No it only means you get a free oxen.

Anyway, it's supposed to have great voice acting and conversation choices akin to mass effect 2 including an extra one where you don't say anything. You can finish the whole game without saying a thing.

This indeed certainly looks like an instabuy.
So how did you go with it ? Please share your thoughts....no spoilers though please :)

Me too. If this plays well enough in Wine, I might just get it as it is high on my wishlist. Still I strongly prefer a Linux version.
I'm on the fence here. I'll await some reviews first.

Looks nice, could be my cup of tea. Let's wait for some reviews.

Been watching Jesse Cox play this, it's a very well crafted game, with a really good story so far. Good enough that I bought it even though I'll probably never play it myself.

The gameplay seems minimalistic... ? Is there more to it, aside from the conversations with the other characters?

That aside, I like the setting and art style, so I'll probably pick it up at some point.

god, this thing is good... don't wait with buying

The focus is primarily dealing with dialogue and moving forward (exploring). No QTE, combat or mini-games.

There's a small timer on dialogue that makes it very interesting because choosing to be silent is a dialogue option in of itself and will affect how the other characters react to you.

Oxen FREE. Better? ;)
So pray tell us why game is so good? :) (those of us sitting on fence wondering)

this game looks nice. ya'll gonna buy it? I might just buy it. I will make it a point to look at the trailer.

I might just buy this one straight out. it looks nice.

Not sure if it's good myself, only that I've read it has a great story. I've been waiting for a DRM-free version to purchase it.

I enjoy these types of games that focus on story, so I imagine if you do too, you might enjoy it.

Trailer looks cool. So does what ive read about it. Wishlisted for now :). And yes i like a good story above all else :D

I had written a pretty lenghty post that apparently didn't go through, so I'll just say I bought this game and, only two hours in, I can safely say it's shaping up to be one of my favourite games of 2016.

At first I was afraid I had bought into the hipster-ish, tailor-made for tumblr stuff à lá Life Is Strange, as the game starts out as your typical "teen drama flick" full of stereotypes, and I really wanted to punch the "socially awkward funny stoner nerd guy" and the "mega sour mean b*tch", the same way I felt they had tried way too hard with the "cool smooth outsider smoker city dude" and the "nerd guy's love interest depressive hot shy girl", but the fact the playable character basically shapes everything around her based on our real-time conversation options soon made me "build" my own story and steer away from the -- very obvious initial -- cliché (that some are more than entitled to keep going for the entire game). For the record, even if I had kept feeding that kind of story, as soon as the game takes a turn for the "creepy", it does so extremely well, and it becomes an entirely different beast altogether -- I'll say this a bit during this post, but not many games accomplish that quite as good as Oxenfree.

I think comparing this game to a cult TV show such as Freaks & Geeks might be overdoing it a bit, as the writing isn't quite as good. As a game, though, it has definitely some of the best, most intriguing scripts I've come across. Let's just say that, two hours in, the same nerd guy I wanted to punch so hard is now in a predicament and I feel genuinely worried for him. Not many games manage to pull this off, and Oxenfree does it masterfully. Voice acting is nice, the art and sound designs are amazing.

I *really* feel like I'm shaping this story that I'm part of, the real-time timed dialogue options are an awesome mechanic that I must say adds a lot to the game and how the story unfolds. I'd never seen a mechanic such as this working so good. The puzzles seem to be interesting, so far; not too easy but not too hard, just the right balance so as to not disrupt the flow of the narrative, which I highly appreciate. The light platforming is easy to pull off, they basically assign every action to a context-sensitive key (Space, by default), which is how you jump, climb ledges, push and pull objects and interact with hotspots. I also like how flawlessly the devs incorporated 3D movement in what looks like a 2D game, at first. Everything is fluid, as much as that word is overused, these days. The radio tuning puzzles/anomalies are also a refreshing, unique mechanic, one I'd say sets this game aside just as much as the real-time conversation options. Everything is seamlessly integrated into the gameplay, and that ends up working wonders in favour of the game.

Sadly, my PC is utter crap, so the game, albeit completely playable, runs a bit sluggishly. Considering everyone out there probably has a decent machine (definitely better than mine), you should have no problems playing this game.

This is a game that, as soon as you start playing it, bears the unmistakable mark of a title that is the labour of love and dedication by its developers. I highly recommend it to everyone who is either an adventure fan (both point & click adventures or action-adventures with light platforming), a fan of great writing and interactive fiction -- i.e. "walking simulators", someone who loves great art and sound design or anyone who wants to try something new, intriguing and interesting.

Thank you for that fantastic review Groze. I'm sold now. The only thing I am worried about is reading around people say you will have it all finished in around 4 hours...............I was hoping more like 12+ at least..........still watched a few bits of walkthroughs...........love all the references so......I better go buy this then.

Oh, I doubt you have a worse machine than I do. I have a 4 year old laptop, i7, 8 GiG RAM and Nvidia 525M
It still manages to run everything so wish me luck :)