I cant say how much I her. She is terrible as a person and as a friend. Throughout the game it tries to make me feel sorry for her but I cant do it since she is just not likable. And outside of max's guilt I dont know why see seem to be so attach to her. Almost every major decision the game gives I try to make it worse for chole.
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Man, Chloe from life is strange is the worst
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EVA UNIT 01
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Just bought the game an hr ago lol
WrenchNinja
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Andrew Evenstar
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Couldn't agree more. One of my least favorite characters in any video game, but I appreciate her character for what she is.
Subhuman Filth
Member
To be fair, every character in that game ranges from half-baked to cardboard cutout. But yeah, Chloe is undeniably the worst. Maybe that's why the Time Lords are so intent on ending her.
PfantzyPantz
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She was Max's best friend - so she was by proxy my "best friend" throughout my Life Is Strange playthrough.
But it's really lame how she says Step-Fuhrer and Hella? So what - she's an 18-year-old punk-rock girl in modern day America - these people will have vocabulary and mannerisms different than you.
But she's so whiny? The girl has lost everything important to her. Her dad dies. Her lover (Rachel) is missing. Her own best friend (Max) disappears from her life for 5 damn years.
I wouldn't change anything about Chloe. I wouldn't change anything about the dialogue either. It gives a window into modern day tweener/teenage Americana. Before I played Life Is Strange I never knew what "kek" meant - and I find it cute that only thanks to this game, dev'd by a French studio, have I gotten a glimpse into that word and other mannerisms.
But maybe I have a truly soft spot for this game only because of the Pacific Northwest setting. I don't know what it is about Oregan/Seattle and the Pacific Northwest of the USA but this setting hits the sweet spot for me. From Alan Wake, to Gone Home, to Life Is Strange, I feel like there's something particularly magical when a dev tries to tackle that setting. So, Max and Chloe and all their "hellas" and "keks" are possibly getting a pass because of that.
But it's really lame how she says Step-Fuhrer and Hella? So what - she's an 18-year-old punk-rock girl in modern day America - these people will have vocabulary and mannerisms different than you.
But she's so whiny? The girl has lost everything important to her. Her dad dies. Her lover (Rachel) is missing. Her own best friend (Max) disappears from her life for 5 damn years.
I wouldn't change anything about Chloe. I wouldn't change anything about the dialogue either. It gives a window into modern day tweener/teenage Americana. Before I played Life Is Strange I never knew what "kek" meant - and I find it cute that only thanks to this game, dev'd by a French studio, have I gotten a glimpse into that word and other mannerisms.
But maybe I have a truly soft spot for this game only because of the Pacific Northwest setting. I don't know what it is about Oregan/Seattle and the Pacific Northwest of the USA but this setting hits the sweet spot for me. From Alan Wake, to Gone Home, to Life Is Strange, I feel like there's something particularly magical when a dev tries to tackle that setting. So, Max and Chloe and all their "hellas" and "keks" are possibly getting a pass because of that.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Well, if you put it like this, I can understand the universe. Chloe is a horrible person, a horrible friend and a horrible character, too. She just sucks in all ways imaginable. The only time she is sufferable is when (spoiler for episode 3)
she's in a wheelchair
Chaserjoey
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Doesn't she get pissy because while you take the call she gets into a big argument with her mother?
Jawbreaker
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Yeah, that comeback was enough to put me back on neutral footing in regards to my view of Emily.
Mostly guilt and fond memories of the past.
Deleted Scene:
She goes to the hospital to chew Kate out for calling Max while they were hanging out.
Admiral Woofington
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See I'm usually the first to hate a character, but outside of her wasting her potential with the 'fuck school' mentality and being a dick to David and her mom (both shit every teenager with a rebellious phase goes through), I couldn't blame her for being so angry.
Her best friend for her whole life leaves town and basically cuts all contact during an extremely difficult and emotional moment in her life. She then comes back and
and the excuse was understandable but weak in the eyes of the beholder.
Her other best friend after you left
so now she feels everybody
.
I liked how believable know-it-all rebellious teen she was. Plus the sweet moments she had with Max were pretty great, reconnecting as friends (something I unfortunately can't do with my best friend from childhood, we've grown too far apart as individuals).
If anything most of the characters I thought were dicks ended up being tragic.
that whole situation is one of the things that bothered me about certain dialogue/dialogue choices. IRL almost everybody would give her shit afterwards like
Her best friend for her whole life leaves town and basically cuts all contact during an extremely difficult and emotional moment in her life. She then comes back and
doesn't immediately go to her door after settling in, hoping to reconnect
Her other best friend after you left
disappears and was keeping shit from her
avoids telling her shit
I liked how believable know-it-all rebellious teen she was. Plus the sweet moments she had with Max were pretty great, reconnecting as friends (something I unfortunately can't do with my best friend from childhood, we've grown too far apart as individuals).
If anything most of the characters I thought were dicks ended up being tragic.
that whole situation is one of the things that bothered me about certain dialogue/dialogue choices. IRL almost everybody would give her shit afterwards like
"dude my friend is depressed if not borderline sucidial and she's bullied at school, I wasn't going to ignore her call when I know she's been having a bad time it took us a whole minute chill"
That comic series is the best.
Coffee Dog
Banned
what if the bullet ricocheted and hit max in the face
why would they even risk that
why would they even risk that
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Yeah, that felt so forced. Like they just had to have some consequence, didn't feel natural at all. Nobody does that.
There is an legit reason why Chloe acts like that. It's her defense mechanism. Chloe loves Max, but she's pushing her away because everyone she ever loved has left her.
