Dontnods worst game to date

[spikethedog3]

OK I can blame Deck Nine for ruining Life Is Strange Double Exposure. I was so looking forward to this. but I had no empathy for any of the characters.... I felt I was just float along a simple ... yet beautiful. puddle deep game. I finished it in 6 hours and felt no problem leaving. As you can see on my list I have 250 games. I am versed in game playing but this held no interest for me. Shame because DONTNOD should come back and save Life is strange

[Fisconita]

Well... kat is the only one that i can feel something for, we dont know anything about the others, but the story overall is pretty good, i have the feeling it is like lis 1 that you cant empathize with max or chloe until the mid/end game

[maniacal<1>]

While I did like it, I have to agree that it definitely felt pretty shallow in comparison to their other narration-based games. Even Tell Me Why had a better, stronger, more cohesive story.

I honestly see no reason this had to be released in 2 parts. Tape 1 is a 5-6 hour story, tops, and I doubt Tape 2 is much longer than that, so it would have been perfectly acceptable to just release them as one whole game.

Originally posted by Fisconita:

Well... kat is the only one that i can feel something for, we dont know anything about the others, but the story overall is pretty good, i have the feeling it is like lis 1 that you cant empathize with max or chloe until the mid/end game

Now I DID like the characters, especially Nora. My Swann was all over her, and the personalities and conversations gave me some crazy Max and Chloe vibes. Plus I loved how she fronted all tough but was a total wuss. Autumn, I felt, was the weakest of the group. She was just sorta...bland, and was always the odd-girl out. Plus her singing voice is terrible, even for a 'riot grrrl' band.

[Jenaverse]

Originally posted by maniacal<1>:

Even Tell Me Why had a better, stronger, more cohesive story.

This is all I needed to read. Loved TMW, hated LiS2. Everything recently from DN has been mid. So if it can’t even be on par with one of my DN faves, it’s a definite dontbuy.

I still hold such resentment with how they wrote LiS2, the emotional cryfest I had on the first chapter, to wanting to throw my pc out the window with every ending is unforgivable and most memorable.

Thank you for your earlier work DN, they will forever hold such sentiments to me.

[Senki]

The writing and voice acting is beyond terrible

didn't play it myself but watched a friend stream it and it was unbearable

[spikethedog3]

I LOVED "Tell Me Why" I still have it to play again

[spikethedog3]

it's in the "Detroit . Become human " Vein

[spikethedog3]

I could not hook onto any of the characters. ... I played and just though... a two parter???? what about "dream fall Chapters" So Cool over so long

[Fisconita]

for me the issue is that i feel like they lack bakground on the characters and that they focused more on the nostalgia elemtns than the story to tell, there is always stuff from the 90s to seek and watch but that gets more time and effort than expanding the bakground and the creation of the characters.

[spikethedog3]

it felt like just "going thu the motions"..not a game more a B movie

[ViccyQ]

Originally posted by spikethedog3:

OK I can blame Deck Nine for ruining Life Is Strange Double Exposure. I was so looking forward to this. but I had no empathy for any of the characters.... I felt I was just float along a simple ... yet beautiful. puddle deep game. I finished it in 6 hours and felt no problem leaving. As you can see on my list I have 250 games. I am versed in game playing but this held no interest for me. Shame because DONTNOD should come back and save Life is strange

I would agree but not to Worst Game To Date. That is a bit extreme of a statement.

There is not a enough consequences in this game that make your actions matter.
Like the system is there that facilitates it but there is nothing thus far that really moves the game in a critical direction that Swann specifically chose.

There are parts in Tape 1 where you get the "THIS ACTION WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES" but then later im like... what happened with that decision.. all seems fine.

Maybe this was meticulously planned for Tape 1 and Tape 2 will be just straight up judgement simulator the whole time.

We honestly have to see. Tape 1 in the grand scheme felt like a giant set piece setup and Tape 2 is probably the sledge hammer coming to crush everything.

If i'm correct, this is the formula of DontNod, at least based off LIS1.
Chapter 3 is where shizz really started to take off and the tension, stress revved up from there.