Life is Strange

What an a-hole.

Edit: How's that for a pagetopper?

edited 1st Aug '15 5:36:51 PM by KarkatTheDalek

The game is a lot less lazy with branching then Telltale is, I'm seeing. The major plot stays the same, but you actually do get a lot of differences based on your choices. Kate being dead still comes up a lot, when I know most people didn't fuck that up like I did.

I caught up on 3 and 4 at the same time. The Alternate Reality was cool.

I thought Jefferson did seem like a creep, but murderous?.......?:/

edited 1st Aug '15 6:20:41 PM by occono

Occono! You are the only one who can answer my question even though I could probably just look it up on Youtube! What happens if Kate's dead? If she's alive, you go visit her in the hospital, but if she's dead is that scene just not there? Or do you visit her memorial, or what?

According to a stream I watched, you just go directly from Chloe's house to the dorm exterior.

Yeah, this basically. Huh, I thought the episode was already much longer than before, I'm surprised to learn there's a whole section I didn't get to play.

Oh, yeah. And the scene's actually fairly long. There's a lot of stuff to look at, and a few topics you can discuss with her.

:/

I'll see it eventually.

Re: SNL: Oh my god. That's almost not absolutely hilarious.

Sooo... are most people not theorizing that Jefferson is Sean Prescott, just under a hidden identity? I'm assuming this not only because... well, I think it's obvious with the clues given, but also because the series works with a small cast and by introducing all characters right away, and using them effectively. It wouldn't be right if Sean Prescott came into the plot as a present character in only the last episode. Ruins the whole mystery.

I dunno, a lot of people on this thread seemed to have thought differently, as far as I found skimming around about six pages ago.

There's a picture of Sean Prescott in Nathan's room. He looks nothing like Mr. Jefferson. Not to mention that I don't see how the man who owns Arcadia Bay has a second life as a famous photographer.

I wouldn't put it past Sean to be able to alter his appearance, either through... realistic means, or supernatural ones. I mean the picture of him is not so unlike Jefferson that a real-world makeover on some means couldn't fix, but maybe I'm hung up on the glasses. And assuming he's behind some supernatural work, he could have some method of keeping his youth. Let's assume the whole "the Prescotts are vampires" thing is a really farfetched throwaway dialogue, but you also have a time travel mechanic, and a lot of satanic natured themes. I just wouldn't throw the possibility out the window, especially because, not sure if I said this or not (sorry if I did), the cast works effectively by remaining small and present with what's going on. Pulling Sean Prescott out as some Final Boss Devil Man, or not bringing up him up as a physical figure at all, would be... disappointing, at the least.

edited 2nd Aug '15 10:16:52 AM by HeavyDDR

Wait nevermind.

edited 2nd Aug '15 10:49:11 AM by FullMoon

I'm shocked the majority of players agreed to Chloe's assisted suicide.

Which reminds me, what happens if you choose "I don't know"?

I chose that. They talk about it for a bit and then you're presented with Accept/Refuse again.

I'd be pissed if Jefferson turns out to be Sean Prescott. That's out of nowhere and some Soap Opera bullshit. I don't think they're building him up to be the Big Bad or something. I really think he's a father who's clueless and an idiot when it comes to how unstable his child is and clearly having no idea in how to properly raise him.

If he appears at all, I'd expect him to appear in the Aftermath and horrified at what's happened and finally learning his lesson.

I super doubt Sean Prescott is some oblivious father considering his constant talks about the destiny of the family, the Satanic themes, the past dealings of the family, the fact that he's confirmed to be doing just straight-up unethical things with the town... I mean, you have to be SUPER oblivious to just not realize all the shit that's going on.

The letter from the Therapist outright paints him as a very oblivious and stubborn father figure. Also, wtf do you mean 'Satanic Themes'??? That's... rather out of nowhere.

I also don't think he's exactly being unethical about the town. At least, that's not the word I'd use here...

Life is Strange has had a lot more nuance than to just demonize the Prescotts. Even Nathan, who is a drug dealer and attempted rapist, has some sympathetic elements; family that won't get him the help he needs, the game goes out of its way to say Nathan needs help instead of suggesting he needs to be put down. Frank; also a drug dealer and (technical) rapist, has his sympathetic traits.

I think that Sean Prescott knows about the storm. The dark room was originally a "stormbreaker bunker," after all.

Nathan's "Best Son Award" was awarded on June 6th, 2006, which is blatantly 6/6/06, and "1903 in the year of our Lord" is regarded as a symbolic year, especially if you're talking about how a family is going to pay for not covering the debts they owe you. I'm sure there's more, if I was paying more attention during the episode when the themes became apparent.

However, in terms of actual narrative presentation, there really isn't that much to support it. I thought those are just small references and nods, not actual characterization points. If they include the number 666, I'd think 'Hahahaha. The devs are calling him satan incarnate' rather than 'Oh my god. He is satan incarnate'.

Plus, Sean Prescott isn't a major character. We have all of our major characters listed in the Journal. If he does appear, I would imagine it wouldn't be for much plot advancement; similar to the introduction of William Price in Episode 3.

I agree that Sean Prescott is not a major character. He's a major influence to his son's life, and his son is something of a major character, but even he isn't given the same importance of Chloe or Rachel or Kate. Even Victoria is more important a character than Nathan. This is a game that is exploring relationships, not trying to achieve some overarching storyline about myth or power or corruption or conspiracy (so far, anyway). There are so many details that it's easy to make the story into a foil-hat thing; Nathan is the antichrist, his father won't accept it because he wants armageddon to come around, etc. That doesn't seem to be the reality that the game is trying to portray.

I wonder what everyone thinks about the relationship between Chloe and Max. It's obviously the most important one in the game, we know more about these two characters than any others when it comes to personality and sympathy. They both have a lot of flaws and have both fallen down a ton of times when it comes to maintaining the friendship. But how does the dynamic make the story significant? Are we supposed to see Max as the hero? Are we supposed to see Chloe as the damsel in distress? Especially after the last episode, where we watch Jefferson shoot Chloe in the head. Is she dead for good? Is everything done before now in vain?

I think it's really obvious that Max cares a lot about Chloe, and would do anything to help her. I don't think we're supposed to see Chloe as a damsel in distress. She's had a lot of unfortunate things happen to her in life (dealing with William's death, abuse from David, her best friend not being in contact with her, losing her other best friend (and person she clearly had romantic feelings for), but that doesn't mean that she is helpless.

And Max is obviously the hero. Especially depending on certain choices you've taken in the game, but the amount of people Max can reach out to is amazing, and it's nice bit of Video Game Caring Potential by DONTNOD.

edited 2nd Aug '15 10:59:06 PM by higherbrainpattern

A lot of people in the town are on record for actually disliking Sean Prescott, so I don't think think he's an innocent here.

Part of me is wondering whether Rachel is actually still alive. We never did actually get a good look at her body...

edited 2nd Aug '15 11:54:11 PM by KarkatTheDalek

I doubt Chloe wouldn't stop digging until she could confirm. I'm almost certain that we don't see the corpse because... well, 6 months of rot and decay is disgusting and I don't think that's how the game wants us to remember seeing Rachel.