>>4518895 the amount of damage DE did was immense, but Reunion will fix everything and revive the fandom
oh who am I kidding. It'll be shit since it's made by the same company, taking place in the same boring setting with the same lifeless cast, but hopefully it'll bring enough Chloe back for pricefield enjoyers
>>4518927 >the amount of damage DE did was immense i have no intention of playing that, what do i need to know to understand what the fuck happens in the sequel?
>>4518933 max gets time-wimey powers again to prevent another disaster from affecting Caledon, a university where she now works as a photography teacher
chloe either 1) died or 2) broke up with Max. yeah it's fucking stupid and a large part of why everyone hates it
there's this mystery subplot about Safi, Max's new BFF at the university who dies. I honestly don't remember much about it except HUGE SPOILERS Safi also has powers, she can shapeshift into other people.
>>4518958 thanks, so basically they dropped the ball and are now scrambling to pick it back up; it's amazing that they still keep up the 'all your decisions totally matter!' farce after that
>>4519104 To be fair having all your decisions matter in a predictive medium like a video game is absurdly difficult across multiple sequels that weren’t fully planned out from the very beginning.
That said this studio has still handled it incredibly poorly, even taking the inherent difficulties into account.
>>4519186 rumour has it that the romance system will have Amanda (asian chick although I'm pretty sure she's native american), Chloe, and Safi as possible romances you'll probably be able to import your previous game data or pick options like "romance Amanda or not"
>>4519903 It could make sense if the first game didn't make Chloe the pivotal character and clear love interest. Adding more in after the fact is weird.
>>4519970 Plenty of people shipped Max with Kate or Vic. Not that I think those are great ships, but there is literally a fan made yuri VN about Max having all the girls as romance options. Clearly this is something the fandom is into.
I mean this just straight up ignores the Bay ending timeline, so it makes all of Double Exposure's claims of honoring choices moot. This writing juggling act is unlikely to work.
>>4521227 How are you this behind? Chloe is either dead or broke up with Max. That's one of the reasons that game is hated. Max does have two sort of love interests, one guy, one girl.
>>4542523 >>4518927 I am in chapter 3 of DE right now and think Loretta would have been a decent sidekick to Max. In the first game we are with Chloe almost all the time. But in DE we are snooping around alone. And Safi and her mom are unlikeable bitches, i would shoot them myself.
>>4543172 In the game it said her entire class has a crush on her what are you talking about? She's just a goof and doesn't really understand romance stuff.
Genuinely enjoying the game so far. Having Chloe back is a breath of fresh air. Never played BTS but switching between her and Max is fun. The plot so far is mid but OG Max and Chloe team more than make up for it. Compared to DE where the whole thing was a snoozefest
>>4543596 In the first game Safi loses a bit of her soul or self or whatever in Max and says it feels natural there and that she doesn't want to take it out. So that's pretty gay.
Beat the game, overall really enjoyed it. It was essentially a huge apology for DE
>Chloe comes back >DE characters sidelined >the entire previous Avengers plot, Diamond, Max telling everyone about her powers, completely ignored
DE did irreparable damage to the series, and Reunion wasn't enough to fix it, but it tried damn hard. It actually managed to leave me with a sense of closure. The epilogue montage hit me right in the feels.
By far the best scene was Max and Chloe in the boat, Max trying to kiss Chloe, failing, rewinding to try again, failing AGAIN, then settling for holding her hand instead, and Chloe calling her out on her kiss atempts. Adorable with a fun bit of 4th wall leaning
Tip for new players: Choose the "Sacrifice Chloe" preset. I know, I know, we're all hardcore Bae shippers here, but I feel the game flows much better if Chloe's supposed to be dead.
>>4544633 >Tip for new players: Choose the "Sacrifice Chloe" preset It honestly makes the most sense to me. Max is someone who would save people and not be selfish, especially because Chloe wanted her to do it. But this game allows her to get her cake and eat it too, making the Bay ending much less annoying to pick. It really is just an extensive canon fixer fic!
>>4544986 It also avoid the garbage from DE's Chloe break-up route which pissed every single fan off. They never had a pointless break-up, because Chloe was just dead.
>>4544986 max constantly expresses how surprised she is to see Chloe back and how great it is to have Chloe again. it's a bit much for an ex but totally understandeable if chloe's supposed to be dead
>>4545177 I think it's nice to be able to tell people they can pick the ending where you sacrifice the yuri love interest and still get a happy yuri ending now. For that alone Reunion is actually pretty great.
>>4545746 "burn all your old photos, they don't exist anymore" is really good. It's not complete yet and it's recently been updated approximately monthly lately.
>>4545781 reading through it now, it's good, but I find the whole post-storm thing overdone in the fandom. The pacing is also sloooow although its more SoL than anything else
>>4546683 Yeah, the pacing does drive me crazy. It's also much more yearning oriented than most fics I like, but this one just works for me.
And I'm typically more interested in post-canon stories. Fics that fit in between scenes can be good, but I'm just autistic enough to be annoyed by shit that doesn't fit the established story. I hate BTS because of that, I'm not forgiving a fanfic writer.
>>4546940 finally caught up. Starts out fluff, then PLOT happens, and now we are neck-deep in suffering goddamn. just get back together already
fic's good but suffers heavily from pacing issues. the beginning's so slow it almost made me drop it. The OC plot was handled a tad quick, but nobody really mourns an OC plot in a fic like this.
there's also too much smut. I'm not the biggest fan of smut to begin with, but when pacing's already this slow the smut just slows it down even more.
>>4549712 >>4549714 Using a blue/green gradient to symbolize time between the first game and Reunion is pretty clever. Good thing most artists skip the entire retarded break up era from Double Exposure too.
also added a Max/Amanda fic I found called i swear i'll never leave again, which is legitimately the only post-reunion Max/Amanda fic I've ever seen
this will be the final update for a while unless someone else has anything to add. I think I've well-scoured the LIS fandom at this point. Hopefully we'll get another resurgence once the TV show drops