[2020] [ALL] How do you get over Life is Strange?

Originally posted by chazzstrong

I mean, there's a very real difference between moving on and forgetting. If you don't think LiS fandom is helping you realize or move towards anything, then there shouldn't be a problem moving past it like you've no-doubt done to dozens upon hundreds of other songs, movies and books in your life. If your mind won't LET you move on, then it's probably trying to subconsciously tell you something.

I always say the game is equal parts nostalgia and wish fulfillment. It either makes you reflect on what you had, or tells you what you want.

Originally posted by [deleted]

I think you would feel better if you found some way to process your emotions about the game. When I learn music from the game or draw the characters, I feel like I am getting to spend more time with them.

Originally posted by CakeEuphoria

You don't. When i finished the game indidnt even realize there was already a steady stream of tears pouring out of my eyes until it dripped on my lap. This game changed my life and i don't ever regret playing it.

Originally posted by Corporal_Fairway

Only started playing LiS a couple months ago. I finished BTS a couple days ago. The endings to both games hit me really hard, BTS even more so.

I'm still not fully over it. I can't look at Chloe or Max, or hear any of the dialogue without getting some sort of post-series depression or something lol. I don't even want to play LiS 2, I don't really care about anyone else but Chloe and Max. Apparently there's an official LiS comic that continues the two's story after the 'Sacrifice Arcadia Bay' ending so I'll have to look into that but yeah, it hit me hard.

Originally posted by StormofCretins

Don't try.

I honestly don't really want to. This story and setting seeped into me so immediately and thoroughly it did something that almost never really happens to anyone over 20 - it changed my mind. And more precious to me, it actually got me off my ass to do creative writing for the first time in literally 10 years instead of just sitting around thinking I had an idea for a story and never working on it. Life is Strange moved me and overwhelmed my imagination more than anything in popular fiction I've encountered since "Buffy". This is bigger for me now than Star Trek, Star Wars... it's a big deal.

I don't know if I ever don't want to feel this way, and if how it's made you feel is anything like it made me feel, I'd strongly consider the possibility that there's nothing worth getting over it for. If there's something that's even capable of moving you this much, it won't give you a choice when it comes anyway.

Originally posted by andiipuliafico

Literally felt the same way. I’m a crazy bitch of emotions tho so ya know. I can’t even describe the feeling this game gave me! But now I love sharing it with people who have never played it & the people who never even heard of it!!! I listened to a podcast too about it. I haven’t played it in a long while but am having my boyfriend start it once we get through our list of games I made for him to play + me replay with him

Originally posted by Mo_Salah_

You don’t.

It’s a game that stays with you.

I mean, calling it a game is doing LIS a disservice. It’s a story that will stay with you and the characters do tend to effect you in real life.

For example, I’ve seen many people say how they now gauge what they’re looking for in a friend/girlfriend by their favourite character in the game, usually ends up being Chloe lol

Time helps you get over it, like with everything important to you/shocking stuff etc.

Getting over it is the wrong phrase though imo because it’s not something you want to get over. It’s a really enjoyable story that you probably will always recall and think about every so often.

Kinda like Game of Thrones, you’ll be heavily invested in it for a long time, possibly forever but that unhealthy obsession with it does die down (Thankfully 😅) after a while.

Don’t worry, we all go through the LIS Depression haha.

Originally posted by Jakobabs

I stayed in this sub, checking every post for a while, until I made my post about how I was affected by the game. Something that really helped was when school picked up and I just got too busy to check. Haven’t really felt the need to visit the sub, but I still do on occasion. I played LiS for the first time last summer, and I am so glad I did. The first few weeks are always the hardest, but it goes get better

Originally posted by Imhaveapoosy

It gets boring when you replay it like 10 times. Also you must be nostalgic over something in your past to feel this way. So maybe try to bring those things into your life, or relive them. Or maybe it's something different for you. For me I guess I see that as true love and friendship. If you care to share, maybe it would help.

Originally posted by [deleted]

I never "got over" it but I definitely found some coping mechanisms to process my emotions over the game. It spurred a creative renaissance for me where I was inspired to learn guitar, pick up piano again, and make some art related to the game. Learning Koethe songs on guitar and drawing the characters from the game helped me re-connect with the game when I was missing it. I would encourage you to find a creative way to channel your feelings. I still think about the game often but it is more of a constant warm presence in the back of my head these days.