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also Max Pointing the gun at Frank was because she was scared plus the gun wasn't even loaded

To be fair, Life Is Strange: True Colors was never really about a central romantic relationship. The focus was more on uncovering the town's dark secrets. True Colors follows a similar structure to Life Is Strange 1 and Double Exposure: The town harbors a dark secret. We uncover that secret. We expose it and face a choice. In Life Is Strange 1, the choice is whether to sacrifice Arcadia Bay or Chloe. In True Colors, the decision revolves around leaving the town with Steph to explore the world, knowing we can always return later. Double Exposure follows a similar pattern: a secondary character dies, Max’s powers awaken, and they embark on a journey to discover why the character died and what the town is hiding. Now, I’m not sure what the final choice in Double Exposure Episode 5 will be, but if it mirrors Life Is Strange 1, it could present the same problem. In the first game, after all the drama surrounding Rachel and Maya, we ended up with a decision that felt meaningless. If Double Exposure offers a choice like sacrificing Saifya or Caledon (assuming that’s the choice), it could render everything we've done pointless. However, there is a redeeming aspect: Life Is Strange 1 showed that Chloe could be redeemed. She forms a healthier relationship with her stepdad and explores cities with Max before their eventual breakup. But with a Chloe and Saifya sacrifice option, it feels like all the time manipulation and effort just to have them die anyway is a waste. It undermines the choices we made and makes the journey feel pointless. In True Colors, we also face a similar dilemma: we spend the entire game uncovering the town’s dark secrets, but the ultimate choice-whether to leave with Steph or stay-feels a bit anticlimactic. The emotional payoff isn’t as strong because it’s not about saving anyone or altering the town’s fate, but rather about personal choice and what comes next. The technical issues in Double Exposure-like the T-pose glitch during transitions, characters speaking with their mouths closed in Chapter 4 (which is unintentionally funny), and a camera glitch-also hold it back from being a flawless experience. Overall, I think Double Exposure is a solid game, but it would greatly benefit from clearer dialogue options and more meaningful choices to strengthen its narrative.

One way to shove their opinion down people throats and say “deal with it” 😂

WOKENESS. EVERDEEN.

AHHH UR WOKE

ur TOO WOKE

ur not using the word woke right

i have big crush on you

Jesus fing christ the first game has gay relationships and euthanazia, to say its not woke literally means you were either mentally incapable of any sort of thought while playing it OR, What i bet is the case is the fact that you turned into a bigoted grifter between the first and this game. Please replay the original, then make a video about how conservative it is, i need good comedy in my life.

I just got double exposure and it’s just not fun. I think what made the first one was the fact that you could rewind time. On anything. With this one you have to like go in the bathroom to switch realities? And then you have to get a ladder from one reality, put it in your bag? And then go in the other reality to use the ladder? Idk it’s just wierd and I don’t really like any of the characters so far

Don’t nod are extremely good at telling stories and most of the gameplay is focused on relationship building and repairing that someone you haven’t seen in forever. D9 are more into gameplay than story, as referenced in tc. They’re more ‘fun’ you could say. De was just a massive failure to d9’s business and it shows cuz of reviews on steam. Lis 1 will never die and will go on til new fans find it. It was kinda funny how you absolutely ripped into Chloe despite not understanding her issues. Which is fine I respect it I don’t hate Chloe cuz I understand her the most. Lis 2 was terrible and boring bcuz of the pacing and overall character building or relationship even. There were good parts and just very boring, especially the end part. I loved Alex from tc, prolly bcuz of her personality and traits.

5:35 To be fair, it was stated in LiS1 that Max getting her powers is what allowed her to be more brave and reckless than ever before ("You´ve been more... fearless this week than maybe your whole life"). The ability to be in control of your social interactions, being able to undo anything you might say and do as well as making people like you is the dream of any socially awkward person. And Max as a character is still stuck in the past, which is what her interest in photography/her time powers symbolize, and as a story LiS is about being able to let go and start moving on. This is all acknowledged in the nightmare sequence that calls out how Max has used her powers throuhout the game, and the game's narrative doesn't make as much sense if Max isn't somewhat abusing her powers. But eventually, the more she used her powers, the worse things got, so she stopped using her time powers entirely and moves on either with or without Chloe in her life.

