Life is Strange Episode 5 Sacrifice Arcadia Bay Ending (Chloe Lives) 

"i am glad youre my partner in crime" "so long youre my partner in time"

The three Bullets worn around Chloe's neck represents the 3 times she was supposed to get shot..

The thing about this ending is that Chloe realizes she is loved, and doesn’t die depressed.

Who else realized that Max’s innocence was completely shattered as the week went on--

We need "life is strange: after the storm".

So either way the plant dies :< RIP Plant you were the best character 2015-2015. You will be remembered.

Like Max saved Chloe 1-From Nathan in the bathroom 2-From shooting herself in the junkyard 3-From Frank's knife in the junkyard 4-From the train 5-From the car accident in another reality 6-From Frank's gun near his RV 7-From Jefferson in the junkyard 8-From the tornado when she was in San Francisco And you want me to sacrifice her after i saved her 8 times? Please..

I have replayed this 5 times, every time telling myself id save Arcadia Bay just to see it once. One thing led to another, and Arcadia Bay has been destroyed 5 times by me.

How ironic is it that the Black Room is probably the safest place anyone could be during the storm. Edit: My bad, guys. I meant the dark room.

HOW ABOUT WE GO BACK IN TIME AND ACTUALLY WARN THEM?

5:31 "DI E" How did I just notice that.

Definitely one of the greatest stories in games.

Six years ago today, Max Caulfield faced an impossible choice.

curious, who thinks the deer is Racheal Amber's Spirit?

Max knew the light tower spot was safe but she only brought Chloe with her? RIp Joyce and her eggs and bacy ;-;

We played Hide and Seek in waterfall. We were younger We were younger *I just love this line*

i would so watch this if it was a movie

The deer came back to inspect the destruction.... ... that they caused. The deer caused the tornado

(save chloe) (save arcadia bay ) EA : both save ( $35 )

Another thing. People argue that there's no right ending because it's based on personal play but if you are playing it through Maxs vision, saving Chloe is the real Max choice. If you think Max would choose to sacrifice Chloe, you didn't read her journals. There are numerous instances where Max said her power was always fate to save Chloe. She references a star trek episode about someone going back in time to sacrifice a lover so Nazis don't win the war. Max asks herself what she would do if she were in that position but follows it up with talking about it being fate that she was in the bathroom with Chloe. Another page, max talks about giving up the zeitgeist gallery trip because a storm is still coming and Chloes life was in danger so she had to get back to her to save her. Not to save Warren. Not to save Joyce. Not Kate, not even Arcadia. Chloe only, like she always has. Another page, she talks about how she doesn't care if the world is ending because it felt so good to hold chloe again. So even at this point where max knew this was really about to be something catastrophic, she was focused on holding Chloe, nothing else around. She says this has to be fate and destiny. So even at this end of the world point, max is still thinking and feeling that her entire purpose has been to save Chloe. Max goes onto talk about how they give each other strength and maybe more. Finally, the last page of the journal talks about how Chloe is more than a best friend and obviously in love with Chloe but both had held back all this time. She journaled that she really knew Chloe was more than a friend when she felt physically sick watching Chloe flirt with and kiss other people in her nightmare and throw insults to her like saying she would never love her as much as Rachel. This was her subconscious and meant to show us how she felt. Even if you try to pursue Warren and don't kiss or flirt with Chloe, her last journal page is still questioning her feelings for Chloe, asking herself if its love or friendship but obviously with this option, her journal is less obvious compared to the one where you romanced Chloe the entire game. But it still shows that regardless of your path, Max questions and internally knows she feels more than friendship for Chloe. Max loved Chloe as did she and Maxs intentions always with her powers had one ultimate purpose at the expense of anyone else and gladly because Max says Chloe is all that matters to her. Which she tells us over and over again in her journals which is a big overlooked item in this game. But her journal and Chloe's journal in Before the Storm paint out things below the surface that we never outright saw or heard in the game. People may say killing loads of people for one doesn't make logical sense. And it doesn't. But Max wouldve picked Chloe undoubtedly, even if the game gives you the other option or we are lead to believe there's no canon ending. But max said all through the game out loud and in paper that Chloe was meant to be with her by her side, no matter what and that they have always been intertwined. Max wouldve saved Chloe, always.

