GAME SINS | Everything Wrong With Life Is Strange 2 

Something that i wish we got was a court scene. Depending on your choices your sentence could be at the least community services or at the most life in prison, but nope. If you surrender they give you 15 years no matter what.

The most inconsistent thing in this video is how you spelled "Daniel" in the subtitles

Illegal weed farms are actually still a huge thing in California because of how heavily taxed and regulated growing and selling it legally is

I just don't understand why the franchise hates Joyce so much😂 She loses her husband to a car crash, raises a problematic traumatised child as a result, gets in even more family arguments when David comes around, then she either loses Chloe or dies in a diner apart from her family. And now David just ditches her? wtf 😂

In an alternative universe, Sean and Daniel are immediately detained by the police but aren't charged because of insufficient evidence. Custody is then given to their grandparents, Sean and Daniel would have had a semi-normal childhood, Daniel would have made friends with Chris and had someone else to share his power with. Hell, they could have ripped off the first game completely and made another small town conspiracy and that would have made for a better experience than what we got.

If I was Sean after that coped died I would’ve fake sleeped until the cops came and be like “wdf happened”

Finding out that Captain Spirit meant nothing was such a huge let down. I wanted to know more about Chris and his dad :'( People used to call LiS 1 as tumblr the game. LiS2 is just twitter arguments.

Even Jacksepticeye felt the writers were “irresponsible” when it came to the politics in this game.

Making kids ride in the back of a truck is pretty common in the South. I remember riding around town like that. Doesn't make it any less illegal or stupid though.

I have to admit I'm a little bummed the nice trucker guy didn't take a sin off. He even gives you a sandwich just for looking hungry even though he's an old white guy.

Me: Chloe is the most annoying character of all time. Daniel: Hold my telekinesis.

You are the only person I've seen actually mention how many political issues are in this game. It's literally the equivalent of jumpscares in a horror game, it isn't clever writing nor is it interesting.

14:27 this only happens if you encourage Daniel to keep hiding his power even if it means not saving Chris again like the last time, so it actually has nothing to do with his reaction time

Honestly ive been wondering for months why this game got zero fan fare. Dartigan is right, this is the most i've seen about this game

Honestly the whole problem with season 2 is that the devs didn’t recognize which elements of season 1 made Life Is Strange “Life Is Strange.” The Twin Peaks element of season 1 could’ve been unique to Max and Chloe’s story, for example, and even the specific time powers. But nostalgia and the loss of childhood, the unreliability of adults with authority over you, uncovering interconnected secrets, childhood friendships challenged by the reality of growing up, all with a twist of the supernatural: these are core elements that could’ve been stretched across multiple seasons. If they wanted to do the same themes as what we got, it could’ve followed a police shooting in their town involving a friend and the kids trying to solve it. Sean should’ve had a paranormal ability that was a core gameplay mechanic, like seeing ghosts or hearing secrets on radios, or psychometry. And Daniel should’ve been an actual character instead of a plot device. And Sean! Ugh he was so bland and angsty, compared to Max who had far more self-awareness and honesty, you could find her likable even with all her flaws.

32:38 I’m COLOSALLY surprised that no one addressed this plot hole. Like seriously? No one is questioning why Sean and Daniel can’t just drive to another part of the border and tear another hole there? They know that they’re being hunted big time and yet they still decide to drive through the actual border crossing? I get it. They’re both kids. But I’m sure that any 17 year old would know to avoid areas the police would most likely ambush them.

I thought it was stupid how Sean drove them to the border entrance. It should have been obvious that cops would be waiting

Well time to disappoint you. I use Skype in 2019. *Now I got 1 Sin :((*

I woud rather get crashed under a bookshelf than listening to the family drama, too

What I think would have been interesting was if Sean's apparent talent for drawing was used to manifest a power. That would have not only given players a power that can be used more consistently, but also actually make Sean's art skills relevant in a big way, much like how Max's talent for photography ultimately led to photos being a method for her time travel.

Could we talk about how the street was destroyed by doing telekinesis once

I disagree with none of the endings being satisfying. I felt pretty damn cathartic at the Blood Brothers ending.

I was so irritated by the payoff (or lackthereof) about Karen. I had been theorising that she had left them because she herself had some sort of power and was afraid of hurting her two young boys. Instead we got a deadbeat mum.

I died at "Life is Political" XD

I will give the game credit to Daniel’s attitude of going against Sean’s decisions at key points or acting on his own or obeying , it goes a way of showing choice mattering, though the CONTEXT waters it all down.

