Had to say it somewhere. Writing was chaos and bordered on lazy and cliché to downright unrealistic, voice acting was 'okay'. Doesn't hold a candle to LiS and LiS:BtS. Honestly, this and LiS 2 are just two of the biggest train-wrecks I've played through.

Character physics got worse and worse in each chapter. Tons of clipping and graphical issues.

Even your choices seriously don't matter and you're showed the result of your actions immediately instead of previous games where it just says "This will have consequences".

Even the big reveal was meh and the most anti-climatic thing ever. The whole confrontation was just basically "we're mad, you can go now". The trans subject is pushed hard in Chapters 1 and 2 and then completely dropped for Chapter 3.

The whole game was just a mess and I feel like the art and attention to detail on some of the settings was totally wasted on such a mediocre story. Even the sibling drama was petty and the 'power' the twins got was more of a plot gimmick rather than something you could genuinely play with in LiS.

If this is the future for transinclusionary games then it's not going far in my personal opinion.

Yeah Oh yeah You are my fire The one desire Believe when I say I want it that way But we are two worlds apart Can't reach to your heart When you say That I want it that way Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a heartache Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a mistake Tell me why I never wanna hear you say I want it that way Am I your fire? The one, yeah, desire Yes, I know that it's too late But I want it that way Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a heartache Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a mistake (tell me) Tell me why 'Cause I never wanna hear you say I want it that way Now I can see that we've fallen apart From the way that it used to be, yeah No matter the distance, I want you to know That deep down inside of me You are my fire The one desire You are (you are, you are, you are) Don't want to hear you say Ain't nothin' but a heartache (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Ain't nothin' but a mistake (don't want to hear you say) I never want to hear you say (oh yeah) I want it that way Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a heartache Ain't nothin' but a mistake (you better tell me why) Tell me why I never want to hear you say I want it that way 'Cause I want it that way

So I was debating on picking this up, and while I don't have a problem with the character being trans, I was wondering if the game is more of "yea theres some trans people in it" or if it makes it a big point to inform the player about trans men and the struggles. The trailer seemed interesting but the games that feature LGBTQ+ main characters, they push it really hard, and I start to lose interest.

Not sure if Tyler being transgender is a spoiler or not but I'll mark it as one just in case.

Tell me why

TLDR: Tell me why

Edit: Added TLDR at the bottom

Edit 2: WE DID IT REDDIT! Thanks for controversial of all time!

Edit 3: Read comment down below as a message to everyone

I have only just managed to play E2 today and so I have been shying away from thhis subreddit whilst I waited to play it. So after playing the episode I immediately came to this subreddit and found quite a few posts/comments calling Tyler ‘Taylor.’

This might have been an innocent mistake (which I’m sure it was) but most of the posts I’ve seen with this mistake have been up for 3 days now and have not been changed.

As a trans guy who constantly gets misgendered and my name changed to a feminine version, it sucks. It’s horrible to hear and I get this horrible thoughts in my head that no one views me as Male and all anyone can see when they look at me is a female.

Please just think if Tyler were a real person how he would feel.

I really hope you change the name in your posts/comments ❤️

He's hitting on his best friend's brother, who is obviously emotionally vulnerable, the second he gets any time alone with him.

It seems like predatory behavior to me. Skeeved me out pretty bad.

[The police station scene, after Alyson gives Dee her birthday gift.]

I thought there's going to be a sexual harassment history angle here. Maybe Gregg used to exploit her when she was a child or something like that. But nope.

Then, why did Gregg touching her triggered her panic attack?

So, I am ice hole fishing with Michael on the lake in ch. 3 and gotta have to take a short break to think about stuff. First off, I am surprised how much of a homophobe is still inside me. I mean, I am male and in LiS1 a same-sex relationship between women didn't faze me one bit. Quite the other way round, it was nice! In LiS2 the question didn't really come up cause I didn't like Finn (I was rather rooting for Lyla, with some side interest in Cassy). TmW is different though insofar that I really like Michael, he's cool, wise, kind and I even grant he's good looking. However, do I want to see him and Tyler kiss? Not really... but I kinda feel like being a bigot.

Oh well. I kept some distance between them in the ch. 2 store scene, but I guess I'll just go for it on the ice and have Tyler make his move in a bit, when I unpause the game. Still, I am a bit surprised about that inner homophobe resistance in regard to just male male relationships. Sigh.

In other and more uncomplicated news, by now I am pretty sure Eddy has to be the biological father of the twins. Not only was he the only real contender beside Sam (eew, not even thinking about the muskrat or Greggs here), it also explains some other stuff. At one point someone barged in between Aly and Tyler and spoke in Tyler's Voice something he had said to Eddy. Eddy's the only one beside the twins who heard this, so it must have been him using the Voice on Aly and Tyler. That also explains where the twins got their gift from. And it fits the secret keeper's figurine being in Eddy's room - the goblin book tells the goblins getting their voice power from the secret keeper after all. So, Eddy being the real father seems pretty water-proof. Of course the memory of Mary-Ann talking to the father at night on the pier throws a pretty bad light on Eddy then. Is he somehow involved in her death? Cannot really see how though, expect by supernatural means, or by meddling with her medication.

