For Those of you that are still confused after the outro: I have never stepped foot inside the United States. I was born in Germany, moved to Singapore at a young age, learned English there and (much like what happened to PewDiePie over the years) had my accent changed to American due to listening to Americans speak in TH-cam videos for literal years. After that I moved back to Germany where I finished the rest of my time in school, Germany is where I live, America is where I want to live.
I lived in Germany for 9 years after having moved from Poland. You do not want to come to the U.S.A but that is my opinion. Whenever I moved it wasnt by choice. If you have plans brother, more power to you!!!
…when they found Rachel, I cried. I cried so hard. It was so bad my cat came to cuddle with me. He was concerned and I just laughed, pet him, said it was okay and cried. …it hurts even more now that my cat’s passed since. I see that sad, sad scene, and I remember how bittersweet it was to have my cat so concerned about me. It’s a such good memory to be tied to such a sad scene.
Underneath the cringey dialogue - LiS is SOUL CRUSHING. Chloe is doomed to live the cycle of her dad dying and thinking everyone she loved abandoned her. Rachel never leaves Arcadia Bay, Nathan is honestly abused and used by every male figure in his life till his chosen father figure KILLS him. Finding Rachel’s body guts me every time. BRUTTAL. Fantastic commentary video.
I love how cringe the dialogue can be, it’s part of the charm, because it’s believable people would say that irl and think they sound cool, like the go fuck your selfie line, cringe from the outside but Victoria is definitely proud of herself for it
TRUE! despite it's mediocre writing and major cringe it is. It always makes me feel I'm in a different and peaceful world when I'm playing it. The game will always be my special place.
THIS! Like in almost all technical aspects, this is a bad game. But the VIBE MAN. The vibe along with the beautiful soundtrack and melancholic visuals HOOKED me. And the funny thing is, it made me have such strong feelings when I NEVER even played it! Just watched walkthrough videos of it and was still immersed. Literal art
Dont forget double parking in the handicap spaces. I always saw it as bribery money, even in "meals on wheels" timeline she cant go to blackwell on a scholarship due to the lack of accommodations, that wouldve likely already have had that funding.
I think the ending is just so sad depending on what you choose. I admit to choosing Chloe over the town. When you sacrifice Chloe, she dies thinking that the world hates her and she never learned that Rachel didn't leave her. She never knew that Max returned. She left the world angry and hateful towards everybody including her late-father. Sacrificing Arcadia is like punishing the town just to save someone you love. The people that you've connect with just die like that. People like Joyce doesn't deserve it. That's what I love about games like this. There is no good ending and there's no bad ending either.
I never really got that. Arcadia is kind of rotten to the core. Sure the storm caused A lot of property damage and I am sure some innocents didn't make it out. But, when you don't save Chloe the butterfly effect spirals out pretty hard. You don't reach kate so she kills herself (to do anything with the fore knowledge would be to invite the storm again), you allow a serial killer to be on the loose (the professor) the school acts as a front to get college students hooked on hard drugs and all of the awful things that happened just keep happening. While the game tries to make it about being selfish it really is a kind of asking you a good person to just let evil triumph by imposing a very strange mega evil in the background.
@@jobhunter5090 to be fair, we don't know if kate still attempts to k-word herself in the sacrificing chloe option. without chloe around demanding her attention (no shade, i love chloe), max has the abilitiy and knowledge to be a better friend to kate and help her before it gets to that point, and they can work together to get justice for kate. perhaps max submits an anonymous tip about mr jefferson and rachel and the barn to david or the police like she did in the san francisco timeline. i don't think max would sit by with the knowledge of all the shady shit happening in arcadia bay and not at least try and fix it.
It's also a good example of the difference between a hero and a villain. A hero will sacrifice the one they live for the many, a villain will gladly sacrifice the world (in this case Arcadia) for the one they love. It's a moral quandary.
@@jobhunter5090 I disagree. If you don't save Chloe, the people are alive, Kate doesn't kill herself because she was never got badly bullied since the attention moved to Jefferson. She probably got the help she needed. Jefferson gets arrested along with Nathan. They find Rachel's body earlier. If you save Chloe, alot of people die. David and Victoria is alive. Joyce is dead aling with Warren who was in the diner. Nathan is killed. I'm not sure what happens to Jefferson though. Kate is uncertain because it depends on if you save her or not when she is on the roof. Max and Chloe are in New York starting a new life. Chloe seems happier with Max. Max is opening her new gallery. In the end, doesn't matter what you choose. The game punishes you either way.
@@leilanyx The thing is max can't be a better friend to kate. She can't alter the time line at all as altering the timeline is what caused this hurricane in the first place. The same power that grants her foresight is the reason why she would have to sit back and let nature take its course. Kate might be able to make it on her own, the shift in events and peoples focus might distract or change her situation into one in which she doesn't feel like jumping, but she attempted two days after Max discovered her powers. People don't suddenly decide to k--- themselves nor do they suddenly get better over night. The hurricane came from max messing with the timeline and while saving Chloe was at the center of it using what she learned from the experience is still messing with the time line. Max just has to let everything happen or Arcadia is just as in danger of being destroyed.
I am a teenager right now and when I was a kid watching this game it never really dawned on me about this life of a teenager, but now that I am one and beating myself up on the mistakes and decisions I make. From watching this video I now understand that it is ok to make mistakes and making decisions is hard. I am still learning how to live in this society and that life happens for a reason and that it is ok, so I shouldn't show disappointment towards myself but rather empathy for how far I have come.
my mom always taught me “it’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey” coming from a 25 yr old, you’re gonna make a lot of mistakes, but you’re also gonna learn from them. you’re gonna grow, and love will always be with you. Praying for happiness and a good life for you dawg 🤍
It’s a perpetual cycle and you’ll continue to consider what could have been, proud of yourself and disappointed simultaneously for the choices you’ve made. Just remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We’re constantly learning and growing. ❤- A 38 year old
As cringy as this game can be, especially with the dialogue at certain points, the sense of nostalgia and wanting to turn back time to change significant events in our lives is quite relatable. The ending is a message to us that we need to accept the way things are and move forward, rather than focusing on the past and thinking of how we could’ve made different life decisions.
People dont know how much losing a person effects you. You become someone new. Unreconizable. Selfish. Constantly in despair. I think thats why i fuck with chloe so heavy. Losing someone suddenly can turn you into the villan.
My friends didn't understand why I sacrificed Chloe, but I feel like that's what the whole game was trying to tell max and even though it was devastating, I still think this is the most satisfying ending
i chose to keep chloe alive but watched the other ending. its super clear with the butterfly at the beginning and end that the butterfly effect was the point. that max must reset all of her changes. but it hurts knowing she was given a power she wasnt supposed to use in that manner :(
for me, it was the act of saving Chloe at the end of the game meant that we were dealing with the consequences of our actions and choices in the game. In the real world, we don't get the chance to change time. And it hurts when we lose the ones we love. When I played through this game, I legit had to take a 10-minute break during the Chloe handicapped portion cause its hard losing your best friend, and I went through this not too long ago with my best friend of 17 years. I chose to give Chloe what she wanted during that part, but at the end, it was a mix of not being able to handle losing my "best friend" again, and because dealing with the consequences of our actions
i was frustrated about such stupid plot. I would use this several days to warn people so they leave the town. And everybody is save in that way. Just think - the very first vision is about the future storm. What would you do ? Definitely not warn the town, you will hanging around making some stupid things.
@@alexgiese2699I disagree that max should deal with the consequences of her actions. She never asked for that power and used it to try to avert crisis after crisis. The lesson is that nothing can truly change, you have to face the inevitable and unpredictable elements of life. So resetting and never using her powers again is the best possible thing. All of those people died and it wasn’t natural because it was all in the course of the powers being used.
I think the cringe really adds to the authenticity of the characters, and really endears me to them even now. We're all fucking lame, especially in our teens. And that's okay. What ISN'T lame is this fucking video! Hoooly shit, thank you, Herr Leon, for this lovingly crafted trip down memory lane, and for reminding me of this wonderful, nostalgic story. Kinda makes me feel like Max at the start of the game, coming back home after so many years. This game is so gosh darn dear to me I might actually replay it right now despite watching this whole video!