I HATE THE THOUGHT OF SACRIFICING HER BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT MAX GOES TO CHLOES FUNERAL AND CHLOE DIED THINKING MAX NEVER CAME BACK FOR HER EVEN THOUGH SHE DID AND MAX HAS TO DEAL WITH THAT FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE AND I CANT DEAL

Two things: 1.) That Tornado was a good distance away from everyone when they first saw it. Why didn't they just...run? 2.) How the hell did Chloe's truck survive the storm?

i was too emotionally attached to chloe to let her go. even if it meant the town was destroyed

One thing I like about this ending is that it shows without telling. Chloe immediately realizes what the decision means to mask, and simply reassures her that she'll always be there for max. As Max and Chloe drive out of Arcadia Bay, you can tell that they blame themselves for what happened just by looking at their faces. It's a rather effective way of driving the point home with barely any dialogue.

There are 2 choices. One for the logical. One for the hopeless romantic. There is no right or wrong.

"You're all that matters to me." fuck everything, this is so canon to me.

God, this ending feels so much better.. I can hardly watch the other one but this one makes me smile.

When I got to this I’m like “fuck Arcadia bay”

"I'll always be with you. Forever..."

I picked the Third Choice. We all took Arcadia Bay and *PUSHED* it somewhere else. Easy choice.

""If somehow the lord gave me a second chance at that moment, I would do it all over again" A quote that came long after, but this is what i thought when i made this choice.

Ik there isn’t a “good” ending, but this is the one I’ld choose. Ik it’s selfish but I could never give up Chloe.

Both ending make me want to fall over and sob my eyes out

I didn't go through almost 20 hours of trying to save Chloe just to let her die in the end. Fuck arcadia bay. Max and Chloe are made for each other.

I spent the WHOLE game saving her. Yeah bye bye Bay.

And after 8 years, finally we will see the “life is strange after the storm”

*Presses sacrifice Arcadia Bay in under a second*

This ending was about more than "selfishly choosing Chloe over the town". It was about telling Destiny that I'm not its bitch

The true ending. Chloe is Max’s #1 priority. I would never trade an important best friend like Chloe over a fucking town. #baeoverbay

Even after all Chloe said and did, I couldn’t choose to not save her, she’s too precious and adorable at the end of the day. She reminds me of a girl I wished I could date with how she acts and such. I can’t accept the other ending, it’s too heartbreaking

"Oh look it's a huge storm. Should we evacuate?" "Naah we'll be safe"

Forget Arcadia Bay, Chloe Bae is for life.

Chloe : Max...It's time Obstacle song begins Max : Not anymore... Max tears the butterfly photo Chloe : I'll always be with you... Max : Forever... Chloe holds max's hand 💖❤💓💔💕💗

This isn’t the most logical choice, but it was the one that I felt like I had to make for Max. Chloe is the only person who could ever understand everything that Max went through. Without Chloe, Max would have to live with this by herself for the rest of her life. In this ending at least they have each other

After beating Before The Storm, I appreciate this ending even more.

Arcadia bay or Arcadia bae?

In the endings I discovered Max's safety: when she saves Chloe, she breaks the photo showing determination to say: "There is no going back, I will stay with the person I love." So when she sacrifices Chloe, why not do the same with the photo if it was her right choice? Rather, she sits on the ground as if feeling defeated.

This feels like the right option. Max was always coming back for Chloe, not for Arcadia Bay. What I see is the tornado, which is Rachel's revenge on the town that killed her and never let her leave - and the doe is Rachel's way to guide Max to save her beloved Chloe.

maybe everyone looked at the weather forecast before the storm and was all like woah man a storms comin, gotta blast, and everyone evacuated just in time and took refuge in some holiday inn the next town over and thats where chloe and max are going to rn and when they get there everyones celebrating them coming back with horchata and joyce is making some waffles and chloes playing with pompidou and kate is singing gospel music while samuels playing the piano and my boy warren and max go smash in some room and the other crazy kids are getting toasted off the ganja courtesy of frankie in celebration of not being dead and the best part is somehow jefferson is dead idk how but he is yay great ending love this game whoopwhoop

I hope the comments section realizes that if any of you saved Kate from suicide, then it was for nothing. Saving Chloe means the whole town dies in the end, including Kate regardless of whether or not you might have saved her from the roof.

Hearing Obstacles made me cry immediately. I really loved it at the end of the 1st episode and when hearing it at the end of the game u just couldn't...

LIFE IS STRANGE: AFTER THE STORM! PLEEEEASEEE

I pick this ending because it shows that Max isn't an "everyday hero". It gives a new sense of realism to her character. And it shows she's just human. I'm sure anyone would sacrifice for the one they love. It also feels more fitting (at least to me) that none of what you did was pointless, that Max and Chloe's fates were always intertwined. It was meant to be. That's just my opinion though.

Achievement Unlocked: Genocide

Just now finished the game and chose this ending. My first thought was to save the town because that’s more lives at stake... Then I realized I’ve already tried so hard for so long to keep Chloe alive and wasn’t about to throw her away AGAIN. So I chose this!

