OXENFREE II: Lost Signals Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · August 9, 2023

For this OXENFREE II: Lost Signals Review, we go five years forward, after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.

OXENFREE II: Lost Signals Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
4.72GB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Graphics settings – windowed, graphics preset, and resolution.
Game settings – subtitles, large text, language, and alternative text.
3 save slots.
Adventure gameplay.
Multiple choice questions and encounters.
Button icon prompts.
Excellent voice work of all the characters.
Such an engrossing atmospheric world.
As a character talks to you, you can interrupt them by asking a question or saying something, the best part is they then just add it in and continue with the conversation.
Clear choice menu using buttons for quick use.
Cool thing where if you don’t answer a question they keep repeating themselves and changing the language they use.
Powerful soundtrack.
The map is presented as a tourist-type map and fills in with objectives and place names as you play.
Has a Stranger Things vibe to it all.
The walkie-talkie is used to communicate with others and as you learn their names it fills in their number on the walkie-talkie.
Streamlined simple controls so you don’t have many to learn.
Puzzle elements scattered around.
Some truly memorable set pieces.

OXENFREE II: Lost Signals Review Cons:

Cannot rebind controls.
Basic graphics settings.
Slow starter.
The game takes a while in terms of feeling different from the first.
The tinkering of the radio signal is not always that engaging or fun.
At times the game has trouble recognizing the path you have taken or a ledge you are climbing.

OXENFREE II: Lost Signals:

Official website.

Developer: Night School Studio

Publisher: Netflix Games

Store Links –

Steam

8/10
Graphics - 8/10
8/10
Sound - 8/10
8/10
Accessibility - 8/10
8/10
Length - 8/10
8/10
Fun Factor - 8/10

8/10

Summary

Oxenfree 2 is a well-crafted game that for me felt more like an interactive TV show, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly why I think that but going and doing an hour and then coming back the next day had me constantly wanting to know what happens next, I think part of it is the game sets up these sequences that have a kind of twist or cliffhanger feel to them. I doubt the devs made a game where you only do a little here and there but I found it really did make the game have a more impactful and long-lasting memory to everything. The story references and drops in a few scenes from the first game and you always feel like they are connected, you just never realize just how many hooks are in there. No, I really just liked sitting down with my laptop and headphones and getting lost for an hour, Oxenfree 2 for all the right reasons is a huge step up in the genre and has a lot more appeal than the first game throughout.