. Chloe's whole new persona is an badass angry chick who won't let anyone hurt her again....but that's just an lie. Chloe is hurting, and she's afraid to allow anyone close to her to help her ease the pain. There is an reason why ALL the characters behave the way they do. When you dive deep into everyone's story, you will understand more about them. Me, I love All the characters.....except for one....
Rachel, Her Father, and even Max when she left town for an number of years
HueyFreeman
Banned
Pretty sure these constitute spoilers, fellas.
On topic, I agree she can be annoying - but I took that she was supposed to be obnoxious given her life has turned to such shit after
her dad died.
Coffee Dog
Banned
I'm glad that we're having another thread full of people telling me that the co protagonist of this 10 hour game is supposed to be terrible.
Call Me A Hero
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Totally, agree. She is really a bad friend and was a bad influence too.
One part in the game she was actually likable and a good person which is
One part in the game she was actually likable and a good person which is
the beginning of episode 4.
She really is terrible. I didn't even know it was possible for Max to develop feelings for her in the game cause every decision I made was on some fuck Chloe shit.
Seriously her step dad is head of security at Max's school and she gets mad at Max for not taking the wrap for her weed?
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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PfantzyPantz
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Respect to you guys who are trying to defend her. She was my favorite character, though I found her to be very relateable, so I guess it's the Shinji thing where if someone doesn't understand they just hate the character.
Coffee Dog
Banned
god, that forced hand holding on the train tracks after chloe is a bitch to you and fucks you over for a straight hour of gameplay (kate phone call, playing with guns, getting threatened, playing on the train tracks)
i have no idea what the writers were thinking other than the player loving chloe just because max tells them so
"if you hate her you don't understand her"
lol really
I guess not huh
Plus:
Emily is damn hard to kill, I tried. Chloe is the kind of idiot to dance on train tracks and hang around with crazy drug dealers.
OrlanisWorks
Banned
I didn't think she was terrible. But Christ, she's got so many goddamn issues I find it hard to justify why I ended up actually liking her after everything she had bitched and moaned about.
I think Max only hung out with her out of guilt for having left her completely behind and Chloe is really Max's OG BFF. That's a sucky combo.
But even shitty people can have good friends, ya know? But yeah, she's generally an asshole. Due to emotional trauma? Maybe.
I think Max only hung out with her out of guilt for having left her completely behind and Chloe is really Max's OG BFF. That's a sucky combo.
But even shitty people can have good friends, ya know? But yeah, she's generally an asshole. Due to emotional trauma? Maybe.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
I couldn't stand any of the characters, but she was definitely my least favourite.
Coffee Dog
Banned
like, it's understandable to have a story be told about a person that is emotionally damaged and frustrating to watch, with the payoff being that you learn why they are the way they are
in a movie, that means that the last half hour redeems the previous hour and a half
in a game, that means that reveal has to make up for 8+ hours of a character being frustrating, and to a lot of people chloe does not cross that high, high threshold
in a movie, that means that the last half hour redeems the previous hour and a half
in a game, that means that reveal has to make up for 8+ hours of a character being frustrating, and to a lot of people chloe does not cross that high, high threshold
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Most cetainly not every teenager (or most, even) are just jackasses to their parents slolely to be jackasses. This might be something parents might feel, but usually it's just a power struggle of the parents wanting to control certain aspects of the teenager's life and the teenager not wanting thatleading to conflict. Chloe is willingly and obviously trying to be the worst shithead there is. Some teenagers might be like this, but then they are just that, shitheads. Age is not an excuse for that.
SoulUnison
Banned
This was one of the things that stood out to me over the course of the series, but I enjoyed it in the end and I was along for the ride.
Still... They risked so much and put themselves in so many stupid situations, and what if something had happened to Max? The second something happens to her the timeline is pretty much set in stone and
Arcadia Bay is destroyed with the storm potentially just...never ending until it destroys the world.
JediLink
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You could ask the same for why they decide to lie down on train tracks or strip down and go swimming during a secret illegal break-in. Chloe is dumb and Max is too weak-willed (or maybe just also dumb) to be the voice of reason.
Subhuman Filth
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Well, when the entire climax of the game is dependent
on you caring enough about Chloe to weigh the option of choosing her over Arcadia Bay, then yeah she is a terrible protagonist and a terrible character in general. There was no hesitation in me sending her to the void, especially when thousands of lives are at stake.
TheDarkKnight774
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She starts rough but grows as a person and has a very cool character arc
I didn't find her that bad, but maybe I just didn't give a hella. Usually I just ignore passive-aggressive, so her own method didn't get to me.
I think the writers did a good job at making you hate Chloe for a bit, she's believable in my opinion. Given her circumstances, and defense mechanism, it makes sense.
My only issue, she's too black and white. All of her decisions border on the 'wrong' moral decision, there's no gray. They really should've placed more moments of redemption for her to illustrate why Max would feel obligated to put up with her besides guilt. In that regard, the writers failed.
So what happens if I don't like Chloe and I like Shinji? Am I stuck in a paradox? :O
I think the writers did a good job at making you hate Chloe for a bit, she's believable in my opinion. Given her circumstances, and defense mechanism, it makes sense.
My only issue, she's too black and white. All of her decisions border on the 'wrong' moral decision, there's no gray. They really should've placed more moments of redemption for her to illustrate why Max would feel obligated to put up with her besides guilt. In that regard, the writers failed.
So what happens if I don't like Chloe and I like Shinji? Am I stuck in a paradox? :O
Since you guys don't seem to understand the entire point of her character, let this guy break it down for you.