We need (Life Is Strange: After the Strom) :'(

Replayed this game recently, and I noticed how Dontnod likes to put subtle stuff here and there. Look at Chloe's shirt. There's a picture of a snake biting his own tail. That snake is the Uroboros, which is the symbol of eternal return. It's a symbol which represents time as an evolutive cycle: it begins at a moment, it evolves, and at the end it gets back where it began, except you're back here with all the evolution between the beginning and the end of the cycle. Here's a translated extract of a French article I just read about the Uroboros: "While some may think the Uroboros is a creature, he rather is one of the oldest esoteric symbols of the world, representing a dragon or a snake in a circle biting its own tail. Having had his name from Greek and named "Uroborus" in Latin, he is the symbol of eternal cycle of nature, the symbol of time repeating itself endlessly, without a beginning or an end and visible through the seasons, the day & night cycle, etc... He is the beginning and the end, since even though death and destruction interrupts some people or things' destiny, it is not an end since others will continue or begin their life. He is the hope of a permanent rebirth of the world." (Original source here: www.dol-celeb.com/autres/ouroboros/) I think Chloe wearing an Uroboros symbol isn't pure randomness, Dontnod had something in mind with this.

I'll always save Chloe. I spent too much time getting to know her character to kill her off. I'm happy with the ambiguity of this ending. I like to think that most of the townspeople got out, we don't know how much time had passed since Max went into her subconscious, people might have had a chance to escape. The tornado was big but wasn't moving that fast. As for the whole "it's Chloe's fate to die, she would die later on anyway", I like to believe that the storm is the end of it. Death wanted somebody, and if it wasn't going to be Chloe then it'd be someone else. The town is full of scumbags to be fair, and Blackwell is pretty high up from the coast so it would have had plenty of warning. Plenty of buses for an evacuation of Blackwell too. The likes of Kate, Dana and the rest might have been able to escape. And David was still at the barn, which looked like it was a ways out of town. Joyce and Warren and the rest in the diner made a break out the back in Frank's RV (he's alive in my playthrough). Everyone's alive and hey-presto, I've made up my perfect ending by desperately clutching at straws and the game's ambiguity. And Max shouldn't feel guilty. She didn't ask for her power and she didn't know how it would affect reality. Even at the end she's still learning. She gets this thrown at her and its completely unfair but who knows. Maybe life will present her a chance to go back and prevent the entire thing while ensuring that Chloe survives, when she understands her power a little bit better. The point is, Chloe Bae over Arcadia Bay.

Its never an easy decision at the end of episode 5. As much as I wish I can save everyone, but sadly like the reality we live in, fortune doesn't always smile upon us. No matter how many times I replay the story,..... I will always choose to save Chloe in the end. It is not just because she is my best friend. But I strongly believe that Arcadia Bay and its people have had their chances in life, while Chloe's life has been nothing but a spiral downwards ever since her father died in the accident. Almost everyone has let her down in life. I just can't be like everyone else and let her down too.... Chloe deserves better and a second chance in life, despite what destiny has in store for her. I know there are good people too in Arcadia Bay, among the bad seeds but I just can't save everyone. Even Superman can't save everyone. Sometimes.... It is not how many people we can save, but who is worth saving. There is only so limited time, energy and resources. Choosing is never easy. And like what Thanos said: "The hardest choice requires the strongest will". Perhaps by choosing to save a few, it will have greater positive impact to the world as compared to saving everyone, including the rotten eggs. Maybe some might disagree with my view, but then again we all have our own perspective. This might be just a simple game, but it is one that touches my soul. Thumbs up to the developer.

The difference in the tone of the two ending songs is stark. Spanish Sahara is a song about trying to push down the pain forget what happened. It's melancholic with a sense of despair. The line "So I walked into the haze" and "I'm the fury in your head" imply (at least in this context) that it's Chloe speaking. She wants Max to forget the horror and focus solely on the happy moments they had together. Then there's Obstacles which is a song about weathering the storm and being together til the end. This song is about the strength of Max and Chloe's relationship. How, despite what happens to them and Arcadia Bay's destruction they have been and always will be best friends And it also feels like it's being sung from Chloe's perspective, affirming that no matter what Max chooses she'll support her and not blame her for the decision.

5:36 The diner is mostly intact. I don't get where people are getting this "EVERYONE DIED!!!!!11!!eleven!!!" crap from. The choice was "Sacrifice Arcadia Bay", as in the town, not every single person in it.

