Posted on: October 23, 2020
maladroid
Games: 1866 Reviews: 11
You'd wish you were never invited
[played this on Epic back when it was first released] I loved Oxenfree. It was charming, well-written, spooky, and genuinely funny at times. Afterparty is a trainwreck. The main idea is cool. The actual plot, though, feels too meandering and pretentious. I felt zero emotional connection to any of the characters, least of all the two main protagonists. The writing is painfully tryhard and obnoxious, trying to replicate Oxenfree's hip vibe and failing at every turn. Gameplay is pretty basic, much like in Oxenfree. They added a bunch of -poorly explained- mini games to offer some variety and raise the stakes. Those can be occasionally fun to tackle but mostly annoying because of the lack of tutorial. Art is pretty good, the music is ok and the voice actors did a great job. Sadly, their efforts are wasted in delivering lame lines that are nowhere near as witty as the writers thought. I really hope Night School will bounce back from this and give us another indie gem in the vein of Oxenfree sometimes in the future.
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