Netflix's games strategy might be a mess, but Oxenfree studio's ingenious new chiller-thriller shows it has a secret weapon
I still vividly recall the moment in No More Heroes when my Wii Remote rang for the first time.
I still vividly recall the moment in No More Heroes when my Wii Remote rang for the first time.
The short version
- Confusion turned to delight as I held the controller to my ear and, through its tiny tinny speaker, Sylvia began to speak, as if on the other end of the line.
- Suddenly, Travis Touchdown's world had broken free of the TV, and I was thrilled .
- Oxenfree developer Night School's brisk new horror game Unhinged, currently streaming on Netflix, is built from these kinds of fourth-wall-busting moments, helping turn an already breathless thriller into something fascinating.
What happened
It is, in other words, the kind of entertaining interactive narrative experiment I hoped we might see from Netflix when it first announced it was getting into games. And I genuinely hope Unhinged finds a bit of success amid the vast churning miasma of Netflix slop, so that Night School gets to do more of this kind of thing.
Why it matters
Eurogamer says netflix's games strategy might be a mess, but oxenfree studio's ingenious new chiller-thriller shows it has a secret weapon is the central development readers should understand.
Summary by Nerd News Network. Read the full article at Eurogamer via the links above and below.