Damn, that was brutal, then you ended with a 'it's not terrible, still worth playing through' lol. LiS was a one hit wonder from a Dontnot on the verge of bankruptcy.

The only thing that annoys me is that safi's mom is a caricature of an arab mom, where the only character traits she has is calling her daughter habibti and cries about racism and misogyny. Even when (spoiler alert if that matters to you) she was about to get shot by her daughter, the only thing of substance she could say is “habibti”???????

You said deck nine a couple of times and I thought you said dick nine lol

Life Is Gay

As a straight guy, I found it really strange to play the "smash or pass" part of the game (I declined all of them). It just wasn’t my thing, and while some people might enjoy it, it’s not for me. Life is Strange 1 and 2 also included LGBTQ+ representation, but they did it subtly, without forcing it on the audience. They seemed mindful of players who might have different perspectives. The story in this game felt plain. The idea of small choices leading to significant consequences didn’t feel impactful I didn’t notice any real effects from the decisions I made. I’d give this game a 3/10 the music though is fantastic

too woke? hahaha thats a thing? i mean, what does this have to do with the poor creation of the game by it's developers? to woke??? im confused. lol

so true on liberal dreamland, these games from french studio trying to emulate western ideology is just all over the place, even LiS 2 especially was just caricatures of racists and minorities hence it flopping the story made no sense and its a mess

I thought dontnod made before the storm as well..

Game isn't too woke its just poorly written and clearly had some studio drama

I finished the game recently. I played the first game, before the storm and true colors too, I missed the second game. When I played it, did not look into the reviews to make unbiased conclusion. Yes, the game has a little bit more woke stuff than it should. But does it really matter? Complaining for a life is strange game being woke is like complaining than a doom game is too aggressive or complaining that a souls game is too hard. First game openly supports marihuanna, embraces gay relationships and euthanasia, I also felt like wants to convince you against gun ownership. This mentality is part of the series. Btw in both games, you can refuse to be homosexual and in new game you can accuse a trans character being a drug dealer, you can pull away a girl when tries to kiss you. Saying that this game is 4/10 is nonsense. Max acts how she should. In the first game she was a teenager and experienced what are the consequences of her actions. Now she is an adult collage teacher. In the game there are many plots that I honestly did not expect. Characters are likeable. For me the true colors felt much worse with a way more cringe moments.

No because you cant tell me chloe is dating victoria. Chloe literally said she would rather throw up razorblades then talk to her..

Damn you REALLY hate Chloe. Can't relate but I respect it 😂

Omg this video deserves more views!

Personally, I prefer Deck Nine over Dontnod. Dontnod's understanding of tone and genre have always been their saving grace, but their inability to put together an actual _fun_ game will always be their Achilles heel. Deck Nine on the other hand seems more focused on creating an actual videogame intent on making the player think and participate than simply telling a story. Honestly, Dontnod should be making films instead of games. From a developer's perspective, Life is Strange 1 & 2 are filled with so many bad choices that would make most industry writers faint. The switch from telling a thematic story to a strict murder mystery might rub some people the wrong way, but as a _videogame,_ it was the only choice. Life is Strange 2 proved that the vast majority of people aren't gonna shell out the money to pay for 12 hour interactive movie with little to no engaging gameplay.

Something could be woke and still be good, this game is just badly written and the story is all over the place. Besides by your definition of wokeness, Life is Strange has always been woke since the first game

I agree that locations were limited as fuck, same as true colors, 5-6 locations for the whole game. I was sick to see courtyard by the end of the game

"shes only known her for a week" bro thats her childhood best friend since toddlers

Dude, you gave it a 4 or 5 and STILL recommend folks "should buy it"? Really? That's not a rating that spells "Worth buying", you know that right?

I thought Venom 3 was bad. Honestly, everything seems to be going downhill these days. There are only a few good writers left, while the rest are terrible. They don’t care-it’s all just a cash grab.

