Wander off in the middle of an important conversation, and your friends will react accordingly, asking you what the hell you’re doing. You can explore the environments while still engaging in conversation, sometimes to comedic results. Like any classic Aaron Sorkin scene, Oxenfree is built upon the idea of the “walk and talk.” The game doesn’t take control away from you just because you’re choosing which dialogue option to respond with - in fact, Oxenfree does not have cutscenes. The way you actually control Alex is interesting in and of itself.
Humanity is the core of Oxenfree - the rest of it is a bizarre and alluring mix of ghost story, horror movie, and a coming-of-age tale. Different voice bubbles represent Alex’s thoughts, and voicing certain opinions can hurt those around you, bring them closer, or create bonds between other people. We played a small chapter of Oxenfree, and saw their relationship develop in different ways in subsequent replays. “Alex and Jonas meet for the first time the night they head to the island, with their parents having recently decided to wed. "It's like Freaks & Geeks set against this super-f***ed-up phenomena,” said Krankel. Other times, you talk to some cave ghosts who may or may not transcend time. Maybe you try to calm a friend who’s tripping on a special edible. Sometimes, you just want to walk-and-talk with someone your best bud is crushing on. "Not every choice is about mortality or how bad you f*** somebody over,” Nightschool CEO Sean Krankel told IGN.
Leading lady Alex isn’t a super-powered heroine she’s a kid with genuine hurt weighing on her shoulders, and her actions and dialogue decisions are not The Walking Dead-level heavy. The island holds dark secrets that seem to transcend time and space, and it's that clash of realistic characters with paranormal elements that make Oxenfree such a refreshing, fascinating proposition.Įx-Telltale, ex-Disney developers head up Nightschool Studio, whose debut game Oxenfree is a thoughtful, slower-paced adventure game grounded in reality and underscored by the supernatural. But like any good story worth its weight, things quickly take a turn for the unexpected. Oxenfree begins innocuously enough, with high school seniors drinking on an island near their hometown, playing games, messing with each other, and generally just being friends.
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