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Life is Strange Episode 1 Review Thread
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backflip10019
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Sounds pretty good. I'm in for $5.
I mean that's cool and all. I dunno I guess that could be a positive. It is an aspect to story. But it's weird to me to give positive points for that even if the game has major flaws. In the past they would review games and say they were technically amazing but dock them points for being too dark.
So it's weird to see a game that has technical issues, but they find it courageous so it gets points and 8.5? Ah well just a single review. Just kind of curious about their overall reviews.
PfantzyPantz
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I really wanted to want this game. It has so many things going for it that I love- the indie style/music, Telltale-esque, female protags, story-driven, apparently inspired by Twin Peaks(one of my favorite shows ever). But the trailers and demo video put me off because of the writing. I was also excited about Remember Me until it's first demo trailer where the terrible writing was on display.
That Kate notebook thing is a pretty perfect example of it all, even moreso than Blue saying 'hella' while
a gun is in her face.
Such a dang shame.
Funny how so many story-based games where characters are the most important thing, manage to screw up so badly when creating technically competent character models, lip sync and animation.
Honestly I think they'd have gotten better lip sync results by using an automated program, like BioWare does for Mass Effect/Dragon Age.
Honestly I think they'd have gotten better lip sync results by using an automated program, like BioWare does for Mass Effect/Dragon Age.
GavinUK86
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So you're saying if the game wasn't this game you'd like it more?
Huh? I'm saying if the game didn't have voice acting, I'd like it more.
That and better writing.
Death Metalist
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I'll be waiting till all episodes release. After the huge cliffhanger of D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die, I don't think I can take another one.
GavinUK86
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Yeah, you're saying if the game looked different, didn't have voice acting and had better writing you'd like it more. Sounds like a whole different game to me.
How so?
The fact that this game is being bashed for having two female main characters really only shows you how immature some people are
petethepanda
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I'm digging it. Yeah, the dialogue can be corny but they're mostly kids, and a lot of pretentious and /or nerdy kids at that, so it's not really bothering me. I can see why the Twin Peaks thing comes up more now given the Rachel character seems like a pretty obvious Laura Palmer riff, and there's clearly some creepy stuff going on in the town.
Eh, never knew any kids talk like this, pretentious or not. If there was a game trying too hard to convince me that I'm seeing and listening to teenagers, I think this would be it - even moreso than Persona 3 lol.
Yeah, Rachel is definitely Laura Palmer.
Personally, I like exploring most of all so far.
Thought you said you were gonna stop piping in.
Thanks for the impressions.
What's wrong with him giving his impressions? Sounds like an intresting problem. Since its a narrative driven game. Sounds like heavy rain having odd dialogue animation and voice acting?
The voice acting is miles ahead of Remember Me lol
The lip sync is kinda odd, sometimes its good, other times its not. Game runs well and the writing fits and I'd say it's good though that's subjective of course. If you don't bother to explore much you can beat this episode in about 90 minutes like I just did lol ... >.>
Now to play the waiting game until Ep. 2 comes in March
The lip sync is kinda odd, sometimes its good, other times its not. Game runs well and the writing fits and I'd say it's good though that's subjective of course. If you don't bother to explore much you can beat this episode in about 90 minutes like I just did lol ... >.>
Now to play the waiting game until Ep. 2 comes in March
CosmicQueso
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Seems like a lot of people with 64 bit windows are getting crashes on startup of the PC version, during the intro movie.
Happen to anyone here? Any fixes?
Happen to anyone here? Any fixes?
Ah, so the dialogue is like Juno? Or just obnoxiously unrealistic?
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Holy shit that bad?
Yeah I can't play it like that, it'd drive me crazy.
I know you guys will scoff but I'm waiting for a possible patch before buying it.
was just about to ask this. Hoping to at least try the demo tonight and maybe buy it.
chrominance
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Done and done. Burned through the first episode in just over two hours.