Exactly dude it makes me love it more and honestly makes their connections more believable because I feel like the closer I am to someone the more comfortable I feel and the more weird and “cringe” I become
I know we aren’t to feel bad for Nathan but I truly do, I have for years. All he wanted was a father figure in his life, he was vulnerable and manipulated into doing the dirty work of a man who didn’t care for him. All Nathan wanted was fatherly love.
personally, i love Chloe so so much - and not choosing her makes me so heart broken . But in my opinion, isn't that how it's supposed to go ? Chloe dies in almost every timeline we see her in, it's almost to say that life happens and despite our best efforts there are some things we truly can not do anything about - we have to continue to live our own lives. Life, despite the pain and even joy, has to go on . Life is Strange means so much to me too, the atmosphere, the music and characters - everything about this game ( working through the others in the franchise slowly ) is so beautiful to me !! i first saw it when i was wayyy to young to be around it, loved it back then - then got back into it again 2 years go. It's part of my daily life to think about it nd listen to the soundtrack. i love lis , this was a gorgeous video !! ( i put this on to draw to and ended up reliving all of the emotions that come with a life is strange play through - thanks ! ) ( to add, the cringe parts in this game definitely add to it tbh...considering it's set in 2013, and it sort of emphasises that max and chloe are only young you know? )
I've never been the kind of person to simply accept how things are "supposed to go" so I ended up saving Chloe. Admittedly I can also be a little spiteful which I know is not a good trait but oh well. In my view, if the universe wanted her dead so badly, it shouldn't have given Max the power to prevent it in the first place. But no, Max Caulfield, a teenager, was given reality-bending powers out of nowhere with no idea how to use them and told "figure it out bitch" and then the universe has the audacity to be mad when she ends up fucking things up and forces her into an ultimatum of her best friend vs an entire town? Well fuck you, too, universe, at that point I will absolutely save the one person you've been trying to kill all week put of sheer spite
me too, i love ber so much and i don't even know why. chloe is one of the fictional characters that evoked the most emotion in me, she's just a wonderful person, a butterfly 🦋
To me one of the biggest points that made me know I had to choose bay in the end, was when paralyzed Chloe asked max to end her life, she couldn’t do it…. Well at the end, it made sense that Chloe was supposed to die, and max kept trying over and over to save her but so many others died in the process. Going back to the beginning and letting Chloe die and dealing with that loss is what max has to do.
Something that always really bothered me about LiS is the ending. For a game all about the consequences of your actions, the ending says that none of your actions matter. You either let the town die and choose Chloe, meaning every decision you've made has been for nothing. Or you save the town and let Chloe die, meaning you go back in time and all your choices have meant nothing. ultimately
Hell I heard originally they had a ending where you wake up from a coma and non of it was real heart rentching stuff knowing that in all honesty we have no control over time and the things we do with it hell we have no control over who lives and who dies in our life just how to deal with the aftermath of the outcome do we continue onward to a brighter future and remember the good times or do we live in the past and wallow in self hate despair depression and ultimately lose who we are the title of the game simplifies it life is strange so we might as well spend our life spending as much time as we can enjoying it with friends and family until God calls us home the clock still ticks even when we don't see it
@@Yeshua_is-Coolit's a myth. There was a discussion whether there'd be a coma ending but it was for Chloe, not max. And it wasn't a third ending, they just weren't sure if they wanted to kill Chloe or for her to remain hospitalised. They chose to kill her, of course. Originally there was supposed to be one ending. The story was always about having the privilege to have one final goodbye with your loved ones but eventually having to let go. The second ending was added cause the game got a lot of buzz.
I don’t think all your choices meant nothing; it’s completely true and valid when you say that systematically speaking yes, our choices meant nothing. But I think it’s also important to realize the context behind these choices: I think it is what defines our ultimate choice. I think every decision, whether good or bad, did mean something to US as the player, and Max, as the one who went through it all.
I like to believe it's like the saying "it's not about the destination, but the journey," at least that's how I deal with all of my decisions being for nothing :)
I’m extremely pissed the audio cut out last couple minutes or so. I’m still stuck wondering what he was saying and it’s been like 4 months since his last and most popular upload. Thank you for the good times Leon!
Basically saying he's dutch, but wants to be american and live in north America really bad because he's got this incredibly romanticized view of what small town life is like and LIS feed that image to him as a kid which is......... Yeah I can't believe I spent 2 hours listening to this.
This is my 14 year old daughter's favorite game right now, I didn't watch til the end she obviously saved Chloe. We watched the ending where you don't and I couldn't breathe I was so heartbroken. I never saw the wheelchair stuff, that hurt so so much 😢
@ErinJeanette Hmm I mean northwest america they sure didn't expect a huge storm tornado coming thru. But yeah it was dum the people in the restaurant stayed there. Let's not forget if you let chloe died. All the stuff you did with people was gone bc it pretty didn't happen. Life is strange...
the one thing that rly helped me save her was when i remembered which verse she had scratched out n which one she had highlighted in her bible n quoted it back to her otherwise i would’ve lost her
i literally googled how to do it because i was terrified of losing her which is crazy. shes a character but i felt so deeply for her having been in a similar situation before
Life is Strange literally made me cry okay. The vibe was immaculate. I remember being obsessed with it and annoyed with it because I just loved it so much.
I feel the exact same way. I played life strange while in high school and the game has left an imprint on me. I’ve had songs from the soundtrack constantly in my repeats of songs and whenever it’s cloudy I have to play it. The vibe it gives me is something I want to forever feel. Peace, tranquility, free.
He also skipped a lot of the more somber and peaceful moments throughout the game. Just by going through the story, you'd never know how calming the game is, but when you're playing it, when you take a moment to appreciate everything around you, it's beautiful.
@@justmyluck624 True. Just finished my platinum play through of the remastered version, and the quieter moments are so mesmerizing and beautiful, sometimes disturbing, and dark, yet equally entrancing, an emotional roller coaster that once you play it, you'll NEVER forget it. 💯🥹
Fun fact when you don’t step up to protect Chloe from her dad he slaps her so he’s abusive. I hate how some one would paint he out to be a good guy. That’s why she thinks men need to be kept in check with guns. She’s just a teen. Her stepdad is a security former military dude who hits her.
@ataladin87 no. Nobody should be hit for something like that. She's a teenager, she does not need to be hit by a grown man, or even a grown woman. Any person in a position of some kind of power, especially if they are supposed to be a parental figure. There is no justification for it and I suggest you do some research and change your views and opinions before you decide to have children, and hit them because you believe they "deserve" it, and they are "out of line". It is dehumanizing, unfair, and most of all despicable.
@imalildickriderbut Clearly you've never had proper discipline if you think she shouldn't be hit for saying *"Fuck you pig"* to that same person in *_"power"_* You are exactly why kids these days are getting out of control. Chloe kept on being toxic for what in the 1st place??? Because her Stepdad wants her to listen?? This is just your Ignorance showing. In what world should a teenager get away with that kind of tongue knowing she was in the wrong in the 1st place? An entitled right one. Now where did she get that entitlement?? From never being hit and brought back down to earth.
@@ataladin87abuse apologism, nice! gotta love abusing your position of authority and resorting to violence against those you view as beneath you bc you're a big ol manbaby that can't handle any other way to solve things!
It’s a bit strange (much like life) that you got “Small Town America is safe and simple” from a game that specifically shows it’s not, but I won’t sh*t on your dreams because as dangerous as it can be, having moved to the city from rural America this year for school- I get it. Though the game is in no way hyperbole [i.e. the song “Try that in a Small Town” is just kinda about shooting people], I wholeheartedly agree that as a high schooler being able to finish this game and then walk outside to see it reflected in the world around me was a privilege that was unmatched: Nothing to do but go on drives, get into trouble, and sit at Sonic for hours on end with a hazy post-storm sunset you could see for miles every once in a while. It’s a life I desperately want back. Great video and awesome content! Hope you reach all your goals soon!
The weirdest line for me is, "Someday dad will get one of them newfangled computers." ......In 2008..... Not only is it oddly phrased for a child, computers were definitely commonplace in 2008. Definitely not newfangled.
@@lightningmonky7674Newfangled literally means new and the 2000s were a wild time for tech. The first iPhone released mid-2007. Most households had just one family-shared desktop with dialup lol broadband was still getting integrated at the time
it 100% is supposed to be a sarcastic teasing joke about william being old/preferring old tech, not that her dad doesn't know how to use a computer or new technology.
I was a teen during 2008 in a small town texas and not everybody had a computer. Alot of people still used the high-school or library for computers, but it definitely was a joke.
I gave Life is Strange a lot of shit but that Chloe scene (to accept, refuse, or "I don't know", won't spoil it for anyone coming across this vid late like I did) turned my whole perspective on it around. Thanks for the video, you're awesome at what you do.
I saved Chloe in my initial playthrough. I just really like her as a character and losing her would suck more than losing many of the other characters. A perfect example of how much I like Chloe more than other characters is that in the Arcadia Bay sacrifice, I didn't feel much emotion seeing everything in ruin. Yet, in the Chloe Sacrifice ending, I get choked up every single time I see the funeral scene.
From what this video shows, the ending with Chloe dying is scripted much more emotionally tho. Of course seeing the coffin of her and grieving friends and family is more impactful than seeing some ruined houses that people might've evacuated in time. Unless there's more to the latter scene than that?
I’m from Oregon, I grew up here. Our coast and scenery is exactly like this game. And the fact that as a teen here in some small towns like this (which there are so many of) genuinely have nothing to do but smoke, explore the nature and mess around with friends. I think that’s why I love it so much. Hope you can visit the PNW someday!
I'll always remember that the original game came out when I was in my senior year of high school, so it just barely caught me in the time when I truly understood and related to public school life and stories surrounding it. The later games never caught me like LiS1 and the prequel side stories did. I remember staying in the attic as young Max and just living in that moment with her. I think now, after losing my mom, I will never be able to play that prequel again. To live in the moments before loss is a wound too fresh, but I can still feel the warmth I felt playing it back then.
That alternative timeline segment still gets me. Yeah, I have some gripes with the game overall, but some of the moments are really 10/10 for me. And I 100% did not anticipate the twist. One of the few times in my life I ever gasped outloud. Thanks for this video!
@@ErinJeanettetbh 2010s was a big le meme cringe fest. Being a teen from that time, I totally see some of the dialogue as weird but not too outta place.
