OXENFREE II: Lost Signals Reviews

Still a great game even if I do feel like it's less engaging and interesting than the first game, and the companion talks way too much--in a very cringey-millennial style. However, story is still provoking enough for a recommendation, and on the whole the dialogue and voice-acting is still mostly fantastic.

Lost Signals is a worthy successor to Oxenfree. It's a dialogue & decision-based game, with some minigames here and there. None are complicated or frequent enough to get tiresome. I didn't have to deal with too much backtracking, except with one side quest towards the end that has little impact. Screw you, Hank. Compared to the first, it's less of a horror / thriller game, but still has spooky and thrilling moments. It has a solid emotional foundation. I felt like it nailed a bittersweet tone among its cast of characters, who are all trying to figure their disparate lives and find meaning and significance for themselves. I wouldn't recommend playing this if you haven't played Oxenfree I, of course. There are some great moments midway through that you won't appreciate if you haven't played the first. Kind of pointless to say now that I think of it. Stories are better when read in sequence. Other obvious facts at eleven. There are plenty of weighty decisions to make, but from my perspective at least, some felt pretty slam-dunk in terms of what seemed best or most right. Could just be that I have unshakeable moral convictions and objectively correct opinions, though. There's wiggle room to be a real jerk, too, if interpersonal conflict and bullying teenagers as an adult really gets your engine running. I wouldn't know, because I am a ray of sunshine and everyone likes me. humble, too I liked it. LEAVE. IS. POSSIBLE.

Better than the first one. Interesting characters and new gameplay mechanics. A worthy sequel.

It's been a long time since I've played the original game so I can't really compare the two very well, but I think OXENFREE II does a good job of catering to people who would have been teenagers when they played the original. The conversations are more mature, and the voice actors do an incredible job of delivering the nuance these older characters need to drive this story, since the game's mostly relying on their conversations and how they react to what's happening. I really enjoyed this, and while it's more of a walking simulator than I remember the first being, it's still worthwhile and provides a satisfying array of conclusions to the OXENFREE story as well as some real talks about the struggles of adulthood. I'd recommend this if you're patient and alright with listening to these characters have their lives laid out before you in conversation in between the paranormal events. I'd probably rate this an 8/10, it's good but it didn't blow me out of the water or anything.

"Morton's Fork II: The Longest Walk" is less of a 'game' and more of a virtual novel, albeit one that's quite well-written and mostly well-paced. I really wish there was some clue about visiting 1930 in particular, though. Or if there was, that I would have found it before brute-forcing that puzzle. Really padded the playtime, and not in a good way.

I had fun. A bit less to find and discover compared to the original but I had fun with it and it's good to have closure. For a lot of different endings listed at the end don't worry too much about replaying. I am a bit irritated I can't reload my finished save file to go back and get the rest of the hidden letters though.

Great follow-up to the first game. I love the freaky cosmic/supernatural horror. Character writing is really great and I really enjoyed the main two characters.

I was very excited for this since it was marketed as a sequel and I VERY much loved the original Oxenfree, it's one of my favorite games to date. However, this one didn't quite make the mark for me. It's not a bad game by any means, but if you go into it expecting it to live up to its predecessor you're gonna be disappointed. This game is significantly less spooky (it still has a few good ones though) and sticks to a more emotional route. Where as the first game was extremely rich with tense and uncomfortable spooky ambiance this one is more about dealing with emotional trauma which is...fine. It would be a perfectly good game if it was its own stand alone thing and not related to Oxenfree, but since it's spose to be a sequel it's incredibly meh. Recommend it still cause it *is* a good game, just not a great sequel.

I think I was spoiled by the first game. The first game is absolutely amazing. I still recommend it to people and think about it from time to time. This was nowhere near as good. It wasn't that bad, but I felt like I was just playing to get through it. It didn't grip me and some of the writing just didn't make sense (Not getting into it so I don't leave any spoilers here). In any case, if there was a middle rating I would use it. It wasn't horrible, but wasn't nearly as good as the first. If I hadn't played the first, I may not have gotten through this one.

Boring. Don't start the game expecting to experience the 1st game like I did. This one is far less engaing and interesting. Buuut the story is a sequel to the story of the 1st game, so if you're a completionist like me, then ok. The 1st game had interpersonal conflicts between characters and all that mixed in besides the ghosts mystery. Now more than half of the cast is put in your walkie. So besides the main plot, it's just 2 sad adults doing their job and getting to know each others regrets. In the first game you had to discover all the mysteries for the first time. Now you know most of it, backed with everything you learned in the first game. BUT! Your new main character doesn't. And that makes for a reaaaaaaaally slow take off, cause you're stuck waiting for when the stakes get higher than what you already know/suspect. Anyways, do I regret playing this game? Not completely. Did I enjoy it? Sadly, also no.