Lmao this game isn’t woke? The line Max says, “Gender neutral bathrooms, love to see it.” Says it all. The trans person going on a rant about their old transphobic boss and how they aren’t indoctrinating kids also tells you how woke it is. You lefties are denying reality as a whole at this point and it’s just sad, you need therapy not acceptance.

I bow down to this take. In fact, I hesitate to even call it a take because it's mostly just the Truth!

bud what is up with that thumbnail? the game is bad because it simply is, not because it is ''Woke''

its nice to see people talking against the anti woke cringe. whenever a game is simply bad, yall blame it on "wokeness"

It only started to fall off after chapter 4 and 5 before that it’s good idgaf what u say. And no I’m not watching this “WOKE” video.

Note: holy shit I wrote a lot. Be warned. Also: this contains spoilers for all games. Edit: this is part 1 - I had to put part 2 in a comment bc UA-cam was being annoying Even BTS got the essence of LIS way better than TC or DE. Chloe's relationship with Rachel was toxic but beautiful, and like LIS1, you could break apart the deuteragonist's secret-keeping, toxic family. Although BTS didn’t have powers, I think the game still worked because LIS was never really about the powers in the first place - they were only ever used as a storytelling tool. And no, the game wasn't perfect - it copied LIS1 a little too closely and didn’t have the same choices between the world and the 1 person the protagonist cared about most - but it didn’t shy away from LIS's darker themes (kidnapping, drug abuse, toxic relationships, physical violence, how young girls get taken advantage of, etc.) and managed to show the nuances of relationships and how far people are willing to go for love. TC is where the series began to go downhill imo, but I also don’t think it was a bad game. It still had some dark themes (corruption, family trauma, environmental destruction, and mental illness), but it didn’t go far enough in its criticism. The closest it had to a toxic relationship was Alex's relationship with her long-dead parents which the game forces you to interpret one way and which she always heals from in the end. Speaking of the end, the choice between staying or leaving is way too hopeful and hardly has any downsides compared to the last choices in all 3 of the previous games. The decision to either forgive or not forgive Jed seemed like way more of an interesting final choice, but it went nowhere. At least with that one, you could choose to keep a grudge for the sake of Gabe, or you could be "the bigger person" and forgive. That at least would've had the same theme of clinging onto the person most important in your life or deciding to move on. But again, this choice went nowhere, and there was no foreshadowing in previous choices. Another issue I have with TC is the powers. In LIS1 and 2, powers have major downsides. Max's causes the tornado that wipes out Arcadia Bay, and Daniel loses control and endangers the people around him. Although Alex's powers start as a problem with her carrying all the negative emotions of the people around her and lashing out as a consequence, later that problem just kinda... disappears. Alex becomes the superhero and gets to live the dream life of her choice. And don’t get me wrong, I don't think TC was a horrible game by any means, even with its issues. My main problem with it is that it shouldn't have been a Life is Strange game. Although LIS2 focused on a largely different cast of characters, it still had the same themes and similar choices. TC just didn't. (Also I have to recommend the spinoff book *Life is Strange: Steph's Story,* because I think it does way more justice to the series than TC. It focuses on Steph's toxic, codependent relationship with her ex - then girlfriend - Izzie, and delves into the effects the storm had on the few survivors. It features some beloved characters from the spinoff comics and delves into the main conflict of LIS: to choose between the 1 person in the world most important to you or letting them go, also freeing yourself from their toxicity. It's really good and hella underrated.)

you know how they say never meet your idols? never play the sequel to your favorite game is the new equivalent

Going into double exposure having been an avid LIS1 fan broke my heart at the wasted potential and the complete dissociation between max's original personality and her new one, it's like they're two different people completely. They dulled her personality and made her traumas and experiences all subtle and dull almost into nonexistence, they got rid of all the traumas and experiences that make max max. I saw absolutely zero effect of max's experiences as a teenager in the first game on her adult version, you'd think they'll integrate the trauma into her character development but instead they completely ignored all of it but only maintained chloe's death as max's sole motivator in the new game (her need to save safi). the first game did a great job of putting the player in the characters' shoes and it was focused on making us feel their torments and conflicts, it was captivating, deep and layered with perfect character chemistry and emotional connection. imo they tried to replace chloe with safi thinking that by giving us barely five minutes of screentime with her would come close to the emotional connection we had with chloe. They flopped so bad..Not to mention how horribly one-dimintional the entire story was, unlike the first game which just had one fucked up story after the other that all built up into one intriguing world that kept you playing.

