I Played Life is Strange: Double Exposure EARLY - Max's Trauma, Joyce, Victoria and more...
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Join me as I play an exclusive gameplay sneak-peek preview of the upcoming Life is Strange: Double Exposure. I got access to gameplay clips of the game which tell us so much about Max and the mystery of Safi. Find out whether we've finally figured out if Chloe is in Life is Strange Double Exposure, enjoy an exclusive insider Life is Strange: Double Exposure review, and find out more clues about the ending of Double Exposure, easter eggs, Victoria, Joyce, Chloe, Max's parents, exclusive texts and more.
When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines - can Max solve and prevent the same murder?
Max Caulfield, photographer-in-residence at the prestigious Caledon University, discovers her closest new friend, Safi, dead in the snow.
Murdered.
To save her, Max tries to Rewind time - a power she’s not used in years… instead, Max opens the way to a parallel timeline where Safi is still alive, and still in danger!
Max realizes the killer will soon strike again - in both versions of reality.
With her new power to Shift between two timelines - can Max solve and prevent the same murder?
Max is thrust into a thrilling supernatural murder mystery - more dangerous than ever before!
Forge allies and pursue suspects across two versions of reality, shaping both timelines through unforgettable choices.
A relentless detective has Max in his sights, and Safi’s killer grows closer with every clue uncovered. Can Max survive long enough - to do the impossible?
Explore two versions of a vivid winter campus, each packed with clues, secrets, and tough decisions.
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had a few peeps questioning my use of the word "indie" to describe the first LiS game - by modern standards, LiS is far from an indie game - it's an established IP with significant online presence, nominations for awards, and millions of sales. back in 2015, when DONTNOD was a very small company, the game was extremely unorthodox and off-trend, this game was very indie-esque, if not indie. even though they did manage to secure a deal to publish their game with Square Enix, Life is Strange was a pretty nothing game back then. one of the reasons the game blew up in popularity was not through huge marketing campaigns, but through letsplayers playing it - perhaps it's not indie by raw technicality, but i would not describe Life is Strange (2015) as a major/AAA game :)
@@CucuOnGames I think Don't Nod was initially an indie company with small resources. However, they struck gold with LIS and then became renowned and acclaimed. They aren't an indie company anymore. Their new game Lost Records seems promising.
Larian Studios was an indie kind of company originally with their Divinity games. They had small resources and were on the verge of bankruptcy after every game. However, with DOS and even more do DOS 2 they got a lot of recognition. So they got AAA level resources for making BG3. BG3 became a mega hit and now Larian Studios are like the Bioware 20 years ago. It's one of the most appraised gaming companies at the moment.
We can hope Don't Nod and Deck Nine can get similar success. They found a game niche with a lot of potential. It's so refreshing playing games where combat isn't present at all. Instead you're invited on an emotional journey. That's probably why LIS is so popular among female gamers.
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I can't believe people are disputing you calling the original life is strange independent or not. They most certainly were! Like you said, the game barely had any marketing but it got huge after it was announced at E3 if I remember correctly.
It was a word of mouth game and part of its popularity was because of its affordability and TV show release schedule. It's one of the few games released after the year 2010 that I still like to play once every couple of years.
Yeah we get it. Some games start indie and then are bought by a company and stop being indie. One example is Plant vs Zombies. What I think is that maybe some people could think that the game started as a high gross proposal by companies because they started to play the games later.
max dealing with her trauma is actually SUCHHHH a good arc for deck nine to explore
i think it’ll probably end up being a b-plot! i’m really excited
I’m going in with an open mind, but I can’t lie and say that I’m not skeptical about this game. I just don’t know if DeckNine will be able to recapture the magic that made DontNod’s Lis games so special. Especially since they’re using their characters and basically doing the same exact story.
the rest of the story awaits to be seen - but from what I played, i was impressed. i don't think it has the same magic as 1 or 2, but it's got a lot of charm to it :)
@@CucuOnGames maybe. I just wish they did something different. It’s the same murder mystery story that we’ve played damn near every Lis game. The only game in the franchise that actually does something different is Lis 2.
