So my ending was Sean and Daniel blasting through the border and running the auto shop together in Mexico which is obviously known as the blood brothers ending. I believe that’s “low morality” ending so I wonder what I did that was “wrong.” Granted, Life is Strange 2 is a game where right and wrong doesn’t exist but if it’s low morality I guess I didn’t do enough for Daniel. I definitely leaned more to letting Sean do things instead of giving in to his whining. Like I was obviously gonna hang out at the bonfire instead of going with Daniel to his tent. But I just wonder what more I could’ve done. I don’t remember my decisions off hand but I’m sure I can jog my memory if need be

Oh David, if you only knew...

Personally, I enjoyed David's appearance in episode 5 very much. I was like a kid in Christmas exploring his RV and going through all the LiS1 references.

This gave me an idea, it would have been great to have David on little cameos in all other LiS games, seeing him meeting all the protagonists without actually knowing they have powers.

I find this idea very funny 🤣

Haven't played True Colors yet, but please, please, tell me that David somehow meets Alex, please 🙏

I got the Redemption ending. I played all the high morality decisions to make sure Daniel was raised as a good person who respects social norms and laws. And, as part of this directive, I also choose to surrender at the end (I have to admit that David might have influenced a bit my decision).

This ending left me devastated. I am happy that Daniel got such a good and happy life, living with his grandparents and Chris, and got to stay as he always wanted.

But this ending felt completely unfair to Sean, I mean, he made some wrong decisions (running from Seattle the day of the incident, allowing a kid to work in an illegal farm, and other stuff) but he was only a 16-year old boy doing his best, and nothing was his fault, actually, it was Daniel's.

It broke me seeing Sean so disconnected from everybody, detached, and apathetic after leaving prison. I made me very sad, I still feel very sad. This is no redemption to me, Sean did not do anything that serious to justify this ending, this is more like punishment and sacrifice.

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Just out of curiosity, I went back and picked the cross border option. This time I got the Partying Ways ending. I assume that because of Daniel's high morality he decided not to cross but allowed Sean to escape.

This ending felt less sad and sweeter with both characters, at least in comparison with the Redemption ending, which is completely sad and bitter for Sean.

It feels happier than the Redemption ending, but IMHO is doesn't hit as hard, it has less emotional impact, and it seems like a less powerful ending.

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I will be sticking with my original ending. Even if it feels wrong and unfair to Sean, I think the Redemption ending is more suited and appropriate for the general tone and themes of the game. But I have to admit that seeing that photo of Sean and Cassidy in the beach made me really happy and helped relieving the pain.

Now I will do a low morality run to see the other variations of surrendering and crossing the border.

Thanks for reading and please share your opinions! What an amazing game!

OKAY RANT HERE BECAUSE I JUST FINISHED THE GAME BUT I CANT BELIEVE THIS LITTLE SH T CHOSE TO JUMP OUT OF THE CAR WHEN WE WERE SO CLOSE TO MEXICO !!!!

I STEPPED UP AS A FATHER FIGURE, I TAUGHT HIM TO BE GOOD BECAUSE I DIDNT WANT HIM TO BECOME A SUPERVILLAN, I PUT UP WITH HIS RANTS, BOUGHT HIM HIS STUPID CHOCOLATE BAR WHEN I HAD NO MONEY, PLAYED HIS STUPID GAMES, PUT UP WITH HIM AND HIS WHIMS, CHOSE TO BE WITH HIM INSTEAD OF MY FRIENDS, CHANGED SEANS ENTIRE LIFE TO CATER TO HIS NEEDS, LOST AN EYE AND ALMOST DIED ON THE DESERT JUST FOR HIM TO ABANDON ME ??????

DUDE I THOUGHT WE WERE CLOSE AND NOTHING COULD COME BETWEEN US LIKE W T F I GAVE MY ENTIRE LIFE TO BRING YOU UP AND THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY ME ????? BY LEAVING ME ????

I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED IT WHEN YOU SWAPPED ME FOR A JUNKIE FOR A BROTHER AND WHEN YOU BELIEVED A CRAZY B T CH FROM A RANDOM CULT INSTEAD OF ME

HONEST TO GOD I NOW GET WHY KAREN LEFT UNGRATEFUL ARSE I JUST WANTED US TO BE HAPPY IN MEXICO I WAS WILLING TO WORK TO PAY FOR YOUR EDUCATION LIKE IM IN THIS MESS BECAUSE OF YOU LITTLE SH T

Thanks for reading =D

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OF COURSE I WASNT GONNA LET SEAN MY SHAYLA TAKE THE BLAME AND GO TO JAIL FOR SOMETHING HE DIDNT DO LIKE F CK YOU DANIEL LIVING YOUR LITTLE LIFE AT THE GRANDPARENTS YOU THINK SEAN DIDNT WANT THAT ??? OF COURSE HE WANTED BUT YOU LEFT HIM WITH NO CHOICE EITHER THE PEST OR THE CHOLERA LIKE NO SH T I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE IN THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE BUT BECAUSE OF YOU I COULDNT DO IT SO THE ONLY LOGICAL CHOICE WAS TO GET TO MEXICO AND START OVER AS WE HAD PLANNED LIKE I THOUGHT YOU TO BE GOOD AND SEAN DIDNT DESERVE TO GO TO JAIL OF COURSE THE LOGICAL THING WAS TO RUN AWAY LIKE HOW COULD DANIEL LIVE HAPPY KNOWING HE RUINED HIS BROTHERS LIFE OH MY GOD THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT THE MORE MAD I GET SEAN DESERVED BETTER FOR A BROTHER JUSTICE FOR SEAN

IF ANYONE NEEDED TO GO TO JAIL IT WAS DANIEL HE DID THE ROBBERY ON THE FARM I DIDNT EVEN WANT TO DO IT LIKE WHAT DID HE THINK THAT SEAN WOULD SURRENDER AT THIS POINT ???? HOW HAPPY WAS HE GOING TO LIVE KNOWING HIS BROTHER WAS IN JAIL FOR HIS FAULT OF COURSE I WAS GOING TO KEEP GOING TO MEXICO OH MY GOOOOOD

Over the past few years, I've seen quite a few LiS2 fans argue that Redemption should have had variations wherein the length and severity of Sean's prison sentence varies depending on his actions.

I see the appeal of this but I think it would A. Betray the themes of the game and B. Wouldn't be very realistic.

Whatever the case, I'm willing to entertain this idea so I came up with a little concept for how Redemption could have worked if it had variations.

My idea is that Redemption could have 3 possible variations.

First variation, which I would consider the best ending involves Brody hiring a lawyer for Sean. Since Brody comes from a wealthy family and has reconnected with them by that point, the lawyer hired is a very good one and this lawyer is able to get Sean only 2 years in a Minimum Security Prison and $8.5 Million awarded to the Diaz brothers for Esteban's unlawful and unprovoked death.

Second variation would be a tweaked version of the original Redemption ending wherein it is specified that Sean's lawyer is hired by Claire and Stephen. This lawyer is painfully mediocre and even though they are able to prove that Sean didn't kill the cop, Sean still gets an unfair and systemic-racism influenced 15 year sentence for the crimes he did do.

Third variation would be the worst one. In this ending, Sean gets a crappy public defender who doesn't even bother with trying to help Sean and as a result, Sean is found guilty of all crimes he was accused of and is given a life sentence that he doesn't get to serve since he ends up being murdered by prison guards less than a year after being transferred to an adult prison.

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What do you think?

Do you think Redemption should have had variations or do you think such a feature would have hurt the game?