I agree with several points on the focus of life is strange games and i was also dissappointed by Chloe's handling. That said, i completely dissagree that double exposure is a bad game, true colours was amazing to me as well. Theres hella lot of beauty to be found in both the latest lis games and i think you really have to be biased toward not seeing them or have tunnel vision to disregard the substance there. The character development of Max was beautifully handled imo, definitely in how she handles her trauma. Obviously they are not as great as the original game, but they definitely hold their own and personally i'm glad to have experienced them. Here's my review on Double exposure: It does capture the nostalgia of the original game but goes on to become its own thing that consistently and beautifuly hat tips the original. I feel there was a bit less variety in scenery to the first game. I was very dissapointed on a certain part regarding romance (trying to keep it spoiler free) but it made up for it with a storyline that had impactful reveals and a relatively steady progression, in my second playthrugh it felt like the choices did not have much impact in the main story in the end which was a bit sad. Character development regarding our favourite snoopy nerd is very well made and there is obvious care and love for the character. That said, I think we all deserve more context into the time in between the frames as the character development for our other favourite badass character is barely hinted (tho to be fair thats not the focus and it would basically become an entirely new game otherwise). I personally really need a game to bridge the time in between if i'm gonna get my closure on this. Or at least a sequel to adress that. You know that feeling when you're waiting every moment for the phone to ring and that to be a certain person? I got that in spades in this game which is a feat set up by the first game and facilitated by this one and thats something i've never had before in any media. The reality of that feeling resonated with me in a way that I didn't think possible through anything other than real life as I geniounly feel i need closure and I'm fairly certain that is what Max feels as well, or at least that's how I chose to play her as. I was really dissappointed i could not respond to most messages, especially the one near the end. There should be the option to initiate texts more, kinda like in wavelengths. It may be the wrong choice to do so but it just feels way more wrong to not do so. The frustration I felt watching Max being torn in a certain scene about calling someone is no joke, it was very dissappointing and frustrating not to see the big choice prompt come up!

fan base of game is majority LGBTQ, game makes more LGBTQ representation in the game for the fan base. If ur really calling the game woke is this game even for u😑

And also, why does the decisions not matter anymore? its just like, „she did not like that..ok! Onto the next one!“ and the one ending, just one, its a choices game, why does the choices not matter??

"too woke" hell nah take a shower bro

i feel like this was super rushed as well, and it annoyed me that they forgot the fact to explain why favi died in the other reality too.

Generally, I agree. It seems like they were so busy trying to reintroduce Max that they forgot they also need a well-written story that makes sense, as well as including memorable and interesting support characters. It feels like “Double Exposure” is trying really hard to be mysterious but just ends up confusing. It’s also a big problem that the story involves so many different things that have little to no connection to each other. A Life is Strange game about a murder mystery, traveling between timelines, shapeshifting, several people with powers etc. could work. But not having all of it in the same game. Another big problem is that “Double Exposure” fails to deliver the same emotional impact that the first game did. I don’t feel like I have any emotional connection to any character and therefore I don’t really care about anybody. I don’t know anything about Safi, so when she is getting shot I am not sure why I should even care. However, I didn’t know Chloe either when she was getting shot by Nathan in the beginning. But the difference is that we get to know Chloe throughout the game. So when the last choice is presented, that does have a lot of emotional impact. I never get an emotional connection like that with Safi.

How can an amazing time traveling story based game go from that to cringe conversions about gay sex

What even was abraxsis!?

this game is just corporate. nothing woke about it lol

People nowadays should really stop using the word WOKE, the game is bad because it's story is badly written, that's all.