year so far would probably be:
That list is bound to change throughout the year with the likes of TW3, MGSV, Arkham Knight, SW: Battlefront etc still to come but even #10 our our lists is going to be a bloody good game and considered a must play by the end of the year. Exciting
(Oh and they get props for having the little Twin Peaks reference in there! - Chloe's license plate]
I wouldn't put it as my GOTY (so far) but Jan-March has been incredibly strong for gaming releases. Ori and Bloodborne for example with their 9s and 10s all over the damn place and with metascores of 89 and 93. Superb games. You have the remaster of Grim Fandango which I absolutely adored and even played through twice, which I rarely do back-to-back with games. Had never played it before but it will go down as one of my favourite games and not just of the genre. Then there's Cities: Skylines which is by far the best city builder to release in over a decade and goes to show that those kinda games can still review & sell extremely well, when they're done right. Skylines really shines.
So many great games already this year and of a really high standard too.
My list for the year so far would probably be:
- 1. Bloodborne
2. Ori and the Blind Forest
3. Cities: Skylines
4. Grim Fandango: Remastered
5. Life is Strange
That list is bound to change throughout the year with the likes of TW3, MGSV, Arkham Knight, SW: Battlefront etc still to come but even #10 our our lists is going to be a bloody good game and considered a must play by the end of the year. Exciting
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Finished episode 2 of Life is Strange and it was even better than the first!
My choices for ep 1 and 2. Major spoilers ahead:
My choices for ep 1 and 2. Major spoilers ahead:
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You've made some interesting choices MS...we appear to have diverged on a few points. My progress and analysis so far follows:
"Perhaps this is what I have always wished for since that day. The loss and destruction of all. That's right, one must destroy before creating. In that case, if my conscience becomes a hindrance to me, then I will simply erase it. I have no other choice but to move forward....therefore!" - Lelouch vi Britannia/Zero, Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
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I just finished Episode 3 of Life is Strange and am literally in tears. Holy shit.
I can't recall another game I've ever played that has done its storytelling this well. It's just superb, with such amazing characters and a real knack for making you care and getting you so deeply invested. And the cliffhangers, good god the cliffhangers.
This game really has come out of nowhere to become one of my favourite games of all time, if not my outright favourite. Unbelievable work from DontNod.
Now I'm going to bed and hoping I won't wake up till Episode 4 is out.
I can't recall another game I've ever played that has done its storytelling this well. It's just superb, with such amazing characters and a real knack for making you care and getting you so deeply invested. And the cliffhangers, good god the cliffhangers.
This game really has come out of nowhere to become one of my favourite games of all time, if not my outright favourite. Unbelievable work from DontNod.
Now I'm going to bed and hoping I won't wake up till Episode 4 is out.
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@STR-MS • Another good episode of Life is Strange, albeit a little predictable. Saw the ending coming (though not the exact outcome).
@STR-MS • Not too fond of forced choices like that either tbh but I suppose it had to be if that's where they're taking the story. I just hope it doesn't go all "The Butterfly Effect"
Episode 3 choices and thoughts: I expect we'll get a release date and trailer for episode 4 during E3 next week. At least I hope so
@STR-MS • Not too fond of forced choices like that either tbh but I suppose it had to be if that's where they're taking the story. I just hope it doesn't go all "The Butterfly Effect"
Episode 3 choices and thoughts: I expect we'll get a release date and trailer for episode 4 during E3 next week. At least I hope so
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Life is Strange Episode 4 Choices:
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OMFG!!!
Dontnod continue to just up the ante with every episode. Another stunning piece of storytelling, and I'm more hyped for Episode 5 than I have been for any game I can ever remember.
Not only Game of the Year but the best game I've ever played, by a long long way.
EDIT: Splitting the Life is Strange talk out into another thread, as it deserves it and we're going on a bit.
Dontnod continue to just up the ante with every episode. Another stunning piece of storytelling, and I'm more hyped for Episode 5 than I have been for any game I can ever remember.
Not only Game of the Year but the best game I've ever played, by a long long way.
EDIT: Splitting the Life is Strange talk out into another thread, as it deserves it and we're going on a bit.
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Seems we had very similar choices for some of those lesser ones in ep4! [Edit: Long post coming haha]
The big one though:
The Witcher 3 is still topping it for me atm but it's also hard (and unfair) to directly compare them both. Life is Strange is very limited in the things it can do, say and portray compared to an RPG like TW3. It's a 5 episode series for one thing, each of which you can complete in a single sitting without much difficulty. TW3 however was the last entry in Geralts story and (at least for my playthrough), lasted 150 hours. LiS has been superb and props to them for tackling some of the subjects it has but it lacks the depth of TW3s storytelling. Imo. This is fine though and you wouldn't expect it to. I mean, for story alone, if 4 episodes of this (that we've played so far) could top TW3 for me it wouldn't say much for CDPRs ability lol.
