Oxenfree

Spent an afternoon on the game, really cool looking, dialogs are really cool, but you need to be focused on the game not to skip one. The story in itself is quite interesting. I feel like I need to do the game again and try different choices. Maybe a little expensive, but definitly worth in sales. (for myself I had it for free during sales)

This is a game of quicktime events of responses, to your friends everlasting talking about anything and everything. Do not expect to be given controll over your situation, just enjoy the ride, a very talkative ride. But by ride, i mean walking, real slow.. :/

The story in the game is great. I just felt like th choices at times where to quick to come up and if you clicked on something while somebody talked you kind interrupted the whole conversation at times so sometimes best to let them finish talking unless it comes to you making a choice then make it quick as you do not have long to pick one. Using the radio to tune into things was different and wasn't a bad thing. There are many choices that will effect the outcome of it all. The story with whats going on can be somewhat hard to get a grip about at the start but will clear up the further you get into it. For me it was a game to play through once and it was a nice experience but nothing that made me feel like I have to play it again.

I didn't like the game at first. The characters were annoying and I thought I didn't like the dialogue system. Boy I was wrong. After some minutes playing (15 minutes, I guess), I was hooked. The game is intriguing, the story is not obvious. Everything is short, but in the right pace. You start having feelings for the characters. My responses in the dialogue system started reflecting what I was feeling, rather my "strategy" for the game. That's not common. This is four hours you are not going to regret, or forget.

The game's story is enthralling. While I'm not usually into parnormal fantasies, this one really got me. I'd love to dive into the whole background even more, however the problem lies in the way it's served. The only option of skimming through the setting and the story behind it is by collecting letter pieces scattered all over the island. Which is a pity! In any other game these collectibles would be extra irrelevant items rather than this quite rudimentary pieces of information that give you actual data on the game's plot. To make it even worse, the exploration isn't at all that easy. Yes, you do walk around a lot, although with constraints felt all the time (and no "run" button as well). It's not an exploration-friendly game, really. Dialogues are another drawback. While interesting, you don't really get to interact the way you'd like to. You only get seconds to pick the line of your choosing and in the end your character might say something vaguely related to your selection. But, there are pros anyway. The characters, even though modelled as stereotypical american teenagers, are profound enough to make you think of them warmly. The story, like I said, is worth it. Graphical style is neat. The game is choice-driven, so (some of) your actions influence the ending (although early in the game you might choose sides unwittingly, as the importance of choices is unobvious). Note that the game has its creepy moments. I probably wouldn't play it while home alone at 3 AM. Long story short, some will like it, some won't. I, likely, won't replay it, even though the five hours of gameplay I had were OK. Or maybe it was "just OK".