Game Recommendation #5: OxenFree

OxenFree by Night School Studio is an audio-based game that has interesting characters, story, and diverse gameplay. It is a thriller, but it doesn't start that way.

Story

You are a girl who is with her friend and step-brother, and you are headed to a party on the beach of a mysterious island. You can decide how the dialogue goes as you are given a set of options. You have a radio and you and your friends start to notice the mysterious things going on, especially when you start listening to audio channels with white noise.

All of the characters are teenagers with a variety of personalities and relations to one another. You slowly learn more of the background information through the dialogue.

Graphics

This game has very beautiful backgrounds and unique character design. The background and the character models can be a bit off balance sometimes since the backgrounds are 2-D and the characters are 3-D, but they still blend pretty well.

Gameplay

In the opening sequence, you learn the basics of the gameplay. Whenever you are given an option to talk, about three dialogue options will pop up. You can decide to be mean or nice, and it can change how the characters view you later or what happens in the story. As people are talking you can move around, grab things, push things, or turn on the radio. You need to really listen a lot in this game so that you don't miss important dialogue or when you have to turn on the radio. The gameplay is fairly easy to grasp onto, and the story makes it more intriguing.

Who would I recommend this to?

I would recommend this game to people who enjoy interactivity, character interaction, interesting stories and beautiful backgrounds. I would recommend playing this game with a really good set of headphones since you really need to be paying attention to the audio. It can be found on Steam for (I need to check the price I think its 19.99 but it might be 11.99 but its on Steam) In conclusion, this game is a great game to play when you just feel like sitting back and listening to an interesting story.