The walkie-talkie is technically a new mechanic, but it’s mostly just another avenue for dialogue. You explore an island pick dialogue options that paint the protagonist as sarcastic, kind, or cold and solve simple puzzles using a radio. Mechanically, Oxenfree II plays just like its predecessor. I thoroughly enjoy every hike to the following transmitter location because it always leads to more dialogue between Riley, Jacob, and the various people of Camena that Riley can talk to using a walkie-talkie. As the duo explores more of Camena, trekking through abandoned mines and caves, climbing up cliff sides, and sprinting across moonlit beaches, they discover a cult, angsty teenagers stubborn in their decisions, ghostly apparitions, some familiar faces, and more. And this isn’t good, so Riley and Jacob set off to end it. After placing a transmitter high on the island, things go awry quickly, and a familiar triangular prism appears over the sky of Oxenfree’s Edwards Island, visible in the distance of Camena.
She soon meets Evelyn, a coworker working 20 miles away who shows her the ropes, and Jacob, her now-colleague. She grew up here and left for reasons you discover in the story, only to find herself returning as a 30-something-year-old for work. Set five years after the original game, Riley arrives in her hometown of Camena for day one of a new environmental research job.
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If Oxenfree, developed by Netflix-owned Night School Studio, is about teenagers in the idealized 1980s popularized by Hollywood with series like Netflix’s own Stranger Things, then Oxenfree II is about the lesser-seen adults dealing with their mess afterward. While Oxenfree II’s paranormal events are spooky and cold, the cast is warm, bright, and complex, and the entire package feels like an ‘80s summer romp. It brings back the original's simple but charming radio mechanics, adds a walkie-talkie that expands the world around protagonist Riley, and, most importantly, features incredibly well-written and believable characters.
Although its overarching A-to-C narrative feels like it is missing a “B” in the journey, I’m impressed with most of what Oxenfree II accomplishes. Oxenfree II: Lost Signals delivers what I have wanted out of a sequel seven years after the first game's release.
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