Good afternoon everyone,
Last night's stream featured Life is Strange; True Colors, and we got through three chapters in a stream that went 7.5 hours. This will contain spoilers for the game! You have been warned.
Our hero is Alex Chen who is going to live with her brother Gabe in Colorado, her power is based on empathy, she can read other people's emotions and use it to piece together what is either making them sad, angry and scared. This does have a draw back because she can feel those emotions and sometimes it will cause her to have a corresponding outburst (I came across two such instances, 1 is part of the story and the other towards the end of episode 3 seems to be avoidable). The town of Haven Springs is certainly a lovely little town, and we certainly have a lot of room to explore when we're outdoors. It's a lot 'bigger' than what we've seen in the other Life is Strange games by far, and you can use Alex's power to get a great deal of insight on the town.. Hell Exploring every thing and interacting with stuff such has finding spots for Alex to sit down and think about stuff are counted towards decisions made.
Anyway, Episode 1 is really a long drawn out introduction, I meant you basically are introduced to everyone important in Haven Springs, from Ethan and Charlotte, to Ryan and Steph, to Duckie and Diane... it all feels very genuine... if you ignore the fact that Gabe basically has been hyped about the arrival of Alex for some time. The story itself doesn't really get rolling until the end of episode 1 when Alex, Ryan and Gabe go to find Ethan who sneaked off to go into a closed off mine around the same time some mining excavations were going to take place. Gabe is killed,despite him phoning in a request for the excavations to be delayed... and the episode two opens with a clear conspiracy in place when the person Gabe talked to says 'there was no call'.Turns out the company doing the mining is up to some super shady shit, which becomes slowly more obvious over episodes two and three, but is fully revealed that they want to hide something at the end of episode three.
Now between the main plot there are several awesome sub plots and mini things that are peppered through out the game, you can interact with arcade machines for mini-games, find collectables that give further insight into the town and people of Haven Springs, and lot of these collectables are found by using Alex's powers, so in every area you can roam around in, always do a full search. Also there are some events tied to things people say, such as taking a lunch order or answering a riddle.
Regarding Alex's personality, she is certainly a medium between Max and Chloe as being kind of the most well adjusted... and she is certainly way more likeable than Sean from Life is Strange 2. Just over the first three episodes we see Alex come out of her shell from being unsure about moving to Haven Springs to being an big part of the small town community.
Unlike the first three Life is Strange games, True Colors does have a 'streamer' friendly mode.... however there are at least two instances I found in regards to there being awkward with no music at all instead of a non-licensed fill in. Both happen in Episode 1, one is when Alex and Gave are listening to a Kings of Leon record... and the other is when Alex finds the guitar beneath the bed.
You might have guess but I'm really looking forward to seeing what happens in episodes 4 and 5!
Following the stream we sent the fun over to Sheepfuzz (twitch.tv/sheepfuzz) who was playing Jackbox Party Packs! Sheepfuzz does a lot of community streams and is just an awesome streamer with a great personality!
Life is Strange: True Colors Achievements
- A Letter To Riley: Find the “Riley Letter” Memory in Chapter 1
- Head Count: Find the “Helmet” Memory in Chapter 1
- I Thought I Could Hunt The Monster: Complete Chapter 1 of Life is Strange: True Colors
- Umbrella: Find the “Umbrella” Memory in Chapter 2
- No Handouts: Find the “Rent Check” Memory in Chapter 2
- Time For Something New: Find the “Button” Memory in Chapter 2
- Bird Spotting: Help the Birdwatcher find her bird
- Pro Tip: Find the “Gummies” Memory in Chapter 2
- Found Dog!: Help the Hoodie Guy find his dog
- Something You Build: Complete Chapter 2 of Life is Strange: True Colors
- Earworm Squasher: Find and play the Student's lost song
- Hell Divers: Find the “Bomber Jacket” Memory in Chapter 3
- Ethan's Dollar: Find the “Dollar” Memory in Chapter 3
- And How Does That Make You Feel?: Find the “Appointment Slip” Memory in Chapter 3
- Upright and Above Ground: Find the “Old Paper” Memory in Chapter 3
- Valkyrie's Dish: Find the “Valkyrie's Dish” Memory in Chapter 3
- Memory Collector: Find all Memory Collectibles in Chapter 3
- Burying Something: Complete Chapter 3 of Life is Strange: True Colors
Twitch Clip Links
- Bad To The Gnome!
- Death has been cheated!
- Alex Sings... Yes She Is Singing... What is she singing we don't know
- I Got It Right!
- Alex's Glasses Have No Lens
- Sitting At The Dock Of The Bay
- Let's Do A Good Thing!
- Sorry Alex You Don't Have Time Travel Powers
- My Expectations of the Shipping Community
- I Have The Power... HE-MAN!!!!
We have two new additions to the collection that arrived yesterday from Japan. The first is Marvel vs Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes.... for the Sega Dreamcast. As you might know... I don't have a Sega Dreamcast, nor is my intention to get one that would play the Japan-release version of MvC. See I was expecting to get the PlayStation version, the one that is a very unique version of Marvel vs Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes that is a full on conversion to a 1 on 1 fighter with different gameplay mechanics and balancing. That said, it is cool to have a version of Marvel Vs Capcom that was released to the Sega Dreamcast because it is nearly arcade perfect in that is has the full 2 on 2 experience... but we kind of already have that with Marvel vs Capcom Origins that have I in my digital PS3 collection.
I have not given up hope on finding the unique version of Marvel vs Capcom for the original PlayStation, but the only way to find it is to look through imports from Japan, because the North American releases are way too overpriced.
Anyway, the other addition we have Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Nekketsu Seisyun Nikki 2... which translates to "Private Justice Academy: Hot-Blooded Youthful Diary 2".... but it's actually version 2.0 of Disc 2 for Rival Schools: United By Fate. It includes all the mini-games from the older version, along with two additional characters.The novelty here is the extra characters and having an 'updated' version of the Rival Schools is pretty neat... considering that the true sequel Project Justice has only ever seen a home release on the Sega Dreamcast.
Former Chicago Cub and Montreal Expo Andrew Dawson runs a funeral home in Florida and business is way to good for him because of how many knuckleheads in that state refuse to have any commonsense when it comes to protecting themselves from COVID and it's variants that are popping up.
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 daily workout lasted 31 minutes with an estimated calorie burn of 437 kcal. The exercises for today were Hip Shape Focus Combo, Straight Combo #2 and Swayback Combo. I did step on the scale yesterday and my weight is down to 246 lbs.
Didn't do any ranked matches in Overwatch yesterday or today (so far), so no results to report.
For tonight's stream we will be continuing Life is Strange: True Colors and we will finish episode 4 and 5! This is gonna be awesome!
See you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!