@@phataldestroyeryeah I was the age of the characters around the time this game was set and when it came out. Warren is literally less than a month younger than me based on his birthday. I didn't grow up in the states, let alone the Pacific northwest but it's universal almost everywhere, teens are cringe and sometimes use out of date slang because they grew up saying it when they were younger teens. The 2010s was the height of the social media boom and it just exacerbated the cringe of teens
Okay dude i respect your decision but I don't know how the hell Life is strange is a great example of a safe Americana life I mean the game shows examples of bullying,drugs,murders, kidnappings,depressed teenagers, poverty, I could go on
Agreed --- I actually think "Outer Wilds" (a totally fantastical sci-fi game about a race of rustic aliens and their awkwardly fledgling space program) is a better endorsement of rural life than LiS!
I was excited to get away to a new and exciting environment, but I'll admit, the quiet is nice. There's just so much extra noise and lights in the city, it really make me appreciate the small town i grew up around.
Life is Strange is just an amazing game. So dramatic and dark but captivating in its storytelling and characters. This game both gave me an amazing, emotional story while fucking me up mentally and emotionally. Chloe, Rachel, Mr. Jefferson and just all that shit that happens between all three. Even when Max changes history and what happened to Chloe there. And Kate man, this game did EVERYTHING it could to pull at your heartstrings and not only that: Pull, tug and cut them. A lot of people still sleep on this game and just the entire LiS series all together. Still one of my all time favorite games ever
Glad i took the time to re experience this game through your video. I still stand by saving Arcadia. The implication of the universe always trying to kill Chloe is there. I think its 7 times. What's stopping the world from trying to continue. And like you said it'll never make sense to sacrifice so many people for one.
utilitarianism - greatest good for the greatest number of people. haven't played this game in so long but the last time i did, i chose arcadia. love games like this though where there's no real ending. both are bittersweet.
i think people choosing to save chloe miss the entire point and theme of the game and are just obsessed with shipping them romantically. mostly children.
i mean, the game seems to frame it in a way where it's either the one person you have a connection with, have been best friends with for ages, someone who suffered a lot and could use a second chance in life, or the people of a town that you somewhat care about. some may choose the option of more people, but others may choose the one person they care about. never shipped chloe and max but i could see why people would choose to save chloe.@@Jasmine-bw3md
@@Jasmine-bw3md another point of the game is the connection between the characters and the moral conflict it results in. The player is supposed to have a hard time choosing, it's literally written that way. So choosing Chloe is by design a valid choice, even though I personally wouldn't and objectively it's the "wrong" one.
The sacrifice Arcadia Bay ending doesnt make too much sense.Max destroyed a whole town of people including Joyce,Warren,Kate and more innocent people just to save Chloe.(The tornado was her fault).And after that they just drive away.Chloe doesnt even stop to see if her mother is alive.Doesnt make sense
It's odd because the save Chloe ending feels a little too happy, I think the first time I saw it I thought it was a dream sequence or a vision of Max's, but part 2 confirms this. I found it strange how they don't seem all that bothered about it and just leave as quickly as possible
as much as I love chloe I too went for the ending sacrificing chloe, mostly bc it seemed like where the plot and themed I noticed where heading in and that she begs you to do it. Years after I played the game I watched Innuendo Studios's video on it, which made me appreciate the other ending a lot more. His basic thesis and that the game has two genres, the murder mystery and the coming of age story, and how the two endings are emblematic of the two themes, but sort of flip it around on you. The entire time the game shows you that time traveling has made everything worse, trying to change the past makes things worse, so why should letting Chloe die in the bathroom make things better? You're still trying to change things again, and because of the butterfly affect we're not sure which things you found out got resolved, if you were able to tell the police or david about what you found out, etc. letting chloe die is thematically the ending for the murder mystery, while simultaneously making none of those things happen any more, while saving chloe is you stop messing with time and just living with the mistakes you've made and trying to move on. Idk if I phrased it right, but it left me with a lot to chew on, made me appreciate what each ending means and that they're both important, and dang do I love this game no matter what.
Not exaggerating when I say this video is a masterpiece and is the best Life is Strange video on YT by far... would sacrifice Arcadia Bay to see you cover Before the Storm!
Absolutely one of my favorite videos I've seen in a while. I came from the Joshua Graham video and I knew I'd found a canary in a coal mine. My only critique is that the description has a typo in it haha. Keep up the great work man, wonderful stuff!
I’ve never even played the game before but just watching this video and just getting to know a glimpse of the game the ending really crushed me. I didn’t think I would be effected by a game I’ve never played before
this game had such a big impact on me in high school and informed my entire personality for all 4 years. it was one of the main reasons i got into photography and why i even own a polaroid and why i play/listen to indie folk music. people throw a lot of valid criticism at this game but it still remains one of the most important games i ever played
This game always brings me back to my first girlfriend… we maybe not friends anymore… any maybe i will never see each other again but this game was sometimes i only shared with her Thanks you L… i was a horrible teen back then but this world would be lesser without you i hope someone makes the world better for you
the vibes in this game are immaculate. I'm a sucker for time travel, fall, indie music and supernatural mysteries in a school setting so, yeah. this game was the shit when i was like 13 or whatever lmao
leon i was just starting to like you from your fallout video, but now you’ve immediately earned your sub. thank you explore page for knowing lis is my favorite
Awesome video man , I also loved the little story at the end u told , I too am struggling with an exam thats about to come up (i live in romania i only think it exists here) and i feel like im about to fail it and from what everyone around me has been telling me , if i fail this , my life will just go down the shitter , but besides that everyone tells me i will pass it. I hope i will and i hope everything will turn out fine , i have had and still have self nae nae thoughts and i just want you to know that you and other youtubers/,,influencers,, are the ones that keep me going , thank you for doing what you do , God bless.
the way Leon just played a cry of fear song in life of strange caught me so of guard. on a unrelated note im incredibly blessed to find a creator who can touch upon depressive subject and shed light on it in the best way possible, im happy Leon makes videos that can make me laugh and feel enlightened
I stopped watching at exactly 1:52:50 I have played this game twice and read/watched analyses on it so many times throughout the years and I have still never seen the ending where you sacrifice Chloe. In my eyes, this story is about letting go. It's about letting go of your crutch, letting go of your friendship when all signs point to it being unhealthy, letting go of what has kept you going. But I did not do that. I chose to sacrifice Arcadia Bay, and in doing so, I chose to not let go. To keep my comfort, to keep my love, to keep what kept me going. I know it isn't right. I know Chloe's life is not worth more, or even the same, as all the people in the town, but I can not let her go. Maybe one day, when I am ready, I will see what lies on the other side. I'll finally experience what happens when I choose to let go, but today is not that day. This video was great, and I'm glad people still make videos about this game that impacted me so much. But I do not know if I will ever be able to watch those last 10 minutes.
I can't say I've kept up with his newer stuff, but Luke Stephen's TLOU series is fairly similar and I enjoyed that a bunch, it's almost 10 hours though so It's certainly a longer watch, but I can't recommend it enough!
Jacob Geller and Clark Elieson also make great videos, often around 30-90 minutes, though the videos they post are typically more about philosophical topics or concepts than they are gaming, they do tend to weave the two subjects together in a unique and enjoyable way for fans of both though.
Mark my words,you keep putting out content this exceptional,Youll continue to grow,I smell a 1 million sub mark being reached in 1 and 1/2 years or so.All you gotta do is make a magnum opus
This is the game that solidified for me that I just hate the episodic format, the big moment in the middle of game was so badly ruined for me by them making it the cliff-hanger for an episode, which I then had to wait MONTHS till the next episode. Completely destroyed my emotional investment and robbed the follow episode of all its momentum. There is reason most shows dont release episodes one every 1-2 months, a week most people can deal with but a whole month and I've half forgotten what the hell even happened last time i played.
Its nice to hear such a big fan of LIS. It helps my anxiety too Leon. Its a classic game I will still be playing many years down the road. I hope the industry stops the greed chase and focus just on quality
I fw you Leo just found your channel and idk what it is but you have a way with words my guy, the ability you have to look deeper into these stories made for quick enjoyment, and find real life values and morals we can learn from is impressive to say the least, you have a unique mind, and Good storytelling is hard to come by but you do a phenomenal job at finding the underlying story or the hidden gems of these games that give a reflection back into the harsh reality of life, finding truth in escapism is a blessing that not many are illuminated with, I’m glad I came across your content, your most recent 3 videos mean more to me than you know, hopefully this is the final push to change… keep up this content. Inspiring to say the least. Also S/O To fucking cait
surprised when i see this video only has about 20k views as of right now, if you see this man, i fucking loved this video, this game and before the storm mean so much to me and it was amazing seeing a dive into it. proud to say this is the only game thats made me cry in my entire life too.
Thanks for the long video to fall asleep to. I’ll be back when the last 10 minutes seeps into my dream and I wake up wanting to watch the video from the start cause I’m now fully interested.
I do got to say its disappointing how the other games in the series never replicate how other characters get their powers. Max still has the best set up for her powers.
