Oxenfree 2

[FnG]magnolia · 14 Jul 2023 at 12:12

Team, if you liked the original Oxenfree back in 2016 (!) then you will most likely like this too. I'm four hours in and it's spooky, the conversations are on point, and it has the same mostly-linear-story-barred-progression from the first one. These are positives.

Seems to be getting positive reviews out and about:

Steam stuff

Eurogamer 4/5 stars (standard)

kotaku, if you like that sort of thing

RPS no clear outcome based on a review build (odd).

caff · 14 Jul 2023 at 12:15

Yeah enjoying it so far. I'd forgotten how "talky" the first game was though, and this is the same.

Fortunately the script is good, the spookiness is great, and it looks beautiful.

jklc · 16 Jul 2023 at 18:24

I saw it was a Netflix game for mobiles and it's decent on the go too. Only thing so far is that they didn't take into account the screen size so the optional letter pickups are barely readable.
I saw some middling reviews too but an hour or two in and it's pretty much more of the same. I enjoyed the first game and have no doubt this will be up there for me too.

[FnG]magnolia · 23 Jul 2023 at 22:28

I finished this over the weekend. Very, very good with the obvious caveat being if you didn't like the first one you certainly won't like this one. Some of the reviews have picked up on a feeling of being spoon-fed the story, or at least it being more immediately obvious how the spooky stuff fits in and I'd agree with that. It helps remove the question marks but does feel a bit on the nose at some points. The voice cast are amazing, it's beautifully drawn, and it feels very real which doesn't happen too often in video games.

It also leaves an impression long after the credits have finished and much like films, that's a pretty high watermark.