But, while you control all of the action from its stunning 2D perspective, the focus here is a slow exploration – both of the environment and the interaction between characters. Oxenfree offers more moment-to-moment control than many interactive narratives. Happiness, horror, and relief are all believable – as is the panic as they see friends drop from windows. While their tiny forms manage to inject personality with their animation, this is nothing compared to how much emotion their voices convey. This is all, in no small part, down to the voice acting. This while watching the gang of teens seemingly die over and over becomes affecting. The creepy voices of the voices on the radio send shivers down your spine as they cycle through stations to communicate. It is chilling, which is impressive considering the comic 2D look. You repeatedly witness your friends die, only to reappear in seconds possessed and with glowing eyes. These changes begin unnervingly, but quickly become devastating. Cryptic messages start to pour through and within moments everything goes wrong.įrom here you are plunged into a cryptic horror story, filled with time loops that have you reliving events - albethey slightly altered. In the caves you find an odd disturbance that you can tune into with your radio. Looking for a way to escape from Clarissa, you and Jonas break off from the group to explore a cave, which is where things start to get… freaky. This system drives many of your discoveries - both of the people and the world - and also impacts the way the story plays out.
You use the intuitive controls to pick between responses to questions and join in with conversations. These opening moments set the scene and establish the dynamics between the characters.
The dynamics are like a powder keg – and with Clarissa throwing lit matches where ever she can, the situation soon blows up. Soon after beginning you find yourself on a beach. With you on this trip, you have your new step brother, Jonas your neurotic stoner best friend, Ren your brothers ex, Clarissa and her best friend, Nona… who Ren fancies. You play as Alex, a girl who recently lost her brother to drowning.
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