Life is Strange: Double Exposure Announce Trailer Reaction & Thoughts

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[@sailormoon8593]

Welonz: "Max, why do your friends keep dying?" Right? At this point Max is cursed 🤣

[@andrews.5212]

"mmm watchu saiiii"

[@verskarton]

That is why she has a reset button.

[@luckyfrog3575]

Life is weird like that sometimes

[@dazzledrigz4239]

yeah lol

[@cyfertea8707]

At this point life simply hates max. Like literally gave her powers only to punish her if she uses it and now another of her friend is dead and she has to use her poaers to save her.

[@CrazeeAdam]

Lol Welonz freaking out about Max is so amazing. XD the genuine excitement. Like a giddy school girl

[@madhatter873]

I think the word you mean is "excitement"

[@luisalmanza119]

bro excrement is WILD

[@Reaper2869]

​@@madhatter873 hey maybe some people out there shit themselves in excitement 😂

[@_JustMonika]

@@madhatter873 Oh god, your comment put a terrible image in my mind. I read it as excitement the first time...

[@upstrock]

Wait, is that max? Are you sure?

[@princessoscar3089]

LOL "using time powers ages you" instead of the simpler explanation that, you know...there was a timeskip and this takes place a few years later and Max is just older? xD

[@xyzzyxyzzy2]

Yeah, the first game took place in 2013. If you want to place this game in 2024 or thereabouts, that puts Max in her late 20s.

[@brightlights2489]

wrong max story conuited i life is strange dusk wich was a comic book wich gave us a caon ending the comic book takes place betwen life is strange 1 and 2 however the comic book does recon its self a bt but i wont spile what i mean by that but even so te is a caon ending

[@iamahuman3134]

@@xyzzyxyzzy2 The game will most likely take place in 2022

[@JediMB]

@@brightlights2489 At the start of every single issue of the Life Is Strange comic, it emphasizes that there are many possible timelines and that the comic's story follows the results of one specific timeline. There is no one canon series of events.

[@VORASTRA]

​@@brightlights2489 the comics are in semi-canon state. Meaning, not canon until referred. We don't know yet if the comics story even supported by devs.

[@andrespolanco3182]

My guess is the game will start with the premise of the Save Arcadia Bay ending, but the parallel universe Max is able to peek into in this game might be the Save Chloe world. So both endings happened, just in separate worlds.

[@konyoutube9]

I was thinking this too. Will be a hell of an end of episode stinger if Chloe shows up in the parallel timeline.

[@clear4789]

Well it better be like that!!

[@the0neBoio]

that would be a really good idea, I hope that is how they do it

[@verskarton]

Okay I had a bad feeling about this games. But that plot would make me hyped.

[@brightlights2489]

sorry but your wrong about that thanks to life is strang dusk wich gave us a caon ending to life is strange 1

[@davirrini]

Fun fact this is actually a lot like the Life Is Strange comics where it takes place after the sacrifice arcadia bae ending and she is able to travel to different worlds using her power and develops her powers further. Its pretty good but technically not canon. You should read it if youre interested

[@Altmer353]

So far there is no canon ending. Every LiS game set after arcadia bay events let you choose ending. True colors went so far as to add scenes with Max and Chloe into the game, even if its just a voice.

[@the0neBoio]

​​​@@Altmer353 as another comment suggested (I didn't come up with this) Both timelines could be canon, because we already have 2 timelines as the premise of this game, what if the "original" timeline (where Safi died) is the save-arcadia one, and the 2nd timeline (where Safi is still alive) is the Chloe timeline. That would be a cool way to explain why max can shift between 2 timelines ->because she created both

[@brightlights2489]

wrong and wrog sorry but the comic is the cason ending even thought it recon itself but even so i belive the save chloe ending is the caon ending thanks to the fact of what happens in the caon ending sinc ehe comic book ends by max scrafting chloe causig the timeline to recon itself to a crateain drgree but i wont say anmore then that about the comic book tink of this life persona 3 portalabel wich gave aus a cason ending while reconding a bunch of stuff sort of as wlll

[@Altmer353]

@@brightlights2489 Learn how to write properly. I did not understood half of what you wrote.