LiS has had some amazing twists and turns too (a lot of which I haven't seen coming) but the predictability of some of it and the fact that they take power away from the player and thus your choice in certain situations, brings it down a little bit for me. I do understand that they're trying to tell a story and some things need to happen in a certain way for the story progress in the way that Dontnod want it to, but when the character I'm supposed to be playing as and making choices for is forced into doing things differently to how I would (or want) to do them, it does annoy me at times. Kinda spoils the immersion sometimes as it makes it clear you're being guided in a certain way.
At this moment in time my updated top 5 for the year is looking like:
There's also Hitman, Fallout 4, Battlefront and several others still to come as well which could rank higher than we probably expected them to (like 3 of my top 5 lol). This year has been pretty amazing for games imo. I think by the end of the year, every game in my top 5 (maybe even top 10) will have been GOTY worthy had they been released any other year with a weaker line-up. Good times
As for episode 5. Roll on ep 5 anyway! I think we're probably looking at the very end of September/early October going by previous ep releases. Lots of other games releasing before then though (Satellite Reign, Until Dawn, MGSV & Mad Max to name a few. Maybe I'll get to play that copy of Arkham Knight I bought too? lol) so the wait may not seem quite as long, and I know you have TW3 to plough through too Anny!
Excited! LiS has given me very high hopes for their horror RPG too I'll add! Screw the one trick pony CCP and their axing of World of Darkness. We now have Vampyr to look forward to
The big one though:
It has been a wonderful surprise (more so since Remember Me wasn't particularly great besides its setting, art direction and the rewind element) and definitely one of my favourite releases of this year and in a while, but (and to each his own), unless episode 5 goes to completely unexpected levels of awesome I can't see it being my GOTY or the best game I've ever played, personally. That's not to put it down though as it has been fantastic and this year has been really strong for quality releases.Anubis wrote:Not only Game of the Year but the best game I've ever played, by a long long way.
The Witcher 3 is still topping it for me atm but it's also hard (and unfair) to directly compare them both. Life is Strange is very limited in the things it can do, say and portray compared to an RPG like TW3. It's a 5 episode series for one thing, each of which you can complete in a single sitting without much difficulty. TW3 however was the last entry in Geralts story and (at least for my playthrough), lasted 150 hours. LiS has been superb and props to them for tackling some of the subjects it has but it lacks the depth of TW3s storytelling. Imo. This is fine though and you wouldn't expect it to. I mean, for story alone, if 4 episodes of this (that we've played so far) could top TW3 for me it wouldn't say much for CDPRs ability lol.
LiS has had some amazing twists and turns too (a lot of which I haven't seen coming) but the predictability of some of it and the fact that they take power away from the player and thus your choice in certain situations, brings it down a little bit for me. I do understand that they're trying to tell a story and some things need to happen in a certain way for the story progress in the way that Dontnod want it to, but when the character I'm supposed to be playing as and making choices for is forced into doing things differently to how I would (or want) to do them, it does annoy me at times. Kinda spoils the immersion sometimes as it makes it clear you're being guided in a certain way.
At this moment in time my updated top 5 for the year is looking like:
- 1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- 2. Bloodborne
- 3. Life is Strange
- 4. Ori and the Blind Forest
- 5. Cities: Skylines
There's also Hitman, Fallout 4, Battlefront and several others still to come as well which could rank higher than we probably expected them to (like 3 of my top 5 lol). This year has been pretty amazing for games imo. I think by the end of the year, every game in my top 5 (maybe even top 10) will have been GOTY worthy had they been released any other year with a weaker line-up. Good times
As for episode 5. Roll on ep 5 anyway! I think we're probably looking at the very end of September/early October going by previous ep releases. Lots of other games releasing before then though (Satellite Reign, Until Dawn, MGSV & Mad Max to name a few. Maybe I'll get to play that copy of Arkham Knight I bought too? lol) so the wait may not seem quite as long, and I know you have TW3 to plough through too Anny!
Excited! LiS has given me very high hopes for their horror RPG too I'll add! Screw the one trick pony CCP and their axing of World of Darkness. We now have Vampyr to look forward to
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On Episode 4:
Also, as hyped as I've been for Witcher 3 for years now, I can see no possibility that it will top Life is Strange for me. It's a different kind of game, with a different way of telling a story - for me, this format and the issues that it tackles...it can't be topped.
And yes - I can't wait for Vampyr either
I'm not going to speculate or predict at all on Episode 5 at this point, other than to say that I think both Chloe and Max will die. I don't want anything to contaminate the surprise for me, as it'd make me so angry to play it and realise I'd read the ending weeks ago haha. I'll come back and chat about permutations once we've played it ^^Also, as hyped as I've been for Witcher 3 for years now, I can see no possibility that it will top Life is Strange for me. It's a different kind of game, with a different way of telling a story - for me, this format and the issues that it tackles...it can't be topped.
