History VisualNovel / LoveIsStrange

* FragileFlower: Kate may be nice and inclined to trust people, but she ''hates'' being viewed as just a delicate, breakable Christian girl.

* DialogueTree: With the odd ButThouMust choice [[http://ladyloveandjustice.tumblr.com/post/142260937992 played for laughs.]]

* GirlsLove

** In the original game, Max states at one point that she loved ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin''. Given that the movie is not generally well regarded, many took that as a plug, given that ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' is published by Creator/SquareEnix. In ''Love Is Strange'', after Max tells Victoria she loved the movie, [[TakeThat the latter is disgusted]], and immediately decides to put on ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' to show Max some ''real'' cinema. Also, in the main game Max says that she'd love to watch that movie on Victoria's big TV - in this game, she at least gets to watch a movie on it.

It's Max Caulfield's second year at Blackwell Academy. On this day, she does not discover that she has magical powers that allow her to turn back time, and nor does she learn about a popular girl who went missing a month ago -- magic doesn't exist, and the girl is alive and well just down the hallway. Instead, she shows up to class as usual, to find that their teacher is running a photography competition.

** In the original game, Max states at one point that she loved ''Film/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin''. Given that the movie is not generally well regarded, many took that as a plug, given that ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' is published by Creator/SquareEnix. In ''Love Is Strange'', after Max tells Victoria she loved the movie, [[TakeThat the latter is disgusted]], and immediately decides to put on ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' to show Max some ''real'' cinema. Also, in the main game Max says that she'd love to watch that movie on Victoria's big TV - in this game, she at least gets to watch a movie on it.

** In the original game, Max states at one point that she loved ''Film/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin''. Given that the movie is not generally well regarded, many took that as a plug, given that ''VisualNovel/LifeIsStrange'' is published by Creator/SquareEnix. In ''Love Is Strange'', after Max tells Victoria she loved the movie, [[TakeThat the latter is disgusted]], and immediately decides to put on ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' to show Max some ''real'' cinema. Also, in the main game Max says that she'd love to watch that movie on Victoria's big TV - in this game, she at least gets to watch a movie on it.

* QueerRomance

The theme is "bonds" -- and, fittingly, it must be completed in pairs. Thus Max gets a choice. Does she work for her rebellious, blunt childhood friend Chloe whom she recently reunited with? Her new friend Kate, a kind Christian student with a talent for art? Chloe's friend Rachel, a beautiful but mysterious girl who seems to be loved by everyone? Or Max's rival, the sharp-tongued and ambitious Victoria? Whoever she chooses, over the next few days, Max will have the opportunity to create a winning photo -- and become much closer to one of her classmates than ever before.

** Rachel's route also includes many references to popular theories surrounding Rachel in ''Life is Strange''. For example, if you compliment the lighting at the underpass, she'll talk about a ghost story about the area and threaten to bring a ouija board, which is a reference to the popular theory that Rachel had some connection to the supernatural or some powers of her own.

* RomanceGame: Jettisons all the sci-fi / conspiracy elements in favour of this.

* {{Tsundere}}: Victoria in her route, natch, including Max depending on the player's choices.

!!''Love is Strange'' provides examples of:

** In the original game, Max states at one point that she loved ''FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin''. Given that the movie is not generally well regarded, many took that as a plug, given that ''VisualNovel/LifeIsStrange'' is published by Creator/SquareEnix. In ''Love is Strange'', after Max tells Victoria she loved the movie, [[TakeThat the latter is disgusted]], and immediately decides to put on ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' to show Max some ''real'' cinema. Also, in the main game Max says that she'd love to watch that movie on Victoria's big TV - in this game, she at least gets to watch a movie on it.

''Love is Strange'' is a fan-made {{Freeware}} VisualNovel based on the VideoGame ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', but with the dark and supernatural elements excised and the QueerRomance brought to the fore. Compared to most such fan [=VNs=], however, the production quality is extremely high, boasting 150,000 words of text and a complete original set of backgrounds and soundtrack, not to mention a whole host of other cool elements that are definitely not UsefulNotes/RenPy standard, such as in-game achievements and a continually-updating journal.