[@stefanoschristodoulou6295]

@@brightlights2489 where did you go to school? They should have done a better job. Didn't understand anything of what you said

[@snakeEyedPirate]

You can tell it’s Max from they way she has her mouth open 👄 lol

[@el-ul8ky]

ikr? like on the remastered version

[@evepoole3966]

Max is almost 30

[@lolwhat6161]

Right ? like she's like 28 by now.

[@Tattle-by-Tale]

Yeah but she looks completely different. My friends and I don't look much different around 30 than we did in high school.

[@datdude5886]

@@Tattle-by-Tale Ikr. Everybody instantly noticed me since I haven't attended for almost 9 years...

[@el-ul8ky]

​@@Tattle-by-Talecuz the game kinda leaned more into her remastered model version minus her bangs plus the change of animation style

[@jacksquatt6082]

If you live long enough, you'll look back at age 30 and realize that it wasn't "old."

[@tioabbatessa416]

and Hannah Telle is back let's get it

[@Nightley4]

My best friend died and i used my powers trying to prevent that, leading to a catastrophe. So i decided not to do it again. But then my new best friend died, and i used my new powers trying to prevent that... That... plot does not make me optimistic :D

[@ogami7661]

Yeah it seems like a strange retread? Especially with giving Max new powers. I hope they can tie it all together in the end without pissing anyone off but my optimism is not that high after the very mediocre "True Colors".

[@iamahuman3134]

"Maybe I can still save Safi" MAX, DID YOU NOT LEARN ANYTHING FROM CHLOE?!

[@nondisclosure3920]

Being both excited and skeptical is a weird juxtaposition, lol. But I love Max and the first LIS so I guess I'll look forward to it? 😅

[@drbanemortem4155]

Ready for the mosh pit shakahbrah ? Are you hella excited?

[@HiIeric117]

Max is a photographer-in-residence at a college, I think they mentioned this in other promotional press releases. So definitely a bit of a time skip! I agree that DeckNine hasn't quite managed to reach the lofty heights of LIS1 but to be fair, neither has DontNod with their subsequent games. The first game really seems to be lightning in a bottle. I'm optimistic though, True Colors was quite good and well done if not iconic and genre defining. I'm excited! Her power to travel between different timelines is something from the comics! Though it appears they aren't directly continuing on from the comic storyline as Max appears to be just discovering her new powers as opposed to discovering them earlier in the comics.

[@brightlights2489]

the comic is the cason ending and happed during during the end of 1 and part awasy thought life is strange 2 but sort recons it self sort of the comic book does thanks to the ending of the cmic book and that why max mayby confued about her new abllits to hope thought diffret dimeaons

[@marshmallowcj8969]

Imagine there is a choice where you can't keep both Chloe and Safi alive in the same reality. Yeah, Safi, now you're know she dead😂

[@brightlights2489]

wrong the is a cason ending wich is the save chloe endng however tis sending all so recos its self how i know this is thanks tot eh offical comic book called life is strange dusk wich take place during life is strange 1 and 2 since in life is strange 2 you see a phto of max nd chloe toragher all so you hear max and chloe talking to daviain on the phone but even so the timeline reconons its self around the same time thanks to the comic book thanks to what happends in the comic book but even thought the events of life is strange dusk happens the timeline recons itself thanks tot he ending of dusk

[@ekaril]

I am in complete agreement with you. If the choice boils down to Safi vs. Chloe, just know Safi, I have sacrificed all of Arcadia Bay for that blue haired asshole friend of mine. And I will do it again. 😂

[@scaroian]

@@brightlights2489 💀

[@ThomasMurch]

0:57 - Thank you, Welonz. Those ... squeaks, I guess, of joy were delightful enough to make me laugh harder than I have in a long old while. 6:43 - Only right at the very end of Chrysalis! 11:55 - Yeah, I'm a bit nervous too - any sequel with Max had better be darn good, to live up to the first game's legacy! I'm cautiously optimistic, though; I always imagined any such sequel would do a bit of timeline-hopping, showing us both a post-Bae and post-Bay ending Max, so I really hope Double Exposure does something similar.

