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NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/li...the-problem-of-choosing-a-canon-max-chloe#nnn
"People can kind of create their own version of what happened," writer Christian Divine told me.
Voice director Philip Bache chimed in, "I am also a player. I play a lot of games. It would almost upset me to find out one is canon. Like, you're being told, 'Hey cool, you made a choice. That choice was wrong.' I would feel bad because what's so gut wrenching about the game is the choice at the end."
The original choice had Max making a gut-wrenching decision: save Arcadia Bay, or save Chloe (bae or bay, as our sister site Eurogamer puts it). "The whole game builds up to literally that moment," Divine says.
"The point of the game is not to give that linear conclusion. It's a choose-your-own adventure book. You can ask which one is canon, but that's not how it works in a choose-your-own adventure book."
Divine says that avoiding the subject has opened it up to discussion among the player base. Interestingly, the decision was closed to 50/50, and people have some pretty strong feelings about it. "It was amazing how close it was," Divine says.
Of course, at least one official source has appeared to choose an ending. The official comic book series scheduled for release in November has reportedly chosen the "save Chloe" ending. But that doesn't make Divine's statement inaccurate. It just means that the comic ran with one possibility.
"People can kind of create their own version of what happened," writer Christian Divine told me.
Voice director Philip Bache chimed in, "I am also a player. I play a lot of games. It would almost upset me to find out one is canon. Like, you're being told, 'Hey cool, you made a choice. That choice was wrong.' I would feel bad because what's so gut wrenching about the game is the choice at the end."
The original choice had Max making a gut-wrenching decision: save Arcadia Bay, or save Chloe (bae or bay, as our sister site Eurogamer puts it). "The whole game builds up to literally that moment," Divine says.
"The point of the game is not to give that linear conclusion. It's a choose-your-own adventure book. You can ask which one is canon, but that's not how it works in a choose-your-own adventure book."
Divine says that avoiding the subject has opened it up to discussion among the player base. Interestingly, the decision was closed to 50/50, and people have some pretty strong feelings about it. "It was amazing how close it was," Divine says.
Of course, at least one official source has appeared to choose an ending. The official comic book series scheduled for release in November has reportedly chosen the "save Chloe" ending. But that doesn't make Divine's statement inaccurate. It just means that the comic ran with one possibility.