Having replayed all the games recently, I can say one of the best things this franchise does is the choices and consequences system. They always do an incredible job with the settings/art direction and soundtrack. These games have always explored moral grey areas and fascinating social topics, but ultimately these games are only meant to be replayed once or twice to access all the content. I have faith in Deck Nine. As much as I disliked Alex's empathy power in True Colors and Chloe's back talk ability, the story kept me invested. at first when I saw the gameplay of switching between timelines I thought this game looked like the medium, and I was highly skeptical. But it seems like with Hannah, the writing isn't as forced as much. I know a lot of cutscenes can be cliche and corny but that's the charm of the game, but yea... fingers crossed that they can match or exceed the quality of the first game. Based on what I've seen so far, at least we know the graphics, lip syncing and facial animations are way better. We know the setting and art style are gonna be dope just like the soundtrack. The writing has come such a far way from the first game "you are going to be getting in hella more trouble" lmao. The highlight of every life is strange game are the decisions you are forced to make and how your decisions ultimately affect the plot. You're never going to have a better time playing this game than on your first playthrough, before you know how every decision plays out. Enjoy the shit out of that first playthrough and just soak it in.
@@poett8875 before the storm wasn't a murder mystery it was about Chloe deciding whether she wants to tell Rachel the truth or not about her mother.
@@poett8875yeah Decknine is just scared to do anything different from what is Lis the most known of thats why I respect Dontnod for Lis 2 even tho I didnt like it as much
“Some interesting things I learned about the game” AND THEN PUTTING HER T-POSING? Are we getting Clohe back???
we're not sure yet! but she was mentioned a couple of times in the bay timeline - i would imagine we'll be seeing more of her in the other timeline :)
@@CucuOnGamesdamn
Hey so like imma photographer, studied it in school and everything, i just wanna say the double exposure title is VERY interesting because basically double exposure is overlapping two or more images (normally of the same place) but at different points in time or even just a few seconds difference then lower the layers exposure so it becomes almost ghostly. So probs represents all of them coming together as one, some parts are shadowy, blurry but u can see it all
I dont get why people cry about Max look she is 10 freaking years older of course she dosent look like a teeny anymore, she looks like an adult and gorgeous, i never had a bad time with any LiS games so i will definetly get this. If ur skeptical stop crying and wait for the reviews after release
In my opinion, I think that the problem is not the fact that Max is grown, it's the way they changed the original Life is Strange style that looked like it was kind of a painting to just another 3D game. The original style made it feel unique, this one makes it feel the same as other games, making it lose its essence
It’s the way they handled max as a character and I don’t feel connected to her at all. Plus if Chloe’s a no show then this makes it even worse imo (like she’s only gonna be viewed in texts, what’s the reason for her coming to visit max?). They could’ve made a sequel to the original lis where we see what happened after the tornado crashed into the bay. This is probably going to be a soft or hard reboot to the series and tbh I’m more optimistic about lost records. This is likely gonna be a boring cash grab imo
@@engagingweirdo I can't agree more with you. From the beginning, it seems like a cash grab, and it's so sad, because LiS is my favourite franchise since forever. But Lost Records reminds me so much of the original LiS vibes, and that's why I'm more hyped for it than I am for the new LiS, hoping that it's true and Lost Records make original LiS justice
I think the thing to remember is that Max was like extremly thin at 18. It make sense that as she turned from teen to adult that her body structure caught up a bit. I think it doesnt help that her face is face bit wider, but it just sorta happen to people as they grow up
It’s not that she looks older, it’s that her face doesn’t really match the old model. She looks great, but she doesn’t look like max to me
You're making me feel better about this
Definitely
i’m glad - i hope it ends up being good :)
Many are talking about Chloe, but what about Warren Graham? There is literally not a single clue about him, whether Max and Warren can be a couple in Double Exposure or if they are still good friends like they were in school. I am really curious to know what has become of his life considering he was relatively smart in chemistry, maybe he is a teacher now or a scientist, I hope they bring Warren back.