[@chrismeandyou]

Max will always be the best girl of Life is Strange series. This is the best possible idea.

[@worldcleansingdragon]

But she is literally the main character of any teen movie or tv show. Smart but shy teen, who can't fit into the community around. Like Peter Parker and hundreds of similar characters. Tbf, Chloe is also a quite stereotypical "problem child", but at least she's able to arouse emotions, positive or negative. Or is it just about Max being pretty?

[@TawnyGryn]

Doesn't make her any less of the best girl....They work, She and LiS​@@worldcleansingdragon

[@worldcleansingdragon]

@@TawnyGryn she works either with Chloe or with another Chloe-like characters, like "the new dead friend" we see in the showcase. She doesn't work on her own, she's too shallow. But still very cute tho.

[@CrazeeAdam]

Oh! Arcadia Bay did get snow unusually towards the end of one of the chapters!! When Max and Chloe were sitting up by the Lighthouse. It starts snowing and both are shocked kind of

[@brightlights2489]

no she at a collage from what we been told all so life is strange all so doe hav e aon ending thanks to the life is strange comic book most peopel thought about called life is strange dusk even thought it the cason ending it sort recon its self as well tahnks to what happens int eh comic book

[@TheEvdiggity]

These trailer reactions are pretty cool. Hopefully they'll bring in a few well deserved subscribers. Definitely going to have to check out your Life Is Strange playlists after your initial reaction to this trailer.

[@charlesbaldwin3166]

I'm biased because they were how I found her back in the day, but they are well worth watching. I'll probably have to rewatch them before October to refresh story details in my mind.

[@flawedandnotperfect]

Yea all I needa know is MAX IS BAX

[@slim.quaidy]

I discovered you from someone on tumblr sharing the link to your very first LiS episode and I was instantly hooked to both your channel and the game

[@sxdbxys]

we are so back

[@lemphl]

Man, I know usually game designs get decided on before the known IP is assigned, but this feels too much like DontNod / the devs just wanted to make another new Life is Strange game, but Square Enix / the CEOs forced them to have a recognizable IP with Max Caulfield in there to boost sales since units sold in the series have been going down.

[@Tavuskusu156]

Since there are 2 alternate timelines, maybe in one of them Chloe will be alive and in the other one Arcadia Bay will be around. But Max also said these timelines are pretty much the same, except the fact that Safi is dead in one of them, so...

[@autumnalgloom5360]

Obviously there is a second difference. The person who killed Safi in timeline 1 has not decided to kill her in timeline 2. So they are probably slightly different people.

[@thejinxedgamer8127]

Omgosh I haven’t seen a video of yours in forever!!

[@H3rmon861]

And I hope this doesn’t overshadow Dontnod’s other game: Lost Records. As much as I like that LiS is continuing, I also like the idea of supporting new stories rather than the milking of a franchise

[@Altmer353]

Milking of a franchise? I personally dont see it that way. Out of 4 games we had. Only 2 were about arcadia bay. Other 2 are completely different stories. This one does look like devs trying to hype people up with return of the main character years later. But at least it looks like a completely new story too.

[@nerodiseppia99]

From what i know there are two diff teams that works at this games

[@brightlights2489]

wrong and wrong the peopel owho oringaly made life is strange that life is strange comany left squrer and are working on lost reconds as such never game has anything to do with one another all so the is a proper ending to life is strange 1 wich was in the from of a comic book wich all so recons its self in a away called life is strange dusk but most peopel thought about this comic book

[@Altmer353]

@@brightlights2489 again. half of your message is gibberish. learn how to write

[@brightlights2489]

@@Altmer353 dont tell me what to do i am not going to appelies for having a viusal imparment

[@ergohash2517]

hopefully they have something cooking here and it wasnt just Square forcing deck nine to revisit the golden goose of LiS1 for guaranteed sales and hype

[@kasumigrl]

You reacting to trailers gives me a serotonin boost

[@Valkyrie-09]

Holy shit this is such a throwback. I subscribed to you because of the first LiS game back in 2015.

