How do the events of Oxenfree 2 even take place? (Spoilers for the first game)

[Aerotactics]

Oxenfree 1 ended by revealing that you're stuck in a time loop. How did that change? Wouldn't the time loop be perpetual? I also know that there's a New Game+ mode (which I didn't play) with minor variations.

[aub]

i think there's an ending where you tell your past self not to go to the island?

idk i don't remember honestly it's been a few years

[alex010300]

In Oxenfree 2, the 2 main characters are the 2 missing teens in 1 that is suppose to join Alex and the others at the Island but both didn't show up.

In Oxenfree 2, as you play the game you get to rescue Alex and the other teens from their fate in the time loop.

[Kumagoro]

Originally posted by alex010300:

In Oxenfree 2, the 2 main characters are the 2 missing teens in 1 that is suppose to join Alex and the others at the Island but both didn't show up.

This is totally not true, where did you even get this? Riley and Jacob are in their 30s and never met Alex and co. before.

[Kumagoro]

Originally posted by aub:

i think there's an ending where you tell your past self not to go to the island?

An alternate self, more precisely. One played by another player, to be even more precise.

To answer OP, they ignored a lot of Oxenfree in this sequel. Which is the main reason why it's disappointing. You're right, Alex and her friends were trapped in a time loop, not turned into "ghosts". Their state in Oxenfree II doesn't make any sense.
Also, the Sunken weren't "ghosts" at all in Oxenfree. The crew of the USS Kanaloa didn't die, it was unstuck in time because of a catastrophic failure of their experimental engine.

By the way, the New Game+ in Oxenfree was actually the continuation of the game. If you play it, the game is different, and you learn more about what's going on. Definitely recommended.

[joridiculous]

Originally posted by Aerotactics:

Oxenfree 1 ended by revealing that you're stuck in a time loop. How did that change? Wouldn't the time loop be perpetual? I also know that there's a New Game+ mode (which I didn't play) with minor variations.

You don't play as the character from the first game.

[Kumagoro]

Originally posted by joridiculous:

Originally posted by Aerotactics:

Oxenfree 1 ended by revealing that you're stuck in a time loop. How did that change? Wouldn't the time loop be perpetual? I also know that there's a New Game+ mode (which I didn't play) with minor variations.

You don't play as the character from the first game.

But you meet her, and her current state is not consistent with the story of the first game.

[alex010300]

Originally posted by Kumagoro:

Originally posted by alex010300:

In Oxenfree 2, the 2 main characters are the 2 missing teens in 1 that is suppose to join Alex and the others at the Island but both didn't show up.

This is totally not true, where did you even get this? Riley and Jacob are in their 30s and never met Alex and co. before.

Played the first game and Alex mentioned 2 people didn't showed up, also in the 2nd game Alex is finding ways to get out of the time loop and she mentioned that it could be different if only those 2 missing people showed up with them when she talked to Riley. Need to note down that Alex and her friends have been stuck in the time loop since the first game released years ago so they can't age while the 2 missing people did aged. Also how can you be sure Jacob and Riley are in their 30s ???

[Kumagoro]

Originally posted by alex010300:

Originally posted by Kumagoro:

This is totally not true, where did you even get this? Riley and Jacob are in their 30s and never met Alex and co. before.

Played the first game and Alex mentioned 2 people didn't showed up

From the first game (it's easy to check any playthrough on YT):

CLARISSA: Where's everyone else?
REN: Nicole had that tennis thing.
CLARISSA: And?
ALEX: Who else was supposed to come?
CLARISSA: Anyone. Everyone.
A bit later:
REN: Normally, this is like a twenty-deep rager, but... Pat had a party last week-end, and...

So, Nicole and Pat didn't come, but also about 15 other people.

also in the 2nd game Alex is finding ways to get out of the time loop and she mentioned that it could be different if only those 2 missing people showed up with them when she talked to Riley.

I have no idea where did you hear her say this. She said it would be different if she drowned instead of her brother.

Alex and her friends have been stuck in the time loop since the first game released years ago

It's five years later, canonically. It's said in the game description on the store page.
It's actually a plot hole because Alex at the end says her mom woke her up in her bed like she never left. But if we ignore that, then their schoolmates would be 5 years older. So instead of, like, 16 (they say they're high school juniors), they would be 21. Now, do you really think Riley and Jacob are 21?
Olivia thinks Riley is 50, which is classic teen mockery for people in their 30s. Clarissa teases Alex about her "mom friend". Basically all the banter between Riley and Jacob is about the wasted years of their past youth. Riley has to tell Jacob something along the lines of "You're not that old yet, you can still do things with your life".