I would love more Warren, he didn’t get enough in the first game
I would love to see Kate again too
@@hyukarismo I'd also like to see Kate, she's the perfect example of resilience, so I'd like to know how she was able to cope with the trauma generated by the Vortex party now that 10 years have passed, I'm sure she's much stronger and has overcome it, and maybe she's a very close friend of Max. I hope she shows up.
is there probably gonna be any closure on Sean and Daniel as in like a small easter egg or something, I really hope we do recieve something like that when the game releases.
Idk I felt like they where resolved well imo in my game Sean goes to Mexico and meets up with cass and live happily ever after and Daniel grows up and keeps contact with Sean maybe one day they meet again.
Yeah that ending was good but the ending I got and what I liked the most was when they both go to Mexico and grow up together, it's clearly implied throughout the story that they both need one another to keep on pushing forward and them reaching that goal ( Puerto lobos) feels like the best ending for me
If LiS 2 is referenced I don’t think the endings will be. It’s enough of a challenge to respect the two endings from LiS 1, let alone the four from LiS 2.
But maybe there would be a reference to the original incident, or the brothers having been on the run.
Oh yeah you actually got a point there it would be hard to work a way through all the different endings in LIS2, I'm still keeping my fingers crossed in case we do get something sean and daniel related
I feel like if you get texts from Joyce ... that if you play in the save Chloe timeline you'll get texts from Chloe instead... because if you save Chloe, Joyce dies in the storm
Thank you for going more in depth about Max's texts with her parents!
no worries! i cared a lot about what her texts would look like, so i wanted to get a good mental snapshot of it
I heard nothing about Warren I hope he'll at least be mentioned in the game
I'm not too sure since based off the sacrafice ending everything was reset so likely Max closed herself off from almost everyone after that.
I think you're probably right, I just hope that's not completely the case and we get some Warren in this game.
Same. We didn’t get much content with him, but I did love Warren
@@monkeyofchaos13 Me too dude, me too, hope the Bae ending people at least get their Chloe in some form too.
They’re probably keeping Chloe for a surprise 😂 I’m so excited for this game
Fr, they would kill their rep if they would let them break up or just include the bay ending
Don’t keep your hopes up. It might happen, but don’t be too disappointed if it doesn’t
@@Anna-B I know, I’m not, it was just a theory I saw and I thought it sounded good
Chloe will probably be a ghost.
@@RealHomeRecording if they include both endings then just in the bay ending
They have realistic telescopes on proper equatorial mounts, so I'm in!
telescope nerds everywhere rejoice, haha
There is a point in the reveal livestream where they show Max's text conversations with Joyce Price. Joyce mentions it being 9 years since Chloe died.
AAAA I'm so jealous! This video definitely made me feel much more optimistic about the project though. Thank you for sharing this with us and I look forward to your next video :)
When I played the first game both my best friend and I were just about to start university, my best friend loved the game so much that she even cosplayed as max. Sadly my best friend passed away 2 years ago and seeing this new game focus back on Max makes me want to play it especially since its an older max who im assuming is around my age (mid to late 20s)
Thank you so much for sharing this!! I’ve written so many headcanons about Max’s traumas like the impact the dark room left I’m so happy it will be explored! My heart isn’t ready! I’m gonna start two save files at once so I can play both endings at once and explore Max’s trauma in both!! I’m also gonna need to comfort myself when I play in the world where Chloe is dead by being able to switch files to where she is alive 💙 I can’t wait for your Chloe video. I want Bae path to be very special.
Hello :)
I’m glad to hear that the game gives a great impression so far! I really hope it stays this way, and the game will positively surprise us all :)
I’m personally anxiously excited for it, and hearing you talk about your experiences definitely made me more excited than anxious! I can’t wait to learn more about the characters, about Max’s trauma and about her new ability. It seems like her shifting objects from one timeline into the other is something that can’t be avoided in this scene because she does it by accident, but I do wonder if anything would happen if she just appeared out of thin air in front of other people. Maybe the Shift points are deliberately placed to avoid that, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was just like in Life is Strange, where she could rewind time in front of other people without them noticing anything ;)
Good to know that Safi is indeed the only change between the two timelines, and Chloe’s fate doesn’t change depending on it. I don’t think she will play a large role in the game - by default, she can’t -, but I fully expect a cameo appearance :) I’m pretty sure that’s why the marketing avoided talking about her, btw - it would distract from the main story and since Chloe won’t be a part of it, showing her would give people a wrong idea about her importance. We’ll see, I guess, but I’m confident she’ll make an appearance sooner or later :)
hiya! :)
i really hope so too! obviously this is from earlier in the game, so i'm just hoping it manages to stay consistent that way.
