Plots and Events story games

Approaches / TASK

Life is strange

This game is very detailed in the way the plot is done and the events that take place. It starts with a character called Max (Maxine/ main character) that is in her photography class day dreaming. All of a sudden she goes into a flash back and ends up on a hill with trees next to a light house, its raining and she is making her way through the forest on the hill and sees a ghostly deer figure and follows it to the top of the hill next to the light house. When she gets to the top she looks over to the Shore and sees a huge hurricane coming towards the town. She notices a newspaper, it says a date that is a few days forward in time and shows the events.

At this point you realise that Max has gone through time and saw the events that is going to happen.After this she comes out of the flash back and ends up back into her class room. While she is just getting her focus back she knocks off her camera by accident, she goes to pick it up in shock and by doing so she reverses time and the camera ends up back on the table and not broken. 

 Further on in to the game Max goes in to the toilets as she is freaking out due to this new power she has just got, then someone comes in to the toilet and its not a girl. He keeps pacing about and talking to him self. While this is going on Max is hiding behind the toilets at the back and sees a blue butterfly and takes a photo. Turns out its Nathan Prescott and he goes to check what the flash was, max at this point is freaking out if his sees her. Then some else comes in, this time its a girl and one of the main characters in the game, Chloe Price.You find out later on that max and Chloe were best friends when they were little.Turns out Nathan owes Chloe money for drugs and she threatens him about Rachael Amber which you find out again and further on, in the circumstances Nathan all of a sudden pulls a gun out on Chloe and threatens to shoot her. Max listens to the situation and hears her get shot, she rewinds time and hits the fire alarm to stop Nathan and to stop Chloe dying. 



After this event, max gets out of the building, her friend called Warren just text her at this point to give his flash drive back as she borrowed it. You get to explore the dorms around the campus and in the game you have your own free will to interact with your surroundings.

Depending on the choices you make in this game changes your future further on into the game.

Characters:
MAIN CHARACTERS - Max and Chloe/Lovers with friendship 
SUB MAIN CHARACTERS - Warren, Mr Jefferson, Victoria, Kate, David, Nathan, Joyce, Principal Wells and Frank + Dog.
DEAD MAIN CHARACTER - Rachel Amber

The whole plot for this game is to find out what happened to Rachel Amber.
The symbol in the game which is the main symbol is the blue butterfly and also there is a slight butterfly animation when you choose a choice that will have consequences.This shows the theme of the butterfly is telling you that it changes the future of the game with the choices you take.


There is also for symbolism, through the game you come across a few animal printings on the walls and those animals relate to the characters in the game. they are the spirit animals of the characters. Max's spirit animal is the deer as it follows her though the game and Max has the curiosity of the deer.

The location if the game its self made it isn't based on anywhere in real life and has its own name not taken from anywhere in real life again. the town is called Arcadia bay which has the light house on top of the cliff facing the coast and has it own shore. its a small town but has many mysteries within it. The scenery is very basic but detailed, from the dinner to the forest areas it truly is a beautiful game set. Also has a train track going through the forests as the back where Max and Chloe walk along it on one of the animated scenes.

The conditions of the game is so emotional for the character and the player to over come. This game is literally just an emotional Roller coaster all the way through. you really connect with the characters feeling in the game as you go through it. Max has to deal with so much in just a week, seeing Chloe for the first time in ages as she moved away and didn't stay in contact was a huge shock to her not to mention finding out what happened to Chloe and dealing with the fact she abandoned her and is trying to make up for it. Through the game Max realise how much Chloe means to her and the bond between them is still strong. 

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Through the game Max has to support Chloe as she is looking for Rachel Amber and when you get to the part were they find her dead,Chloe brakes down right in front of Max and at this point you can literally feel Chloe's pain From the emotion of the Character.

The action in the game is slow and fast depending on what part of the game you are on and the episode. As in the first episode of this game has one fast part which is where you have to hit the fire alarm in time to safe Chloe from dying.but while you are trying to save her you have to be fast by moving the cleaning equipment out of the way and reaching for the hammer to hit the alarm in time before Nathan shoots the gun. But you can take your time as you can rewind as have as many tries as you like to hit it in time, this is what i meant by it can be slow for you if you don't get it first time. 

There are other parts in the game were you have to save Chloe multiple times, there is a part where you are walking along the train track and you rest for a bit but when Max and Chloe get up to go some where else and Chloe gets her foot trapped and there is a train coming. You still can rewind time to help you safe her. You  have to into a work station building that switches the lanes for the track but is abandoned and broken so you brake in and try looking around for tools to change the track manually. You eventually save after that long Process. 

The main actions in this game is you finding clues and items to use for future reference and fixing and finding out what happened.

Facial expressions in the game:

In this game Max's and Chloe's Relationship is very flirtatious which you can see with the faces. The emotion to when They first see each other after so long of not seeing their faces lit up in excitement. Later on as they are in the car Chloe reveals her true emotion about the situation ans they haven't seen each other in a long time and feels to Chloe as if she just came out of no where.Here are some emotions that they do:

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Vengeance:

There is a part in the game where there is Vengeance. This is when Chloe finds out that Mr Jefferson is the killer of Rachel Amber. This definitely makes the character feel the emotion from the characters and it hits you like a bomb shell. This also effects Max as well due to when Chloe and Max get court by him and then he kills Chloe. This emotion is just thrown at the player in a matter of second, what makes it more worse is that Mr Jefferson ties Max up and Drugs her which makes her what more vengeance.

Fear:

The fear in this game can be very intense and it can really shock you due to all of the sub plots and the main plot.The fear is shown in stages with this game to when Nathan pulls out a gun and then to where Kate tries to kill her self. As i said before the emotion in this game is extreme and comes over in waves and fear is one of the big stages in this game.

Anger:

The anger in the game links to the vengeance, due to the killer and how that effected the characters in the game and the player. The anger also shows when the characters are having fall outs as well. 

Perseverance:

A lot of sacrifices are in this game to achieve the goal, With Max and Chloe, they are determined to find out what happened with Rachel,. They come Across a lot of obstacles such as Max saving Chloe from being run over by a train and reversing time to save her again from being shot or disabled in a wheel chair. What makes this go to the next level is that what the game has already thrown at you, you don't think it will get worse but it does. Right at the end you have to choose to sacrifice Chloe or Arcadia bay and that is a big decision to make.

Heroism:

Heroism is shown In the game by Max as she saves Chloe so many times and other characters in the game. This has a massive impact to how you play because with every corner you go round you are faced with obstacles and emotions to characters and this is where the heroism comes in.