Using the radio typically moves the story forward in a pretty linear way. It’s a clever game mechanic that ties in nicely with the lore of the island. A handheld radio, quickly activated with RB, tuned to various frequencies propels the majority of puzzles or plot-points. We are innately afraid of the unknown and there’s a sense of something hidden within distortion that drives the spooky factor way up. Oxenfree proves that distortion is almost always creepy. Such a production doesn’t exist, but it should. Oxenfree is a video game that feels like a true-to-source stage play translation. In fact, there’s not much user-interface (UI) to speak of and this minimalist approach serves Oxenfree nicely, placing little between the player and the unfolding story. Even more pleasing than selecting the phrases are the theatre-quality voice performances. It’s intuitive to the point that makes me wonder why this isn’t seen more often in games. Appropriately inline with its graphic novel art style, dialogue choices are presented as three speech bubbles that visually correlates with the X, Y, and B buttons on the Xbox One controller. That?” Yeesh! Just the thought of those moments gives me the creeps.Īside from the moody setting, the most notable aspect of Oxenfree is it’s dialogue system. Oxenfree will pop your mouth open with some horrifying imagery.
Likely because Night School Studio didn’t set out to develop Drink on the Beach Simulator, things take a turn for the supernatural. Don’t let the light-hearted opening or hand-made, nearly cartoon-ish aesthetic fool you. Oxenfree opens with a group of friends aboard a ferry headed to Edward Island – an unassuming urban myth-rich tourist destination – looking forward to a few cold drinks on the beach. A group of unknowing teenagers visit a creepy island and bring a batch of magic brownies along – what could go wrong? After a five-hour play-through of Night School’s creepy adventure game, Oxenfree, I’ve learned about as much can go right as wrong in 2016’s most notable game, so far.
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