So at first the dialogue felt way too on the nose, and it sounds like other people had similar thoughts. As I got further into the game, though, that sensation faded; I don't know if my tolerance for that stuff is just higher than most people, or if it indeed got better. The language isn't as overtly "teenage" as, say, Juno; while oddities like "hella" stand out more as a result, for the most part the more naturalistic tone works. I expect some people still won't like it, though, for being too self-consciously youth-like.
The actual gameplay is relatively minimal and focuses on time-rewind puzzle shenanigans and Gone Home-esque exploration as a way to flesh out the game universe. It's more active than Gone Home for sure, but there's no real failure states here. That said, the game tells you straight up that choices you make in the game will impact future episodes. You can already see bits of this in the very first episode in how later dialogue changes based on earlier events. I'll be curious to see if the game eventually leads you to failure endings in the last episode (or even earlier!), forcing you to replay from the beginning to avoid catastrophe.
So far, I like Life Is Strange. The minuses people have already pointed out (weird dialogue, bad lipsync) are definitely there, but I find I don't care about them as much. I like the characters and their web of relationships, and there's enough mystery about what happens next to ensure I'll return in six weeks or so. There is one significant thing I'm not sure I like, though: (slight gameplay spoiler follows)
Oh, also: it feels like the woman voicing Chloe is in everything these days. I approve. (In case you're one of those people who hates voice acting spoilers, I didn't mention her name.)
That's probably a bit on the short side, given the number of choices I didn't even know were available to me, and thus defaulted to not making.
So at first the dialogue felt way too on the nose, and it sounds like other people had similar thoughts. As I got further into the game, though, that sensation faded; I don't know if my tolerance for that stuff is just higher than most people, or if it indeed got better. The language isn't as overtly "teenage" as, say, Juno; while oddities like "hella" stand out more as a result, for the most part the more naturalistic tone works. I expect some people still won't like it, though, for being too self-consciously youth-like.
The actual gameplay is relatively minimal and focuses on time-rewind puzzle shenanigans and Gone Home-esque exploration as a way to flesh out the game universe. It's more active than Gone Home for sure, but there's no real failure states here. That said, the game tells you straight up that choices you make in the game will impact future episodes. You can already see bits of this in the very first episode in how later dialogue changes based on earlier events. I'll be curious to see if the game eventually leads you to failure endings in the last episode (or even earlier!), forcing you to replay from the beginning to avoid catastrophe.
So far, I like Life Is Strange. The minuses people have already pointed out (weird dialogue, bad lipsync) are definitely there, but I find I don't care about them as much. I like the characters and their web of relationships, and there's enough mystery about what happens next to ensure I'll return in six weeks or so. There is one significant thing I'm not sure I like, though: (slight gameplay spoiler follows)
every significant choice you make is signposted. Not only do you get some dialogue about whether you should've done something different at a significant decision point, the game actually displays a message saying "This choice will have consequences." It's by far the most game-y aspect of Life Is Strange and I find it pulls me out of the game more than the bad lipsync and dumb dialogue. And yet, at the same time, I'm not sure I want to end up locked into a specific path in the final episode because I didn't realize there was some bird in the first episode I should've saved but didn't, or whatever.
Oh, also: it feels like the woman voicing Chloe is in everything these days. I approve. (In case you're one of those people who hates voice acting spoilers, I didn't mention her name.)
Dash Kappei
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Voice acting spoilers... man, people really can complain about anything on the Internet
petethepanda
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Checked the US PSN one more time in case it went up at 12 eastern, no dice. Tomorrow then. Looking forward to this.
chrominance
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Heh, I only mention that because sometimes I don't want to know who voices a character! I figured I can't be the only one.
Really liking the game so far and I'm falling more and more in love with Max's character. Playing it at 2560 x 1440 downsampled to 1080p and I can't complain about the look of the game. It has sort of like a painter look which I'm loving.
Also,
Also,
loved Max's quip about FF: Spirits Within. Pretty sure it had to do with SE publishing this, but I loved the movie too so.. I agree with her.
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