![]() It's the way each choice is conjured in the brightly coloured speech balloons you select. It's not just the web of personal story you are always piecing together with each dialogue choice. I am kind of flattened by how good the conversation system is in Oxenfree. Here's what we said in our Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals review: Wander and chat through a night of spooky possibilities in Oxenfree 2, a near-perfect match for Netflix, a streaming service-slash-games-publisher that feels like it'll never get over Stranger Things. Oxenfree 2: Lost SignalsĪvailability: Out now on PS4, PS5, PC, Switch, and mobile via Netflix. I've referred to Amarantus as a watch and a puzzlebox, but in this sense, it's more of a cage: an elaborate, revolutionary but also reactionary framework, within which you and your long-suffering friends must carefully position yourselves, lest it make your choices for you. They don't merely add to the story, but encourage you to step away and view this revolutionary fable as part of a tradition of narratives about power and its overthrow. There are spaces and moments in the game, viewed initially with simple curiosity, that develop haunting implications during your second visit. ![]() Here's what we said in our Amarantus review: It's a superb visual novel from a little-known team and well worth your time. This one technically snuck out in late June, but we got to it in early July (and hey, we make the rules) so we say it counts. I couldn't have hoped for a much better epilogue. Thanks to the strong character writing, refined combat and improved pacing, revisiting these locations one last time was lovely. Here's what we said in our Trails into Reverie review: | Image credit: NIS America / EurogamerĪn epilogue for a couple of story arcs and acting as an end to the first half of a series, Trails Into Reverie is yet another entry into the ever-so-slightly confusing Trails saga - but an excellent one still. ![]() The Legend of Heroes: Trails Into ReverieĪvailability: Out now on PS4, PS5, Switch, and PC. This believability, this almost tangible way in which you can interact with the world around you brings those childish Jedi dreams bursting to life, and this in turn makes Synapse a must-buy game that deserves to be played by anyone who owns a PSVR2. I've played plenty of games that feature telekinetic Force-like powers in flat-screen form but there's a magic here and a sense of 'being' that only VR can deliver. Here's what we said in our Synapse review: Manage cookie settings Here's Ian taking a proper look at Synapse in his VR Corner Watch on YouTubeĭescribed as a game epitomising everything great about virtual reality, Synapse is an absolutely cracking VR action game. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. ![]()
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