Oxenfree II is a narrative adventure full of mystery

Since launch in 2018 Oxenfree received praise and became one of those indie games that earned the absolute love of a small legion of players. With beautiful graphics, a compelling story centered on its characters, and rich dialogue, a narrative game developed by Night School Studio there will be a sequel soon The game has begun had a chance to test the quick demo during Presentation of Tribeca games.

Em Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, the player assumes the role of Riley, a researcher who investigates strange radio signals in the coastal town of Kamena. As expected, things do not go so well, a mysterious portal opens and the only way to close it is to send a coordinated signal to the island using three transmitters. Riley travels with Jacob, a colleague and old acquaintance, who accompanies her on a journey that will not be as easy as expected.

Even though these are new characters, the duo retains the momentum that worked great in the previous game, and the player mostly needs to walk and talk – in addition to other small actions that evoke some angst and enrich the narrative.

A strength of the franchise, the dialogue always has interesting options and works organically and is always in a very good mood. Oxenfree retains the characteristics of storytelling with simple gameplay, and that simplicity allows Night School Studio, now owned by Netflix, to create a new story that promises to be immersive and deep again.

You can see that the essence of the first game is still there, but Oxenfree II: Lost Signal feels more mature in relation to it. It’s clear during the demo: the developers know where they’re stepping and are using everything they’ve created and worked on before – it remains to be seen what they’ll bring to the table. Written by Adam Hines, the game takes place five years after Oxenfree and will have a direct connection to its predecessor that will only be discovered in the future.

Oxenfree II: Lost Signals will be released in 2022 on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Switch.