Oxenfree

Amazing game! Amazing story! Very very weird. One of the best story games I've played in a very long time.

The game reminded me of Life is Strange and Stranger Things. You have a story with teenagers who cross paths with something supernatural. If you enjoy stories like that, you will enjoy this game as well. You have choices to make and in the end you will see how many people made the same choice (or a different one). You have a teenage drama tangled with heavier themes. My main issues with the game is that the characters talk a lot. Sometimes they won't shut up. And then there are choices. When you are presented with options to respond, you don't have much time to properly read the dialogue, yet alone to consider your answer. Then you end up being silent or picking whatever you manage to click first. But overall, it's an enjoyble experience with interesting game mechanic. And after finishing it the first time you want to start a New Game+.

Let me start off by saying that this game is short, real short. I beat it in 4 hours and honestly even if I had gone back and tried to find all the collectibles it still likely would have only been 7 hours max. With that said though, I could definitely see this game having a lot of replayability for those who are looking for it. There are multiple endings, lots of secrets and a great deal of variable dialogue. This game does dialogue trees in a really great way, because you have to respond quickly most of the time since the text basically just vanishes after popping up, meaning that most of the time your responses are off the cuff what you're thinking of, rather than plotting out dialogue choices. This also means you really have to pay attention to the story and dialogue if you want to be involved in it at all. The voice acting is pretty good, and the writing's pretty solid as well, and has a lot of depth to the dialogue, the characters and the way the story builds over the course of your playthrough. There is however, like has been said, very little gameplay in the traditional sense. The game play is mostly just walking and talking with some very light puzzle mechanics. The game is quite charming though, and I was definitely engaged for the 4 hours it took me to beat it this evening. Overall, it gets my recommendation if you're looking for a decent chunk of story in a laid back casual setting, or if you're just looking for an engaging piece for a short period of time, with the option for replayability afterwards.

Great game. Great story. Great everything.

There is not too much gameplay, you just walk and use your radio someties. The story is very good, the voice acting is very good. You have a lot of choices wich means replay value, After I finished it for the first time I just started a new playtrought and things were different right from the start. The art is very good too. This is in my top 3 indie games, maybe even the 1st.