Watching this on jacksepticeyes channel when it was coming out is one of my best memorys, I was still really young but was just coming to understand melancholy, nostalgia, etc. and this story always helped me cope with getting older
Sorry for the late comment, but yeah, that era of TH-cam Let's Plays was amazing. I miss those days quite a bit. I hope, somehow, some new people step up to the plate in the future, because I would love to relive those days. People like Jack and them, well... they seem like they're "over it" these days, and it's hard for me to connect with the games they are playing. Still, though, who knows what the future holds!
this game has TRULY broken me and built me back up. ignoring the edgy, cringey aspect of its outdated 2015 humor, playing this as a teen really broadened my understanding of teenage-hood as a whole. it especially spoke to me because this game was my first exposure to a normal presentation of homosexuality. i was closeted when i first played it and seeing the gut wrenching connection that chloe had to max and rachel in before the storm had me crying for weeks on end. the music is outstanding and is to this day the only soundtrack that never ceases to make me cry when hearing it. i am so, so glad that people have the same amount of love for this game as i do.
I watched the pewdiepie’s let’s play of life is strange when I was 13 and omg the real depth and nitty gritty‘s of the story really went over my head I think. I still connected to the game and it quite literally changed my life but having your video go over it again I’m realising just how much I missed out on with my 13 year old brain! I think I will go and play the demo on steam and really absorb the story even though it is a difficult one. Thanks for the recap!❤️
This perspective is intresting and what you pulled from it is actually pretty surprising as an american and as someone who doesnt hold this game in the highest of regards your analysis was a pov that made me reevaluate the game but objectively alot of my gripes still stand even after the video and a new playthrough.
I'm so glad this video randomly popped up in my suggestions, I loved every bits of it ^^ too bad the last minutes are muted though Ps: your voice is really soothing to listen to
I think I cried over this game for a week when I played it. It will forever be one of my all time favourite experiences. I’d love to see you talk about the beginners guide in a video like this
I honestly never thought about playing life is strange but this Video gave me such a good vibe and freed emotions I didn’t know i had. I am gonna definitely play some of the older games as well as the new one coming. Thanks for the vid❤❤❤❤ And btw the cry of fear vid did also reveal a new world to me
I like the direction Leon. While personally I don't like life is strange I've always favored your commentary over others, like with your videos on cod zombies. If you want to upload a long video every month or 2, I support you. As many others I hope they do to. Stay healthy Leon.
You've earned my subscription sir. Irene just tell you. There's nothing like small rural town America. The closer one is to nature the more one is closer to the true self. When i heard about your anxiety from the big city i realized that i no longer want to go back to the big city anymore its fun to visit. My favorite is the east coast but then again uts better to leave and go back to the countryside. I grew up in rural America. Best of luck to you
I stumbled on Life is Strange at well… a strange time in my life, I was moving, starting high school. Middle school had left me sort of confused about what I’m supposed to do after that. How does one “young adult”? But with all its cliches and sometimes cringe-inducing lines, this game slowly painted a possibility of what life could be. Fast forward 7 years later… I didn’t get the time travel powers or the cool nosebleeds, but I’m thankful for the memories. LiS
It's so easy to pick on this game's shortcomings, I certainly have done it quite a lot of times by now, but there's still something so charming about it that keeps me coming back to it. It's one of the few games of our time that managed to gain mainstream attention without having a million gunshots and explosions flashing in our eyes and just takes you to a place of pure zen.
Wonderful video, really encapsulated the feeling of life is strange and all the best moments that I forgot about. Loved reliving the game so many years later :)
I watched my ex play through this entire game, he pirated it from some website. I hadn't a clue what the game was except that I'd watched an episode by Jacksepticeye way back. Most of the game has been blocked out for me in my head, because my time with my ex wasn't a healthy time, but I remember parts, I remember crying with him at the end, I remember the girl who was gonna commit.. yknow, I remember how impactful the game was to me and how much I felt after seeing the whole thing. I haven't started watching this video yet because I'm not sure how I'll feel uncovering memories long gone, bad memories, but I'll either watch this or play the game. I'm genuinely anxious lmao. anyways vent over, thank you if you read this
I played this whole game in the span of one day, and it was beautiful every step of the way. I have never played a truly sad game where I was so dang sad at multiple points. The end was the hardest, for obvious reasons. I wasn't a fan that this last decision could make the whole game and every previous decision irreverent, but it only added to the difficulty. I chose to sacrifice the bay, but I am not sure if I made the right choice. On one hand, I believe that morally choosing to sacrifice Chloe would be right because one life over many is not worth it. On the other hand, I feel like the whole game was made to get you so attached to Chloe, saving her life many times, just to throw this at you. If you choose one person over many, that person has to mean a LOT to you, and she's just a fictional character, but I still chose to save her. The devs definitely had me on team Chloe. After watching this video, and reading other people's comments, I can say I am more content with my choice, but I would never ever want to be put in this position in real life. I feel like this week for Max may be one of the worst but also best of her life, losing her best friend countless times, but also making great new memories that she could remember her by for a lifetime, whether she chose Chloe or not. Never put this much thought into a simple choice game ever, but it was definitely worth the ride.
For Those of you that are still confused after the outro:
I have never stepped foot inside the United States.
I was born in Germany, moved to Singapore at a young age, learned English there and (much like what happened to PewDiePie over the years) had my accent changed to American due to listening to Americans speak in TH-cam videos for literal years.
After that I moved back to Germany where I finished the rest of my time in school, Germany is where I live, America is where I want to live.
I knew it
DU BIST DEUTSCH
@leontalksalot have you covered cold war maybe you should check out die mashine
Follow your dreams !!🤙🏻
I lived in Germany for 9 years after having moved from Poland. You do not want to come to the U.S.A but that is my opinion. Whenever I moved it wasnt by choice. If you have plans brother, more power to you!!!
Ich wusste, dass ich mich nicht geirrt habe! :D
Eines meiner lieblings Games, sehr nices Video 👌🏼
Frank showing up to Chole's funeral always kills me.
with the dog like omg come on its so sad :(
@@seaniescott6304I was already breaking down in tears but the dog absolutely tore me
it’s gut wrenching
I hate Frank and I hate Max. Just like I hate this entire game.
@@Icy-be5vl whomp whomp
Man the soundtrack still leaves me with a sense of nostalgia no game has been able to since.
…when they found Rachel, I cried. I cried so hard. It was so bad my cat came to cuddle with me. He was concerned and I just laughed, pet him, said it was okay and cried.
…it hurts even more now that my cat’s passed since. I see that sad, sad scene, and I remember how bittersweet it was to have my cat so concerned about me. It’s a such good memory to be tied to such a sad scene.
May your beautiful kitty rest in peace, I’m sure you gave him a life full of love like he gave you
Cringe
@@hellokxtty69hello cringy
omg, don't hit me with that, I'm literally crying
@@hellokxtty69 Pathetic
Underneath the cringey dialogue - LiS is SOUL CRUSHING. Chloe is doomed to live the cycle of her dad dying and thinking everyone she loved abandoned her. Rachel never leaves Arcadia Bay, Nathan is honestly abused and used by every male figure in his life till his chosen father figure KILLS him. Finding Rachel’s body guts me every time. BRUTTAL. Fantastic commentary video.
I love how cringe the dialogue can be, it’s part of the charm, because it’s believable people would say that irl and think they sound cool, like the go fuck your selfie line, cringe from the outside but Victoria is definitely proud of herself for it
It's still very funny to me that one of the best representations of small-town America I've seen in a game was made by French people.
i mean i came from a small town in America. it's just not realistic. lol at all.
@@Zennethetruth. There isnt even a single scene of Max drinking moonshine, how can that game be realistic
@@Zennethemaybe not urs but to some regions it’s very accurate lol
@@Zennethethis is such a boohoo ass comment
@@Zennethekinda relatable to my town but not as many cool hang out spots
This game holds a special place in my heart, despite how cringy it can be.
I feel like that makes it better. I was a teenager when this came out, it brings me back to a younger time and I will always love it
It makes it more immersive, imo! Teenagers are cringy, especially during 2013 when the game is set!
Yes more of this.
So tired of people calling this game cringy when there is a whole generation who lived that era.
@@thegreatestfallout1794
TRUE! despite it's mediocre writing and major cringe it is. It always makes me feel I'm in a different and peaceful world when I'm playing it. The game will always be my special place.
@@solarvoid777right, they perfectly depicted teenagers so good compared to euphoria and riverdale. kids can be cringy, not sexy
People throw out “it’s got a vibe” but this game right here lives off vibe. The vibe is so strong it gets people to watch videos about the vibe.
So real
THIS! Like in almost all technical aspects, this is a bad game. But the VIBE MAN. The vibe along with the beautiful soundtrack and melancholic visuals HOOKED me. And the funny thing is, it made me have such strong feelings when I NEVER even played it! Just watched walkthrough videos of it and was still immersed. Literal art
@@Saadkhan-th4bz that's such an art thing "bad game" but the vibe tho
Chloe being so eager to steal the handicap fund and ending up dissabled in the good timeline is the kind of poetic justice i like to see.
the amount of times i've seen this story over years and never saw this point........... thank you so much
Dont forget double parking in the handicap spaces.
I always saw it as bribery money, even in "meals on wheels" timeline she cant go to blackwell on a scholarship due to the lack of accommodations, that wouldve likely already have had that funding.
