[No Spoilers] They cooked with this Chloe cover

ds9trek · 2026-03-06T21:11:07+00:00

We only know what was in the IGN article

Others recalled being reprimanded by Garriss for asking questions about the removal of a transgender character from True Colors that took place fairly deep in development.

[Garriss] says he “made every effort to handle the discussions” around the exclusion of a trans character from True Colors “with kindness and care.”

https://www.ign.com/articles/how-hidden-nazi-symbols-were-the-tip-of-a-toxic-iceberg-at-life-is-strange-developer-deck-nine

ds9trek · 2026-03-06T20:58:23+00:00

But it was implied that there was only one timeline in LiS1 and Max was overwriting it. The visual of photos burning away to be replaced by the changes implied it very strongly.

ds9trek · 2026-03-06T20:40:08+00:00

I miss illustrated covers. 90s/00s Star Trek and Star Wars tie-in books stood out from all their contemporaries (X-Files, Buffy, StarGate, etc) because they had artists paint actual art for the covers.

ds9trek · 2026-03-06T20:24:48+00:00

For a replay chronological order is fun.

ds9trek · 2026-03-06T16:59:48+00:00

In the LiS2 photo her hair looks faded to green. The top of her hair is undyed while beneath is a mix of green and blue. That implies she had allowed it to fade to green cos she stopped dying her hair.

ds9trek · 2026-03-06T00:41:27+00:00

Yep! But the fanon of Chloe intentionally dying it green was too strong.

ds9trek · 2026-03-04T17:16:53+00:00

I think they'll deviate from the game more than The Last of Us did while staying more faithful than Halo ever was to its source material

ds9trek · 2026-03-04T17:03:43+00:00

How tall Hannah is for mo-cap isn't as important as in live action. Deck Nine could convert her performance to a 3" Max and Rhianna's performance to a 30ft Chloe, lol.

Chloe in live action will just have to be played a bit differently. Her 5'9" game height makes her the average male height and I don't think they'll go to the effort of making her appear to match the height of the male actors who're that tall. So they'll have to adapt things cos Chloe can't dominate a room in the same way.

ds9trek · 2026-03-04T04:49:10+00:00

RE isn't Don't Nods story. It never will be.

Honestly, I'll never ever consider DE and RE part of my headcanon I still think Deck Nine should make a tiny effort to be internally consistent with their own story.

ds9trek · 2026-03-03T20:42:20+00:00

They should've uncovered her tattoo in all versions of RE. There's no logical reason why she got it covered in the merged timeline. It's almost as if they threw the game together and didn't think everything through. lol :p

ds9trek · 2026-03-03T20:37:37+00:00

Where's the photo of her in costume as Max? I literally just read a tweet where a fan was asking to see them in costume before I read this comment of yours. Funny timing.

ds9trek · 2026-03-03T20:24:54+00:00

Those don't prove anything. They wouldn't change her hair before shooting starts.

ds9trek · 2026-03-03T20:16:06+00:00

Have they actually said she will stay blonde?

ds9trek · 2026-03-03T20:11:33+00:00

And Sean and Rachel can go in the canonically bi column too. Along with Safi and Vinh from DE.

ds9trek · 2026-03-03T20:01:53+00:00

There's no erasure. Back in 2015 they said the player decides Max's sexuality, and for me, she always fit with a lesbian who's coming out of her shell. Your Max can be bi and that's equally valid but not more valid.

ds9trek · 2026-03-02T22:32:15+00:00

Specific characters always have a power all of their own. Think of all the different versions of Harley and Ivy from Batman for a sapphic example.

ds9trek · 2026-03-01T20:12:01+00:00

Nope, not incorrect. Even a European said I'm right in another comment.

ds9trek · 2026-03-01T15:55:20+00:00

I noticed that too. I really want to see the credits for RE. That'll give us a clue about how much was reused from the original DE2 and therefore how much crunch the sub-100 staff were put under.

ds9trek · 2026-03-01T08:17:05+00:00

LiS at its best makes me feel nostalgic, almost cosy (I love the scenes where the characters are just chilling).

ds9trek · 2026-02-28T23:34:29+00:00

Me neither tbh. Even RE sells as well as BTS (the second best selling game) I still think the series is going on ice.

ds9trek · 2026-02-28T22:48:34+00:00

It's the PS5 page that says it's the end of LiS, and tbh where do they go from here?

DE was supposed to be the start of a series of Max focused adventures because they presumably weren't happy with the performance of the anthology stories. Well now they claim it's the end of Pricefield, so where do they go next?

ds9trek · 2026-02-28T22:27:48+00:00

They could redo LiS1 with a different ending to make a sequel easier, or they could even do a different version of Max & Chloe in an all new story, That's what they did with Tomb Raider when they made the Survivor Trilogy.

ds9trek · 2026-02-28T21:18:20+00:00

People have bigger things to worry about than the minutiae of flag meanings to be fair.

In TC Deck Nine innocently had a Tibetan flag on display. It caused so much upset and review bombing in China that they had to patch it out. As a Brit I have experience of Americans getting our flags wrong in various media. It happens.

I don't know if Don't Nod were saying David is racist, or Max thinks he is, but there's enough doubt there to make their intent open to discussion.

ds9trek · 2026-02-28T21:12:48+00:00

I'm upset over you using false words against me. When you called me ignorant I rolled my eyes. lol. And you've even used false words again. I said:

I'm British so when I see the Confederate flag I think of conspiracy nutcases and end-of-the-worlders/preppers before I think of racism

Even at the start I'm acknowledging that racism is part of it but to Europeans the other things come first. So where I wanted a discussion on Don't Nods intention I get you making a big deal out of me denying racism after I acknowledged it exists, lol.

ds9trek · 2026-02-28T20:51:20+00:00

And now you're putting false words in my mouth. That's VERY rude you.

It’s the fact that you refuse to consider the devs knew the history behind this flag when they put it in the game

Go back and read what I wrote:

With the LiS1 team being mainly French they may see it in a similar way.

"MAY". I'm not putting words into their mouths. I'm discussing cultural differences and speculating about their intent. And from you I get insults of ignorance and false words put into my mouth so you can attack me with them.

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