OXENFREE II: LOST SIGNALS
Developer Night School Studios
Publisher MWM Interactive
Format PC, PS4, PS5, Switch
Origin US
Release 2022
When we first meet ’s protagonist Riley Poverly, she’s attempting to jump between clifftops, asserting to her companion Jacob that she will be absolutely fine. As it turns out, Riley is very much not fine, and so, one hard landing later, we see her taking the long way around. As much fun as the scene is, it’s also a fine way to showcase Riley’s proactive, no-nonsense character – where the first game followed a bunch of teens fleeing for their lives, ’s 30-year-old heroine is ready to meet danger head-on. This time the threat comes from a shadowy religious
