![]() ![]() It's a unique mix that should make Night School's future productions ones to watch, and this an auspicious debut. It's more subtle than that, and less demanding of your time.)īesides its unique approach to game storyline delivery, which I think will be studied and copied in the future, Oxenfree shows some smart thinking about the relationship between games and players. ![]() (Note that I am not saying that Oxenfree makes you play it over and over again. Heres a look at new gameplay of Oxenfree, showing the aftermath of Alexs radio tampering.Subscribe to us on YouTube Gaming. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. The game plays with time-shifting, and does so in a way that encourages multiple playthroughs, and it seems to be quite aware that a second playthrough of a videogame is, in and of itself, a sort of time-loop, a repeating of the past in an effort to change it. I don't want to spoil anything, but Oxenfree's final moments have some interesting meta-commentary. But the way it finishes may leave you with more questions than answers, and given its relatively short turnaround (and opportunities to alter the dialogue with your choices), you may decide to immediately start it up and play it through again. It feels like less because it moves so quickly and so intriguingly from bit to bit. The player controls Alex, a high-school girl. You'll finish Oxenfree in about four hours, give or take. Oxenfree is an adventure game that was released on January 15, 2016, developed by Night School Studio. So if you take a moment to stop following the story and start looking for hidden secrets, the game's cast of loquacious Chatty Cathys all go completely radio silent for the duration. This falls apart a little in the game's second half, because while Oxenfree gives you a sidequest to complete late in the game, all the dialogue is tied to the story progression. The dialogue keeps up its rapid-fire delivery all the way through the story, as you're exploring. What she finds is more than she bargained for. Interrupt someone, and they might come back later to what they'd been talking about, in a way that sometimes sounds almost too natural to have been pulled up on the fly by a computer program. Community Hub OXENFREE II: Lost Signals Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. Various speech bubbles pop up around her head, and you can select an option (or not) if you want to interject an opinion. 3:44 PM Oxenfree Takes 4 Hours to Play, But It's Full of Brilliance Oxenfree's a short game, but there's a lot going on under the surface. It didn't take long before I found myself quite invested in these characters, interested in the dynamics that quickly popped up between them-and being asked to make some on-the-fly decisions about what Alex, the protagonist, should say or do. One thing to keep in mind is that your actions often interrupt any ongoing. It sounds like a natural, vibrant conversation, and it moves fast. Oxenfree's gameplay is very straightforward with lots of walking and talking. The lines of dialogue, precisely and wittily written and delivered, come fast and furious. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong. Its unique approach to game storytelling is apparent from its first moments, as we watch a group of teenagers chatter while riding a ferry to a nearby island. The First 19 Minutes of Oxenfree 10 Minutes of Mysterious Oxenfree Gameplay 10:15. Points Shop News Labs All Games > Adventure Games > Oxenfree Community Hub Oxenfree Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. I made the mistake of starting the game and then choosing to go to bed 6 hours later because I had meetings. Oxenfree's a short game, but there's a lot going on under its surface.Īvailable today on PC and Xbox One, and published in partnership with Robert Kirkman's shop Skybound, Oxenfree is the debut project of Night School Studio, founded by two cousins with experience making games at Disney and Telltale. I just finished my playthrough of Oxenfree. ![]()
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