It's Max Caulfield's second year at Blackwell Academy. On this day, she does not discover that she has magical powers that allow her to turn back time, and nor does she learn about a popular girl who went missing a month ago - magic doesn't exist, and the girl is alive and well just down the hallway. Instead, she shows up to class as usual, to find that their teacher is running a photography competition.

The theme is "bonds" - and, fittingly, it must be completed in pairs. Thus Max gets a choice. Does she work for her rebellious, blunt childhood friend Chloe whom she recently reunited with? Her new friend Kate, a kind Christian student with a talent for art? Chloe's friend Rachel, a beautiful but mysterious girl who seems to be loved by everyone? Or Max's rival, the sharp-tongued and ambitious Victoria? Whoever she chooses, over the next few days, Max will have the opportunity to create a winning photo - and become much closer to one of her classmates than ever before.

''VisualNovel/LoveIsStrange'' is a fan-made {{Freeware}} VisualNovel based on the VideoGame ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', but with the dark and supernatural elements excised and the QueerRomance brought to the fore. Compared to most such fan [=VNs=], however, the production quality is extremely high, boasting 150,000 words of text and a complete original set of backgrounds and soundtrack, not to mention a whole host of other cool elements that are definitely not UsefulNotes/RenPy standard, such as in-game achievements and a continually-updating journal.

* RomanceGame

* DialogueTree

* LikeBrotherAndSister: [[spoiler:Victoria looks out for Nathan - she tells Max that that's half the reason she's even in the Vortex Club - but she doesn't appear to have any romantic feelings for him at all.]]

** Rachel's route also includes many references to popular theories surrounding Rachel in ''Life is Strange''. For example, if you compliment the lighting at the underpass she'll talk about a ghost story about the area and threaten to bring a ouija board, which is a reference to the popular theory that Rachel had some connection to the supernatural or some powers of her own.

* RenaiGame

* EarnYourBadEnding: The game works on a three strikes rule, where to get the bad end you have to choose three particular bad options over the days. There are so many choices however that it's pretty unlikely that you'd stumble on the exact ones accidentally.

* ClosetGeek: As the main game implies, Victoria here is a closet anime fan who likes ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' and ''Movie/PrincessMononoke''.

** In the original game, Max states at one point that she loved ''FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin''. Given that the movie is not generally well regarded, many took that as a plug, given that ''VisualNovel/LifeIsStrange'' is published by Creator/SquareEnix. In ''Love is Strange'', after Max tells Victoria she loved the movie, [[TakeThat the latter is disgusted]], and immediately decides to put on ''Movie/PrincessMononoke'' to show Max some ''real'' cinema. Also, in the main game Max says that she'd love to watch that movie on Victoria's big TV - in this game, she at least gets to watch a movie on it.

* MythologyGag: In the original game, Max states at one point that she loved ''FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin''. Given that the movie is not generally well regarded, many took that as a plug, given that ''VisualNovel/LifeIsStrange'' is published by Creator/SquareEnix. In ''Love is Strange'', after Max tells Victoria she loved the movie, the latter is disgusted, and immediately decides to put on ''Movie/PrincessMononoke'' to show Max some ''real'' cinema. Also, in the main game Max says that she'd love to watch that movie on Victoria's big TV - in this game, she at least gets to watch a movie on it.

** The outfit that Victoria chooses for Max is identical to the one that Max wore in the alternate timeline where [[spoiler:she joined the Vortex Club]].

* ShipperOnDeck: Shockingly, Victoria admits to finding Max and Kate sort of pleasant to watch together and to rooting for their photograph, a courtesy she does not extend to Max/Rachel or Max/Chloe.

* FoeYay: Between Max and Victoria, before they start getting along better and it becomes regular old chemistry.

* RenaiGame

''VisualNovel/LoveIsStrange'' is a fan-made {{Freeware}} VisualNovel based on the VideoGame ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', but with the dark and supernatural elements excised and the QueerRomance brought to the fore. Compared to most such fan [=VNs=], however, the production quality is extremely high, boasting 150,000 words of text and a complete original set of backgrounds and soundtrack, not to mention a whole host of other cool elements that are definitely not {{RenPy}} standard, such as in-game achievements and a continually-updating journal.