[@flemethsbroomstick]

Soo many new games towards the end of this year... looking forward to your playthrough of this one!! Hell yes

[@edu67119]

the ending in which chloe lives was told in the comic books

[@edu67119]

so the game will probably address the ending where chloe died

[@Arkayjiya]

@@edu67119 It's unlikely. You could choose which timeline you want in LiS2, they'll likely do the same here. Chloe's presence will merely be a cameo or a small part if you choose the sacrifice bay ending. The other possibility is that Max is wrong in this trailer. The only difference isn't just that her new friend is dead in one and alive in the other, one of the timeline might be sacrifice Chloe and the other might be sacrifice Arcadia, that could be a way they handle this without having to make two versions for each thing that involves Arcadia or Chloe.

[@eduardocunha9006]

We have seen snow in Arcadia Bay (chapter 1 ending) but it wasn't really supposed to be there.

[@chinothepony]

"When you touch something that's closed and shut, the possibility of kinda messing with it is not zero..." Irony, because this is also the exact message of the game. And yet the devs are messing with the timeline. I have a feeling there will be a price that has to be paid, by both the devs and Max in the new storyline.

[@Reaper2869]

I'm willing to give this a chance since I really enjoyed the original but I personally didn't need a sequel. Hopefully it lives up to the hype or at the very least doesn't shit the bed

[@magitek09]

Welonz going full fan squeaking is my new favorite thing

[@hassassin923]

OMG LIS is the game that made me find your channel all the way back in 2015, can't believe Max is coming back!

[@user-yx3xm2th7g]

Amazing max is back again happy that you are amazed

[@christopherarenas1115]

Another amazing adventure awaits us!!

[@thevvvvv]

soo excited for this!

[@Monochrome_11]

we come a full circle cuz i started watching your channel from the OG LIS

[@Tetsujin_MK]

I've read rumors ages ago that they were gonna do a Max game again but wasn't sure whether it was BS or not. I can't believe it's real! LiS1 is very dear to me. The ending wrecked me for DAYS lmao. It's weird seeing Max with like...facial expressions and such! Pretty sure Hannah Telle also did facial capture then. The part where she tells her friend she's dead in one timeline I feel like you can really see Hannah in Max's face.

[@brightlights2489]

um sort of worng since the ending of life is strange is based i a omic book called life is strange dusk wich does recon its self sort of self along witht eh timeline sort of but even so the comic book is more then linkly the cason ending

[@Nexdex]

@@brightlights2489 who are you talking to? what are you talking about??

[@unknownnecessities1754]

@@Nexdex they are talking about the LiS comic series on how Max was able to travel through different parallel, alternate times

[@Tetsujin_MK]

@@brightlights2489 I have no idea what you just said lol "sort of wrong" about what? Huh?

[@TABandiTA]

Well it's ~10 years after the first game. I hope there will be at least 10 bangers in this too 🎶 (pretty much every song from lis1 ost wants me to replay the whole game, god i wish i could forget that game and play it for the first time!)

[@xyzzyxyzzy2]

They can handle the two different endings from LIS1 by having Chloe alive in one of the alternate realities, and not the other.

[@BrokenVeil1020]

Exactly. Everything is canon.

[@Strix2031]

Max is back????

[@instagramsci9615]

No, it is only a decoy

[@Divector8]

The Steam page is up and the standard edition costs $50. LiS True Colors standard edition cost (and still costs) $60 so I think this'll probably be a smaller game.

[@verskarton]

I feel SE knows they can’t ask € 70 for this game.

[@brightlights2489]

the cason ending is saving chloe thanks to the comic book called life is strange dusk wich does recon itself in terms of the timeline but it is consider to be cason thanks to the ending of the comic

There is one way how they would not have to account for the two ending decisions too much: Chloe dies some other way shortly after (seems in character for her) and Arcadia bay gets destroyed some other way shortly after (no idea why, but they can just make something up).