i agree! i'm honestly really excited to actually play the game - and it's only a month off now! the timeline shifting stuff absolutely has to have a bigger impact on the story, though i suspect we'll definitely have a few moments where she shifts right in front of characters with no reaction lol
yeah, i think we're definitely on-cue to see a Chloe cameo - they don't want to mislead fans into thinking she's a bigger part of the story, so her being in the game has to be a secret until release - she'll likely end up as a light-hearted moment to replace max's date with Amanda in the other timeline - but that's for the next video! :P
can't wait for the game to come out! hopefully it'll be as good as the first one
i hope so!!
I wish they had the option for the cat add on without buying the whole package cuz I don’t care for outfits just gameplay
I figured the shifting will be how they have their cake and eat it too when it comes to Chloe’s end
wouldn't be surprised if they have max develop her powers to alter timelines like that
Hannah tells did mocop and voice for murdered soul suspect. But I have to imagine the tech has gotten way different after like 10 years
it’s her first time mocapping Max, though!
Me looking to see that it’s still not available for 48 days like :(
Me living in Ukraine and go to war in army knowing i die and dont play sequel i waiting 9 years ....
woah can't believe i'm this early for an lp. also square enix doing what they did is awesome!!! good for you!!!
thank you so much!! they were super lovely :')
0:05 why did i think this was actually the gameplay 💀
max is looking sooo good and refined! gosh i can’t wait for this game to release man, idc if it flops or not. ❤
IF you've sacrificed arcadia bay, wouldn't joyce be dead? perhaps we'll see chloe's social media as the replacement. Iirc from LIS2 Victoria is alive in both decisions, so we'll see her in both timelines. I'm overjoyed at max's return and her mature self, but I would be lying if I didn't miss her old self. I'm slightly unimpressed with her new power's rework but I hope it evolves somewhat to what we knew of. They should've left the screw up turning back time with the rewind time thing from the original life is strange instead of just skipping it.
i believe we will see chloe in stuff like social media interactions and texts, just hoping she’s not reduced to just that
Isn't she dead based on whether the decision to warn her or not happens? Or are you going by the non-canon comic.
@@kimochiwarui392I don’t want to make high expectations but I red a theory from someone here that maybe she gets replaced with Amanda in the bae timeline if we can choose
@@xxlasthopexx2603Oh, you're right! I completely forgot she dies when u warn her. Man so much small stuff could be changed in this game depending on your actions if we get older characters back or their mention. Let's hope they don't slack on the details 😅
@@xxlasthopexx2603 Going by LiS2, Doesn't David mention she was killed in the storm?
The plot of this game reminds me of a movie starring the guy from taken where he and his wife and son are in a car crash and he gains the ability to travel between 2 timelines one where his wife servived the crash and there son didn’t and the other were the son servived the crash but the wife didn’t and he has to solve the same murder case in both timelines
I’m probably the only one who like how the characters looks now
I’m soo looking forward to this game. I’m glad that things seem positive as we get closer to release day.
her hair is doing the Ghibli thing 🤣
One major thing that really stood out to me is the animations, I understand that this is an early build of the game so they're not going to be perfect, but a lot of the animations looked stiff to me. One area I especially noticed is the way Max's fingers are often splayed when they probably shouldn't be. Another was how the facial expressions just don't seem to hit the mark on what they're trying to show, kinda like the models are made of putty or something. I really hope they can fix these issues before the game releases, since I'd hate for the game to be dragged down by poor quality models and animations if the story is good
Nothing stiff about it? Like at all
Cucu on Games, cool video bro
I will say Life Is Strange 1 is definitely not an ‘indie sensation.’ I think a better way would have been to say it feels like it or something along those lines. You can’t be an indie sensation when a big-name publisher like Square Enix is bankrolling it, irrespective of the budget size.
