Dear community,
After Luna, it’s time to meet Zoé, Twinsen’s “best friend”!
She loves to fix all kinds of everyday objects for her fellow citizens… but she also dreams of visiting the world. 🌎
How do you feel about her? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Ben
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“best friend” ?
*wink wink*
When I was a kid I had a crush on Zoe when I played the original LBA games. I even went on stage at a pantomime and they asked me if I had a girlfriend (I didn’t) but I said yes her name is Zoe lol. 🙂 Just a funny and cringe story for you all.
That’s so cute! I think I wished Twinsen was my boyfriend too, so I was just as cringe 🙂
I named by daughter Zoe, its a name that stuck with me after playing this game from childhood.
As for adding a sister and shining a spotlight on Zoe, I dont care, I care about the mythical foreign environments and beautiful high resolution levels i got to walk around in that captivated me to feel like I was exploring this world for the first time.
Youve changed the art style, youre remoulding the importance of the game, i got a feeling thjs is going to flop and the fan base is going to disintegrate from dissappointment.
Wish you kept the recipe and just made more of that better, instead you forgot what made LBA great in the first place.
Best friend… suuuuuuuuuuuure
In the trailer, i thought she was his sister… now they are best friends?
What happen to Zoé?
I hope its not something woke.
She is Twinsens “best friend” Wink wink… I’m sure in this game they are going to develop their relationship.
that’s Luna ure talking about, a new character and also twinsen’s little sister!
Luna is his sister, featured in the trailer. She’s a new character.
Zoé and Twinsen will probably have more of a story together this time around, instead of her just already being his girlfriend from the beginning like in the original version.
Seems like a great addition, imho. =)
Loved it!!! ♥♥♥
Best friend *elbow nudge* *wink, wink*…. Yeah right 👍🏼 😂
Ew, she looks ugly as fffffk. Almost like she was species-swapped into an Esmer…
I want to like this but no matter how hard I try I just kind of hate this art style. It doesn’t feel like the original to me, feels more like teen titans or something.. sorry 😔 Also not really a fan of story changes, clearly I’m getting old but the whole reason you have this project is because people were (and are) strong fans of the original games. Please don’t ruin it..
As a longtime fan who was given LBA2 in 1997 when I was a little girl, I am intensely familiar with the original games.
Zoe was definitely an inspiration to me, and I loved the relationship between her and Twinsen.
That being said, I’m really excited that this world of Twinsen is still familiar to me but like an alternate reality (or even prequel), which provides more ways to love the world of Twinsun. I think a direct remake of the story would have just led to people complaining it doesn’t have the nostalgia of the original game, because so many fans still replay the originals over and over.
So for what it’s worth, I like the direction you’ve chosen, and I can’t wait to play!
Keep up the amazing work 🙂
No more in love ?
It… It literally says she loves Twinsen with all her heart… Also the “” around “best friend” is a clear indicator that it’s not just friendship going on.
Too interracial, this isn’t the Twinsen I remember.
Right! When Twinsen comes black??
Loving the pace of these updates. Feels like this project is finally really on a roll!
It’s really sad that Twinsen and Zoe got divorced, though it’s not surprising after several decades spent together. I’m glad they at least stayed best friends; it could have been worse if Twinsen had ended up without a home, savings, etc.
haha
Jaime bien pour le coup comment elle est réinterprétée visuellement pour cette version, j’espère qu’elle aura un rôle plus important sur certaines séquences. Mais effectivement, ils ne sont plus mariés ? je ne comprends pas si c’est un changement global du personnage avec sa relation avec Twinsen ? tant qu’ils finissent amoureux, ça me rassure ^^
“Best Friend”. She is his wife. She was happy being a Mum and making their house lovely. Now she’s ANOTHER empowered female character that ‘fixes things’. Just put her in Space Marine armour and have her jump pack out the sky and win every battle while Twinsen hides behind a rock like the emasculated men of 2024.
What’s with the claw hands and faces like my kid draws in Primary School? Jesus, you are REALLY making sure this bombs.
She’s his wife and pregnant in LBA2. Here, we are remaking LBA1, so before that
Yes. “Best friend”, in quotes, because they’re not JUST best friends. Are you people illiterate? And what do you mean “Who just fixes things”, you’ve only known this now? She’s literally the one who fixes Twinsen’s car in the second game. Did you guys play these games at all? Or are you just here to complain about wokeness like a bunch of idiots?