Come to think of it most of these endings is make little sense because of dartigan said they have the dash cam footage and so there's no way a 16 year old boy was able to knock a police officer down along with an upside-down car

17:46 "Danial" 21:01 Daniel went with Jacob, not Sean 31:57 "Danial" 33:13 "Danial" 33:16 "Lallowed" Sin Counter: 5

I just want to know where everyone on that street was as you expect people to run outside after hearing the destruction.

Dartigan actually sinned the Mayonnaise-mustard thing 😂😂😂

I died at the Sephiroth music lol

“DontNod should’ve been named DontBother” lmfaaaao I had to like after that

I don’t know why “parting ways” is considered the best ending. Sean’s whole goal was to live with his brother, which he doesn’t get to do. (It also doesn’t help that I didn’t like either of the love interests so Sean would be living there alone). Daniel would also be separated, which he didn’t want, and wouldn’t be living a normal life since he is living under house arrest. Sean dying is the worst ending, if you think differently, you’re wrong. “Blood brothers” is probably the best ending, by technicality. It’s exactly what both of them wanted, to live together in puerto lobos. It isn’t my favorite ending because it means both Sean and Daniel have low morality to get this ending, which I don’t like. “Redemption” is my favorite ending, even though I don’t really like it that much either. Daniel and Sean are semi separated like in “parting ways” except Daniel isn’t on house arrest so he can live a normal life. It takes a while but Sean and Daniel are back together and can live together and be happy in the end. Plus, I like lyla as a love interest more than Cassidy or Finn and her being there at the release made me like the ending a bit more. Sean’s ultimate goal through the game was to protect Daniel and give him the best life he can. This is the ending that does that the best.

On top of every point made here, this game did not need to be episodic. Literally nothing in this story warranted a *THREE MONTH* wait time. At least the first LIS kept you wanting to learn more at the end of each episode and the wait times between them were only 6-8 weeks

Captain spirit beimg the mc and getting powers would be more interesting

In fairness to the Clicker sin, you don't have to play the Last of Us to know what a Clicker is, you just have to watch a bunch of gaming related RU-vid videos.

“Hi everybody, we’re taking a year off to run away from cops. Daniel has got telekinesis now. Hope you’re doing well.” -Sean. Lol, yes, Sean that sums up your game pretty much.

14:31 this doesn’t depend on Daniels reaction time. Wether Daniel saves Chris or not depends on whether you Encouraged or punished Daniel for using his powers

YES!!! The whole thing literally could have been avoided if they had just TALKED TO THE POLICE!

"This is what happens when 'everything is political'. it becomes a sucking void of humor, enjoyment, and creativity." COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF! THAT IS THE ENTIRE GAME EXPLAINED! So much wasted potential for something with the title of "Life is Strange 2"!!!!!!

"a first year trial attorney would get this laughed out of court due to a lack of compelling evidence"!!

Daniel didn’t use his power when Chris was about to get hit by a car because he was repressed from using the power and you either protected the secret or you told Daniel to tell Chris the truth and he disobeyed and Chris still thought he had the power

I tried to be open minded about this game, but right at the beginning, the whole street is destroyed, the father is found dead, the police have a footage when you can hear only one gun shot sound, then some super weird explosion … first reflex of the police in this game ? The 16 y.o and 9 y.o are suspects ... IRL, the police would immediatly assume they've been kidnapped or worse. The plot doesn't make any sense ...

3:03 I mean, he is a sixteen year old whose father got shot and who just saw his brother kill a cop with telekinesis... I would freak out and do something stupid like running away if I was him too. The whole game is about Sean learning how to be responsible and do the right thing, so it's natural that this is his starting point.

I feel like this game is an actual good representation of brotherhood. Especially when you're a big brother that has to teach your little brother. I feel like this was pretty down to earth and I like that. The first one was good but the second holds alot more sentimental value to me.

Dontnod, being a french studio, really did not know what they were doing with the setup for this game. They didn't even need the cop to have a reason to shoot the father. Could have just as easily had the bully kid call the cops over nothing, a thing that actually happens, without the stupid fake blood stain, and had the father shot over a simple argument because cops are notoriously bad at de-escalation, or maybe the cop was just a racist asshole like everyone else in the game. Then, don't have the street explode for no reason, have Daniel push the cop over and maybe the gun flies forward near Sean. Cop scrambles for the gun and Sean, afraid the Cop is going to shoot them too, tries to grab the gun and they struggle for the gun and he accidentally shoots the cop, giving a legitimate reason for why Sean would NEED to run away to Mexico. There, I fixed it. Wouldn't change how heavy handed the rest of the game is but at least the setup would actually make sense.

