[I have a theory] This isn't the Max we know/All the endings of the first game are canon

[MahouKurein]

In the first game it was hinted that different timelines did exist, in fact, when Max was trying to save Chloe, she even risked to merge two realities into one, look here at 1:15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4-abGA35b0

The same seem to happen here in this new game, look at 1:23: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bpopz0csho

So, I suspect this may NOT the Max that has lived through the even in Arcadia Bay, OR that she's ONE OF, making all the possibilities... actually canon, as all the various Max who made all the different choices would coexist in different realities.

Doesn't matter if she's THE Max, doesn't matter if this is THE reality where Chloe died or we saved her, because for all the realities we created the event canonically happened!

Perhaps that's the whole point of the game.
Making sure we'd understand that whatever choice we made, they exist, and are valid exactly as all the others.

[Frenzy]

cant wait for the Max Avengers game. all the Max versions coming together to save the universe

[Mallet - Maybe found sens]

Originally posted by 󠁳⁧⁧ Frenzy:

cant wait for the Max Avengers game. all the Max versions coming together to save the universe

I want to see the version of Max where she becomes spiderman

[Iggy Wolf]

Two parallel universes can make anything possible I guess. Chloe not being around makes sense since it's been more than 10 years. It reminds me a bit of Singularity, in which timewaves would occur that would switch the current environment from 2010 Russia to 1959 Russia. Said "Singularity Reactor" in the game was basically causing both timelines to constantly merge and crash into one another.

Even the "silhouettes" of people from a different timeline would appear as you got closer to the reactor. My guess? Max using her powers creates two separate timelines/parallel universes, and as the game description says, you'll have to have to switch between them to see how one scene differs in another, and what action to take to influence the future. Expect more "Timey-Wimey Ball" shenanigans again.

[MahouKurein]

Originally posted by 󠁳⁧⁧ Frenzy:

cant wait for the Max Avengers game. all the Max versions coming together to save the universe

If we argue my theory is correct, the multiple Max are the only "issue", unless she shares a cognitive experience through all the realities that makes her jump, eventually she would have to face or understand, talking to the other self. Even tho I feel like Max would be able to "interchange realities without making a fuss" after all she's been through, for lack of better words.

[Frenzy]

Originally posted by MahouKurein:

Originally posted by 󠁳⁧⁧ Frenzy:

cant wait for the Max Avengers game. all the Max versions coming together to save the universe

If we argue my theory is correct, the multiple Max are the only "issue", unless she shares a cognitive experience through all the realities that makes her jump, eventually she would have to face or understand, talking to the other self. Even tho I feel like Max would be able to "interchanging realities without making a fuss" after all she's been through.

i hope there is a moment where she speaks to the different Maxines, she doesnt live through all the realities and the others would give a insightful perspective on a situation.

[Marshall of the Templars]

With what little information we have now, I'm inclined to agree with your theory.

I think this would explain certain things in the trailer. Such as virtually no mention of Chloe or Arcadia Bay, as well as the lack of "member-berries" in the trailer.

[rmsgrey]

My best guess is that Chloe and Arcadia Bay are being kept to either be reveals during the game, or for a much later trailer.

General practice is to get at least one trailer out there that people who aren't intimately familiar with the rest of a franchise and/or the source material can appreciate without immediately thinking they need to play a decade-old game in order to have any clue what's going on, particularly when the new game inevitably won't rely on the details of the previous game simply so it doesn't need to find out and take account of all the player's choices...

Stuff that's directly targeted at fans of the first game is likely to only be revealed around the official launch in order to get the maximum hype benefit.

[Mystery Capybara]

The followup comic established that Max (or a version of Max) can travel between timelines. In the first game, Chloe has a black circle labelled Hole to Another Universe visible from her bed.