I love how the song says "Let's say, sunshine for everyone" once they show the tornado again lmao

This ending would’ve been so much better if we knew if people like Joyce, Warren, I guess David and other people survived or not

I don't think I could sacrifice Chloe even if my life depended on it.

I DONT CARE IF THIS IS THE WRONG ENDING I DONT CARE IF ITS SELFISH ANYMORE I DONT CARE IF CHLOE DESERVED TO DIE I WILL NEVER SACRIFICE HER NEVER

6:53 , glad to see max smiling at the end of the game

I was actually really dissapointed that there was no third ending. Max could've easily went back in time to the butterfly picture and stopped Nathan. I bet the developers knew this tho, but they didn't want another cliche happy ending

If you look at 5:34, you see that the diner seem intact. I, who chose to save Chloe, can't help but think that most of the people inside probably survived. As well, the town is almost empty. That should suggest that plenty of people left, or stayed inside. There probably was quite a few that didn't make it though in the end. The more I analyze both endings I feel like this ending is the best one. The biggest reason for that is that Max, after all, had the vision of the tornado before she saves Chloe in episode. That means somehow that the storm was going to happen anyway, unless of course, correct actions were taken to avoid that. Rationally, it is not logical to think that it is right to avoid prevent a death in order to do that. Also, Max gains her power in exactly the moment she can save Chloe. That should suggest something. Regarding the endings, if you allow the storm to happen, you do shift the fates of everyone from being your responsibility to their owns. Max's actions may be more important than theirs, but the other residents in Arcadia Bay can also act and affect the future. With that said, the selfish Arcadia Bay sacrifice is not as selfish as you might think first. But, then again, if you kill off your best friend and live with it, as the main character that you are, of course it may be better. Max is a person like the rest of us and she has her interests much you who are reading this have yours. I don't regret to sacrificing Arcadia Bay and I do think my reasoning is not completely based around rationalizing saving my best friend over the the lives of many others. Final thought: What if you kill the butterfly? What then?

Why didn’t Max just press the fire alarm WITHOUT her powers? Chloe would’ve been saved and so would the town.

It really doesn't make sense that going back to that photo and letting Choe die would prevent the storm because we already used our powers that created so many realities and this would just be another reality being created. It doesn't necessarily undo everything. If somehow miraculously that is supposed stop the storm, then Max could still hit the fire alarm and saved Chloe without using her powers at all. Why does she need to die? That's the best possible outcome. Go back to the butterfly photo. Hit the alarm and save Chloe. Tell David about Jefferson, Nathan and the dark room. They get arrested. And Max never uses her powers. Boom, everyone lives happily ever after! It really didn't need to have a PTSD ending tbh

I usually hate bittersweet endings, but for this one, I didn't care for the people of Arcadia Bay nearly as much as i did for Chloe. So despite a whole bunch of people dying, this felt like a pretty happy ending to me.

Bae over Bay anyday

It's morally the wrong choice to make, that's for sure. But screw it! Screw morals! Screw everything I've accomplished! Screw everything I've fought for! Screw everyone and everything! "You're all that matters to me." This line. This line was what made me choose to save Chloe. I do think Max is deeply in love with her. The kiss if you choose the other choice, the first kiss, the nightmare and many more things... That's not even subtext anymore, that's obvious. Max is in love with Chloe and seriously, just think for one second. I think everyone ever really loved someone, if not in the lover's way, then someone of your family or a pet... If you really love this person, could you sacrifice that person? For people you have not such an emotional bond with? I know I couldn't. Yeah, there are also many of my friends there in the town, but... Yeah, it's selfish and cynical and wrong, I don't say it's an easy choice to make... I just chose like almost everyone would who deeply loves someone, who fought so hard to save this person, who got through hell for this person... Love is selfish. R.I.P. People of Arcadia Bay. It was a really hard choice for me, the hardest I ever made in a game, I've legitely spent 10 minutes thinking it over, but I don't regret it.