Thank you mate. I’m so tired of people watching for any nuance that they can call it “woke”, complain and cry like babies without even knowing what they are talking about. Also, if Zoe has a stronger role in this remake, it’s only logical that developers give her more depth, hobbies, strenghts, etc.
For real though, thank you for the reminder! Honestly, the love is absolutely there in the game, the artstyle and character changes are very light, and only unify the whole so much more in my opinion.
Wow… You must be great at parties huh? Your clearly thinking of the second game in the franchise where this is a remake of the first one, but even still I cant think of a reason giving a girl a job makes her a “super empowered space marine” that cant also have a kid and like home decor but you do you I guess. I cant think of a single game that had an emasculated man in it hiding behind a girl, that didnt have a girl as the main protagonist of said game so what are YOU playing? Also you just put down your own kids artwork because you dont like a new studios artstyle? Grow up. You remember their hands were just balls in the original right?
Three fused fingers instead of balls is a big progress… The game is raw… a more powerful “Unreal Engine” could probably solve this problem… so that the number of fingers would be at least like Bart Simpson.
C’mon now, I understand the fear of something being touched up in a negative way, but it is stated that she’s Twinsen’s “Best Friend”. In quotation marks! And the bio clearly states she’s “in love”. We’re getting how they got from friends-still-to-make-the-step to a couple to a married couple with a child on the way, so there’s the whole love story here. I think it’s great. The original two games already estabilished her as very mechanical savvy (it’s her who repairs the car in 2, while pregnant!), so while understand the fear of another girlboss character the jumper is again a very much logical addition to her looks, especially considered she’s not the one being kidnapped/arrested this time (as far as we know…).
With the addition of Luna/the sister character the new story kinda writes itself, but it will be interesting nonetheless (and I’m open to surprises).
The only thing I don’t understand is why her eyes are not blue anymore. @_@
Looks always angry for me. I’d adjust the upper eyelid shape a bit 🙂
So.. in the picture of them…
Is Twinsen black now… or is Zoe somehow insanely pale?
Black Twinsen… But why???? He was good enough in the old games. Why do you need to change his race/color??
Because “the message”
Because 2024
I like that you changed the role of Zoé in the story, so they can develop relationship through the adventure. This gives the whole story a bit more depth in my opinion. I do not know why so many people fail to see this.
Although I find her face too mean and a bit scary. I think it is because of her eyes.
Very Cool! Her being a mechanic explains how she managed to fix the car in the next game! That was always wierd to me for some reason. Im super loving this. Keep it up yall!
Wooo, a complicated relationship 🙂
Zoe looks awesome!!!
Well done! You do everything to make the original iconic!
Why is Twinsen not black enough?
Did you get some sweet BlackRock money or why is Twinsen brown?
This company makes so much effort to absolutely RUIN the original game with this art style and all this woke stuff making Twinsen seemingly black. Jesus. The fans deserve much better in my opinion!
Am I the only one that really loves the art style? Obviously, it doesn’t look like the original, it’s been 30 years since. I think it’s close enough, given that the original also had kind of a cartoonish style. A remake, however, is entitled to have its own personality, details that make it kinda unique and original. If you want the classic material, just play the classic game. It’s on Steam my gosh.
About the sempiternal aversion for any kind of “woke” material (non-existent IMO), let’s just say two things. First, if Zoe has a more important role in the game, or a job, or some hobbies or things she is good at, is that a problem? I suggest you search “Ellen Ripley” on google. You will see that women with personality, strength and/or courage used to exist before someone decided to use the word “woke” as an insult. It’s not called “wokeness” it’s called “good writting”. Second, look for artworks of the original game. You will see that Twinsen actually had a somewhat dark skin tone. Check this image, it’s a screenshot of the original intro. The resolution is low but his “darkish” skin tone is noticeable. For some reason, the in-game model was very pale, though.
I loved the original game because it was a romantic story about saving your girlfriend. Now Twinsen’s motivations are to save his sister. It’s a whole different concept, not romantic. I’m disappointed.
How can you say that? You haven’t played the game
Windows 11 only Steam could have prevented him, since demo itself works on Windows Seven.
Bring Twinsen his original skin tone !
already making character development for the series or the new remake series
I cant wait to see the Esmers in the second remake
Please too introduce planet Zirla, mentioned in originals only by its name