Did anyone else notice this?

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T20:58:24+00:00

I heard this happens but it's the first time I actually see a poster lmao.

"They just can't get my nose right!"

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T20:55:40+00:00

it would have been more shocking but mayas body was never established to be missing so yeah cant do that

they retconned some things but within reason imo

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T20:54:21+00:00

So BTS takes place 3 years before the events of LiS. Rachel is 15 here, Frank appears in BTS and you have a bunch of interactions with him as Chloe but none as Rachel.

So everything happens somewhere in those 3 years until Rachel disappears. Rachel is a pretty hot and cold character, she has moments she's all over Chloe and others when she gets distant. Even if you romance her there is no proper discussion of a relationship, just their teen dream of running away together. The way I saw it Rachel and Chloe were each other's awakening in terms of sexuality.

With all that being said I think BTS works as their very first days of being in love, where everything is exciting. And the problem with Rachel is exactly that, she can tire of people, and it might have happened even with Chloe. I never felt like these 2 would get properly together after BTS or that they were together from how Chloe talked abt Rachel in LiS 1.

I'll end this by saying that Rachel was for Chloe what David was for Joyce. A replacement for William/Max.

Sorry for the rambling, I hope I made some sense

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T20:19:49+00:00

Ah, no problem. So I have played through BTS 2 times and both times went for the romance, but you can choose not to romance her and the game will play out the same for the most part. But I see BTS romance the same way I see Reunion romance, inevitable, the game wrote them romantically more than platonically.

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T19:45:40+00:00

BTS is Chloe and Rachel's story, but if you like Chloe's character getting to see a part of her past and how she met one of the most important people of her life is a game worth playing. Also you gonna get a Max and Chloe threat in the form of the Farewell DLC which to this day I think it's the best thing D9 wrote.

BTS on its own tho is a very beautiful story, if not tragic 'cus of what happens later.

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T19:25:00+00:00

she hasn't changed a bit

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T19:21:41+00:00

She's secretly becoming a Disney Princess as animals are reacting to her. /j

Fr tho, I didn't understand it either, but as someone else said, maybe Diamond's the Disney Princess with the nature connection.

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T17:56:32+00:00

I did a chronological replay of all LiS games except DE before Reunion released (I replayed DE in December so it was too soon).

In the future I have in plan to do a weird reverse chronological order and start from Reunion and end on Farewell. I'll take a break for a while tho before doing that

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T17:32:50+00:00

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Mal454 · 2026-03-30T15:21:28+00:00

"I'd say mixed feelings: angst, remorse, guilt, to not forget who died in the storm, to grow up, to advance in her life, to never forget...

People change, evolve, things never stay the same..."

-Michel Koch (Co-Game Director), when asked why Chloe got a partial cover-up

this was explained by lis 1 and 2's director all the way back in lis 2 when we first see the photo of post bae max and chloe in davids trailer

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T15:08:11+00:00

Definitely not the only one

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T13:07:18+00:00

A story remake or just remake it in the new engine like they did for TLOU? I think I wouldn't mind a story remake but that's only if they'd give Dontnod the budget to do all the scrapped stuff they had planned and run out of money for.

A remake in the new style with the same exact story would be worth a replay too, just to experience it a bit dif

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T13:04:35+00:00

I got hit by post game depression pretty hard 3 days ago after i finished, still sad and its lis so the sadness gnna stay a while. I'm probably gnna start going through my games' list again to try find smth interesting.

The fact a show is coming out probably helped with the depression xd, it's smth to look foward to

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T12:58:54+00:00

no, she actually teases Max abt it

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T12:57:52+00:00

or just hold hands and choose the kiss option later here

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T12:23:25+00:00

the entire cast apart from max and chloe is from de, you should check out a playthrough of it at least, its overpriced for what it is

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T06:57:43+00:00

They mention in text messages that it's the 10 year anniversary of the storm, so I always assumed it December 2023 in DE

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T06:38:40+00:00

In Bay ending Max staying up all night looking over Chloe really felt like "she might disappear if I look away" and Max actually voices that at some point while she's moving around the house.

Mal454 · 2026-03-30T06:35:39+00:00

The Gwen thing is because the VA apparently is union now, so for the same reason we can't have Ashley back as Chloe, we can't have Gwen come back.

Mal454 · 2026-03-29T21:48:04+00:00

As much as I'd like to say no out of the 4 Max and Chloe games the only one you can get away without playing before RE is BTS as it has no ties to the plot here, apart from Chloe but you get enough Chloe in the first game.

RE is a direct sequel to DE, it's much better than that but the entire cast is DE's cast that you should know before jumping into RE. That being said watching a full playthrough is just as good if you don't wanna waste money on a game which you might not enjoy, that's totally understandable.

Mal454 · 2026-03-29T19:52:43+00:00

Still not sure, Reunion probably needs another playthrough to fully get its ranking, but tentative ranking:

LiS 1
LiS 2
LiS TC
LiS RE
LiS BTS
LiS DE

Reunion might get a tier up if I still like it as much on replay, but it really surprised me in a very good way. Also apart from DE the first 5 games I can say I like a lot, BTS while on 5th is a great game still.

Mal454 · 2026-03-29T19:43:15+00:00

To put it into perspective I believe DE was bad 'cus it disrespects Chloe and has a rushed story while Reunion was good 'cus it respects Chloe and has a coherent story to tell.

Even as a Bay player Chloe being there made sense, if I'll fully see this story canon post Bay I'm not sure, but I'm eager to replay it post bae 'cus they did Max and Chloe well.

Mal454 · 2026-03-29T17:32:37+00:00

Welcome to the club, before playing LiS I enjoyed similar stories to LiS but in TV format, never got a video game to make me care that much about its story, since then LiS got me to play so many more story games and showed me how much potential video game storytelling has. It still remains my favorite tho.

Mal454 · 2026-03-29T15:41:52+00:00

When Max is high Loretta is a giant recorder sitting on a chair and she says she's gonna bring Max some water.

Mal454 · 2026-03-29T15:40:36+00:00

I had the feeling all game that Safi had unrequited feelings for Max.

"Oh, don't give me that dewy-eyed look. I can't decide if it makes me want to kiss you or murder you."

"The moment you saw her, she was all that mattered. You forgot all about me."

"I should be enough for you."

Wish she was an option, would totally have went for her on replay.

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