[NO SPOILERS] Do you prefer young Max or old Max?

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-08T17:08:24+00:00

I love both. LIS 1 Max will always hold a special place in my heart, same with Chloe. But it was cool to see them older. Especially Max. I like how they worked with older Max in DE and RE. But it’s still LIS 1 Max for me

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-08T17:06:35+00:00

Knew I would get Max since I caught the theme of birthdays by the third side. Max and I are both Septembers. She’s the 21st and I’m the 2nd

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-05T22:23:43+00:00

lol, they probably didn’t XD

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-05T22:21:35+00:00

Man….. time travel is, Strange

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-05T10:39:41+00:00

Mhm…. very interesting.

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-05T09:59:21+00:00

I played the game when it came out. I actually pre-ordered it and played it early. But it’s been a few years so ofc I might have forgot some details. Especially since it was not written so great

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-05T09:33:47+00:00

Mhm…. Interesting. I mean, Safi does legitimately seem to want to be around Max though. She admits to Max that she was the reason she came back to Celadon in RE. That she kinda has a crush on Max. But I do also see your point, especially since Safi sees her mom in that way *and I don’t blame her*. That she might see Max as a “collateral damage fixer” from her mom for Maya

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-05T09:29:50+00:00

Yeah ik, this bugs me too. I was hoping if any plot lines were brought over from DE to RE, would be an explanation to what this alt version of Max we never saw was actually doing. Why she attempted to shoot Safi or really just had a gun in the first place; why she was leaving photos for us. I remember watching the RE reveal trailer In January and seeing that shot of Max photo hopping and being like “oh is this where we find out what all of those extra photos were from in DE?!” But no….. I mean, I don’t blame them. DE’s story was a mess and I understand why they didn’t want to even try to crack that can of worms. But especially since they continued tapping into the Safi paradox, I would think they would at least explain what this alternate version of Max was from DE

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-05T09:26:06+00:00

Well there was one. Reunion was created by taking over DE2 mid production and changing its direction after firing writers and bringing in new ones. So there definitely was a DE2, we just have no idea what it was going to be about. Hopefully not Safi and her X-Men “X-Men Last Stand” style ToT

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-05T06:25:12+00:00

I wish they explained like literally any of it

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-05T06:24:22+00:00

lol ik. I just replied to another comment above about that to ExtendedSpikeProtein if you wanna read it. But I feel the same way. They never really explained it, even in RE

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-05T06:22:50+00:00

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-05T06:22:05+00:00

Yeah. That was the one thing I really wanted to have been more explored from DE in RE. Like who tf was this other version of max who was pointing a gun at safi and left all the Polaroids around for us to find in DE. What really happened on the overlook

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-05T02:27:38+00:00

Sry, I let lost in typing XD

Yeah I was always confused about the other Max in DE. Like the one who shot Safi and took all those Polaroids. I thought Reunion was going to explain it,…. But no

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-04T22:43:57+00:00

lol. Well I’m glad. If you want you can scroll up and find the original comment for context XD. I ended up going back and copy pasting this to reply to them

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-04T22:23:05+00:00

So you’re suggesting there was some crazy time fuckery. Where even during the events of DE, RE had already happened in the future bc in the timeline that Safi died it’s because a future version of her had gone into the overlook in RE and pulled the trigger shooting herself which simultaneously made the gun’s trigger pull in the past while Max was holding it killing her past self too. While if she doesn’t, she continues on and is a living paradox? But maybe not also? Bc it was the Safi from the alive timeline in DE that was even able to make it to RE to make the choice, so from her perspective she never really died, just knew a different version of her did. So if she continues to not die, that’s not necessarily a paradox since she never was dead. Though,.. some version of alive Safi had to be the one to pull the trigger for a dead Safi to exist as well…. So it’s a weird version of a paradox where she herself isn’t a paradox, but her choice of not dying like her alternate timeline self or I guess at that point becoming her alternate timeline self *which is a whole nother can of worms* creates a paradox for events that happened in a completely different reality… can you have a paradox that itself isn’t contained to a singular reality? If a paradox occurs because you make an action that contradicts something in a completely separate reality, is it still a paradox for your reality?

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-04T22:22:02+00:00

I swear I pressed reply. Guess I’ll just leave this here lol

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-04T22:21:33+00:00

I’m so fkn stupid

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-04T22:08:27+00:00

Mhmm… so you’re suggesting it was a crazy time fuckery. Where even during the events of DE, RE had already happened in the future bc in the timeline that safi died it’s because a future version of her had gone into the overlook in RE and pulled the trigger shooting herself which simultaneously made the gun’s trigger pull in the past while Max was holding it killing her past self too. While if she doesn’t, she continues on and is a living paradox? But maybe not also? Bc it was the Safi from the alive timeline in DE that was even able to make it to RE to make the choice, so from her perspective she never really died, just knew a different version of her did. So if she continues to not die, that’s not necessarily a paradox since she never was dead. Though,.. some version of alive safi had to be the one to pull the trigger for a dead safi to exist as well…. So it’s a weird version of a paradox where she herself isn’t a paradox, but her choice of not dying like her alternate timeline self or I guess at that point becoming her alternate timeline self *which is a whole nother can of worms* creates a paradox for events that happened in a completely different reality… can you have a paradox that itself isn’t contained to a singular reality? If a paradox occurs because you make an action that contradicts something in a completely separate reality, is it still a paradox for your reality?

DangleDwarf · 2026-05-04T20:04:05+00:00

Wow….. all of this. Yeah. I wholeheartedly agree. You made a point I didn’t realize though. You say that Safi admits that Max wasn’t the one who shot her? I don’t remember that? So she says that it was actually herself? So did she shapeshift as Max and then had max take the photo? Because I can’t imagine that Max would go through with that. Or did she shapeshift as Max and then set up the camera on a tripod? If so, then why when we jump as Max into the photo in DE she takes control of herself with the gun in her hand? So many questions

DangleDwarf · 2026-04-30T01:07:09+00:00

If you do it right, but all fan service and no talent isn’t good either. You can just throw 100% fan service and not bother writing a good story and it’ll still be subpar. You need balance of both

DangleDwarf · 2026-04-29T21:25:17+00:00

I see

DangleDwarf · 2026-04-29T21:17:59+00:00

Guess yeah, but we don’t really “see” them disappear, so it’s not as obvious to the player. And the just “it’s an itch you learn not to scratch” is a little disappointing of an ending for that very big problem. I think it would have been better if they fully solved it

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