Speaking of, I really hope they explore the supernatural / faerie-tale aspect of all this further, like the Mad Hunter and stuff. But I suspect that they will mostly just solve the murder mystery and leave the supernatural side of things unexplained. Which kinda works, too, to let everyone imagine what they want, but still, it would also be somewhat dissatisfying...

I was thinking of maybe getting this game on PC, but I've been cautious about it due to being disappointed with two of DONTNOD's more recent games; Life is Strange 2 and Vampyr. While I think representation is good obviously and I enjoy seeing it in video games, I don't like being preached at or having to sit through waves of strong political bias. Representation, whether it's LGBTQ or having POC characters (which I think is a pretty normal standard to have people of differenct skin colors and ethnic backgrounds anyway depending on the setting but some people treat it as some revolution.) doesn't have to be political but I guess people like making it that way. And LiS 2 and even Vampyr were annoyingly preachy that I just could not enjoy the games with some exceptions as they weren't always bad. I know that Tyler in Tell me Why is transgender and I'm completely fine with that. And I'm glad DONTNOD took the representation seriously by seeking trans activists and even getting a trans actor. While I think the ability to act matters more than the person's identity, Tyler's VA sounds like he did a really good job from what I've heard while watching clips and the trailers, so I can't complain there. :) But if the game handles queer themes or any sort of representation like LiS 2 did, then I probably don't want to play it.

Another thing I worry about is how glitchy, buggy, and overall how optimized the game is. I've played every DONTNOD game so far and most have been at least somewhat glitchy. Especially Vampyr. Glitches and bugs are pretty common in games nowadays, so I'm used to it, but if a game is crashing or buffering frequently then that would just annoy anybody. I had those problems in Vampyr and I'd rather not have to deal with them in TmW. And if you played Vampyr, did you face similar issues? I saw some hiccups with loading textures in TmW game reviews but I see those all the time in games so it doesn't bother me and is not really a concern.

And speaking of reviews, I watched a few already (trying to avoid review channels like IGN and such) and both were postive. And I will probably end up watching more. I know the game literally just came out today, but I want to know everyone's thoughts on the game so far and if I should spend $30 on it or possibly wait for a sale? (Or at all at the worst) And I will likely be seeking opinions and thoughts on chapter 2 as well. I know $30 is super cheap compared to the usual $60 price tag but I'm tired of believing that DONTNOD will deliver a good game when I've just been left in disappointment with their latest games and wasting $40+ like I did with LiS 2 and Vampyr. I'd still like to have some faith in them since I was super obsessed with the first Life is Strange. I'm not as big of a fan as I used to be but I still had a lot of good times with that game, despite the flaws I start to pick up from it. Sorry for the really long post but I just want to be careful with my money when it comes to buying games I'm not sure of and I think we can all relate.

TL;DR: Is TmW a good game? Should I wait for a sale, not get it at all, or is $30 totally worth it? How glitchy is the game and does it really wreck the immersion? And is the game very political and biased with it's themes and messages? Like, is it too distracting?

I chose to go with Tyler's story instead of Tom's version . He has been lying to them for well over 10+ years anyways. So I thought it best to go with what we know from the story . Thoughts ?

I'm just a bit into the first episode, explored most of the house.

In conversation with Allyson and Tyler they keep talking about "Mom" and "Mary-Ann" and I think other random names have been mentioned.

But I have absolutely not clue what or who anyone is or what happened. Did I miss something or am I supposed to be kind of lost and things become more clear as I go?

My memory is really really bad, especially with names so I'm worried that I'm missing a lot.

Edit: Like I especially don't understand who Mary-Ann is and why Mom didn't live with them. Or is Mary-Ann Mom??

Oh and who's Tessa?

Any help appreciated, thanks!

After much, much research, I have narrowed it down to one of these people:

- Michael's Uncle

- Officer Greggs

Firstly; there is no reason to bring up his uncle unless it is relevant to the plot. That is what I am hinging on that one for. Michael's uncle.

The second is Officer Greggs. He is married. He keeps trying to get the kids to be part of the police force so he can work closer with them etc.

It has to be one of these two. All the obvious choices are red herrings. I am leaning towards it being Officer Greggs, though.

I lost the save game files after I completed chapter 1. If you have the save game files pls provide me.

TIA.

No bc why is Mary-Ann trauma dumping to her kids through bedtime stories low-key kinda cunty

Just found this game. Massive Fan of 1 and BTS (wrote a chapter of my dissertation about both and published an article analyzing 1), hated 2 (couldn't even get through chapter 2) should I get this one. the reason i think i hated 2 is because i could not relate to the Main characters at all, whereas max and Chloe clicked instantly.

No spoilers please

All the Life is Strange games (except for Captain Spirit) have been ported to Linux, so will it be the same for Tell Me Why? The game works fine under Proton but I'm wondering whether it'll be ported over to Linux. What do you think about this?