LIS games not being made by DONTNOD anymore

[Frenzy]

as much as i love getting new LIS games i feel like bringing Max back should have been done by the people who created her in the first place (DONTNOD). Deck Nine should only focus on new characters and using them since they are the ones who made them. I know we all want a game after the storm with max and chloe, i dont think deck nine is capable of doing it. if there ever is a Life is strange 3 i hope its made by the devs who started it.

i know these are just some fun stories and it isnt personal but honestly i feel like Max wont be properly utilized and used storywise in this game (i really hope im wrong)

[KILLMASTER]

They had their chance and completely misunderstood why we loved the original game and gave us the decisive mess that was Life is Strange 2. I don't think Deck Nine understood why the first game was good either as I didn't really enjoy True Colors or Before the Storm but I have faith Hannah Telle can carry whatever mess of a story they garble up with Double Exposure by just making Max so darn likeable.

[Frenzy]

Originally posted by KILLMASTER:

They had their chance and completely misunderstood why we loved the original game and gave us the decisive mess that was Life is Strange 2.

Life is Strange 2 was good tho, i really enjoyed the story and characters. tho i wasnt really happy with any of the endings.

[Frenzy]

im afraid they are going to completely trash the Max character with this game leaving fans not satisfied that they didnt use her to the full potential she has.

[Blue Steel]

thanks for the heads up! Ill just watch it on youtube instead

[P1nkLem0n4d3]

Originally posted by 󠁳⁧⁧ Frenzy:

as much as i love getting new LIS games i feel like bringing Max back should have been done by the people who created her in the first place (DONTNOD). Deck Nine should only focus on new characters and using them since they are the ones who made them. I know we all want a game after the storm with max and chloe, i dont think deck nine is capable of doing it. if there ever is a Life is strange 3 i hope its made by the devs who started it.

i know these are just some fun stories and it isnt personal but honestly i feel like Max wont be properly utilized and used storywise in this game (i really hope im wrong)

There are plenty of reasons why an after the storm game would be a bad idea, including the fact that I don't believe they, or dontnod, were even able to write out the story for it because it was simply impossible because they wrote themselves in a corner, otherwise that would of happened years ago. I actually said years and years ago that the only way that a sequel would even work is if it either took place in an alternate universe and if Chloe was absent as to not affect the canon of Life is Strange 1.

I do agree though in that I don't feel as though Max is going to be fully utilized either, and that perhaps this game might be a more plot focused game. Her character also looks, off, idk.

Honestly my only other worry is that this is screaming "Tell Me Why 2" to me as I was reading and seeing the other screenshots and details on the steam page, which I liked Tell Me Why don't get me wrong I just hope it isn't too much of a copy for its own good to where it's either too similar, or distracting from the game.

[Bruno]

Yup. Im not wasting money on this, probably gonna watch it on youtube.

[Frenzy]

yeah i hope they work more on the Max model, it doesnt really resemble her from the first game.

as much as i want to play this immediately, i wont. The pricing of these games is horrendous for what it has to offer. the only reason i really played True colors was because i got it for cheap from Humble Choice.

Maybe ill check it out if i can get it for like 20$. i will have to see what the reviews say first which is probably going to be filled with people with nostalgia which isnt really helping the case but whatever

[Plandercozeron]

Definetily a cashgrab.
Deck Nine can't do games. First, `Before the storm` which felt like `Life is strange` fanfic. Then we got `True colors` which was mediocre at best. Now this

[drankaelin]

Dontnod is not about returning to do the same IPs. They are interested in creating new kinds of games, that's why they have such a diverse library that doesn't fit into any one genre. Hats off to them to go on.

All we have is Deck Nine to continue the LiS IP. I think they do a solid job with the polish, but don't quite penetrate the soul of the original.

[Frenzy]

Originally posted by drankaelin:

Dontnod is not about returning to do the same IPs. They are interested in creating new kinds of games, that's why they have such a diverse library that doesn't fit into any one genre. Hats off to them to go on.

All we have is Deck Nine to continue the LiS IP. I think they do a solid job with the polish, but don't quite penetrate the soul of the original.

they are all still adventure games just with different themes. it is a shame that dontnod isnt making LIS games anymore because now we are only going to get these side games and not anything noteworthy.

[kdogrocks50]

DONTNOD did handle the IPs a lot differently, and that is the one thing sticking out to me that worries me too. I really would like to hear a continuation of Max's story, and have an interesting story told, without censorship, with a thoroughly considered storyline that's not insulting to the world already made.

Unfortunately, there is some history with Deck Nine and "controversy" (out of respect, I won't post links, but it's pretty easy to Google). These specific controversies kind of tell me that the company can't properly portray the characters unless they made a lot of internal changes (and I hope they have, I would like to hear that very much).

If anything, I hope to see future previews that prove me completely wrong. I really hope so.

[P1nkLem0n4d3]

They make similar games but they are starting to go into different genres, I mean Tell Me Why is literally near identical to a Life is Strange game, there is Banishers(Haven't played that one) that turns more into a combat game with some elements from Life is Strange, and then there is lost records which hasn't come out yet but looks like a story heavy game. They made some other games too but dontnod has been a bit more experimental with the formula I feel like.

[rastafunrise]

I wasn't a huge fan of Before the Storm but wasn't a huge fan of LiS 2 either. True Colors was amazing though. So I have high hopes for this one.

[Sibirski Plavac]

I might be remembering wrong but didnt Dont Nod mention back when first LiS released that they choose to work with Square Enix as publisher because they allowed them to fully keep IP of the game, correct me if Im wrong but I think thats what they said and if that was indeed the case how did Square Enix then end up giving IP to Deck Nine?

To me Deck Nine games just dont feel anywhere close to what Dont Nod was doing.

[Deathtome]

yeah its why i stopped carring honestly, and with the new one were they are bring back max with a awful character design i really dont care as they are just trying to make a game people will simp over because of the character in it, but they already ruined it.