radiofloyd Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Oxenfree was released way back in January which I guess makes it a retro title by today's standards. I don't know about the PS4 or Xbox One but it's currently heavily discounted on Steam so now is as good a time to pick it up as any. As it turns out, I already own it. It looks like this. I just played it for sixteen minutes so I can give you sixteen minutes worth of impressions. So far it's been a pleasant side-scrolling walk and talk simulator. Not a million miles from Life is Strange if Life is Strange was side-scrolling. The conversations so far have been kind of typical preppy American teenage stuff. At the beginning of the game the characters are heading to some kind of after dark party on an island. The main point I'd like to make is that the game has a really good electronic soundtrack. The art style has a bit of Kentucky Route Zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 bought this myself today because it was cheap on Steam, hopefully I'll get a chance to play it this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Yeah I bought it too, looks interesting, doubt I'll get time to play it until the new year at least though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 Played this for another half an hour, I really like it. I like the jazz music that you can tune in on the radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 Finished this. Took me 5.3 hours at my snail's pace. I hope nobody bought it on the strength of my recommendation, it's really not very good. It's interesting for an hour or two but it quickly becomes tedious. I said that it has a good electronic soundtrack - it doesn't, a lot of the time the background is just static, but the audio is one of the better elements of the game, especially the snatches of random music and dialogue you can tune in on the radio. It's an interesting idea, and I like this concept for a game (walking along, having conversations) and it's definitely something a bit different, but the gameplay itself is tedious and the story is not interesting. And the dialogue is just awful. A large chunk of it anyway. I'm surprised it has a Very Positive rating on steam. I'd give it a 5 or a 6 out of 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 It got a load of praise from some of the big American sites when it was released, I'll blame them if its shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroed Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 I didn't think much of Oxenfree. I only finished it because it wasn't very long. I concur with @radiofloyd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey_chaser Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Picked this up for £3.99 on the Switch and i'm enjoying it so far. I'm probably about two hours in? It seems quite well written - I'm enjoying the dialogue choices and the whole step brother dynamic going on. Also - fuck Clarissa. Bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroed Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 I bought it again in the sale despite not being a huge fan of it back in October '16. I think it might have been a case of just me playing it at a bad time, so I'm definitely going to go through it again at some point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey_chaser Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 It's giving me very similar vibes to Dark on Netflix. Probably why i'm enjoying it so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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