SethPhotopoulos

A friend and I have been trying to connect for two days now but it just won't work. We are close in level (34 and 32) and we have passwords set. We just can't connect each other for whatever reason. Not to mention how long it takes to connect when you have the broadest settings possible. Who else has been having problems with this? Has From talked about this at all?

@kierkegaard: The concept you talk about in your original post is censorship. "Freedom needs to regulation and governance." That line is hard to take any other way. Your second post is better since it explains what you mean and it makes more sense. I wasn't searching for censorship when you blatantly say it.

There was voice acting in arcade game I think. Sinistar may be one of the first? I don't know. The PS1/N64 era seems to be where it stuck.

To the gun thing. It doesn't matter that you can rewind it. He brings a gun to school and kills a girl. You can rewind it but the initial imagery can still be considered a trigger.

the stepfather seems to have signs of PTSD and the way Chloe talks about him makes it seem like he has done some extreme stuff to her mother and her in the past. Episode 2 brought it down a bit to just hitting but in episode 1 it seemed like it was a larger problem.

Within the first few minutes of meeting Kate in ep. 1 I though "She's depressed." Within her first appearance in ep. 2 when she gets bullied and the tape is revealed I thought" Kate is going to try to kill herself." Kate even talks about a possible rape that she experienced. She complained about not having friends or people that loved her, how shameful she'd be if her church and family found out about the tape, and her overall demeanor points to danger. If you know anything about depression or suicide victims she seemed like the textbook definition.

And the fact that the music is soft doesn't matter since, if you paid attention to them, they seem sad and oppressive in tone. The juvenile imagery seems like it's meant to represent nostalgia for a time of innocence that the main character has lost. Her ability to rewind time and the fact that rewinding too far causes her pain even points to that. Now she has to deal with real life. The fact that she loses her power in those crucial moments mean that not everything is avoidable and sometimes you have to face the present. The suicide even fits with the overall message. This game is not the walk in the park you want to make it as.

I'm playing the game too and you are mischaracterizing this game as something it isn't. The game alludes to a major tragedy befalling the town within the first couple of minutes, what happens almost immediately after that is an unstable student bringing a gun to school, your best friend has a step-father who is also unstable and abusive, the girl this thread is centered on telegraphs everything she is going to do. This game is far from lighthearted and that was clear from the beginning.

In 2015 there are a million different ways to find out if a game is good for you.

Just pay attention to notes if you need direction

That is terrifying. I guess no one is allowed to even attempt to touch on heavy themes.

It's the individual's responsibility to determine wether or not a piece of art and entertainment is right for them. If you know there are triggers that can get to you do some research to find out if something contains those triggers. A trigger warning may be fine at the beginning when all of the engines and company logos are popping up. We do have seizure warnings.