Here's an extract from The Guardian's review: "Unlike its predecessor’s cast of peppy teens, reluctant heroine Riley and Jacob are far more jaded leads, with these mid 30s burnouts struggling to come to terms with their respective pasts and wearily attempting to determine their increasingly bleak-looking futures."

Possibly most important of all, if Riley and Jacob were Alex's friends, don't you think they would know her? Because they clearly don't. Upon meeting her, they would react with "OMG, Alex! That's where you disappeared to 5 years ago!". Rather than "Who are you?"

[alex010300]

Originally posted by Kumagoro:

Originally posted by alex010300:

Played the first game and Alex mentioned 2 people didn't showed up

From the first game (it's easy to check any playthrough on YT):

CLARISSA: Where's everyone else?
REN: Nicole had that tennis thing.
CLARISSA: And?
ALEX: Who else was supposed to come?
CLARISSA: Anyone. Everyone.
A bit later:
REN: Normally, this is like a twenty-deep rager, but... Pat had a party last week-end, and...

So, Nicole and Pat didn't come, but also about 15 other people.

also in the 2nd game Alex is finding ways to get out of the time loop and she mentioned that it could be different if only those 2 missing people showed up with them when she talked to Riley.

I have no idea where did you hear her say this. She said it would be different if she drowned instead of her brother.

Alex and her friends have been stuck in the time loop since the first game released years ago

It's five years later, canonically. It's said in the game description on the store page.
It's actually a plot hole because Alex at the end says her mom woke her up in her bed like she never left. But if we ignore that, then their schoolmates would be 5 years older. So instead of, like, 16 (they say they're high school juniors), they would be 21. Now, do you really think Riley and Jacob are 21?
Olivia thinks Riley is 50, which is classic teen mockery for people in their 30s. Clarissa teases Alex about her "mom friend". Basically all the banter between Riley and Jacob is about the wasted years of their past youth. Riley has to tell Jacob something along the lines of "You're not that old yet, you can still do things with your life".

Here's an extract from The Guardian's review: "Unlike its predecessor’s cast of peppy teens, reluctant heroine Riley and Jacob are far more jaded leads, with these mid 30s burnouts struggling to come to terms with their respective pasts and wearily attempting to determine their increasingly bleak-looking futures."

Possibly most important of all, if Riley and Jacob were Alex's friends, don't you think they would know her? Because they clearly don't. Upon meeting her, they would react with "OMG, Alex! That's where you disappeared to 5 years ago!". Rather than "Who are you?"

5 Years ? The 2nd game came out this year so it's 7 Years, this statement tells me you will coming up with anything just to fit your narrative.

[Kumagoro]

Originally posted by alex010300:

Originally posted by Kumagoro:

It's five years later, canonically. It's said in the game description on the store page.
It's actually a plot hole because Alex at the end says her mom woke her up in her bed like she never left. But if we ignore that, then their schoolmates would be 5 years older. So instead of, like, 16 (they say they're high school juniors), they would be 21. Now, do you really think Riley and Jacob are 21?
Olivia thinks Riley is 50, which is classic teen mockery for people in their 30s. Clarissa teases Alex about her "mom friend". Basically all the banter between Riley and Jacob is about the wasted years of their past youth. Riley has to tell Jacob something along the lines of "You're not that old yet, you can still do things with your life".

Here's an extract from The Guardian's review: "Unlike its predecessor’s cast of peppy teens, reluctant heroine Riley and Jacob are far more jaded leads, with these mid 30s burnouts struggling to come to terms with their respective pasts and wearily attempting to determine their increasingly bleak-looking futures."

Possibly most important of all, if Riley and Jacob were Alex's friends, don't you think they would know her? Because they clearly don't. Upon meeting her, they would react with "OMG, Alex! That's where you disappeared to 5 years ago!". Rather than "Who are you?"

5 Years ? The 2nd game came out this year so it's 7 Years, this statement tells me you will coming up with anything just to fit your narrative.

What part of "It's said in the game description on the store page" you don't understand? The devs established it's 5 years later. (I believe it's because the game was delayed by COVID).

But what difference does it even make? Your entire theory has no basis whatsoever. There aren't two missing kids in the original game, Riley and Jacob are not in their early 20s and they never met Alex before. These are just facts.
You're the one coming up with blatant inventions to fit your made-up narrative.

[alex010300]

Originally posted by Kumagoro:

Originally posted by alex010300:

5 Years ? The 2nd game came out this year so it's 7 Years, this statement tells me you will coming up with anything just to fit your narrative.

What part of "It's said in the game description on the store page" you don't understand? The devs established it's 5 years later. (I believe it's because the game was delayed by COVID).