But then when she was handicapped she wasn't able to attend Blackwell because it's not wheelchair accessible
REAL, what made me sad about that timeline was when i looked at all the unpaid medical bills. chloe's mom was such a sweetheart 😭
No one can change my mind that it wasn't just Prescott bribes
I think the ending is just so sad depending on what you choose. I admit to choosing Chloe over the town. When you sacrifice Chloe, she dies thinking that the world hates her and she never learned that Rachel didn't leave her. She never knew that Max returned. She left the world angry and hateful towards everybody including her late-father. Sacrificing Arcadia is like punishing the town just to save someone you love. The people that you've connect with just die like that. People like Joyce doesn't deserve it. That's what I love about games like this. There is no good ending and there's no bad ending either.
I never really got that. Arcadia is kind of rotten to the core. Sure the storm caused A lot of property damage and I am sure some innocents didn't make it out. But, when you don't save Chloe the butterfly effect spirals out pretty hard. You don't reach kate so she kills herself (to do anything with the fore knowledge would be to invite the storm again), you allow a serial killer to be on the loose (the professor) the school acts as a front to get college students hooked on hard drugs and all of the awful things that happened just keep happening.
While the game tries to make it about being selfish it really is a kind of asking you a good person to just let evil triumph by imposing a very strange mega evil in the background.
@@jobhunter5090 to be fair, we don't know if kate still attempts to k-word herself in the sacrificing chloe option. without chloe around demanding her attention (no shade, i love chloe), max has the abilitiy and knowledge to be a better friend to kate and help her before it gets to that point, and they can work together to get justice for kate. perhaps max submits an anonymous tip about mr jefferson and rachel and the barn to david or the police like she did in the san francisco timeline. i don't think max would sit by with the knowledge of all the shady shit happening in arcadia bay and not at least try and fix it.
It's also a good example of the difference between a hero and a villain. A hero will sacrifice the one they live for the many, a villain will gladly sacrifice the world (in this case Arcadia) for the one they love. It's a moral quandary.
@@jobhunter5090 I disagree. If you don't save Chloe, the people are alive, Kate doesn't kill herself because she was never got badly bullied since the attention moved to Jefferson. She probably got the help she needed. Jefferson gets arrested along with Nathan. They find Rachel's body earlier.
If you save Chloe, alot of people die. David and Victoria is alive. Joyce is dead aling with Warren who was in the diner. Nathan is killed. I'm not sure what happens to Jefferson though. Kate is uncertain because it depends on if you save her or not when she is on the roof. Max and Chloe are in New York starting a new life. Chloe seems happier with Max. Max is opening her new gallery.
In the end, doesn't matter what you choose. The game punishes you either way.
@@leilanyx The thing is max can't be a better friend to kate. She can't alter the time line at all as altering the timeline is what caused this hurricane in the first place. The same power that grants her foresight is the reason why she would have to sit back and let nature take its course. Kate might be able to make it on her own, the shift in events and peoples focus might distract or change her situation into one in which she doesn't feel like jumping, but she attempted two days after Max discovered her powers. People don't suddenly decide to k--- themselves nor do they suddenly get better over night.
The hurricane came from max messing with the timeline and while saving Chloe was at the center of it using what she learned from the experience is still messing with the time line. Max just has to let everything happen or Arcadia is just as in danger of being destroyed.
I am a teenager right now and when I was a kid watching this game it never really dawned on me about this life of a teenager, but now that I am one and beating myself up on the mistakes and decisions I make. From watching this video I now understand that it is ok to make mistakes and making decisions is hard. I am still learning how to live in this society and that life happens for a reason and that it is ok, so I shouldn't show disappointment towards myself but rather empathy for how far I have come.
Growing up is all about finding boundaries, as long as you learn from experience, you'll be golden :D
Your doing great bro just take it one day at a time
Bro how old are you?
my mom always taught me “it’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey” coming from a 25 yr old, you’re gonna make a lot of mistakes, but you’re also gonna learn from them. you’re gonna grow, and love will always be with you. Praying for happiness and a good life for you dawg 🤍
It’s a perpetual cycle and you’ll continue to consider what could have been, proud of yourself and disappointed simultaneously for the choices you’ve made. Just remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We’re constantly learning and growing.
❤- A 38 year old
As cringy as this game can be, especially with the dialogue at certain points, the sense of nostalgia and wanting to turn back time to change significant events in our lives is quite relatable. The ending is a message to us that we need to accept the way things are and move forward, rather than focusing on the past and thinking of how we could’ve made different life decisions.
People dont know how much losing a person effects you. You become someone new. Unreconizable. Selfish. Constantly in despair. I think thats why i fuck with chloe so heavy. Losing someone suddenly can turn you into the villan.
I don’t think Chloe is a villain
ive lost people too and i dont treat my friends like trash im sorry thats a poor excuse
@@beanii7339 No it isn’t a poor excuse and she didn’t treat her friends like shit. She loved and cared about Max and Rachel
@@Lilothestitchdid we play the same game💀she was nice to chloe not max
@@beanii7339 Rachel and Max both loved Chloe and Chloe loved both of them
My friends didn't understand why I sacrificed Chloe, but I feel like that's what the whole game was trying to tell max and even though it was devastating, I still think this is the most satisfying ending
i feel like chloe's sacrifice was her redemption, depressing as it sounds.
i chose to keep chloe alive but watched the other ending. its super clear with the butterfly at the beginning and end that the butterfly effect was the point. that max must reset all of her changes. but it hurts knowing she was given a power she wasnt supposed to use in that manner :(
for me, it was the act of saving Chloe at the end of the game meant that we were dealing with the consequences of our actions and choices in the game. In the real world, we don't get the chance to change time. And it hurts when we lose the ones we love. When I played through this game, I legit had to take a 10-minute break during the Chloe handicapped portion cause its hard losing your best friend, and I went through this not too long ago with my best friend of 17 years. I chose to give Chloe what she wanted during that part, but at the end, it was a mix of not being able to handle losing my "best friend" again, and because dealing with the consequences of our actions
i was frustrated about such stupid plot. I would use this several days to warn people so they leave the town. And everybody is save in that way. Just think - the very first vision is about the future storm. What would you do ? Definitely not warn the town, you will hanging around making some stupid things.
@@alexgiese2699I disagree that max should deal with the consequences of her actions. She never asked for that power and used it to try to avert crisis after crisis. The lesson is that nothing can truly change, you have to face the inevitable and unpredictable elements of life. So resetting and never using her powers again is the best possible thing. All of those people died and it wasn’t natural because it was all in the course of the powers being used.
I think the cringe really adds to the authenticity of the characters, and really endears me to them even now. We're all fucking lame, especially in our teens. And that's okay.
What ISN'T lame is this fucking video! Hoooly shit, thank you, Herr Leon, for this lovingly crafted trip down memory lane, and for reminding me of this wonderful, nostalgic story. Kinda makes me feel like Max at the start of the game, coming back home after so many years. This game is so gosh darn dear to me I might actually replay it right now despite watching this whole video!
Worth it, it's an experience you'll never forget. 💯🥹
Exactly dude it makes me love it more and honestly makes their connections more believable because I feel like the closer I am to someone the more comfortable I feel and the more weird and “cringe” I become
The audacity to never kiss Chloe
I love kissing Chloe
We love kissing Chloe
They love kissing Chloe I want to kiss Victoria . Enemies to lovers era
Never kiss Max. Max is disgusting just like every their fan.
@@chloewaldorf4063yaaaaaas!!!!
I know we aren’t to feel bad for Nathan but I truly do, I have for years. All he wanted was a father figure in his life, he was vulnerable and manipulated into doing the dirty work of a man who didn’t care for him. All Nathan wanted was fatherly love.
I have some sympathy for Nathan Prescott because he was mentally ill and abused by his father and Mark Jefferson but that doesn’t excuse what he did.
i want fatherly love too but i’m not out here murdering ppl😭
I laughed so hard when you edited Chloe shooting Max, ive played this game so many times i was not expecting that
The Editing got me sometimes haha so good.
I cackled at the fallout 4 resemblance 😂
Wait what’s the time stamp for that.
personally, i love Chloe so so much - and not choosing her makes me so heart broken . But in my opinion, isn't that how it's supposed to go ? Chloe dies in almost every timeline we see her in, it's almost to say that life happens and despite our best efforts there are some things we truly can not do anything about - we have to continue to live our own lives. Life, despite the pain and even joy, has to go on . Life is Strange means so much to me too, the atmosphere, the music and characters - everything about this game ( working through the others in the franchise slowly ) is so beautiful to me !! i first saw it when i was wayyy to young to be around it, loved it back then - then got back into it again 2 years go. It's part of my daily life to think about it nd listen to the soundtrack. i love lis , this was a gorgeous video !! ( i put this on to draw to and ended up reliving all of the emotions that come with a life is strange play through - thanks ! ) ( to add, the cringe parts in this game definitely add to it tbh...considering it's set in 2013, and it sort of emphasises that max and chloe are only young you know? )
I've never been the kind of person to simply accept how things are "supposed to go" so I ended up saving Chloe. Admittedly I can also be a little spiteful which I know is not a good trait but oh well. In my view, if the universe wanted her dead so badly, it shouldn't have given Max the power to prevent it in the first place.