And yes - I can't wait for Vampyr either
"Perhaps this is what I have always wished for since that day. The loss and destruction of all. That's right, one must destroy before creating. In that case, if my conscience becomes a hindrance to me, then I will simply erase it. I have no other choice but to move forward....therefore!" - Lelouch vi Britannia/Zero, Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
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Man. You're <censored> in Ep5. The only one who can help you now is Frank.Anubis wrote:
That is, unless
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Come back to me when you've played both. With respect, Witcher 3 will cover ground and themes you never thought it would too. Tis not just a bigger Witcher 2 with more of the same.Anubis wrote:Also, as hyped as I've been for Witcher 3 for years now, I can see no possibility that it will top Life is Strange for me. It's a different kind of game, with a different way of telling a story - for me, this format and the issues that it tackles...it can't be topped.
If you still feel the same when you've played both then so be it (and to each his own as always!) but I'd be really surprised if you do. Witcher 3 is (imo) the new benchmark when it comes to storytelling and player choice
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Yeah, I was going to say, I left Frank on good terms and he sent me a "just call if you need me" text. Same with Victoria too. I still think something will happen with Samuel too.BlackDove wrote:Man. You're <censored> in Ep5. The only one who can help you now is Frank.Anubis wrote:
That is, unless
There's options, but we'll see. Right now, I think Max and Chloe both die regardless - it's just a matter of how.
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I think
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Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
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5 days!
Anyone got any last minute predictions?
Anyone got any last minute predictions?
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Shhhhhh!!! No predictions!!!!
I can't wait
I can't wait
"Perhaps this is what I have always wished for since that day. The loss and destruction of all. That's right, one must destroy before creating. In that case, if my conscience becomes a hindrance to me, then I will simply erase it. I have no other choice but to move forward....therefore!" - Lelouch vi Britannia/Zero, Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
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But why not? lolAnubis wrote:Shhhhhh!!! No predictions!!!!
Nobody here has any real idea what's going to happen in the finale. We're only speculating as to where things might go or how it may end. Guess work can't be considered a spoiler can it? And honestly? If the finale turns out to have been so easy to guess or see coming then they should have done a better job writing it
Speculation & discussion fueled my love for shows like Lost. BSG too. Was all part of the fun!
To each his own though. I've got so many games on the go atm (my own fault) but I'll be playing this day one too and will try and finish it in the one sitting. Wild speculation among friends is one thing but I don't want the finale ruining from some internet troll who has actually played it and is out to spoil it for everyone else with real spoilers
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Oh I know haha - wasn't implying anything, as I know we're all tactful I just don't want to be touched by any speculation that could spoil a surprise for me haha
On another note, this is awesome:
On another note, this is awesome:
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Not a fan of rap but that's a great video! Really well edited too
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Episode 5 thoughts. Spoilers ahead:
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"Perhaps this is what I have always wished for since that day. The loss and destruction of all. That's right, one must destroy before creating. In that case, if my conscience becomes a hindrance to me, then I will simply erase it. I have no other choice but to move forward....therefore!" - Lelouch vi Britannia/Zero, Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
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Anubis wrote:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
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"Perhaps this is what I have always wished for since that day. The loss and destruction of all. That's right, one must destroy before creating. In that case, if my conscience becomes a hindrance to me, then I will simply erase it. I have no other choice but to move forward....therefore!" - Lelouch vi Britannia/Zero, Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
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Just finished it.
Kind of a strange... choice for the end.
The game should've only had one ending, because the narrative does not work if the game does not end with the butterfly effect being reversed. The whole point of all the other episodes was to showcase that changing time is meaningless, which is what the moral of the story would have been if the game had only the ending at the cemetery. I'm actually not spoilering this, because the game actually makes this a non spoiler. Had the game done the right thing, I would have had to spoiler this paragraph. But I don't, because apparently, because this is a game, you can do whatever the <censored> you want.
I assume this is where the story suffers from being a game. "Make your choices" story, and then they give you equally valid shit choices that go against the backbone of the narrative.
As well as not really having your choices in previous games really matter, making them out to be that those choices were "their own reward". They weren't.
Okay.
All I've got to say is, mweh.
Game/Story could've been much better. Oh well.
Kind of a strange... choice for the end.
The game should've only had one ending, because the narrative does not work if the game does not end with the butterfly effect being reversed. The whole point of all the other episodes was to showcase that changing time is meaningless, which is what the moral of the story would have been if the game had only the ending at the cemetery. I'm actually not spoilering this, because the game actually makes this a non spoiler. Had the game done the right thing, I would have had to spoiler this paragraph. But I don't, because apparently, because this is a game, you can do whatever the <censored> you want.
I assume this is where the story suffers from being a game. "Make your choices" story, and then they give you equally valid shit choices that go against the backbone of the narrative.
As well as not really having your choices in previous games really matter, making them out to be that those choices were "their own reward". They weren't.
Okay.
All I've got to say is, mweh.
Game/Story could've been much better. Oh well.