The creepy-island-at-night setting would be wasted if the group stayed on the beach drinking all evening, so of course they split up early. Compared to a platformer, however, Oxenfree’s navigation is low-key, with climbing a rock or jumping a gap as simple as pressing a button or key. Most movement occurs to the right, left, up, or down, but Oxenfree does have some depth with the ability to walk “into” or “away from” the screen.
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On PC you can play with a gamepad or the WASD and arrow keys (plus the mouse to select dialogue options), with navigation reminiscent of a side-scrolling platformer. I liked this aesthetic and only minded the lack of dynamic cameras and close-ups during a few “Do you see what I see?” type conversations where I didn’t know what I was supposed to be looking at. The third-person perspective is zoomed out, with the characters relatively small on the screen so you get a good sense of the area around them. They’re easily stereotyped, but each of these characters has more going on than appears on the surface-you just might need multiple playthroughs to plumb their depths. You play as a blue-haired girl named Alex and are almost always accompanied by one or more of her companions: her dorky best friend Ren, her nice guy stepbrother Jonas, the quiet girl Nona, and the queen bitch Clarissa. A story does unfold, but it’s more like you’re living through it than directing the action, thanks to the game’s fluid dialogue system.
Most of the 4-5 hour experience is spent exploring, conversing, and listening. At the same time, it’s not a Telltale-style interactive drama (despite some of its team having previously worked there).
If you’re looking for a traditional adventure game, look elsewhere. Let’s get this out of the way up front: Oxenfree is a story-focused, dialogue-heavy game with next-to-no puzzle-solving.
#Oxenfree new game plus movie
They might not survive the night.Ĭhances are you’ve seen a horror movie with a setup like this, but you’ve never played a game like Oxenfree, the debut from Night School Studios. At 8pm on a Friday night, five teenagers arrive on the military base-turned-tourist attraction Edwards Island to hang out, drink, and go ghost hunting. Present day, somewhere in the Pacific Northwest.
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