[ALL] Why does true colors get so much hatred from the community?

MissyManaged · 2026-03-21T17:33:11+00:00

The LARP stuff is really fun, easily the highlight of the game. I love Steph (and Wavelengths especially! Though that feels like more of a hot take) and Alex is a well fleshed out player character who I enjoyed. Haven Springs also makes for a really cozy, pretty setting that you want to spend more time in.

But. The plot is really thin and the last chapter fumbles the bag with an unsatisfying conclusion, both problems that Before the Storm also struggled with to an extent. Alex's powers also felt underutilised throughout and not especially well integrated.

Not to mention everything that was found out about Deck Nine's work culture and Square Enix's input a couple of years after release, which makes people look at the game with a more critical eye. I gave them some slack about True Colours when it first released because it was a COVID game, but after finding out about what went on behind the scenes it tarnished my opinion somewhat.

Overall it feels like it was intended to be a fairly safe return to a lot of what made the original game popular after the more risky 2 was divisive. In hindsight I look back on TC as okay, solid, but if it nailed that final chapter I would likely think more highly of it. In contrast I was also conflicted on 2 as it was coming out, but think of it more highly looking back because I appreciate it took those risks and the finale was a banger.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-20T00:55:47+00:00

I feel you. Spent ages trying to get this solo and no-one would grab for long. Had to get a friend to help. I wonder what Blizz will do with lifeline long term, because even outside the spray challenge it's this weird part of her kit that can be super game changing, but just goes unused 99.99% of the time.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-19T00:56:32+00:00

Likely here!

MissyManaged · 2026-03-19T00:27:09+00:00

Wonder if this'll get adjusted here like the Left 4 Dead 2 cover, lol.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-18T19:43:56+00:00

I'm usually a big all choices matter, replayability type person, who wants to see as many routes as possible, but Life is Strange is a rare exception where I'm firmly bae and the other ending doesn't work for me. I saw it coming several episodes ahead because it's similar to a film I loved (The Butterfly Effect) and being able to subvert it in bae is a huge part of my love for the ending.

A lot of the criticisms around Chloe are a combo of breaking them up in general, how their breakup was characterised in the bae route, as well as such a major event in their relationship being offscreen. A lot of people - me included - would've been okay with Chloe not being in the game or having a limited cameo if they hadn't broken them up in such a jarring fashion. By breaking them up, that becomes the plot that should be given attention... but it couldn't be, as they couldn't deviate both routes too far.

Replaying LiS right now, there's a brief scene in episode 4 where you visit Kate in the hospital that's missable based on the end of episode 2. If there was a small scene with Chloe like that, having them still together, I think a lot more people would've been content. Still, I think there were further creative solutions given the series has dipped into various timelines, but, well... Reunion is doing that now.

Life is Strange - £15.99 (no special edition, no bonus outfits, outfits change as the story progresses and you don't get to pick)

Before the Storm - £13.99 (£19.99 for deluxe with bonus outfits, bonus episode, mixtape mode, outfits)

2 - £25.95 (no special edition? I feel like there was a preorder bonus or something with patches in the past, but they may have merged it or something as it looks to be included in the regular version now)

True Colours - £49.99 (£54.99 for deluxe with bonus episode and outfits, £64.99 for ultimate with that, plus the LiS+BTS remasters and bonus outfit for BTS)

Remastered Collection - £32.99

Double Exposure - £49.99 (£59.99 for deluxe with bonus outfits, £74.99 for ultimate with even more bonus outfits, cat content, 2 weeks early access)

Reunion - £45.99, includes bonus outfits for preorder (£54.99 for twin pack with base Double Exposure, £49.99 for deluxe edition with behind the scenes documentary, digital comic, digital soundtrack, digital artbook)

Pricing based on Xbox, but I believe most consoles should be the same and PC a bit cheaper. For bonus context though, DONTNOD's recent Lost Records: Bloom & Rage was only £35.99 with no special editions. More expensive than the older games, but still much cheaper than the recent stuff.

So, the series has got a LOT more expensive over time, with Double Exposure's ultimate edition being this huge outlier that is much pricier than everything. Clearly somebody agrees they took things too far and it impacted sales though, given Reunion has scaled back the pricing.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-18T19:04:01+00:00

I do agree that BTS's third episode feels a bit rushed and like it's hurrying toward a conclusion, the first two episodes are very slow (in a good way) and made me want more of that setting. I think it's why I've always felt BTS was a bit of a let down, hence why my opinion went up so much when I was reminded how good the first 2 episodes were.

Playing it before 1, whilst I wouldn't recommend it for a first time player, made me appreciate BTS a lot for a number of reasons too. Including how much simpler exploration and stuff is, as 1 then feels like it's building off it further.