Also, the exclusive part feels very misleading. This is the same portion that people at Gamescom played and that was shown at Pax West. Exclusive preview would be a better fit.
@@adnanriaz9 I think that what he meant was that it started out as an indie sensation. Obviously now, it's a lot more
@@stacysmom7643, that still doesn’t mean it was an indie sensation to start with. Square Enix has been there since the very beginning, nullifying any idea that it was indie at any point. Like I said, saying it feels indie or is like a ‘Sundance-esque sensation’ would have been tonally correct.
hey! i agree that "indie" probably wasn't the wisest choice of words for me - it was indie in spirit, with Square Enix using limited marketing for the game, the project having a much smaller budget, as well as its unorthodox and off-trend style for the time (it became a sort of de-facto episodic game), it felt very indie-esque.
as for your comments on my title - i did have access to exclusive gameplay - these things don't lose the status of being exclusive by being available to a few more people. i never called it "never-before-seen", for example. many people have not seen the PAX gameplay, or played the game at gamescom.
@@CucuOnGames, hi! Thanks for the reply. Yeah, it looks and feels indie, but it's far from it. Even then, in 2015, budgets were so much different from what they are nowadays. You could arguably say Life Is Strange 1 is AA rather than AAA. But to call it indie would be off the mark.
On the second point, but sorry, I don't agree. They showed you 'exclusive' gameplay at a hands-on preview. It's hardly exclusive when they've shown it at two other events. Exclusive would mean only you have access to this, but this footage has been widely available since Gamescom and then later PAX West. You don't see IGN calling something exclusive only for another publication to post it. All I'm saying is an exclusive hands-on preview was a better and more accurate title because that's what you had access to. Exclusive gameplay suggests your channel is the only place this footage is at, which it clearly isn't.
Have a nice day!
I'm so sad I won't be able to play this game due to the pulse and shift graphics. Everytime she activates it and the colors start moving and waving around I get bad motion sickness.
i wonder if the final game will have some kind of accessibility settings to tone it down a bit? :(
@CucuOnGames I hope so too. I think some other people were having similar issues. Overall, it looks like an amazing game
I wasn't a fan of LIS True Colors. I hope this will have a more interesting story and better characters. Max helps, I just hope they won't butcher her character by putting her in a bad or mid sequel.
I liked it but it was waaaay to short and most characters interacted through text and the story was laid back with not much threat but if it was longer I would like it more
@@DragonKazuma I agree, it had potential. The story just wasn't there sometimes and yeah the characters weren't as well handled as before in other lis games.
I liked the characters, but we didn’t get enough time with them to really connect. Maybe there were too many characters to interact with, and there just wasn’t enough time with them all
@@Anna-B Yeah that is kinda true. I just though there were too many and they didn't have too much depth to them.
@@Anna-B yeah wavelengths made me like steph the most idk she also just had more in the story and she was always there for you
I would like to see Kate & Warren to get name dropped. Kate in particular.
This isn’t the first time max has used this ability in the LIS comics she gained the ability to travel between 2 timeline one where Rachel amber and Chloe were never killed by Jefferson and the other is the sacrifice Arcadia bay ending of LIS 1 in that story max meets another person with powers he has the ability to not be seen so basically invisibility and is even able to travel to the other timeline by accidentally grabbing onto max mid time jump
Im looking forward to the game i have it pre ordered the ultimate edition of it
So... no Warren in this game?
Before the Storm tanked my hopes for this franchise, Rachel was a massive user and Chloe was nothing more than a tool
Also the cop thinking Max is SUS, he could be from the Second game where he faced Sean and Daniel so he might know about kids with powers seeing as in one timeline they psychically punched their way into Mexico and Alex psychically Talk No Jutsued an entire town to confess their sins the week she showed up
Max has grown up even if new people created it she different now its like life truly is growth duh
I hope Chloe stays dead, she was by far the worst character in part 1
So the takeaway is that the first game broke Max? Wut? I’m really eager to hear what you think the fate of Chloe is. (You tease.)
were u playing the same part of the game that was played during the pax24 event thingy?
yup! but i made the opposite choices to see the other dialogue options :)
Awesome video 👍
so can't wait for this!
