A PlayStation 4 version is currently in the works. Oxenfree is available for Windows, Mac, and Xbox One. Sadly, I can’t recommend this game, and trust me, I tried to like it.ĭownload Oxenfree from Steam or Xbox Live – it costs $20. I don’t mind a coming of age story, I really do appreciate a well-made one, but this doesn’t posses anything that resembles a plot-line.
I’m really upset that you have to pay $20 for a four-to-six hour game, howeverĪs I said before, the art-direction is incredible, and I just love how perfectly the score accompanies the game. Its length is thoroughly disappointing, but considering that it offers a boring narrative-driven experience, I’m quite glad that it’s so short. It has a ton of potential, but it doesn’t live up to it. Voice acting is indeed really great, but the script is downright poorly-written.įrom left to right – Lack of self worth Jonas, I’m cool because I dyed my hair blue Alex, 420 yolo Ren, I don’t talk because I think that I’m better than you Nona, and I know that I’m better than you Clarissa. Maybe I don’t emphasize with the too-painfully-American teenager, but I just couldn’t stand Alex and Jonas talking about mundane things like – are you upset at me for saying that? There are a lot of conversations going on in Oxenfree, and while they don’t fall in the cliche of young people talk, they are quite boring, to say the least. Yes, every decision matters, and Alex has an influence on the overarching story, but your choices aren’t really that varied besides how you want to say no to a friend. Yet, even though at times it feels great, the result is a sloppy mess. Dear Esther Trophy Guide (no commentary) - Uncover 4 urnsTo obtain this trophy you must find all 4 urns that are in the gameThe music in the video is from he. It uncovers the group’s vulnerabilities, as well as making them susceptible to possession.īoasting a few Telltale Games ex-designers, Night School Studio, the developer, tackles the same game mechanics that made that story-driven studio popular. The group’s plan of spending the weekend drinking and making mistakes is trumped by the discovery of a mysterious and supernatural weirdness. This is where we have our brotherly midnight walk. There’s also Nona, Ren’s crush, and the quirkiest and weirdest girl from Pacific Northwestern, and the shrew of the group, Clarissa.Ĭlarissa used to date Alex’s deceased older-brother, Michael. Now, Ren is your typical stoner teen, he is basically harmless, as Alex very well puts it. On the island with Alex and Jonas is the blue-haired girl’s best friend, Ren. She’s dealing with the loss of her bigger brother, Michael, as well as trying to get to know her new stepbrother, Jonas. You control Alex, a blue-haired girl who is arguably the coolest of the bunch. Oxenfree follows a group of teenagers set out for a weekend of R&R filled with booze, drunken nights on the beach, and all sorts of hip-things teens do nowadays. But, let’s start with the beginning.Īt first, it looks promising enough. It might make you think of Broken Age, but don’t be fooled – there are no complex puzzles to solve, nor intriguing plot-lines to follow. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a great game, but it was absolutely groundbreaking in the way it challenged widely-held perceptions of what videogames are, and could be.And here is where we have our brotherly afternoon walk. But it's a beautiful journey, filled with questions and ambiguity, the sort of experience you really take in, rather than simply finish. And it's true to a point: Dear Esther is, if you look at it that way, about nothing more than wandering around a rocky, windswept island while some guy blubbers in your ear.
The promise of achievements is bound to elicit a few snide giggles, as Dear Esther is widely considered to be the game that birthed the “walking simulator” genre-a supposedly pejorative description of first-person games that lack interactivity. The Dear Esther Landmark Edition “is a faithful port of the Source engine original onto Unity 5,” the studio said, with remastered audio, a new developer commentary track, additional accessibility options including large subtitles and a crosshair, multi-language menus and subtitles, and trophies and achievements.
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