[@AverageYTUser62]

I HAVE GOOSEBUMPS ALL OVER

[@thisishowitallends9321]

Max is literally shifting realities now 😂

[@Amyc_-fs1uc]

I feel like you went through a very similar thought process as me so this felt validating ahhaha im soo excited, scared though ahh

[@Jerslovespot]

Omg I’m actually so excited

[@delboy198]

Will it be chapters or full game?

[@realtracosplay]

A lot of people are talking about this being a new power, but I see it as a more developed version of something she’s already done. She could go into alternate timelines (alternate universes) through the photographs in lis 1. Now she can do it without a photo even a memory it seems. Which would make sense it’s more developed and powerful it looks like this could be at least 10 years since Arcadia bay. I hope they do something to at least mention Chloe. Like you choose your ending and it will change Max’s dialogue. Chloe doesn’t need to be shown if they want to go that direction, it can be a passing dialogue. (Buttttt I hope Chloe’s still there for the sacrifice bay choice and is romance able. Might be a high ask though)

[@RoxasOnSummerVacation]

If this continues from the funeral ending and Max is in a parallel universe where a dead friend is alive does that mean that we could get a parallel Chloe cameo?

[@itsmewahoo]

The narrative director on twitter said that it will release like True Colors. All episodes will be playable from the get go.

[@terrellyoung4320]

Didn't the last Life is Strange True Colors say that the Storm happened. I think it would still be hard for Max either way right

[@evepoole3966]

Also all ending/choices are cannon just happened in a different universe

[@naelid9133]

yes totally, and we can guess that one of the timeline where chloe survived was explored in the comics, so maybe this one will explore one of the timeline where Chloe died as we did not see her

[@TevyaSmolka]

I have a lot of questions with this new life of strange game like where does this take place in the timeline and is Chloe dead or alive?

[@Deshken]

Last time I heard Welonz react like this was watching her idols on twitter.

[@Noreillay]

Wait, that's supposed to be Max? I didn't recognize her at all.

[@lonerdreamer92]

I am *very* mixed. On the one hand, I got so excited and wistful hearing Hannah Telle's voice again and I'm very curious to how they'll continue this. I have a couple theories, and they relate to the comics (if you know, you know). But on the other, I keep thinking of that IGN article talking about the awful BTS racist Nazi drama with Deck9 and Square Enix from a few months ago. No wonder Don't Nod split but at least they're making their own game with Lost Records.

[@THEBI0LOGIST]

I guess it’s time to re-watch your life is strange play through.😂 I didn’t realise how much i’ve missed my girl Max.

[@Jarecian]

"What timeline is this supposed to be based off on?" Two outcomes to the first game. Now two parallel timelines, and Max is switching between them. Hm - feels to me like they've done their homework on this one and avoided the obvious trap of picking one ending and making it canon.

[@elissa-fae]

Poor Max can´t catch a break. :D

[@Tribdinosaur]

Yaaay more Reactor Welonz!!

[@jecrex8349]

The last time we saw Max properly was the 1st game (and its remaster). She is canonically older, you have a console generation jump, the original game was the second game its company (Don't Nod) ever made, and we know from True Colors that Deck Nine uses motion and face capture leading to the model looking more like Hannah Telle. The Remaster updated the graphics but didn't alter the animations. Her new look may take getting used to, but it's a nitpick at worst.

[@kalorathekau]

Thank you for doing these reactions! I know they're not your normal wheelhouse, but they're so entertaining to watch, especially when they're from a long-standing beloved universe like Life is Strange; or even universes you've more recently come to love as well, like Dragon Age's. I am SO excited for Double Exposure!! I will play it myself and then watch your letsplay right after 😄. I know what you mean about this being in Deck Nine's hands though. I do trust them to be respectful though.

[@mop-kun2381]

This is 99% on the timeline where Chloe is ded and Max choose to save the bay. Because there's already a whole ass comic run about the Bae timeline, where Max already explored her dimension hopping power in 2018. So it doesnt make sense for her to be confuse about jumping to another timeline in this game if it was the Bae timeline

[@brightlights2489]

i do agree but you do need to remmber the comic does sort of reconon itself sort of thaks the ending of the comic book

[@nick0_]

How is this the chloe dead timeline if in this timeline she never gets her powers?