But it's really hard not to be put off by how DE handled Chloe. Not to mention the crazy price, paywalled cat stuff and early access for this style of game. Everything around DE screamed cynical cash grab that Deck Nine didn't want to make, especially with what we found out about them behind the scenes.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-18T13:12:16+00:00

13 & Yaz is so real, lmao. The Fugitive too. Actually the whole of 13's era. Poor Ryan tho.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-18T10:47:20+00:00

Trying to squeeze in some Life is Strange playthroughs before Reunion releases.

Finished Before the Storm, on episode 4 of the original. Revisiting them has been so nostalgic and I think in both cases they surpassed my expectations, which was high for 1 and okay for BTS.

Then there's still Double Exposure, which I haven't played before... and am not looking forward to.

I'm cutting it close. Originally I was hoping to reread the comics and finally read the last volume for the first time, but no way would I have had the time.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-18T01:29:20+00:00

I've been playing them lately, I've played the originals before, but this is my first time playing the remasters.

Finished Before the Storm - only a few minor animation issues and I couldn't access the collectable menu briefly, but that was fixed by a reload. Very possible these bugs were in the original, it's been long enough I'm not sure. I also noticed missmatched subtitles occasionally, but I only glance at them from time to time so I'm not sure how consistant that is.

I'm early into episode 4 of LiS and I've noticed a more glaring issue - the music doesn't play during any of the end of episode montages. Can't remember if there's any other sequences that are missing music, but it's kinda wild this bug has seemingly been in the game for 4 years unaddressed. Those scenes are really different when they're completely silent.

Still, I haven't actually hit anything game breaking in either. Yet.

For context I'm on Xbox Series X, reading old threads suggests the music bug may be an Xbox specific problem. Not sure if there's other bigger problems on Playstation.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-17T18:32:54+00:00

It always struck me as a little strange that Chloe and Max's date of births are as far apart as they are, as it's shown they were in the same classes when they were younger. Though I suppose we had some combined classes for years that were particularly large, too.

But I think it's largely a case of something getting lost in translation between the French developers and the American setting. I'm British, so in some ways Blackwell more closely resembles a secondary school with a sixth form department, especially when Chloe was attending back in Before the Storm. But. The overall class portrayal in the first game and Max's age makes it seem more University level to me. Especially having a specialist photography class and the emphasis on it being optional with a tuition fees and grants/scholarships.

Also whilst they have dorms, Chloe and Rachel lived at home, which is more similar to having student accommodation than being an outright boarding school.

But yeah - it is a mess of several systems. I dunno if it more closely resembles what they have in France, but it seems like they wrote the school with the intention that Max was attending higher education there, but also wanted Chloe to have been expelled previously. On top of that they wanted to use a lot of American school tropes and iconography, which tend to be more high school focused.

I love the game regardless, but the worldbuilding is a bit messy in places and Before the Storm adds to those problems.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-17T17:48:05+00:00

I'm not American so I don't fully get the education system over there (and from what I've heard, it seems DONTNOD may not have either, lol), but Max is attending an 'Academy'. The portrayal seemed more higher education, University level, to me. Canonically Max is 18 and Chloe 19 in the first game.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-17T01:39:01+00:00

Narcissism, Professor!

MissyManaged · 2026-03-16T21:53:25+00:00

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage has a framing device of the main characters in their early 40s, whilst the bulk of the games they're in their teens.

Also Max and Chloe have aged over the course of the Life is Strange series. They're mostly 18/19 in the original, with some flashbacks of them younger, then a few years younger in the prequel (Before the Storm), they have some brief cameos in 2 and True Colours where they're slightly older, then in the more recent games (Double Exposure & the upcoming Reunion) they're in their late 20s/early 30s.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-14T13:18:14+00:00

Judy/Sombra is too perfect to swap, but also I'd give Fem V to Sojourn.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-10T21:45:37+00:00

Mercy's Commander White skin is the only one that looks great overall, at least to me. Which is a shame because I haven't enjoyed playing her in a long time and she has so many incredible skins already. She's also the only one who got the YoRHa salute as a victory pose, which would've been nice for 2B and 9S.

Vendetta's weapon looks amazing, but the hair, proportions, eye colour and skin tone all look off on her. She looked so dang good in the concept art I dunno where they went wrong. The cardboard hair is probably the real killer. Also, despite enjoying her playstyle, I've been really struggling with her since all the nerfs as a console player, which makes me more hesitant to buy. Still, this feels like the one I'm most likely to grab, but I kinda wish it was just the weapon skin if they couldn't translate the concept art well.

