![]() ![]() Whether solving puzzles, unlocking doors or even speaking with the ghosts in the game, Alex’s radio is her primary weapon, but this is a game without a traditional ending. This game will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered how far their real-world interactions stretch to influencing their friends. I found this a little frustrating – in the same way, Alan Wake’s constant search for batteries became something of a chore in the game of his name – but the open-world concept certainly kept me guessing. ![]() When Alex isn’t talking her and her friends out of trouble in Oxenfree, the overriding game mechanic is the radio Alex carries with her during the game, which you must tune into a specific frequency to get over obstacles or unlock segments the game. You can even choose to limit your character’s conversation and see the resultant thought bubble appear over the person with whom you’ve been talking to is a nice touch that real life could benefit from. Instead, the dialogue between characters is the gameplay, and you can change the contents of many speech bubbles throughout the game. There are no cut scenes whatsoever, a pretty ground-breaking choice given the lack of action. The game’s artwork won an Independent Games Festival award in 2016 for Excellence in Visual Art.Īlex walks and talks her way through most problems, ably abetted by her friends, but there’s no right or wrong path through the ghostly woods. ![]() What could go wrong? How about everything? It’s not just her stoner friend Ren who’s making Alex paranoid, as the characters come thick and fast in a forest environment that looks like it was painted in the 1900s before being digitally remastered. The chief protagonist in Oxenfree is Alex, who, along with her stepbrother Jonas, heads to a party on an island. Hey, we’ve all had those kinds of parties. It is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who head out to a party and unintentionally crack open more than a few cold drinks when they open a spectral rift in time. If you’ve ever wanted to walk through a world where darkness and mystery pursue you and your friends just to see if you can survive, Oxenfree might be the game for you. ![]()
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