Its been five whole years between the two Oxenfree games, and people noticed.
Alex watched Riley’s life, she saw the time pass in the past, present, and future. Olivia, Charlie, and Violet all had to hear about these rumors, be lured, because all of the first Oxenfree had already happened. Alex and her friends are tired. Most of all, if you tune into the radio at a certain time, there will be a man on that radio, and he will be speaking in dedication to his nephew. A nephew named Ren.
It’s been five years. What do their families think happened? That they’re dead? Were there no searches? What did Ren’s sisters think, on that island that one of them worked on, that swallowed up their brother? Nona’s parents? Clarissa’s family? What about Alex and Jonas’ parents? How could they possibly handle that, their children finally meeting for the first time, trying to make it all work---and then they’re gone. Did they even stay together after that?
Riley and Jacob lived in a world where five kids went missing on Edwards Island. A world where there were no answers to what happened. As soon as they stepped off that boat, they were erased from existence itself. A world where four families clawed for hope and never got it back.
That world doesn’t exist anymore. But for five years, it was real. One has to wonder if grief can transcend dimensions.
My mom likes to sit with me when I play video games to have some sort of background noise while she works. She recently watched me finish up a replay of Oxenfree and start Lost Signals. After the story kicks into gear and I'm wandering around with Jacob and Riley, she turns to me and goes, "I miss the other boy--I liked his voice, he was a nice kid."
sorry but the fact that alex knows she's in a timeloop but everyone else doesn't is so heartbreaking especially when it comes to jonas. Imagine you forged an unbreakable bond with your brother or you both hate eachother beyond belief. and then the next time you see him he doesn't remember anything? an entire relationship erased?? an endless cycle of never going past one point in time?