But no, Max Caulfield, a teenager, was given reality-bending powers out of nowhere with no idea how to use them and told "figure it out bitch" and then the universe has the audacity to be mad when she ends up fucking things up and forces her into an ultimatum of her best friend vs an entire town? Well fuck you, too, universe, at that point I will absolutely save the one person you've been trying to kill all week put of sheer spite
@@Yurio9001 yeah exactly!! i feel the same way as you
me too, i love ber so much and i don't even know why. chloe is one of the fictional characters that evoked the most emotion in me, she's just a wonderful person, a butterfly 🦋
To me one of the biggest points that made me know I had to choose bay in the end, was when paralyzed Chloe asked max to end her life, she couldn’t do it…. Well at the end, it made sense that Chloe was supposed to die, and max kept trying over and over to save her but so many others died in the process. Going back to the beginning and letting Chloe die and dealing with that loss is what max has to do.
Something that always really bothered me about LiS is the ending.
For a game all about the consequences of your actions, the ending says that none of your actions matter.
You either let the town die and choose Chloe, meaning every decision you've made has been for nothing.
Or you save the town and let Chloe die, meaning you go back in time and all your choices have meant nothing.
ultimately
Hell I heard originally they had a ending where you wake up from a coma and non of it was real heart rentching stuff knowing that in all honesty we have no control over time and the things we do with it hell we have no control over who lives and who dies in our life just how to deal with the aftermath of the outcome do we continue onward to a brighter future and remember the good times or do we live in the past and wallow in self hate despair depression and ultimately lose who we are the title of the game simplifies it life is strange so we might as well spend our life spending as much time as we can enjoying it with friends and family until God calls us home the clock still ticks even when we don't see it
@@Yeshua_is-Coolit's a myth. There was a discussion whether there'd be a coma ending but it was for Chloe, not max. And it wasn't a third ending, they just weren't sure if they wanted to kill Chloe or for her to remain hospitalised. They chose to kill her, of course.
Originally there was supposed to be one ending. The story was always about having the privilege to have one final goodbye with your loved ones but eventually having to let go. The second ending was added cause the game got a lot of buzz.
I don’t think all your choices meant nothing; it’s completely true and valid when you say that systematically speaking yes, our choices meant nothing. But I think it’s also important to realize the context behind these choices: I think it is what defines our ultimate choice. I think every decision, whether good or bad, did mean something to US as the player, and Max, as the one who went through it all.
@@starsdiego exactly. with choice based games i always value the journey more than the endings
I like to believe it's like the saying "it's not about the destination, but the journey," at least that's how I deal with all of my decisions being for nothing :)
I’m extremely pissed the audio cut out last couple minutes or so. I’m still stuck wondering what he was saying and it’s been like 4 months since his last and most popular upload. Thank you for the good times Leon!
Basically saying he's dutch, but wants to be american and live in north America really bad because he's got this incredibly romanticized view of what small town life is like and LIS feed that image to him as a kid which is......... Yeah
I can't believe I spent 2 hours listening to this.
@@HomodemonNah that's based, as a North American, I also want to live in a town akin to Arcadia Bay due to the romanticized view given to me by LiS
@@justmyluck624 as a Chilean, I would rather go live in Madagascar in the middle of nowhere over the fucking USA.
@@Homodemon Personally I think it's too hot for me down there, I prefer northern climates, but you do you my friend.
@@Homodemoneveryone else in the world wants to be here so i guess that puts you in the minority
this video is criminally underviewed, thank you for this 2 hour nostalgia trip over the only playable game in the series.
nah the TH-cam algorithm is pretty fair, glad you enjoyed it tho :D
nah if you hate the other games ur weird
@@ItalianStallion69nah she's right, ur weird
@@FlashxSounds how
@@FlashxSounds how nigga?
This is my 14 year old daughter's favorite game right now, I didn't watch til the end she obviously saved Chloe. We watched the ending where you don't and I couldn't breathe I was so heartbroken. I never saw the wheelchair stuff, that hurt so so much 😢
She did the right thing.. it's the town fault for not leaving lol
@@erenjaeger1738 true lmaooo tornado sirens exist people 😂
@ErinJeanette Hmm I mean northwest america they sure didn't expect a huge storm tornado coming thru. But yeah it was dum the people in the restaurant stayed there.
Let's not forget if you let chloe died. All the stuff you did with people was gone bc it pretty didn't happen.
Life is strange...
@@erenjaeger1738 I was joking cuz of what you said, it's not that serious
@ErinJeanette Ik, you were going to say that XD
I just wanted to say it anyways
I'm not gonna lie I have no clue how I talked Kate down in my first run.
the one thing that rly helped me save her was when i remembered which verse she had scratched out n which one she had highlighted in her bible n quoted it back to her otherwise i would’ve lost her
i literally googled how to do it because i was terrified of losing her which is crazy. shes a character but i felt so deeply for her having been in a similar situation before
Life is Strange literally made me cry okay. The vibe was immaculate. I remember being obsessed with it and annoyed with it because I just loved it so much.
I feel the exact same way. I played life strange while in high school and the game has left an imprint on me. I’ve had songs from the soundtrack constantly in my repeats of songs and whenever it’s cloudy I have to play it. The vibe it gives me is something I want to forever feel. Peace, tranquility, free.
'My Powers might not last, Chloe'
'Thats ok, we will. Forever'
This is my fricking Roman empire, I want something like that 🦈
Chloe never actually won me over, but no way in hell Max went through all that crazy time shit just to lose her anyways. I had to save her
HOW IS IT ANXIETY REDUCING WHEN THE STORY IS GUT WRENCHING
Calm soundtrack pretty visuals plus maxs voice is pretty soothing
He also skipped a lot of the more somber and peaceful moments throughout the game. Just by going through the story, you'd never know how calming the game is, but when you're playing it, when you take a moment to appreciate everything around you, it's beautiful.
@@justmyluck624 True. Just finished my platinum play through of the remastered version, and the quieter moments are so mesmerizing and beautiful, sometimes disturbing, and dark, yet equally entrancing, an emotional roller coaster that once you play it, you'll NEVER forget it. 💯🥹
Fun fact when you don’t step up to protect Chloe from her dad he slaps her so he’s abusive. I hate how some one would paint he out to be a good guy. That’s why she thinks men need to be kept in check with guns. She’s just a teen. Her stepdad is a security former military dude who hits her.
and he would do it in front of max...... and say in the dark room his purpose was to protect joyce and chloe.... very weird
Chloe was out of line with her mouth aswell.
One slap was deserved.
@ataladin87 no. Nobody should be hit for something like that. She's a teenager, she does not need to be hit by a grown man, or even a grown woman. Any person in a position of some kind of power, especially if they are supposed to be a parental figure. There is no justification for it and I suggest you do some research and change your views and opinions before you decide to have children, and hit them because you believe they "deserve" it, and they are "out of line". It is dehumanizing, unfair, and most of all despicable.
@imalildickriderbut Clearly you've never had proper discipline if you think she shouldn't be hit for saying *"Fuck you pig"* to that same person in *_"power"_*
You are exactly why kids these days are getting out of control. Chloe kept on being toxic for what in the 1st place??? Because her Stepdad wants her to listen?? This is just your Ignorance showing.
In what world should a teenager get away with that kind of tongue knowing she was in the wrong in the 1st place? An entitled right one. Now where did she get that entitlement?? From never being hit and brought back down to earth.
@@ataladin87abuse apologism, nice! gotta love abusing your position of authority and resorting to violence against those you view as beneath you bc you're a big ol manbaby that can't handle any other way to solve things!
It’s a bit strange (much like life) that you got “Small Town America is safe and simple” from a game that specifically shows it’s not, but I won’t sh*t on your dreams because as dangerous as it can be, having moved to the city from rural America this year for school- I get it.
Though the game is in no way hyperbole [i.e. the song “Try that in a Small Town” is just kinda about shooting people], I wholeheartedly agree that as a high schooler being able to finish this game and then walk outside to see it reflected in the world around me was a privilege that was unmatched: Nothing to do but go on drives, get into trouble, and sit at Sonic for hours on end with a hazy post-storm sunset you could see for miles every once in a while. It’s a life I desperately want back.
Great video and awesome content! Hope you reach all your goals soon!
Just wanted to chime in and say I know how you feel, and I wish I was back in those moments, too.
I'm hoping against hope.
The weirdest line for me is, "Someday dad will get one of them newfangled computers." ......In 2008..... Not only is it oddly phrased for a child, computers were definitely commonplace in 2008. Definitely not newfangled.
Maybe they meant like the newest most High tech computer at the time?
@@lightningmonky7674Newfangled literally means new and the 2000s were a wild time for tech. The first iPhone released mid-2007. Most households had just one family-shared desktop with dialup lol broadband was still getting integrated at the time
pretty sure it's a joke and she's mocking him for using the old retro tech that is a polaroid camera
it 100% is supposed to be a sarcastic teasing joke about william being old/preferring old tech, not that her dad doesn't know how to use a computer or new technology.
I was a teen during 2008 in a small town texas and not everybody had a computer. Alot of people still used the high-school or library for computers, but it definitely was a joke.
