Clarissa is the group’s mean girl, always ready with a sharp barb or cutting remark in what is a fairly blatant display of a maladjusted defense mechanism. Best friend Ren is a weird little guy who deals with stress with (actually funny) humor, harbors at least one secret crush, and may or may not be seeing a therapist depending on how seriously you want to take a few throwaway lines. But, he’s deeper and more vulnerable than the smoldering bad boy you might be picturing. Her brand new half-brother Jonas (yeah, she’s meeting him for the first time at a kegger, it’s as awkward as it sounds) is from a bad neighborhood and is implied to have spent a little time in jail. Alex is a bright girl trying to redefine herself after a life-shattering loss The tone of the response is hinted at by the phrase in the word balloon similar to the system used in Mass Effect (and done noticeably better than in Fallout 4, I might add). Each conversation option is represented by word balloons you pick with a touch of a button. The single most mechanically meaningful thing you do in the game is respond to dialogue options in Aaron Sorkin-style “walk-and-talk” conversations that alternate seamlessly between sarcastic teen bonding, stick-a-knife-in-it awkward stand-offs, and genuinely touching moments. There are no real puzzles to solve, no panicky QTEs to click on, no last-minute boss fight to clumsily fumble through. Let me say it plainly, Oxenfree is very light on gameplay. It soaks it all in a phenomenal synth-heavy soundtrack from SCNTFC (Galax-Z, Sword & Sworcery) that perfectly alternates between wistful and unnerving. The normally smooth picture-book aesthetic of Oxenfree‘s world makes it all the more unnerving when the entity breaks its way into reality with Tron-like neon colors and sharp geometric shapes hanging unnaturally in the sky. The island destination is rendered in a gorgeous dreamlike art style of watercolors and soft light.
Testing out an urban myth involving radio signals and a spooky cave, they accidentally unleash a mysterious entity that seems to have a strange relationship to normal space and time and nothing but malicious intentions on them. Oxenfree starts with a group of teenagers having a party on an island tourist trap (and one-time military base) near their hometown. Oxenfree starts with a group of teenagers having a party on an island tourist trap
An intelligent conversation system that changes the story and your relationships based on every decision A unique radio mechanic that allows Alex to communicate with mysterious spectres and manipulate her world Art from Disney alum and an original soundtrack by scntfc (Sword & Sworcery, Galak-Z) Multiple mysteries to unravel, spanning decades and lifetimes Inspired by little-known events of World War II Featuring voice talent from The Wolf Among Us, The Walking Dead, Borderlands and more After they join up with their friends Nona and Clarissa, Alex begins to pick up strange signals emitting from a nearby cave on her radio. YOU determine every aspect of Alex’s story while exploring Edwards Island, uncovering the base’s dark past, and changing the course of your friends’ lives.
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