If you wait for a minute for the game to do its thing, all is good.
However, there are so many routes to take that you'll probably want to play the game again, at least once (which is what I did).Įasy to Crash to DesktopI’ve now learned to not get impatient and click on the loading screen lest I want to incur the wrath of the CTD. ShortOne playthrough takes about 2 hours to complete, so the game is quite short. Thankfully, 80 Days comes with not only Steam achievements but Steam Trading Cards too. Steam Trading Cards and AchievementsI've always said that visual novels or choose-your-own-adventure style games really need achievements. Sharing your itineraryUltimately, once you've completed the game, you can share your itinerary with the world by auto-generating a webpage which you can share or bookmark. It gives you the urge to play the game again and perhaps try the routes they've taken to see how it changes the story. There's a whole bunch of weird and wonderful ways you'll get to travel besides traditional means such as a steamship.Ĭheck what other players have doneYou can see what routes other players have taken whenever you play the game which I think is a neat feature.
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SteampunkThe game is full of steampunk technology which seems to fit the story perfectly (especially considering Jules Verne is sometimes known as the grandfather of science fiction). It's fun visiting 19th century steampunk versions of actual cities you've visited in real life and seeing how they've been re-imagined. Lots of citiesI also happen to be a person that loves world geography and there's no shortage of towns to visit here all with their own colourful descriptions (there's even AAAAAAAAAAAALBUQUERQUE). Do you decide to hang around and spend some time exploring each town or do you just take the first route you find? Do you take the most comfortable route which might take longer or be more costly, or the quick and dirty one? Do you take a detour just so you can sell a few items or not? It's all up to you and changes your story as a result. Most importantly, as the manservant of a distinguished Englishman, you have to ensure that Phileas Fogg is comfortable on his trek across the globe.ĬhoicesThere are lots of painful choices that you'll have to make in order to progress through this game and I love games with choice (we're not called "Choicest Games" for nothing, mate). Sometimes finding the quickest route actually involves talking to the locals or exploring the towns that you visit along the way - so it's not simply a matter of picking the first route you find and going full steam ahead, sometimes you've got to do a bit of homework. Your job is to find the quickest way around the world while ensuring that your funds aren't depleted (since this means lengthy delays as you wait for money to be transferred from the bank). While the game takes place in a steampunk version of the 19th century, it's still not an easy undertaking. Just like the source material, you take on the role of Passepartout assisting Phileas Fogg in a wager he makes with his social club: he wagers that it's possible for a man (using 19th century means of travel) to travel around the world in 80 days.
The game plays like a typical visual novel except mixed with a game like Banner Saga or The Oregon Trail just like those games, you're going from point A to point B and you'll stumble upon a lot of random encounters and quests along the way. I have to say that even though the game does an alternate history/steampunk take on the classic novel, it more or less stays true to the spirit of the adventure described in the book as well as its characters. 80 Days happens to be one that particularly attracted me because I've read the book "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne so I wanted to see if the game did the book justice. I also mentioned in my last review the reason I bought the bundle and that's simply because I'm into games with strong narratives which usually means visual novels, RPGs and point 'n' click adventures. A first-class one-way ticket to AaAAAAAAAALBUQUERQUE.Īs promised in my last review, I finally got around to reviewing another game from the "Humble Narrative Bundle": 80 Days (so that's three games out of the bundle, three to go - if you count Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2 as one game).
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