That game helped me get through a lot of shit. I still remember it fondly and replay it once a year.
finding rachel was so devastating
Tbh Max really coulda played the lottery and became rich with Chloe or without, depending on which ending u get. Missed opportunity lol
I gave Life is Strange a lot of shit but that Chloe scene (to accept, refuse, or "I don't know", won't spoil it for anyone coming across this vid late like I did) turned my whole perspective on it around. Thanks for the video, you're awesome at what you do.
I saved Chloe in my initial playthrough. I just really like her as a character and losing her would suck more than losing many of the other characters. A perfect example of how much I like Chloe more than other characters is that in the Arcadia Bay sacrifice, I didn't feel much emotion seeing everything in ruin. Yet, in the Chloe Sacrifice ending, I get choked up every single time I see the funeral scene.
From what this video shows, the ending with Chloe dying is scripted much more emotionally tho. Of course seeing the coffin of her and grieving friends and family is more impactful than seeing some ruined houses that people might've evacuated in time. Unless there's more to the latter scene than that?
I’m from Oregon, I grew up here. Our coast and scenery is exactly like this game. And the fact that as a teen here in some small towns like this (which there are so many of) genuinely have nothing to do but smoke, explore the nature and mess around with friends. I think that’s why I love it so much. Hope you can visit the PNW someday!
I'll always remember that the original game came out when I was in my senior year of high school, so it just barely caught me in the time when I truly understood and related to public school life and stories surrounding it. The later games never caught me like LiS1 and the prequel side stories did. I remember staying in the attic as young Max and just living in that moment with her. I think now, after losing my mom, I will never be able to play that prequel again. To live in the moments before loss is a wound too fresh, but I can still feel the warmth I felt playing it back then.
LIS is one of my all time favourite games and its soundtrack just calms me down no matter where I am. Thank you for making this video.
That alternative timeline segment still gets me. Yeah, I have some gripes with the game overall, but some of the moments are really 10/10 for me.
And I 100% did not anticipate the twist. One of the few times in my life I ever gasped outloud.
Thanks for this video!
life is strange has always been a very endearing game to me but i can understand why some would find it cringe
It's the dialogue
@@ErinJeanettetbh 2010s was a big le meme cringe fest. Being a teen from that time, I totally see some of the dialogue as weird but not too outta place.
@@phataldestroyeryeah I was the age of the characters around the time this game was set and when it came out. Warren is literally less than a month younger than me based on his birthday. I didn't grow up in the states, let alone the Pacific northwest but it's universal almost everywhere, teens are cringe and sometimes use out of date slang because they grew up saying it when they were younger teens. The 2010s was the height of the social media boom and it just exacerbated the cringe of teens
Okay dude i respect your decision but I don't know how the hell Life is strange is a great example of a safe Americana life I mean the game shows examples of bullying,drugs,murders, kidnappings,depressed teenagers, poverty, I could go on
Agreed --- I actually think "Outer Wilds" (a totally fantastical sci-fi game about a race of rustic aliens and their awkwardly fledgling space program) is a better endorsement of rural life than LiS!
I was excited to get away to a new and exciting environment, but I'll admit, the quiet is nice. There's just so much extra noise and lights in the city, it really make me appreciate the small town i grew up around.
Life is Strange is just an amazing game. So dramatic and dark but captivating in its storytelling and characters. This game both gave me an amazing, emotional story while fucking me up mentally and emotionally. Chloe, Rachel, Mr. Jefferson and just all that shit that happens between all three. Even when Max changes history and what happened to Chloe there. And Kate man, this game did EVERYTHING it could to pull at your heartstrings and not only that: Pull, tug and cut them. A lot of people still sleep on this game and just the entire LiS series all together. Still one of my all time favorite games ever
Glad i took the time to re experience this game through your video. I still stand by saving Arcadia. The implication of the universe always trying to kill Chloe is there. I think its 7 times. What's stopping the world from trying to continue. And like you said it'll never make sense to sacrifice so many people for one.
utilitarianism - greatest good for the greatest number of people. haven't played this game in so long but the last time i did, i chose arcadia. love games like this though where there's no real ending. both are bittersweet.
i think people choosing to save chloe miss the entire point and theme of the game and are just obsessed with shipping them romantically. mostly children.
i mean, the game seems to frame it in a way where it's either the one person you have a connection with, have been best friends with for ages, someone who suffered a lot and could use a second chance in life, or the people of a town that you somewhat care about. some may choose the option of more people, but others may choose the one person they care about. never shipped chloe and max but i could see why people would choose to save chloe.@@Jasmine-bw3md
@@Jasmine-bw3mdit's not fair to say that when both are valid choices
@@Jasmine-bw3md another point of the game is the connection between the characters and the moral conflict it results in. The player is supposed to have a hard time choosing, it's literally written that way. So choosing Chloe is by design a valid choice, even though I personally wouldn't and objectively it's the "wrong" one.
1:13:58 “You better, I’m feeling pretty alpha now”
No way this was made in 2015
warren is actually a 2023 gamer
@@tebbo2896 he also had the changing the whole universe thing!?!?!
obstacles by syd matters makes this game. it’s the definition of nostalgia for me. such a beautiful song
The sacrifice Arcadia Bay ending doesnt make too much sense.Max destroyed a whole town of people including Joyce,Warren,Kate and more innocent people just to save Chloe.(The tornado was her fault).And after that they just drive away.Chloe doesnt even stop to see if her mother is alive.Doesnt make sense
It's odd because the save Chloe ending feels a little too happy, I think the first time I saw it I thought it was a dream sequence or a vision of Max's, but part 2 confirms this. I found it strange how they don't seem all that bothered about it and just leave as quickly as possible
I will never stop loving this game, no matter how many times I play or watch it it’s inspired me and built a part of me
Id love to become friends who unironically use this game's lingo.
as much as I love chloe I too went for the ending sacrificing chloe, mostly bc it seemed like where the plot and themed I noticed where heading in and that she begs you to do it.
Years after I played the game I watched Innuendo Studios's video on it, which made me appreciate the other ending a lot more. His basic thesis and that the game has two genres, the murder mystery and the coming of age story, and how the two endings are emblematic of the two themes, but sort of flip it around on you.
The entire time the game shows you that time traveling has made everything worse, trying to change the past makes things worse, so why should letting Chloe die in the bathroom make things better? You're still trying to change things again, and because of the butterfly affect we're not sure which things you found out got resolved, if you were able to tell the police or david about what you found out, etc. letting chloe die is thematically the ending for the murder mystery, while simultaneously making none of those things happen any more, while saving chloe is you stop messing with time and just living with the mistakes you've made and trying to move on. Idk if I phrased it right, but it left me with a lot to chew on, made me appreciate what each ending means and that they're both important, and dang do I love this game no matter what.
Not exaggerating when I say this video is a masterpiece and is the best Life is Strange video on YT by far... would sacrifice Arcadia Bay to see you cover Before the Storm!
Absolutely one of my favorite videos I've seen in a while. I came from the Joshua Graham video and I knew I'd found a canary in a coal mine. My only critique is that the description has a typo in it haha. Keep up the great work man, wonderful stuff!
Tank yo
2 hours to sum up the story of Life is strange is ridiculous 😭and you got such a unique play through
I’ve never even played the game before but just watching this video and just getting to know a glimpse of the game the ending really crushed me. I didn’t think I would be effected by a game I’ve never played before
this game had such a big impact on me in high school and informed my entire personality for all 4 years. it was one of the main reasons i got into photography and why i even own a polaroid and why i play/listen to indie folk music. people throw a lot of valid criticism at this game but it still remains one of the most important games i ever played
This game always brings me back to my first girlfriend… we maybe not friends anymore… any maybe i will never see each other again but this game was sometimes i only shared with her
Thanks you L… i was a horrible teen back then but this world would be lesser without you i hope someone makes the world better for you
I hope things work out for you.
Giving this a like just for the "ATF dog killing" joke. Perfection!
Nathan will always have a special place in my heart like no other character in the whole game
no one will ever understand how much LiS means to me i’ve literally replayed + watched walkthroughs like 500 times
the vibes in this game are immaculate. I'm a sucker for time travel, fall, indie music and supernatural mysteries in a school setting so, yeah. this game was the shit when i was like 13 or whatever lmao
Bro are you me??
leon i was just starting to like you from your fallout video, but now you’ve immediately earned your sub. thank you explore page for knowing lis is my favorite
Awesome video man , I also loved the little story at the end u told , I too am struggling with an exam thats about to come up (i live in romania i only think it exists here) and i feel like im about to fail it and from what everyone around me has been telling me , if i fail this , my life will just go down the shitter , but besides that everyone tells me i will pass it. I hope i will and i hope everything will turn out fine , i have had and still have self nae nae thoughts and i just want you to know that you and other youtubers/,,influencers,, are the ones that keep me going , thank you for doing what you do , God bless.
Only half way through and just crying like a baby at all the hard hitting moments. I WANT TO SAVE CHLOE AND ARCADIA
the way Leon just played a cry of fear song in life of strange caught me so of guard.
on a unrelated note im incredibly blessed to find a creator who can touch upon depressive subject and shed light on it in the best way possible, im happy Leon makes videos that can make me laugh and feel enlightened
I stopped watching at exactly 1:52:50
I have played this game twice and read/watched analyses on it so many times throughout the years and I have still never seen the ending where you sacrifice Chloe.
