Let's talk about Chris...

[Barny600]

What was the purpose of Captain Spirit? Why they bothered to create a free demo game and introducing two chararectes that we'll never see again and have no links with the main plot?

The first time i've played it, i thought Chris backstory about his mom's death was someway tied to the main plot, like Kate in the first LiS. I genuinely enjoyed Chris and his dad, i've seen potential in them and I thought they could have been interesting side characters. But after Ep. 2, even if the player manage to achieve the best ending, they are never brought back again. Why bothering with all those stuff about Emily in Captain Spirit if her background is not important or meaningful to the overall story?

Maybe I'm wrong, but i feel like Chris story wasn't important at all

[Bealla Donna]

I said the same weeks back ^^

[CougieX]

Valid point if the season is over but there are 2 episodes left.

[Riddler]

How do you know, that Emily's backstory isn't important for the overall story? It's still possible, that Karen has something to do with it. We still don't know her big secret and why she left. I believe it's all connected in some way and we will find out how.

I could be wrong, but i think this topic is not yet over. And Daniel mentioned Chris several times in episode 3.

[jz78817]

more or less to explain why this poor kid was running out in the snow with no shoes and trying to get up to his treehouse. And to make you feel like s*** if your choices get him hurt.

though I've got to believe they have some other plans for him outside of this game, they created an awful lot of backstory and left a lot of open-ended details for Captain Spirit that go beyond his role so far in LiS2. especially the references to Blackwell and call-backs to the first game.

[Barny600]

Originally posted by CougieX:

Valid point if the season is over but there are 2 episodes left.

I highly doubt Chris will appear in the next episodes

Originally posted by Riddler:

How do you know, that Emily's backstory isn't important for the overall story? It's still possible, that Karen has something to do with it. We still don't know her big secret and why she left. I believe it's all connected in some way and we will find out how.

I could be wrong, but i think this topic is not yet over. And Daniel mentioned Chris several times in episode 3.

Even if Daniel or someone else mention Chris It won't affect the plot too much, 'cause he has zero revelance in the LiS 2 plot. Why I say that? https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/24/why-life-is-strange-2-writers-ratcheted-up-the-drama-in-episode-3/
In this interview, one of the devs talks about how Lyla was planned to be never brought back again after ep. 1, and thanks to the audience reaction you can call her in ep.2, but her role Is done, you'll never see her again in the future episodes.

Originally posted by jz78817:

though I've got to believe they have some other plans for him outside of this game, they created an awful lot of backstory and left a lot of open-ended details for Captain Spirit that go beyond his role so far in LiS2. especially the references to Blackwell and call-backs to the first game.

That's quite disappointing for me, i can understand why Lyla was not so relevant (even if i would have liked more about her) but with all those details and background in Captain Spirit i thought he was going to have some little more prominence in the actual story

[Scorpion242]

He was created to be in a demo that is supposed to sell a game, a game that has nothing in common with that demo. CS was LiS gameplay as a sandbox, LiS2 is nothing like it.
The story as a whole was not relevant.

[jz78817]

Originally posted by Barny600:

Originally posted by CougieX:

Valid point if the season is over but there are 2 episodes left.

I highly doubt Chris will appear in the next episodes

no but I assume (hope) we at least find out what happened to him after ep.2.

Originally posted by Riddler:

How do you know, that Emily's backstory isn't important for the overall story? It's still possible, that Karen has something to do with it. We still don't know her big secret and why she left. I believe it's all connected in some way and we will find out how.

I could be wrong, but i think this topic is not yet over. And Daniel mentioned Chris several times in episode 3.

I'm not sure I see how. Maybe the writers were being intentionally vague, but I get the idea that the Eriksens and Reynolds didn't even know each other prior to Charles and Chris having to move next door to them. Presumably Karen would have been gone for years by that point, well out of the state, and I don't see how they'd intersect.

That's quite disappointing for me, i can understand why Lyla was not so relevant (even if i would have liked more about her) but with all those details and background in Captain Spirit i thought he was going to have some little more prominence in the actual story

I don't see it as an issue. This game is about Sean and Daniel, period. Just like the first one was about Max & Chloe. focusing more on Chris's story (unless they managed to make it relevant to S&D's journey) would be a distraction and kind of pointless. If they do anything more with Chris it would probably be better done as something like an add-on to Captain Spirit, or another side game like BtS, or even LiS 3 (if there is to be one.) 'cos there's a lot there to work with IMO: What really happened to Emily? Why was her death never solved? Why does it seem like it's being covered up? What do the references to Blackwell and Mark Jefferson mean (if anything?) edit: oh, and can't the world be nice to this poor kid for once? ;)

[Riddler]

Originally posted by Barny600:

Originally posted by Riddler:

How do you know, that Emily's backstory isn't important for the overall story? It's still possible, that Karen has something to do with it. We still don't know her big secret and why she left. I believe it's all connected in some way and we will find out how.

I could be wrong, but i think this topic is not yet over. And Daniel mentioned Chris several times in episode 3.

Even if Daniel or someone else mention Chris It won't affect the plot too much, 'cause he has zero revelance in the LiS 2 plot. Why I say that? https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/24/why-life-is-strange-2-writers-ratcheted-up-the-drama-in-episode-3/
In this interview, one of the devs talks about how Lyla was planned to be never brought back again after ep. 1, and thanks to the audience reaction you can call her in ep.2, but her role Is done, you'll never see her again in the future episodes.

I know about Lyla and the interview. I was of course disappointed. But that doesn't mean, that Chris's backstory won't be important in any way. I don't think we will see him again, but probably there will be some kind of twist regarding Karen and her past. The reason why she left and why everyone hates her. And i believe it must be something the player as well as Sean and Daniel had already contact with throughout the game.

Of course it could be very much the case, that Chris's story is over and he was only there to interact with Daniel. But that's the thing. We don't know yet. And after the end of episode 3, i believe the old rules no longer apply^^