[@Asegawa7]

Welonz you should take a look at the LiS comics which are canon I think ?

[@XRos28]

Welonz: The voice actress for Max is the same, I bet you'll love this tidbit.

[@TawnyGryn]

I didn't notice it was Max. Now am more Hyped

[@movieatrssmaker]

i think the over all point is all time lines are valid, its gonna be interesting to see how they handle it. fingers cross they try something interesting and step outside the normal. + also max has had this power before or at least its an extension of the photo power, the photos where used for her to focus so her just focusing to make a jump makes an amount of sense to me.

[@AngellMessiah]

I think this takes place after Chloe sacrifice, hince why she was said she promised not to use her powers any more. And the sacrifice Arcadia bay timeline takes place in comics

[@the0neBoio]

I'm definitely going to pre-order this! Also October 29 is one day before my 18th Birthday (October 30)

[@blupengu]

man, same reaction when i heard max's voice like DAMN, i never would've thought we'd get a sequel with her as the protagonist again! also very excited, but also expecting to be disappointed lmao

[@Ssecave]

9:00 discussion like that are hard because even tho the studio change, even if the old one do an old IP it's not guaranteed it will be as good. LiS2 had a lot of problems yet it was made by dontnod. With the quality of LiS True Colors, this studio is def' the perfect one to do the licence justice ;) !

[@exessen1684]

4:21 so true queen

[@H3rmon861]

My guess in how they‘re going to tackle it is that they’ll probably give you a choice at the beginning to define what happened at the end of LiS 1. If Chloe is still alive, they’re probably going to say they didn’t work out in the end because of the weight of the original decision. If she saved Arcadia Bay, she probably would still feel trauma and guilt because of what happened to Chloe. Seems like the two top explanation for me. Or like you said they’ll be vague and Max will say she doesn’t like talking about the past

[@brightlights2489]

they might but eh cason ending is found in a comic book called life is strange dusk

[@Felx645]

If they do this, Ill be pissed off, not gonna lie

[@thelifeofsem]

I just hope this game is longer than life is strange: true colors, that came just felt so short

[@JackieTheBold]

It's kinda weird that they'd go with Max again considering how the original game ends. I don't know how to feel about that. I guess Chloe just won't appear at all(?), explained by just having not followed Max to university, or being dead. I really liked Welonz marking out at the beginning lol

[@BlahBlah-bb6rl]

I can see why they’d bring back max. The first game is still arguably the most well known/well received by the public so doing another game with Mac is almost a for guarantee for making sales.

[@alftuvik3820]

She could be alive in one timeline and dead in the other since she's jumping between timelines.

[@DrAyan_m]

So excited. Never saw this coming in a million years. And this is the first thing i saw when I turned on the live stream! But welonz is absolutely spot on - They are playing with fire. A huge bonfire tbh.

[@wazblu]

i’m assuming one reality is the save chloe ending while the other is the sacrifice chloe ending

[@Arkayjiya]

That's contrary to what Max is saying here. I'm not saying it's wrong, I've raised the same possibility in discussions, but I don't think it's a good starting assumption. It's a possibility at most, it's not impossible that Max is simply wrong when she says the only difference is her friend's death. Honestly, I'm hoping you're right. Not only would that be a great way to make sure they don't have to make two scenes for everything that involves Max's past (and you can't really ignore that past), but it would mean a chance to involve Chloe a tiny bit more than just a small text in one version of the game.

[@wazblu]

@@Arkayjiya oh yeah ur right i didnt think about that. idk how they’re doing the two ending i just hope they don’t just ignore it cause that would suck 😭

[@shishlinsv]

What if two of shown us timeliness are the results of the first game. It would be so much hype😅

[@nobu6273]

I think the decision at the end of the first game EXPLAINS why this game is possible. Max making a decision whether or not to save Chloe split the timeline. THAT INDICATES THAT CHLOE WILL BE ALIVE IN ONE TIMELINE IN THIS GAME.

