Oxenfree

released on Jan 14, 2016

Oxenfree is a supernatural adventure game. Rites of passage and Senior year traditions set the stage for a group of friends sneaking off to Edwards Island, an old military outpost with no phone service. Players will take on the role of Alex as she brings her new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight party gone horribly wrong. Inspired by classic cult films like Stand by Me and Poltergeist, Oxenfree is an adventure that pulls from the past but looks to the present. “It’s a coming of age story where players control how their hero comes of age,” says Sean Krankel, co-founder of Night School. “We’re drawing on the fond and mortifying aspects of being in your late teens, and setting it against a dangerous and ghostly backdrop.”


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What. A. Game.
The most realistic and immersive dialogue in a video game I've ever seen. I thought this was gonna be like Night in The Woods where there's no voice acting, just like an interactive novel, but I was wrong. I actually don't think there's any game with better voice acting or dialogue like this, after the first scene I knew this game would be a masterpiece.
However, the movements were chunky, NPCs were moving weirdly, and there were many bugs especially the config with controller or something, but it doesn't matter when the dialogue is THAT immersive. Definitely on my top 3 games of all time, even though I haven't even completed all endings.

Al igual que el primero, es un juego de misterio, con tintes de peli de terror, pero sin llegar a dar miedo. Me ha enganchado muchísimo la historia, la forma en que mezcla varios elementos y diversos personajes. Le he cogido mucho cariño a todos los personajes y la decisión final se me hizo muy muy complicada. Pero la verdad que ha valido cada minuto de juego.

Reseña completa https://cozy-kis.bearblog.dev/oxenfree-ii/
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so i feel like this was my first real mobile game. i started playing it cause i couldn't sleep and it was chill to do while just laying in bed. and it probably kickstarted a long journey of playing actual good mobile games.

to go for bad stuff first: one thing i hated was the save system! i still don't know when the game actually saves, so i had to replay some parts multiple times :(

even though it's not crazy insane innovative, this game totally hooked me! it is actually scary at times and the audio design is super good. the conversation mechanic is also really cool and i haven't seen something like it before. i feel like my experience was not super deep but still really good, i'll def be playing the sequel.