I thought I would've missed Max and Chloe in this game

[Marc0_]

But damn... I was so wrong. I just played the first episode, and the story is amazing. Characters are awesome, I almost cried near the end of the chapter.

This franchise is just amazing. I appreciated very much the fact that episode 1 seemed longer than every other episode of the first game and the inventory system was a good new feature.

Keep going on like this guys. Maybe changing characters and locations in every title is really the right choice.

[mos4567]

So true, its an awesome game!

[HH-52]

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In all earnestness, while I liked the Arcadia Bay setting and its denizens better than the one in Life is Strage 2, I never understood why so many people in these forums hate this game with such passion. It was for the most part entertaining, and there were moments where it even was moving, the stroy was solid even if there were plotholes large enough to march the Romanian Army through (as there were in Season 1 and Before the Storm). All in all, I enjoyed LiS2 and share your sentiment, that it was better to start with new characters than expanding on Max and Chloe with a mediocre sequel (the superb one is in our head).

[Marc0_]

Originally posted by HH-52:

Forum going nuclear in five...four...three...two...one...

In all earnestness, while I liked the Arcadia Bay setting and its denizens better than the one in Life is Strage 2, I never understood why so many people in these forums hate this game with such passion. It was for the most part entertaining, and there were moments where it even was moving, the stroy was solid even if there were plotholes large enough to march the Romanian Army through (as there were in Season 1 and Before the Storm). All in all, I enjoyed LiS2 and share your sentiment, that it was better to start with new characters than expanding on Max and Chloe with a mediocre sequel (the superb one is in our head).

Exactly. I still have to start episode 2, and until now locations were a bit better in LiS1. But until now that is the only aspect in which the first one is better than this! I wouldn't say that LiS2 is better than LiS1, but they surely are on the same level.

Maybe continuing the game will make me change opinion, but for now I am loving this story as much as I loved the first one.

[GoldenCrownOfSorrow]

I mostly agree, though I see why people have a problem with this game. Of course it isn't going to hold the same 'magic' as 1 (and arguably BTS), but many people got their hopes up anyway. This coupled with the political aspect just created a sh!tstorm, imo. Their story is done, maybe for good maybe not. Being able to look past the obvious themes to better understand Daniel and Sean's bond actually made me enjoy it for what it is. There are plotholes in all 3, so YMMV and nothing new there. The best part for me is the different locations. I liked the world of Acardia Bay, but it felt a little limited to what you could interact with and see, although it made up for that in personality and better writing.

I didn't care for the new art style frankly, a bit too... stiff. Despite some odd dialogue pacing/lip syncing issues (all of them had this honestly) the main cast wasn't bad either, Esteban is by far my favorite - vc Amador Plascencia sounds quite comfortable in his role. The scenes aren't as memorable as in previous titles, sure, but LIS2 has its moments. Like the cougar attack and leaving their grandparents house, especially knowing Chris can potentially get hit by a car while escaping . Overall, I expected much worse. Personally, I'd say anyone who wants to play it to make your own opinion about the story, or play the demo, without letting nostalgia or heated debates choose for you.

[Scorpion242]

Originally posted by HH-52:

All in all, I enjoyed LiS2 and share your sentiment, that it was better to start with new characters than expanding on Max and Chloe with a mediocre sequel (the superb one is in our head).

Since LiS2 hovers somewhere between terrible and mediocre having Max and Chloe there could only have been an improvement.

[HH-52]

Originally posted by Scorpion242:

Since LiS2 hovers somewhere between terrible and mediocre having Max and Chloe there could only have been an improvement.

I fear not. Especially with you being so critical of the new narrative, art and dialogue directions, etc, which I, too, do not like as much as I did the original Life is Stange and Life ist Strange: Before the Storm, but not outright hate as much as you do, I can well imagine that LiS 2 Arcadia Bay would have tarnished the fond memories we have of the first two installments (and, for me, also Captain Spirit) and especially of Max and Chloe.

Or, to say it in Star Wars terms, when I was a kid, Return of the Jedi was the letdown in an otherwise awesome trilogy. Today A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back are the highpoints in an otherwise utterly mediocre series of schlock that nowhere near holds this special place in my heart that the original trilogy once held. I'd rather not see that happen to Arcadia Bay and its citizens.