Oxenfree is wholeheartedly one of the best experiences you can have playing games. It is a cornerstone example of how stories can be told in an interactive media, and how to build a supernatural tone around 'average' characters without exaggerating...
There's a special place in my heart for mystery and suspense stories. Good ones are hard to come by, and great ones are far more rare. When a developer wants to intertwine these elements into a game that isn't going to see much action, it's a risk. The...
Storytelling in games has become pleasantly varied in recent years, not just in terms of mechanics and methods of delivery, but in the kinds of themes that are explored and emotions that are channeled. Wish fulfilment fantasies, grandiose epics, and...
Night School Studio has delivered a shining example of narrative excellence with Oxenfree. The story, the characters, the look, and the sound all come together to create an unforgettable series of wonderful...
Oxenfree spins a supernatural mystery with some truly brilliant touches, but without especially interesting characters or mechanics, it's little more than a spectre of its true...
Don't expect puzzles or fast action or hours and hours of adventuring (around 4-5, most likely), and don't expect Oxenfree to apologise for any of that. It knows what it is and it's comfortable with it; to be a slice of intrigue and warmth capable of telling its well-written story without outstaying its welcome, and happy to leave a few moments of its fun night's adventure behind even when nothing remains of the campfire but ash.
Despite its affinity for the supernatural, Oxenfree‘s soul is firmly planted in reality. It asks big questions, challenging you to consider how you interact with others and what you hold dear in life. Its vocal performances don’t always do it justice, but the underlying emotions of the characters shine through, spinning a deeply resonant narrative that begs to be replayed thanks to the branching dialogue options and multiple endings. Night School Studio’s debut release is spooky, touching, and beautiful, and an adventure absolutely worth experiencing.
Oxenfree is short, at around four-to-five hours, but like Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, it's the perfect length for what it is. It's not exactly challenging, and if you're stuck it's usually because you failed to spot something obvious – just check...
Oxenfree exhibits a lot of potential that it doesn't always live up to. Its length is disappointing, and it seems to favor quantity over quality when it comes to the all-important speech bubbles. And that art style and character design is held at a distance; the camera is so zoomed out that the (very limited) overworld never quite feels like home.
A beautiful story-driven adventure game with a compelling story and great characters, set on an island filled with intriguing mysteries.
To Oxenfree's credit, it kept me engaged the whole way through. I constantly wanted to see where it was going and where my choices would lead. Night School Studio clearly wasn't afraid to experiment and try some different and interesting things with presentation in regards to a narrative-based, choice-driven game. As much as I loved parts of the overall experience, others let me down. Even so, I enjoyed learning about these characters and seeing them grow through my actions.
Oxenfree is more than a ghost story with a Freaks and Geeks-like coating. It's a tale of coping with loss, broken relationships, and the inflexibility with which teenagers deal with sudden change, all layered under an alarming paranormal encounter.
OxenFree is a supernatural teen thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. Players control Alex, who brings her new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight party gone wrong off the coast of their...
Literally the only thing stopping Oxenfree for Windows 10 getting a perfect score are the graphical hiccups in full screen mode. It's an unnecessary distraction from what is, simply put, a masterpiece. The story is incredibly well written, the voice...
Oxenfree really came out of the middle of nowhere for me. There I was, being a new dad again with a sick baby in the hospital, when I received the email with the code to review Oxenfree.I tried to hand it off to another writer thanks to my recent time...
Oxenfree's easy to like, with its inspired dialogue system feeling like a step forward for this genre. It's the lack of challenge and compelling gameplay that leaves it a few steps...
Image: Night School StudioWhat happens when a bunch of teenagers have their mundane lives interrupted by a chance encounter with the supernatural? Provided you've watched any TV or seen any movies in the past, say, 40 years, you know the answer: They...
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Alors que je blâmais il y a quelques mois le jeu Virginia pour son absence de gameplay ainsi que son scénario et sa narration tombant dans un surréalisme symbolique gratuit et non justifié, Oxenfree est arrivé sur mon bureau en se présentant comme étant...
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Though it came out at the beginning of 2016 and we are now nearing the end of 2016, I finally got around to playing Oxenfree. I wasn't quite sure what the game was about: having bought it in the Halloween Sale, I suspected it must be something spooky,...
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Das liegt auch an dem hervorragenden Soundtrack, der mit seinen Synthie-Klängen genau den Nerv trifft und die Stimmung enorm unterstützt. Das ist große Kunst, die man hier hört. Auch das Auge kommt nicht zu kurz dank des wunderbaren Grafikstils, bei dem...
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