When Square Enix boldly proclaimed it would charge fans $30 for the privilege of playing Life is Strange: Double Exposure's first two episodes a full fortnight early, we knew the pioneering publisher was plumbing uncharted depths of monetization. However, we did not consider data miners, who took less than 48 hours to rip near-complete, unencrypted audio files from the rest of the game. As you can imagine, significant spoilers abound well before the game's official 29th October release on PS5.
PSLS inadvertently came across a Reddit thread summarising large parts of the plot, which we won't link to here. The files apparently emerged on 4chan before being deleted, but the damage seems done. We viewed it so you don't have to, and it all certainly seems legit, full of specific details regarding the antagonist, story, and endings. Just yesterday, Eurogamer noted the worrying potential for spoilers in the story-heavy first two episodes alone; now, it seems the cat is hella out of the bag.
Are you surprised Square Enix was seemingly burned by flying too close to the Early Access sun? Will this development have a major, tangible effect on the game's sales performance, or will this be old news in a couple of days? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source playstationlifestyle.net]
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I understand the predicament, but I think Game of Thrones taught us pretty well how to avoid spoilers for a period of time, when needed. Can't wait to get my physical copy!
I know people will be like “Hah! That’ll show Square Enix” but this is a sequel to a story that has a lot of very passionate fans that hasn’t been properly followed up on in a while. I feel bad for the fans that could get blindsided by this.
While I think this new early access trend is scummy, seems like you'd really have to go looking to get spoilers on this game. That said, I'll probably steer clear of this comments section going forward lol.
If you want to pay extra to play two weeks early, go for it. I've spent more on takeaways because I can't be bothered to cook.
@riceNpea haha thanks, might need another coffee
So now that it’s in the wild, I don’t want to know the details of the story, but I do want to know if it’s approximately the same length as the previous games and if it’s of similar quality. I can’t wait for the game, honestly. Well, I can wait enough to not spend $30, but genuinely, even as I still have games to beat before it, I’m ready to put any other game on hold for this one.
@Khayl I think "whom" was correct, since it's the object, not the subject of the clause.
@naruball The word "whom" is used as the object of a verb or preposition, but in this case, the data miners are the subject of the clause ("it took less than 48 hours for data miners to rip near-complete"). The correct word to use is "who", as they are the ones performing the action. Happy to be shown to be wrong naruball. That's my understanding.
@riceNpea replace data miners with they (subjective case) or them (objective case).
it took less than 48 hours for them to rip near-complete
it took less than 48 hours for they to rip near-complete
it took them less than 48 hours to rip near-complete
it took they less than 48 hours for them to rip near-complete
... I think.
Early access is a ripoff and square enix seems to never be satisfied 🤑👀
@riceNpea @naruball brought in my much smarter wife, and we Googled it; who seems to be correct, but now I've overthought it all. Appreciate the close read haha
@Khayl Yes, 'who' is perfectly correct in this example even though it is admittedly confusing.
@Khayl 😄 nice one, mate. G'day to your good lady 😊👍
@naruball OK, now I'm confused 😄😁👍 it's a tricky sentence
That's kinda messed up y do people do that
People who spoil games are hella lame.
The fact that in a thread talking about square and data miners and spoilers about a pre release game has nearly all its comments discussing the grammar and syntax of the article makes very clear where we are in gaming 😂
Either way the game will never meet their sales expectations.
Money greed. It seems as if people deliberately went after them seeing the monetization as a malpractice.
Now their money greed cost them dearly. Lesson not learned.
I get it’s not so much extra, but Square we’re exploiting their biggest fans. If the game was ready two weeks ‘early’ it should be available, hopefully they’ll think twice in future.
Also gonna do my best to avoid them - if there’s one game franchise you don’t want spoiled, it’s a LiS game. Like Game of Thrones no doubt I’ll have it spoilt walking past someone in the street though
Anti-consumer moves like this only push me the other way, even if this game gets great reviews I will definitely be waiting for a sale. Not going to support this "Early Access" BS.
It's very simple: avoid spoilers and places where they could be, don't read anything related to the game. I'm planning on buying it when it's fully released and couldn't care less about these leaks. I do feel for the developer though. Not so much for Square Enix. Their delusion is ongoing.
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