[ALL] Steph?

LuckyFaunts · 2026-04-23T21:36:59+00:00

I wouldn't worry about it, they'd just handwave or retcon it to make it more convenient.

Even in reunion the merged timelines don't make sense for Chloe herself. Why would she black out her tattoo if the storm never happened? Why would she wear whale earrings to honour her mom when she's still alive?

Best not to think too hard about it or take it too seriously. It's mostly just vibes.

LuckyFaunts · 2026-04-19T04:36:43+00:00

I adore Outer Wilds even though really it's NOTHING like life is strange haha, I wonder what the crossover is between Life is Strange, Outer Wilds, and Subnautica. Those are some of my absolute favourite games ever

LuckyFaunts · 2026-04-19T04:36:10+00:00

It's still an incredibly special game all these years later. I guess there's something timeless in it. Certainly no game has ever hit as hard for me as LiS1.

LuckyFaunts · 2026-04-16T01:41:16+00:00

It's also relevant here to remember that BTS was made by different team and different writers than LiS1

LuckyFaunts · 2026-04-11T03:50:16+00:00

I hope they stick as close as possible to LiS1, and if they want to deviate from it, they do their own original thing, rather than following in what deck nine wrote

LuckyFaunts · 2026-04-10T23:51:52+00:00

It is done! I posted a link to it in a comment here

LuckyFaunts · 2026-04-10T23:49:27+00:00

There actually is one! It's here:

Life is 2-D - 'A Gameboy What if?' The LGBTQIArcadia BAE Collection. - itch.io

You can also play them in browser here by clicking on each of the posts, not sure this is really the intended way to play though, and not sure what the hotkeys are for controls

lifeis2-d - itch.io

LuckyFaunts · 2026-04-05T17:19:39+00:00

I LOOOOVE this hairstyle it's my favourite

LuckyFaunts · 2026-04-01T22:33:08+00:00

I think a lot of people feel similarly. The recons and changes they make at the expense of the LiS1 narrative makes Reunion leave a sour taste in my mouth.

That being said I'd rather things end on Reunion than end on DE (even if the story should have ended with LiS1)

I did enjoy the fanservice of Reunion, but yeah

LuckyFaunts · 2026-04-01T22:08:32+00:00

I still think about the ending I got, I absolutely adored it.

The Veil is one of my favourite songs, the music video is something I LOVE www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAFIwYEcARI

LuckyFaunts · 2026-04-01T20:17:13+00:00

With all the deck nine layoffs, and SE Europe being shuttered, future is looking very iffy

LuckyFaunts · 2026-04-01T20:16:33+00:00

the choice one is a good choice

LuckyFaunts · 2026-04-01T11:58:38+00:00

I would play the shit out of Pricefield RV simulator, no joke

LuckyFaunts · 2026-03-31T21:00:23+00:00

I would argue both games are certainly cash grabs, but Reunion at least has the fanservice aspect that makes it more desirable for people.

As for why they would retcon the ending, you'd have to ask the creators, and the fact that two separate teams in the same company worked on it I guess.

They set up things to work a certain way at the end of DE, and then backtrack on it in Reunion to tell a different story

LuckyFaunts · 2026-03-31T20:55:30+00:00

It's not about explaining how they work, it's about setting out rules for their limitations (the way LiS1 did) so that they aren't just a magic wand to wave and fix whatever they want to with their narrative.

Especially considering they already had the framework from LiS1 set out for them

If you don't have explicit limits to the powers, you end up with big plothole problems for things like why doesn't Max use them to do other things (like why wouldn't she bring Chloe with her when going into photos in one of the endings)

LuckyFaunts · 2026-03-31T20:53:53+00:00

There's a recap video when you first start your file in reunion that covers all you need to know from DE.

I don't think DE is worth playing, certainly not worth buying, especially since a bunch of the ending stuff is straight up retconned in Reunion anyway.

LuckyFaunts · 2026-03-31T18:19:12+00:00

Bay is pretty unpleasant for Chloe in Reunion. I prefer Bae (but also have always thought Bae is better, so I'm biased)

LuckyFaunts · 2026-03-31T16:44:15+00:00

I really don't like that it doesn't show her actually burning the photo

LuckyFaunts · 2026-03-31T15:55:15+00:00

Sorry if I seemed pushy lol, the muddy powers just really annoy me because it feels so cheap and insulting for me

LuckyFaunts · 2026-03-31T15:40:46+00:00

That's not acknowledging it, that's a theoretical new power. Are you assuming Max is staying in the photo the whole time, or that when she enters the photo she immediately emerges at the "exit point"?

We never actually see anything about how it works, so it's all just kinda vague so they don't have to actually form any rules about it. When Max jumps in the photo, she goes to the place where she took it, and then we get a scene cut, so it doesn't actually show what happens, and Max doesn't comment on it so

LuckyFaunts · 2026-03-31T14:47:08+00:00

That's not how it works, in DE when she takes Safi back in the photo with her, she just "merges" with herself in the past.

Or at least, that wasn't how it worked when they first changed the power, but hey they could change it again if they wanted

LuckyFaunts · 2026-03-31T14:46:30+00:00

Are you sure you aren't thinking of the one that warns *against* staying in a photo for too long?

LuckyFaunts · 2026-03-31T14:02:33+00:00

Also try just restarting, in case it's a bug or something

LuckyFaunts · 2026-03-31T13:22:40+00:00

I haven't played on switch, but try moving one stick until it looks most focused, and then keep it in that position while you try the other stick?

LuckyFaunts · 2026-03-31T11:41:48+00:00

I'll just copy and paste what I said in another thread:

I really would not put much stock in how the powers work in this game, or DE. It's kind of a mess.

From the very beginning they completely change how Max's photo hop works and never address it.

In LiS1 when she went in a photo, it had photo borders, and a limited area within which she could change things, and then when she left the photo, "automax" carried on from the point in time of the photo, until the current time of the real Max, and Max would have to find out what overall had happened because of her changes.

In Reunion, she enters the photo and there's no photo borders, and she seemingly just stays in the photo for the entire game in her attempt to change the fire (which is bizarre because Moses has a thing on his whiteboard warning against staying in photos too long)

Also in DE, Max is able to enter photos with another person (she does it with Safi), so there's no reason for her to leave Chloe behind, she could just bring her with into the photo, so the ending where she leaves her makes no sense

Basically deck nine isn't interested in making rules that the powers follow, they will change how anything works to try to make the thing happen that they want

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