In my eyes, this story is about letting go. It's about letting go of your crutch, letting go of your friendship when all signs point to it being unhealthy, letting go of what has kept you going. But I did not do that. I chose to sacrifice Arcadia Bay, and in doing so, I chose to not let go. To keep my comfort, to keep my love, to keep what kept me going.
I know it isn't right. I know Chloe's life is not worth more, or even the same, as all the people in the town, but I can not let her go. Maybe one day, when I am ready, I will see what lies on the other side. I'll finally experience what happens when I choose to let go, but today is not that day.
This video was great, and I'm glad people still make videos about this game that impacted me so much. But I do not know if I will ever be able to watch those last 10 minutes.
The core of this game is so good but it kills me how much cornier the dialogue gets with each time I replay it
this video is so damn good, anyone know where i can find long form, passionate, well-edited stuff like this?
You should watch pyrocynical’s utopia vid
Here
Whitelight is a really good youtuber with well edited stuff
I can't say I've kept up with his newer stuff, but Luke Stephen's TLOU series is fairly similar and I enjoyed that a bunch, it's almost 10 hours though so It's certainly a longer watch, but I can't recommend it enough!
Jacob Geller and Clark Elieson also make great videos, often around 30-90 minutes, though the videos they post are typically more about philosophical topics or concepts than they are gaming, they do tend to weave the two subjects together in a unique and enjoyable way for fans of both though.
Mark my words,you keep putting out content this exceptional,Youll continue to grow,I smell a 1 million sub mark being reached in 1 and 1/2 years or so.All you gotta do is make a magnum opus
Also dont play that gay rip by digbar,hes a predator,listen to Team Clutch instead for gay rap!
This is the game that solidified for me that I just hate the episodic format, the big moment in the middle of game was so badly ruined for me by them making it the cliff-hanger for an episode, which I then had to wait MONTHS till the next episode. Completely destroyed my emotional investment and robbed the follow episode of all its momentum.
There is reason most shows dont release episodes one every 1-2 months, a week most people can deal with but a whole month and I've half forgotten what the hell even happened last time i played.
Its nice to hear such a big fan of LIS. It helps my anxiety too Leon. Its a classic game I will still be playing many years down the road. I hope the industry stops the greed chase and focus just on quality
I fw you Leo just found your channel and idk what it is but you have a way with words my guy, the ability you have to look deeper into these stories made for quick enjoyment, and find real life values and morals we can learn from is impressive to say the least, you have a unique mind, and Good storytelling is hard to come by but you do a phenomenal job at finding the underlying story or the hidden gems of these games that give a reflection back into the harsh reality of life, finding truth in escapism is a blessing that not many are illuminated with, I’m glad I came across your content, your most recent 3 videos mean more to me than you know, hopefully this is the final push to change… keep up this content. Inspiring to say the least. Also S/O To fucking cait
surprised when i see this video only has about 20k views as of right now, if you see this man, i fucking loved this video, this game and before the storm mean so much to me and it was amazing seeing a dive into it. proud to say this is the only game thats made me cry in my entire life too.
Thanks for the long video to fall asleep to. I’ll be back when the last 10 minutes seeps into my dream and I wake up wanting to watch the video from the start cause I’m now fully interested.
thank you for making this video bc sometimes all you need is an overly long video about life is strange.
I do got to say its disappointing how the other games in the series never replicate how other characters get their powers. Max still has the best set up for her powers.
Watching this on jacksepticeyes channel when it was coming out is one of my best memorys, I was still really young but was just coming to understand melancholy, nostalgia, etc. and this story always helped me cope with getting older
Sorry for the late comment, but yeah, that era of TH-cam Let's Plays was amazing. I miss those days quite a bit.
I hope, somehow, some new people step up to the plate in the future, because I would love to relive those days.
People like Jack and them, well... they seem like they're "over it" these days, and it's hard for me to connect with the games they are playing.
Still, though, who knows what the future holds!
this game has TRULY broken me and built me back up. ignoring the edgy, cringey aspect of its outdated 2015 humor, playing this as a teen really broadened my understanding of teenage-hood as a whole. it especially spoke to me because this game was my first exposure to a normal presentation of homosexuality. i was closeted when i first played it and seeing the gut wrenching connection that chloe had to max and rachel in before the storm had me crying for weeks on end. the music is outstanding and is to this day the only soundtrack that never ceases to make me cry when hearing it. i am so, so glad that people have the same amount of love for this game as i do.
I watched the pewdiepie’s let’s play of life is strange when I was 13 and omg the real depth and nitty gritty‘s of the story really went over my head I think. I still connected to the game and it quite literally changed my life but having your video go over it again I’m realising just how much I missed out on with my 13 year old brain! I think I will go and play the demo on steam and really absorb the story even though it is a difficult one. Thanks for the recap!❤️
This perspective is intresting and what you pulled from it is actually pretty surprising as an american and as someone who doesnt hold this game in the highest of regards your analysis was a pov that made me reevaluate the game but objectively alot of my gripes still stand even after the video and a new playthrough.
This game is so close to my heart it hurts to revisit it sometimes just from the sheer nostalgia and how much I love/loved it 💔
just replayed this game for the first time since i was a kid and it hits so much harder than i remember. definitely one of my favourite games ever.
I'm so glad this video randomly popped up in my suggestions, I loved every bits of it ^^ too bad the last minutes are muted though
Ps: your voice is really soothing to listen to
Damn, I didnt even know you could save Kate💀💀
I think I cried over this game for a week when I played it. It will forever be one of my all time favourite experiences. I’d love to see you talk about the beginners guide in a video like this
Life sure is strange
I honestly never thought about playing life is strange but this Video gave me such a good vibe and freed emotions I didn’t know i had. I am gonna definitely play some of the older games as well as the new one coming. Thanks for the vid❤❤❤❤
And btw the cry of fear vid did also reveal a new world to me
I like the direction Leon. While personally I don't like life is strange I've always favored your commentary over others, like with your videos on cod zombies. If you want to upload a long video every month or 2, I support you. As many others I hope they do to. Stay healthy Leon.
My ex girlfriend acted exactly like chloe. I had to drop her quickly.
And now you are with the girl who acts like Max I am right? I hate people like you. And I hate your lovly Max!
53:37 indeed, max is best friends with nathan and victoria NOW THAT'S A SEVERE CONSEQUENCE
You've earned my subscription sir. Irene just tell you. There's nothing like small rural town America. The closer one is to nature the more one is closer to the true self. When i heard about your anxiety from the big city i realized that i no longer want to go back to the big city anymore its fun to visit. My favorite is the east coast but then again uts better to leave and go back to the countryside. I grew up in rural America. Best of luck to you
I stumbled on Life is Strange at well… a strange time in my life, I was moving, starting high school. Middle school had left me sort of confused about what I’m supposed to do after that. How does one “young adult”? But with all its cliches and sometimes cringe-inducing lines, this game slowly painted a possibility of what life could be.
Fast forward 7 years later…
I didn’t get the time travel powers or the cool nosebleeds, but I’m thankful for the memories.
LiS
It's so easy to pick on this game's shortcomings, I certainly have done it quite a lot of times by now, but there's still something so charming about it that keeps me coming back to it. It's one of the few games of our time that managed to gain mainstream attention without having a million gunshots and explosions flashing in our eyes and just takes you to a place of pure zen.
This was the first video game to have me balling my eyes out. Incredibly special.
Wonderful video, really encapsulated the feeling of life is strange and all the best moments that I forgot about. Loved reliving the game so many years later :)
Now we need the same for LiS Before the Storm, LiS 2 and LiS True Colors. When, I don't care, but we need it. Please.
This video is amazing. I have never cried to any game or video or movie ever and the ending of this game made me cry so hard I could barely breathe.
I watched my ex play through this entire game, he pirated it from some website. I hadn't a clue what the game was except that I'd watched an episode by Jacksepticeye way back. Most of the game has been blocked out for me in my head, because my time with my ex wasn't a healthy time, but I remember parts, I remember crying with him at the end, I remember the girl who was gonna commit.. yknow, I remember how impactful the game was to me and how much I felt after seeing the whole thing. I haven't started watching this video yet because I'm not sure how I'll feel uncovering memories long gone, bad memories, but I'll either watch this or play the game. I'm genuinely anxious lmao.
anyways vent over, thank you if you read this
I played this whole game in the span of one day, and it was beautiful every step of the way. I have never played a truly sad game where I was so dang sad at multiple points. The end was the hardest, for obvious reasons. I wasn't a fan that this last decision could make the whole game and every previous decision irreverent, but it only added to the difficulty. I chose to sacrifice the bay, but I am not sure if I made the right choice. On one hand, I believe that morally choosing to sacrifice Chloe would be right because one life over many is not worth it. On the other hand, I feel like the whole game was made to get you so attached to Chloe, saving her life many times, just to throw this at you. If you choose one person over many, that person has to mean a LOT to you, and she's just a fictional character, but I still chose to save her. The devs definitely had me on team Chloe.
After watching this video, and reading other people's comments, I can say I am more content with my choice, but I would never ever want to be put in this position in real life. I feel like this week for Max may be one of the worst but also best of her life, losing her best friend countless times, but also making great new memories that she could remember her by for a lifetime, whether she chose Chloe or not.
Never put this much thought into a simple choice game ever, but it was definitely worth the ride.