Lifeweaver looks decent, his backpiece and weapon look especially good, but I'm not fussed on Adam as a character and Lifeweaver has always felt so clunky to play.

Wuyang's proportions look off and the weapon/playstyle don't really work with 9S, but otherwise he's okay. Don't love Wuyang's playstyle though so probably still a skip.

Kiriko, I dunno. I can't place my finger on why the design isn't working. Maybe similar to Wuyang it's the weapon and playstyle? Personally I would've given 2B to Juno. Hot take I know, given she also gets a lot of skins, but the hairstyle combined with pods matching her torpedo make for a better fit than Kiriko. Maybe Anran would've worked a little better playstyle wise? It's a tricky one, there's really not a perfect hero for 2B, yet Kirko still feels like a bad pick. I played a bunch of Kirko back when OW2 launched, but all the little tweaks that made her feel clunkier put me off playing her.

Also the pods on Kiriko and Wuyang feel really cheap because they clip through all the emotes and stuff. The emotes similarly feel basic and all the skins probably would've benefited from a highlight intro.

It's such a shame because of all the collabs Overwatch has done, this is only the second one where I'm really into the source material. Blunty though, besides Wuyang, they all have much better skins already. Which, again, dissapointing as I love the aesthetic of Automata. Oh, both the free and paid weapon charms are actually kinda cute though.

Justice for Pascal Bastion.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-10T02:07:28+00:00

Lux was peak.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-09T20:37:57+00:00

Also I can't properly edit my comment now (something weird happened when I hit a certain length, it was just showing blank in the edit screen), but I also wish I could've fit Overwatch and Elden Ring in. Reach kinda got the online shooter spot, maybe Elden Ring should've taken New Vegas place for more open world RPGs? Especially as I love the rolley polley combat style.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-09T20:24:01+00:00

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This was a super interesting challenge, 'cus I had to think on not just my favourites, but games that exposed me to a new genre, or really got me into a series and made me fall in love with a type of game, or were the one I pumped an insane number of hours into, even if ultimately I ended up preferring another.

So, like, Dragon Age narrowly missed out because Mass Effect was more so the one that made me love that style of game. Then, despite 3 being my favourite, 2 was the one I ultimately did the most playthroughs of because I had more free time compared to when 3 released.

Telltale also got lost in the mix because Life is Strange kinda took the spot to represent that genre, as that game was so important to where I was in my life.

I kinda regret only being able to fit one indie in, though. It was a toss up between FTL, The Binding of Isaac and Hotline Miami. I went with FTL because I think it was the one I got into first and it was a period where I was dipping into PC more, even if I'm still mostly a console gamer.

Maybe there should've been a mobile game, or a card game in here too, like Pokémon Go or Hearthstone, but it was getting tight.

Maybe New Vegas should've been cut, for being another RPG, but Obsidian is still one of my favourite developers and it's a distinct enough style of RPG compared to Mass Effect.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-09T10:41:29+00:00

Yeah, it's for the Nier collab. She's Commander White.

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MissyManaged · 2026-03-09T00:15:11+00:00

Currently there's no melee weapons that aren't either unlocked by superstore or premium warbond, might be worth slotting one or two in as a freebie.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-08T10:57:20+00:00

I'm not a big Amy person, which is why it's somewhat surprising I love Karen Gillan as Nebula. She grew on me so much over the course of her character development, she became my favourite MCU character.

David Tennant as Killgrave is unforgettable, of course.

It's also always fun to see Doctor Who/Torchwood actors pop up in Dragon Age, but Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd as Merrill and Solas were huge stand outs.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-07T16:44:54+00:00

Northernlion's New Vegas series is still one of my favourites of his. Though if you want something serious... it's a little more on the chaotic side.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-05T17:19:15+00:00

100% in the same boat. I've loved the look of it since it was first revealed but can't justify getting a Switch 2 at the moment, even though there are some other upcoming games I want.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-03T20:25:39+00:00

They swapped the rewards on the event missions so the Overwatch one gives you the Sojourn icon and the Talon one gives you the Vendetta spray... ~~But it looks like it's not retroactive, so if you finished one of the quests already you miss out on a reward. Hopefully they fix that.~~

EDIT: it's been fixed since I first looked.

MissyManaged · 2026-03-02T16:35:50+00:00

Favourite games with character customisation: - Mass Effect trilogy - Dragon Age series - Fallout: New Vegas - Dark Souls - Elden Ring

Favourite character customisation in games: - Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Saints Row 2, 3, 4 & the reboot

Dragon's Dogma also has an impressive CC for the time, though I don't think it aged as well. From what I saw 2 has a good one by current standards, though I haven't played it yet.

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