If Chloe shows up, I’m sure they will keep it as a secret, I doubt they would reveal her in a trailer, they would prefer to surprise us.

My theory: In the original game is where MAX'S ability to split reality into diffrent timelines first takes place. That's why the end is 2 choices destroy Arcadia and save Chloe or let Chloe die and save Arcadia. I suspect that both endings are cannon and both of the 2 realities we will see in double exposer will be either or. One where Chloe alive and one where she's not. Wich will further complicate the death of Sophi. Maybe in the reality where Sophi died Chloe has been dead for years and the death of Sophi brings her powers rushing back with the memories of Chloe and not being able to save her. When she jumps into the other reality and Sophi is alive maybe she will run into Chloe there ad well and "expose" to Max that she's done this before and no matter how she tries there will always be dier consequences beyond her control.

The owl in the first game appears when Max finds the Dark Room in the barn, so it might symbolizes death, a change of state or even it could be Mr. Jefferson’s spirit animal.

The original Life is Strange was obviously inspired by Twin Peaks (which is Chloe's licence plate), and owl imagery is very prevalent in the TV show Twin Peaks. So, interesting to see the owl. But I don't think Chloe's dead, there's a brief shot of a character with a light blue toque (beanie) crouching down, which could be Chloe. Btw, Max mentions final fantasy in the first game, so that's fair.

Am I the only one who does not think that Max looks that different? Yes they improved her look with the new graphics, but I still feel she looks like Max.

You couldn't recognize Her Freckles? Her Crystal Blue eyes? Her Bangs? And why would the owl be Chloe? Her Spirit Animal from the First was Clearly the Blue Butterfly!!!

Did you notice the building behind Max at 0:21 in the trailer? The size and appearance corresponds to one part of the school or it looks like some kind of church. I think someone shot from that building, that's the reason why no weapon was found around - someone must have shot from a distance. And Safi was sitting right in front of that building.

I did say she looks like Steph too I'm glad Hannah Telle came back to reprise her role as Max

Im sorry but why cant anyone see the resemblance between LIS 1 Max and LIS DE Max do a side by side comparison its Max but older 💀 Also she dont look nothing like Steph…

The owl in LIS1 was heavily associated with Jefferson. It showed up whenever his 'true self' was revealed: both when Max and Chloe were about to discover the Dark Room, and also when Chloe was about to get shot and Max drugged & kidnapped. Perhaps it could just be a bad omen, but LIS1 was pretty big on spirit animals. The doe/deer is clearly Max's (innocence is one thing that the deer represents, and we all know Jeffershit's spiel on Max's innocence. Compassion, intellect, caring, and subtlety are other things it represents--not really words that describe Rachel). Rachel was most likely using Max's *spirit* animal to try and communicate with her--it's less likely that Rachel's spirit animal was the doe, but she was using Max's spirit animal to communicate with her. The owl is associated with wisdom, mystery, deception, stealth, and secrecy. Sounds like quite a dead ringer for Jefferson, to me... So why is the owl showing up so much here?

Max has a wedding ring on her left hand suggest that cloe and max got married. Chloe probably in south America working with young children that are poor. Because I believe when the two brothers talked to cloe step dad that. Both of them are happy together. Suggesting that max saved her best friend and went further than best freinds

I never played LIS and I still recognized Max from the first shot 😂

To add more to the owl theory. Iv noticed Max has an Owl pin on her green jacket. Its even on the trailer thumbnail its just small. 🦉 Another small detail I noticed was it very well could just be a ring but Max does have a ring in her ring finger so who knows if that plays a bigger role. Maybe its from Chloe? I know alot of people are concered about not seeing Chloe but I have faith that even if its only very breif she will make an appearance some how in Double Exposure 🤞

also saw it on twitter and taught it was a movie, BUT DAMN THE MOMENT THE WALL OF MAX'S AGAIN IS JUST WOW GOT GOOSEBUMPS (I also didn't recognize her at first because she was so different).

MAJOR SPOILERS ON WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SAY SO PLEASE DON'T READ IT IF YOU DON'T WANT ANY SPOILERS. AS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO READ THE COMICS AND PLAYED THE FIRST LIFE IS STRANGE GAME, YOU'RE GOOD TO READ THIS. I will not dive into the full story of the comics but just the general part of Max having the ability to go into different realities. I've read this one a long time ago and never revisited it so if I have said something wrong, pls feel free to correct it. So my theory goes that both the endings of Life is Strange is canon whatever you choose, because if you decided to sacrifice the Arcadia Bay, the story will continue in the comics as of early on she discovers that she has the ability to go into different timelines but she still doesn't have control over it yet, that is later in the comics with the help of Rachel, Chloe, and a guy (a new character). In this trailer it is completely shown that the old aged Max (I think she's around 28-29 in the trailer), she just discovered that she has the ability to shift into another timeline so meaning that this is the Max that sacrificed Chloe, it is also hinted because she vowed never to use her powers again because of what it caused in Arcadia Bay and made the big decision to sacrifice Chloe. That's very much it for my theory that this is the Max that sacrificed her Chloe.

I have a theory that Rachel will have a chance to come back to life, and have a happy life with Chloe and max.

Maybe Chloe became friends with Steph in Before the Storm because she looks so much like Max?

I feel like if they give max her fringe back it would look a lot like her. The hair she has now is very similar to Stephanie's middle part. I understand looks will change as you age but it makes max really recognizable.