[@ThePsychicPsycho_uZ]

I am not 100% on this but I recall seeing somewhere this game was in development around the same time as True Colors or shortly after. So they have been working on it awhile. That being said I do think they will account for all endings and choices in all the games in some fashion. With Chloe I think they might have her exist but not be where Max is like if you start the game with the choice of saving her she might have just recently visited Max and left before the start of the game. You might even get the option to call or message her online to help because the situations are similar. It is tricky but it's do able. The more they account for player choices the bigger replay value the game has.

[@BeanSprouts02]

But omg, I'm wary of this too 🥺 I hope the story, the script, etc. turns out great... I'm scared coz this game is still my fav game (alongside Fallout) until now. They truly are playing with fire 🤧 "And how are they gonna handle the romance in this one?" Asking the real questions 🤣 love it

[@Zekeskilleon]

I feel like since they are playing with having to work in 2 different time lines, what if it's both endings by chance it would be complicated, but maybe

[@jlashombjr]

What if the parallel timelines are the result of the first game. Butterfly effect logic means that the timeline that you didn't choose in the first allowed for her new friend to not yet be dead in that timeline. The story of this game could start with it being vague as to which timeline is which and what one we start in, then the use of her powers to change things could start blending and mixing the two together. The player's choices could start to redefine which timeline is which.

[@SharkYNate]

While I understand that if this sequel is written to be a continuation of the save Arcadia Bay ending, it would kind of invalidate the save Chloe choice that many went with, I still think that we should try to think of this as as exactly that; a continuation of only one of the two possible endings from the first game.

[@datdude5886]

Well, I can guess Max could be police photographer or PI in next new LIS.

[@TdogGaming_Vods]

i literally lost it when i saw the trailer during the xbox showcase, also yes Arcadia bay did have a moment of snow at the end of the first chapter. LIS 1 is one of my favourite games of all time, i bought the game on the ps3, then on the ps4, and then a while back i bought the remaster on steam. also i preordered the ultimate edition of double exposure to play chapter 1 and 2 two weeks early. also yeah i really hope deck nine doesnt step on any toes by bringing Max back

[@ogami7661]

Yeah, Max is 29 in this game. As for the canon of the older games, since this introduces parallel worlds, something the LiS comic already did it really does not matter which ending the players did choose for this. They can just say this is a world where Chloe is dead but i am sure we will visit one where Chloe is alive too. Making all the decisions of all players valid since there exist one version of THEIR world out there too. Which is a neat way to take these beloved characters on new adventures without messing up all the decisions players made for their Max.

[@Amadaues]

Looks like it follows the Died Clhoe route, seeing as its doesnt not show hints that its the that the comics did with max, Chloe and amber. Although the Parallel world travel using maxine's power were exsplored in the comics follow the save chloe ending. hmmm its older max so it could be either.

[@chasejordan22]

I have to recommend a book. The Deep Deep Snow is a murder mystery in a small town with a female protagonist. Great book.

[@majohnson255839]

My question is Chole still alive in this game or is Arcadia Bay still standing

[@Piepocalypse]

My personal prediction is that Chloe is just going to be out of town or something like that. I doubt they have the resources to actually account for the big differences that the lis1 ending would cause, so they'll just avoid having her be in the game as much as possible. Sucks, but I'd rather have that than her being canonically dead.

[@AthenaG3271]

So how is this ability different from when she'd change the timeline by changing the past in a photo? She would always end up in a different reality each time wouldn't this be the same but less steps? Wasn't that why the storm happened? And I'm guessing she just inhabits that version of herself when she tranfers realities like she did in the first game.

[@annabaker2926]

They could implement a feature that lets you pick what ending you chose before the game starts and based on that, the story of this game changes so you can still continue where you finished and they won't need to pick one ending over the other

[@jacobrosa6410]

Can't wait

[@CatDuckChu]

im so fking excited for this

[@OnwardToMail]

I think she looks like Max, only with the Deck 9 animation style, the original Max was Dontnod style.

[@claire6452]

Hearing Welonz getting crazy over Max's return. Didn't know I needed that, but I sure did. Also, same.