Another day, another announcement of video games. I'm tired, you're tired, we're all tired.Call of Duty's movie was announced Last week,As I immediately called stupidand just a few days later have prime videoannounced that it is green aLife is strange TV adaptation. Charlie Covell, who wrote all 16 episodes of the end of the F *** ing the world and created Netflix's chaos, will serve as showrunner and executive producer.
At this early stage, it is unclear who or what this show will actually be about. One can reasonably expect it to deal with Max Caulfield and Chloe Price's story, given that it is based on the video game and a screenshot of them were included in the announcement, but the gameis Episodic and has followed several main characters during their lifetime. The series can follow a similar track, with an anthology that tells different stories each season.
This will surely be a controversial project
Already the show is reflection controversy. According to Christian Devine, who wrote the first two games in the series and Spin-Off the Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, the show does not involve the play's original creator.
Perhaps this is not so surprising – the rights belong to Square Enix, and do not nod, the original developer of the series,left the series Behind to have more creative control over the games it does. Deck Nine, who succeeded it, has reportedly had internal problems with crunch and harassment in the studio.
Although it is not uncommon for Square Enix to leave, not nods out of the equation, it feels a bit stinky that IP's creator and the original writers of history will not be consulted at all about the adaptation. After all, most adaptations are made in collaboration with the people who understand them best, and who understands the original game better than not nods?
Will the adaptation choose Bay or BAE?
Another thing that immediately strikes me as worrying is that as a TV show the adjustment will very obviously remove the player's interactivity from the equation. As fans of the series will be aware, life is strange is completely dependent on player choices. Character development and the status of multiple relationships are determined by players, and its fans haveveryStrong feelings about the game's climate choice: Bay or BAE.
Spoilers for a decade old game follow, but at the end of life is strange, Max is forced to make a big choice. She either sacrifices her home in Arcadia Bay to save her best friend (and maybe a girlfriend, depending on your choice) life, or she sacrifices Chloe's life to save the city and everyone in it.
Which choice Max chooses in this adjustment will be controversial. Fans of the series are vocal about their feelings about chloe –There was a firestorm over the last game,Life is strange: double exposureBecause some players felt that the characters misunderstood by tire nine and that the characters deserved better than fate that the developer wrote for them.
Other people feel strongly about the bay end, I included. It feels absurd to me that Max would sacrifice the life of everyone she knows to save the life of her friend (that is not even a very good friend for her), but many people do not agree, and that's good.
Regardless of the canonize one over the other is forced to upsetany. Canonize all choices in all kinds of defeat the purpose of the game altogether, but that is the case with many adjustments. Many adaptations are very nice ideas in the faces, because they are based on linear games with sets, but life is strange it is not. We don't even know how the show will be yet, but what we know is that it will annoy many fans no matter how it is handled.
Life is strange
- Published
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January 30, 2015
- ESRB
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M for mature 17+ because of blood, intense violence, sexual themes, strong language, use of drugs and alcohol
- Developer
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Dontnod entertainment
- Engine
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Unreal Engine 3, Unreal Engine 4