If Chloe is part of the game, they won’t reveal her until very end because it takes away from the new story and new friendship with Safi they’ve created. I just mean everybody would be focused on Chloe, not Safi

I honestly feel like the this was supposed to be a game with a new character to play as, like in the last few life is strange game, but then maybe half way through they decided to add max in hopes for more sells

The whole FFVII outfit is so random but, Square Enix lol To those who have played FFVII as well - it would be foul if SE made Max into Cloud and her new dead friend into Aerith.

i’m really disappointed about the whole ultimate edition thing,with getting the first 2 chapters early because i’m definitely not gonna be able to avoid the spoilers with how much i’ve interacted with the lis fandom and it sucks 😭, hopefully nothing too groundbreaking happens during those chapters :,)

Got the deluxe edition and cant wait. Personally i think chloe will be in the game some way or another. I dont think itll be as a owl tho bc lets be honest, chloe wasnt very wise lol Also idk how people are saying that fordnt look like max, Imo it does and is just a older version which thats how it should be

there is also this photo which has max in it with some blonde girl, the blonde girl looks like rachel.... idk maybe it could be her....

maybe the trailer is based on the sacrifice chloe…

I’m sure the reason Chloe isn’t around is because the first game ended with you choosing to either save Chloe or Arcadia and the game will ask what you chose and that will decide whether Chloe is dead or alive somewhere else. They don’t want one of those choices to be more canon than the other.

I would pay more to play on my birthday

Honestly, I think the reason why they didn't reference Chloe in the trailer is because, based on the first game, you can't really make Chloe a main character in this one ... which is going to bother a lot of people. But think about it, based on how you played the first game, you either sacrifice Chloe or you sacrifice or Acadia Bay. So they had to make a game that did not revolve around either of those. Probably reference Chloe in the game somewhere, but it depends on how you played the original. I mean they did that with the second game and they only brought in Max and Chloe briefly as like a side thought. At the beginning of life is strange 2 they ask you, did you save Chloe or did you save Arcadia Bay, which affects how the game plays out. What I'm curious about is how are they going to handle a whole generation of people who never played the first game… Or are they just going to assume that nobody's going to jump in the middle?... the original game came out like nine years ago, so if you were nine years old, then you'd be like 18 now.

Max's face is bizarre in the sense that there's scenes where you totally recognize it's her (all the shots of her close inside house) and sometimes where she doesn't.

Thank you for this breakdown

Is the owl Chloe? Like the deer was Rachel?

Max looks like she is 24 now

Sorry but Crows are actually the birds often associated with death. Many cultures believe in a link between a crow and death. For example, ancient Native Americans believed that if someone died with an extreme sadness, sometimes a crow can bring that person back to life to get vengeance.

I wonder if Nathan Prescott is still alive.

Max only looks slightly different I don’t understand why everyone’s like shocked I mean she’s gonna look a little different considering the last time we saw her she was 18 and now she’s almost 30 💀 I believe in lis 2 she was 27 and Chloe was 28 since she’s older than max by a few months. Also my theory is Rachel is gonna be in the alternate timeline along with Chloe

This is also the Reason i did not know of this tho! i saw some pics here or there and a snipped of the trailer etc but was like... nah.. then i watched the whole trailer etc and was like... WAIT! this supposed to be MAX? they should at least adjust 1-2 things etc. Im not really a fan of that multiverse stuff btw. cause Multiverses turn many things to shit tho. Look at Marvels newer stuff..

Finally someone else noticed the owl. I have a few theories and considerations I've formed so far: At 1:33 in the bottom right hand corner we can see a picture of a dog and underneath it says "Chloe", and down to the right there's a photo of a town in Mexico (LiS2?) that seems to be called Merida. The dog in the picture that says Chloe kinda looks like Pompidou but I strongly doubt it's her, so maybe Max has a dog that she named after Chloe? And in the photo of the building at the bottom, right next to Max's body, we can see the same building from the beginning of the trailer: could it be Pan Estates? Back in LiS1 at some point there was a plan of Pan Estates that said "Lobby Level", and the shapes seem to match, so in this game Pan Estates could be finished? But that wouldn't make sense because the school in the game is not Blackwell (it appears to be called Caledon or Galedon University, as we can see at 0:35). And up above there's a photo of a red barn, like the barn from the first game that hid the Dark Room. Also, in the trailer's ending (which is also the the thumbnail) Max is wearing a bunch of rings, which probably indicate a bond to someone, and she's wearing a bird-shaped pin, which is not really Chloe's bluejay as would be obvious, but it looks like an owl. The owl in the beginning of the trailer, so I think the owl could be someone's spirit animal: the trailer makes it seem like it's Max's, but we know from the first game that her spirit animal is the doe, so whose is it? Safi's? Don't know, we've never seen owls in Life is Strange except for the barn owl in the... well, barn, from the first game. Plus at minute 1:31 in the bottom left hand corner there appear to be some bottles? THOSE bottles? They could be something else since they're out of focus and there's a picture of some bowling pins on the right, but I've never seen brown pins?

homie you really reaching with the whole Steph and max thing XD

Thanks for the spoiler about the comics. SMH. Otherwise, good review and narrative on the upcoming LIS game

bro, I'm sad.... I didn't like the way Max came back, the premise of the story didn't make me happy......., I honestly don't trust deck nine with this life is strange

man just get the basic game..

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Look max getting older why yall have problem over her look really just deal with it move on

They do not look alike

Im praying we will get to see Chloe again kissing Max too. My gayness is raising. Please Deck Nine make it possible

Im praying we will get to see Max kiss Chloe again please DeckNine my gayness is raising. Also 2 weeks is scummy i hate it

Trailer looks like ass and super cheap and everything is bad and no Chloe will also make the game suck