But what difference does it even make? Your entire theory has no basis whatsoever. There aren't two missing kids in the original game, Riley and Jacob are not in their early 20s and they never met Alex before. These are just facts.
You're the one coming up with blatant inventions to fit your made-up narrative.

You got your 5 years from a 2021 gaming news article when the game isn't even out yet, sorry but that means you just made things up using outdated information with the fact that you assume that Riley and Jacob are 30+ years old.

I also complete the game so your facts about Alex talking to Riley is wrong as usual.

[joridiculous]

Originally posted by alex010300:

Originally posted by Kumagoro:

From the first game (it's easy to check any playthrough on YT):

CLARISSA: Where's everyone else?
REN: Nicole had that tennis thing.
CLARISSA: And?
ALEX: Who else was supposed to come?
CLARISSA: Anyone. Everyone.
A bit later:
REN: Normally, this is like a twenty-deep rager, but... Pat had a party last week-end, and...

So, Nicole and Pat didn't come, but also about 15 other people.



I have no idea where did you hear her say this. She said it would be different if she drowned instead of her brother.



It's five years later, canonically. It's said in the game description on the store page.
It's actually a plot hole because Alex at the end says her mom woke her up in her bed like she never left. But if we ignore that, then their schoolmates would be 5 years older. So instead of, like, 16 (they say they're high school juniors), they would be 21. Now, do you really think Riley and Jacob are 21?
Olivia thinks Riley is 50, which is classic teen mockery for people in their 30s. Clarissa teases Alex about her "mom friend". Basically all the banter between Riley and Jacob is about the wasted years of their past youth. Riley has to tell Jacob something along the lines of "You're not that old yet, you can still do things with your life".

Here's an extract from The Guardian's review: "Unlike its predecessor’s cast of peppy teens, reluctant heroine Riley and Jacob are far more jaded leads, with these mid 30s burnouts struggling to come to terms with their respective pasts and wearily attempting to determine their increasingly bleak-looking futures."

Possibly most important of all, if Riley and Jacob were Alex's friends, don't you think they would know her? Because they clearly don't. Upon meeting her, they would react with "OMG, Alex! That's where you disappeared to 5 years ago!". Rather than "Who are you?"

5 Years ? The 2nd game came out this year so it's 7 Years, this statement tells me you will coming up with anything just to fit your narrative.

Reading Store pages is awesome. (formatting by me)

Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.

[Sad Robot]

One thing they never address is what the experience has been like from the perspective of the crew and passengers of the submarine. For all we know, they've been living out the last few days aboard the sub over and over, and only managed to interact with the island and people on it after countless iterations of the destruction of the sub. Perhaps all that time allows them to evolve and develop the abilities needed to manifest as the "ghosts" on the island, and then later on the nearby shore.

Alex and company have been trapped on the island since that fateful night, reliving their beach party gathering again and again, and perhaps just like the submarine crew and passengers, eventually developed the ability to interact with people and time outside of their personal loop.

Remember, in a temporal loop, time is infinite. You'd have eternity to develop abilities, to change.

[BlueCorvid]

Sounds like alex010300 is just trolling.

The impression I got was that Alex and co were just kind of removed from the timeline entirely -- I never saw anyone mention them, there are no missing persons posters, and I want to say when Maria plays Ren's band's song on the radio, she doesn't know the name of the song or band (she just says, "Here's... something, I don't know.") Speaking of which, Maria says she's filling in for Kyle (her "partner in crime," who says he's sick) whereas in Oxenfree, the school station was manned by Ren's friend Carly (who he said was filling in for Reggie because he had mono.) If Oxenfree II took place anywhere near the same time, there would be some overlap in those names.

That said, I'm only on my second playthrough, so I'm sure there's plenty I haven't uncovered yet!

[alex010300]

Originally posted by BlueCorvid:

Sounds like alex010300 is just trolling.

The impression I got was that Alex and co were just kind of removed from the timeline entirely -- I never saw anyone mention them, there are no missing persons posters, and I want to say when Maria plays Ren's band's song on the radio, she doesn't know the name of the song or band (she just says, "Here's... something, I don't know.") Speaking of which, Maria says she's filling in for Kyle (her "partner in crime," who says he's sick) whereas in Oxenfree, the school station was manned by Ren's friend Carly (who he said was filling in for Reggie because he had mono.) If Oxenfree II took place anywhere near the same time, there would be some overlap in those names.

That said, I'm only on my second playthrough, so I'm sure there's plenty I haven't uncovered yet!

Sound like you are trolling, I completed this game once with Alex and friends out of the Time loop. So this means I got the good ending which is canon.