The “Sacrifice Chloe” ending is the more emotionally impacting of the two but I can’t see how anyone would walk away from that ending without serious emotional scars: Consider Joyce who not only lost William and now has to outlive her own child? I’m not a parent but I can only imagine how horrible that must be. David would probably not be able to live with himself either as we see how it affects him if you tell him that Chloe was killed by Jefferson in the junkyard. Despite all his flaws David cared for Chloe and to find out she died on his watch as chief of security at Blackwell must be devastating. And finally there is Max who not only has to live with the guilt of knowing that she could have done something to save her friend, but instead decided to watch her die. She will probably have it the worst. The “choice” you have at the end of this game is basically someone pointing a gun at your head and forcing you to make an impossible choice. This is my interpretation of Life is Strange that brings the most closure to me personally: *“Sometimes people need you, though. Even when they won’t admit it.”* The story is about the friendship between Max and Chloe and how time set them apart. It’s about the rekindling of that friendship as well and how they grow to learn that they are incomplete without the other in their life. Max grows from a shy and introverted young woman into a more bold and confident person thanks to Chloe. Chloe on the other hand comes to terms with her pain and grief and realise that she is worth more than she thinks she is. She not only admits to her own selfishness but accepts she is worth saving after all. If there is anyone in Arcadia Bay that deserves a fresh start in life it’s Chloe especially considering all the shit she’s been through. Max and Chloe facing the storm at the end is the two of them finally letting go of the past and moving forward into an uncertain future. Together. It’s always scary to head into the unknown especially when you are at the doorstep of becoming an adult. *Pirates forever.*

✨I’ll always choose Chloe. Fuck Arcadia Bay✨

KISS HER YOU FOOL

Both endings tear through my gut and really hit it home// Regardless, this game is amazing. To be honest I think the ambiguity of this ending both works in its favor, and against. Because nothing really is confirmed you don't really know who lived or who didn't, and there's a feeling of no "closure." However, with this also it's up to your imagination to kind of tell what happens to Max and Chloe and Arcadia Bay. But at least in the end, after all that heartbreak, sorrow, and loss, they will finally be able to be together, and I think that's what matters.

Recently decided to hook up my ps3 for a nostalgic trip down memorie lane, then I stumbled upon this game and the memories flooded back. This ending brought the emotions I felt nearly 5 years ago. This ending makes me feel as if i could break down into tears. From the scenery, color pallets being displayed and of course the beautiful song playing in the background as our two protagonists drive off down an open road to a new life.

The thing about this game is how realistically written it is. No ending is cannon. No ending is right. It’s based on Max Vision. Through her diary. And what feels right to the gamer. If you save Chloe. Joyce dies. If you don’t. She loses her daughter. End of day I always choose save Chloe. Just feels right.

Bae over Bay

What's the point of obtaining those powers at the very beginning if outcome (Chloe dying) is going to be the same even if you didn't get them? If you sacrifice Chloe in the end, that means that Max would see people die, get dosed and what not, just for Chloe to die at the end anyway. I'm pretty sure she would have been better of not knowing any of that. Chloe wouldn't have any memories of you except those years of childhood and the fact that you left her. So that's why I say fuck it all. Fuck "Sacrifice Chloe" ending. Bae before bay all the way.

I chose this ending because it is what i would have done in real Life

Guys, even in 2021 it's important to always remember that #baeoverbay

Save Chloe or Save Arcadia Bay... I can't decide... I CAN'T DECI- *Saves Chloe without a moments hesitation

You have to ask yourself one simple question: After you made your choice...who is going to be there to cry with you? The loved one you saved or the strangers that have no idea you saved them? Easy choice...

It's been years since this game came out, and it still has a huge effect on me.

This was such a tough decision. This was the only reality in which Max feels she didn’t let Chloe down by saving her life and putting her before everything else. Every alternative reality Max has to live thinking something was more important than her own best friend/soulmate (depending on how you played the game)

I love this ending. There's no bad ending, just difficult choices. Also No Fucking Regrets. I'd make this decision again!

"I think I'll miss you more than all of Arcadia Bay combined, Chloe." Just stopping by after playing Farewell to say I'm still super glad I saved Chloe in the original ending.

I love how this is the 1st result when i search bae before bay

4:11 "You met me at a very strange time in my life."

Max's face as she watches over the storm. She can tell she made the right decision.

Chloe:Max it’s time Max:not anymore Chloe:i always be whit you

i ve been watching this again and again and it makes me cry. I also did this. Chloe deserves to live!

Almost ten years old. Man, time sure does fly.

So..... Max didnt have the idea of going back in time, and warning everyone about the storm days in advance? The hidden SAVE EVERYONE option? DEM PLOTHOLESSSSS

Chloe may have been destined to die, but love is more beautiful than destiny

a city can always be rebuilt but a friendship like this never

This decision was the hardest one in the whole game. Not because of the consequence, i knew from the start I was saving chloe. But it was so hard to press the button, because I knew what all I was sacrificing for her. I knew everything and I absolutely loved chloe and was so emotionally attatched it was more it was hard to let everyone else die for her even though I knew I was going to pick Chloe

Save Chloe and know you have someone to tell each other about your memories or go back in time and let her get shot, and only live every day knowing only you got to enjoy all those times because the past Chloe wouldn't have experienced the fun of shooting bottles, sneaking in school, and going on that vacation... Chloe > Bay.