It's Max Caufield's second year at Blackwell Academy. On this day, she does not discover that she has magical powers that allow her to turn back time, and nor does she learn about a popular girl who went missing a month ago - magic doesn't exist, and the girl is alive and well just down the hallway. Instead, she shows up to class as usual, to find that their teacher, Mx Dog (a sentient hot dog who probably appears as an actual person to the characters), is running a photography competition.

* FriendToAllChildren: Max gets to see this side of Kate if they choose the children's wing of the local hospital for their photoshoot.

* MythologyGag: In the original game, Max states at one point that she loved ''FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin''. Given that the movie is not generally well regarded, many took that as a plug given that ''VisualNovel/LifeIsStrange'' is published by Creator/SquareEnix. In ''Love is Strange'', after Max tells Victoria she loved the movie, the latter is disgusted, and immediately decides to put on ''Movie/PrincessMononoke'' to show Max some ''real'' cinema. Also, in the main game Max says that she'd love to watch that movie on Victoria's big TV - in this game, she at least gets to watch a movie on it.

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It's Max Caufield's second year at Blackwell high. On this day, she does not discover that she has magical powers that allow her to turn back time, and nor does she learn about a popular girl who went missing a month ago - magic doesn't exist, and the girl is alive and well just down the hallway. Instead, she shows up to class as usual, to find that their teacher, Mx Dog (a sentient hot dog who probably appears as an actual person to the characters), is running a photography competition. The theme is "bonds" - and, fittingly, it must be completed in pairs. Thus Max gets a choice. Does she work for her rebellious, blunt childhood friend Chloe whom she recently reunited with? Her new friend Kate, a kind Christian student with a talent for art? Chloe's friend Rachel, a beautiful but mysterious girl who seems to be loved by everyone? Or Max's rival, the sharp-tongued and ambitious Victoria? Whoever she chooses, over the next few days, Max will have the opportunity to create a winning photo - and become much closer to one of her classmates than ever before.

It's Max Caufield's second year at Blackwell high. On this day, she does not discover that she has magical powers that allow her to turn back time, and nor does she learn about a popular girl who went missing a month ago - magic doesn't exist, and the girl is alive and well just down the hallway. Instead, she shows up to class as usual, to find that their teacher, Mx Dog (a sentient hot dog who probably appears as an actual person to the characters), is running a photography competition. The theme is bonds - and, fittingly, it must be completed in pairs. Thus Max gets the option: does she work for her rebellious, blunt childhood friend Chloe whom she recently reunited with? Her new friend Kate, a kind Christian student with a talent for art? Chloe's friend Rachel, a beautiful but mysterious girl who seems to be loved by everyone? Or Max's rival, the sharp-tongued and ambitious Victoria? Whoever she chooses, over the next few days, Max will have the opportunity to create a winning photo - and become much closer to one of her classmates than ever before.

It's Max Caufield's second year at Blackwell high. On this day, she does not discover that she has magical powers that allow her to turn back time, and nor does she learn about a popular girl who went missing a month ago - magic doesn't exist, and the girl is alive and well. Instead, she shows up to class as usual, to find that their teacher, Mx Dog (a sentient hot dog who probably appears as an actual person to the characters), is running a photography competition. The theme is bonds - and, fittingly, it must be completed in pairs. Thus Max gets the option: does she work for her rebellious, blunt childhood friend Chloe whom she recently reunited with? Her new friend Kate, a kind Christian student with a talent for art? Chloe's friend Rachel, a beautiful but mysterious girl who seems to be loved by everyone? Or Max's rival, the sharp-tongued and ambitious Victoria? Whoever she chooses, over the next few days, Max will have the opportunity to create a winning photo - and become much closer to one of her classmates than ever before.

''VisualNovel/LoveIsStrange'' is a fan-made {{Freeware}} VisualNovel based on the VideoGame ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'', but with the dark and supernatural elements excised and the QueerRomance brought to the fore. Compared to most such fan VNs, however, the production quality is extremely high, boasting 150,000 words of text and a complete original set of backgrounds and soundtrack, not to mention a whole host of other cool elements that are definitely not {{RenPy}} standard, such as in-game achievements and a continually-updating journal.

* BiTheWay: Rachel - [[spoiler:although she started flirting with Frank just to use him, she eventually started to fall for him, and obviously she can be romanced by Max.]] Max herself is stated to be bi by the creators, though it doesn't come up in-game.

* DialogueTrees

* QueerRomance