I wanna file a police report for the assault and battery I suffered from this game violently beating me with its ham fisted message.

Being an older sibling, I kinda related to Sean at first, I thought he'd witnessed Daniel's powers in the first instance and that was why he was running. Then the plot kind of fell through and kept getting more and more convoluted just to make it to such a bizarre ending. I got the same ending too and I was so mortified that I'd spent several months (I played on release) getting this supernatural kid across the border for him to fuck me over in the end. I would have been 100% done with my sibling if I'd taken multiple near-death beatings, terrorist sized explosions, the loss of an eye AND a normal childhood for them to throw everything away at the last minute. Honestly I kind of applaud Sean for his patience and incredible ability to forgive. Also I need to make an additional sin: They've played The Last of Us and drew 0% survival skills from it, not even PICK UP THE GUN AND KEEP IT.

You forgot a sin. The gas station owner says he'd never hit a kid as he hit Sean to knock him out in the previous scene.

21:32 that entire confrontation could’ve been easily avoided. Sean didn’t have to get out of the car. He could’ve just quickly started up the car and driven off.

20:04 Sean was in a coma that’s why he was in the hospital not just because of his eye!

I actually like the game, but I agreed with all of the points. Should I still like it now?

To be honest I wish the game didn't have this much unrealistic racism, I mean I live in the south.. with my whole family.. that are latina, and I've never seen so much racism shoved down someones throat like this before Also the political thing, I feel like this game has very clear message saying basically that anyone with a higher power than you is bad evil assholes ( politicians, cops, your boss, rich people, that mall, preachers, adults if you're a kid, the government but that one is not a surprise, etc.), and people who don't have power are super good, open-minded, third eye waking, saviors. It all feels so forced and unrealistic

Police would have nothing to charge them with. - The neighbor would have had no serious injuries besides the fall or the optional face bruise. - There'd be no way to tie the car explosion to the Diaz family. Honestly, I'd be more concerned about how the Seattle PD would handle one of their own officers shooting an unarmed man.

This games story: Orange Man Bad.

This game didn't give me the feels Lis1 gave me. ._.

Daniel was treated for the shot in the arm, in Nevada there is medical paperwork for Daniel in Lisbeth's cabin

The most frustrating part about this game is I really enjoy the concept of two brothers running away from home in a modern setting. Too bad this game falls super flat in execution. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons tackles this concept much better without even using a single line of dialogue.

just finished the game. 1 more extra sin here in episode 1 Sean somehow managed to convince a 9 year old to walk for 2 days along the highway with barely any food to eat

Daniel is a badly written child character to me because his actions are inconsistent and he seems to be whiny and confrontational at times simply to create a conflict. This is what makes him unlikable. AJ is a defiant child character too, but his actions always have an explanation behind them.

There are no smart adults in this game.

29:48 additional sin. Sean and Daniel for some reason park 50 feet away away from the wall and walk all the way from their car even though they could’ve just parked it next to the wall before tearing a hole in it. They also have no concerns whatsoever that there could be security patrolling the perimeter. Although I get that Sean is a teenager and maybe he had too much on his mind to worry about security.

I remember by episode 4 it became abundantly clear to me that Dontnod had run out of ideas. Say what you will about Telltale but they at least seem to have a vague idea of what each episode is going to focus on from the beginning and their writing and voice acting at the very least insures that there will be something interesting in every one.

My biggest problem with this game is that unlike in the first game or True Colours, there is a constant change of environment with a constant change of supporting characters. I'm having a hard time trying to connect to characters who barely get any screentime because they basically disappear off the map at the end of an episode. Like, why couldn't we spend almost the entire game with Lyla and Brody, or perhaps with the drifters? That would've been interesting. Also, the police trying to pin Officer Matthew's murder on Sean absolutely makes no sense whatsoever. The police car was overturned, the officer died of blunt force trauma from being pushed against some hard object, and they literally have dashcam footage showing them a massive gust of wind overturning the cop car. I'm really fucking curious how prosecution is gonna explain how a 16 year old managed to do that.

Also, I think the best ending is when they make it through without a problem, like their criminals now sure, but at least their together.

The Last Of Us has the same concept of a roadtrip journey but does it so much better. Here, characters aren't interesting enough for me to care about and I didn't really miss any of them once we had to leave them behind.