Hey is there texts from warren kate or Victoria in max s texts ?
i didn’t see any!
@CucuOnGames damn i thought by sacrificing AB we could get some interaction from older characters i hope decknine won't disappoint with this but either way thanks dude !
@@chamseddinemahmoud27I mean in real life you also mostly dont stay in touch with most people especially someone like Warren who is clear that Max just always friendzones him and with Kate I dont she has enough big realitionship to stay in touch with her after high school
the original lis was not indie - lost records will be indie
Proud of all you do❤
So now that you've played a little bit, how do you feel about the theory that Max killed Safi?
sadly i’m actually less sure about it now - it’s still a possibility, but we’ll have to wait and see haha
Bro how many episode in this game?
5!
What is the collectable for the platinum
Who is Max's mom? Vanessa, the butterfly.
is Chloe ALIVE?!
She looks more like the red head girl in the other game where she's a dj
I don’t want Chloe back unless it’s the original voice actress 🤷🏼♂️
Will Nathan be in the new game?
this makes me less pessimistic about this game
Definitely no exclusive if we had seen other people before playing the same part... Also this game is far from Indie, it was a game made by a big company that has been doing big name games for a while.
Especially a studio like deck9 who made many people happily scream with games likes before the storm etc
Is Rachel and Chloe in 😢
You lucky fuck 😂😂 I still don’t have a ps5 so who knows when I’ll get to play 😭
I'm so excited for this game, I cannot wait to actually play it.
How to platinum trophy list
It's going to be an easy platinum trophy
Locked behind 80$ because you need the stray cat quest for some achievements, also lol, 34 achievements @@unicorntomboy9736
The shift power does look so fun and interesting... I'd be so pumped about playing with it if Max wasn't the one using it.
Let me guess, there's going to be weed in the game?
There's nothing wrong with weed
yeah, there will be :)
@@CucuOnGamesChloe can’t be far then😂
Hey
The marketing of this game has required a lot of patience and resilience from those who chose Bae.
Which for me, as an anxious person, is completely horrible.
I'm not excited about acquiring DE at this point, the tone of the promotional material seems disrespectful to the 50% of people who chose to save Chloe in the original, it's like being left in the dark about it while the studio expects that 50% of the audience to "give a leap of faith.”
As if the marketing signaled that there was nothing there for me and that the promises made in the original game were nothing more than words in the wind.
But this is all me being pessimistic.
(I hope I'm wrong)
Don't be ridiculous. The game will start with a prompt: *What ending did you choose?*
And this has been repeated ad nauseum and couldn't be clearer!
them trying to hide chloe so desperately, making crew sign NDAs about it is confusing me. i try to think of it more positively, that they’re aiming for a surprise reveal. but honestly it just ended up being horrendous marketing. i feel you as someone who is dealing with anxiety as well.
@@Stigmatix666 So what's the problem with marketing this segment too? Chloe alive shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who chose to sacrifice the city in the first game.
@@kimochiwarui392 It's complicated, being anxious doesn't help, but marketing hasn't really done much to improve things.
thanks for the nice answer
@@N_alessandra1992 Clearly. If you chose to save Chloe, she'll definitely be a part of the game.
Slay oomf
That creep warren better not appear or even be mentioned in the game
She doesn’t even look like Max. I’m sorry but bringing Max back was a terrible idea and clearly a cash grab.
who knew people grow up and look different from their 18 year old selves.
@@WeareLegion97right like what
Whatever you say man. Obviously people don’t get older.
I'm sorry but I don't agree whit you :)
You mean she actually looks like a person instead of a painting now?
1st
From what I’ve seen, it looks like a good life is strange, but it looks like they are leaning wayyyy too much on the wholesome, super feminine and woke side. I’m tired of studios treating women/minority protagonist games as like some woke propaganda. Idgaf about the gender or race or sexuality in games. Nobody would like it at all if white pride flags were all over the place lol. I love the first two life is strange games because of storytelling, character development, superpowers, and the life is strange vibe. The life is strange vibe/storytelling also includes darkness and seriousness which was missing from true colors. Deck nine better get it right this time.