“Time loops” warp the environment, reset conversations, and reveal the darker parts of the characters and their world. Creepy audio crackles through the radio, and then everything changes. Oxenfree’s story progresses as you build and discover relationships with its interesting characters, but the clever twist is using a radio to tune into the supernatural side of things. Oxenfree's branching dialogue options make its conversations work. It’s an important reminder that you can’t “win” social situations, and that kept Oxenfree’s supernatural plot points grounded in reality. But there were times when, no matter what choice I made, I was going to end up hurting someone. I loved listening to them dance around awkward topics and reveal personal details to each other in a way that, despite the stilted dialogue, felt pretty true to life. My favorite character to spend time with was Jonas, an interesting but clearly troubled person who provides insight into Alex’s own personal trauma, but even Ren grew on me the more I got to know him. You get to choose who accompanies you for most of the game by making specific choices.
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Like the conversation with Jonas, there usually aren't obviously “good” or “bad” choices - some feel nicer, maybe, but most just reveal different parts of the characters’ full selves.
While these awkward conversations don't necessarily sound like natural teenager speech, Oxenfree’s branching dialogue options make it work. My choices carried through to the very end, four or so hours later. In an early conversation with Jonas, one of my dialogue options was to tell him that Ren annoyed me, and I picked it almost instantly - I didn’t think about how it would eventually come back to bite me. Oxenfree is very dialogue-focused, so his part in the group’s dynamic grated on me at first. I immediately disliked the talkative Ren, mostly because his voice acting and dialogue don’t sound believable.
I didn't think about how it would eventually come back to bite me.Oxenfree puts you in the shoes of a teenager named Alex on her way to the local island with her childhood best friend, Ren, and brand-new step brother, Jonas.
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