7:14 him not traveling to Canada id say was a pretty wise decision since they live in Seattle, Canada is pretty close and police would probably guess they were heading there and Canadian authorities would also probably be looking for him, but Mexico is much farther away and doesn't speak the language and is less developed and more corrupt and its much easier to hide. just saying it's much more likely that a Canadian has heard of a missing pair of minors from Seattle that's a couple miles away from the border than there is an impoverished Mexican person having heard about a missing pair of boys in Seattle.

The best thing about 2 was the closure we all got on Max and Chloe's story I waited 4 years for that

6:00 that's not even the worst part. Mr. Rebellious Princess Trope over here could've used his family's money to, y'know, *do* something. he's lucky a magical child came along to make his life worthwhile.

Its also surprising how much Daniel gets shot more than Sean; nearly an adult and has a damn eyepatch

24:04-I agree with you on your rant on Karen. She basically abandoned her kids and husband because she doesn’t want to raise them and be a stay at home house wife. Well too bad, those boys came out of her womb and she’s obligated to raise them. Not to mention she chose to marry that guy. She just comes off as a dead beat who thinks women shouldn’t be mothers and wives. Well, who in the hell is paying for Karen’s “free life style”? Who’s the one, working themselves in a job that some people like her husband hate to pay the bills as well as the food, clothes, cleaning products and the house they live in? It’s like Karen doesn’t appreciate s**t.

AJ from the Walking Dead wasn't annoying. He was my little trooper!

as someone living near the Redwoods, 2019 and these pot farms do still exist

Everything is wrong with lis 2 in one word, Daniel.

Regarding why Sean ran away at the beginning of the game, you have to look at his actions from the point of view of a scared and traumatized 16 year old with limited understanding of how the world works, and with distrust in authority arising from his father being recently murdered for no reason, as well as years of probable systematic discrimination that he and other people like him experienced in his lifetime. Furthermore, his main fear was being separated from his brother in case of his arrest. Remember that at the beginning of the game he had no idea where his mother was and it is later revealed that he hadn't seen his grandparents since Karen left. Plus, his dad had no immediate relatives there either (it is mentioned that his relatives are still in Puerto Lobos) so he most likely feared that Daniel would be placed in foster care with strangers. Also, unrelated to this, if your Daniel didn't save Chris, that is because you discouraged him from using his powers. If you encourage him throughout the game, then he will save him.

I simply renamed this game, "life is racist"

When developers not from the U.S try to incorporate U.S politics into their game as if they actually know stuff about U.S politics.

Despite this game being my favorite I had most of these thoughts while watching the playthrough. I think it's the aesthetic that makes me love it so much, there's no other game like it. My biggest grievance is that Sean got his ass beat at every turn despite CLEARLY showing he knows how to fight when he beat his neighbor into a seizure.

31:24 same I was like wtf that’s the whole list

20:14 They made you do this test to show you how difficult it is to pass it because you play on a 2D screen and therefore showing what's like to only see with one eye.

This story would have potential if it wasn't clearly written by a bunch of virtue signaling White French people pretending that they understand American race relations. Also, it doesn't help that the main character constantly behaves like an idiot and puts his brother in danger when he doesn't have to. For instance, he could have just left Daniel with their grandparents when the police caught up with them at the grandparents' house. Daniel wouldn't have been prosecuted (since he's only 9 years old and was never a suspect). And he would have been safe and well cared for with them. But instead, Sean drags his little brother into the snowy forest and makes him work on an illegal weed farm and live with a bunch of gross, unwashed hippies and dangerous, gun-toting drug dealers. And Sean's ultimate plan in all this is to move himself and his brother to Mexico (the country their father fled from because it sucks) even though they have NO IDEA if their dad still has family there, if the family will even want them, if their dad's property is still vacant, how they'll get by there with regards to money/school/etc. The first Life is Strange had it's flaws. But at least the story didn't completely hinge of Max being a dumbass

For what it's worth, Discord didn't have video chat back in 2016.

The first episode was really good, although I wanted to party, smoke weed and eat cookies with my friends. From the second episode you should buy a gift for Daniel that you obviously cannot pay for !! By chance I saw this yo-yo in the box and the game wanted me to steal it

22:33 I am a Latino with an older brother and was raised by a single parent and yet I relate more to the first Life is Strange and Before The Storm than I do to Life is Strange 2.

#27: Fleeing to Canada would have gotten them extradited back to the US if ever caught, making life significantly harder than in Mexico.

Why does your voice sound like text to speech?

I don’t expect adventure characters to be badass? WHAT ABOUT LEE OR CLEMENTIME?

When their dad died Sean woke up finding everyone unconscious except him and his dad shot dead on the floor so I think he assumed the cops would blame him too so I see why he panicked and ran away, it was either fight or flight for him For the racism, None of the episodes was as extreme as the “white people are bad” narrative that people sound it to be : Episode 1 : guy at the gas station and Brody the nice guy Episode 2 & 3 : None Episode 4 : the Chad guy and his friend being actually reasonable and the truck guy being nice Episode 5 : the two vigilantes VS the white cop actually asking her to shut up and being nice with Sean and agent Flores wanting to help. I don’t think they exaggerated the racism, they were all situations that I have actually seen, either them pushing Sean or saying to go back to his country, etc. I’ve seen them all really I think your choices actually affected the endings depending on how you chose to bring up Daniel, him either accepting surrendering or refusing , etc. For their relationship I think if you have siblings you would connect more with them, how them being 7 years apart and Daniel not liking anything that his brother says and whines a lot as he’s also nine years old and Sean wanting to protect him. Overall for me I really loved the game and felt more connected with it than the 1st one , I think people give it too much hate and blame, I would have loved tho to see a court scene or Sean getting less than the undeserved 15 years.

This game’s political content is as subtle as a serial killer bashing your head in with a brick, and equally intelligent in its writing as the blatant straw-men it puppets around as “the other side”. I honestly wouldn’t be the slightest bit surprised if the next game’s protagonist was an AntiFa activist violently beating the shit out of anyone who disagreed with their stance and actions by the slightest margin, in addition to causing copious amounts of property damage, all in the name of fighting for their domestic terrorist group under the objectively false notions of “being the good guys” and/or “being on the right side of history”.

this is honestly the only video i'm ever watching of the actual gameplay for this thing

sin 13 was exactly my complaint...... How the heck did people conclude that Sean killed the officer? what's the proof? Not only that, but the area is blown up and cars have been destroyed, if anything I'd act unconscious than get up and move with the bro. The cops will think something else was the issue and the kids would be sent to grandparents.... Then the investigation would begin. BUT I still love this game for its realistic character portrayal. I know you may say they're 1-dimensional, but I assure you on that's how racism works

I got the ending where Sean and Daniel both escaped to Mexico and that was a much better ending in my opinion but yeah I played the first episode and thought “yep. these kids have terrible judgment. I bet they’re gonna get into all sorts of shit that could’ve been avoided rather easily.” oh how right I was

I’ve been screaming to the characters “YOUR A MINOR YOU WONT BE SEVERELY PUNISHED” they should’ve just gone back and they would’ve been fine ._.

I kind of hated the plot to this. "Well, better take Daniel and run away somewhere and put ourselves into MORE trouble with the law!!"

Please make the Sepheroth theme a recurring sin that shows up in future sin videos

A shining example of how politics can ruin even the smallest of things; entertainment should be escapism, not a political campaign.

I live in France and mayonnaise doesn't always come in a jar, in fact all the mayonnaise I've got in my home is in bottles, similar to ketchup's

*LIS 1, episode 5:* being kidnapped by a psychopath who murdered your best friend and wants to kill you next so you need to scape by time travelling, jumping through multiple timelines, then facing a huge tornado that is about to destroy the whole town and kill all the friends you love. *LIS 2, episode 5:* Helping my mom carry the groceries, eating pancakes, building a sculpture with a hippie, playing scavanger hunt with my brother, talking to gay rudes about gay marriage. Dude, that didn't feel like a final episode AT ALL. (The endings are DOPE tho. Fantastic. But only the last 30 minutes)

Stopped watching the walkthrough on the 2nd season because Daniel was annoying as hell.

When Sean and Daniel tried to burst into the border the first time, the people who shot Daniel should have seen the telekinesis as the ground riding up to the border is flat and nothing much hiding it. At that point they would have been like “hell no” and left them be OR record it on a phone and call the cops.

Daniel never suffered from memory loss by using his power. He either passed out or knocked himself out with his power and didn’t see the cop or his Dad die right afterwards in front of him. Hence why Sean picked him up unconscious and ran off. Still, the game is still either inconsistent since he never passes out or gets knocked out again or they’re running with a barely passable excuse that he can handle his power well enough now to be fine.