80 Days

I am a video game tester and in my free time I like to test out mobile games. I have been so addicted to this game for a long time, after a while it does get boring. But this game is still great, if you are looking to read something and have an interactive adventure at the same time, this game is perfect for you. This game might even be educational on some levels. If you want an action packed thriller of an adventure, the money this costs will not go to waste. The reason I am leaving a four star and not a five is because at times the game can get annoying, and that can make it fun. It was all realistic just like the movie until, I got lost on ice and kidnapped by mermaids and I lost the game because of that. Overall the game is spectacular, 4/5.

I'm not much of a game player but I was going on a trip, so I googled games and this one came up as one of the most popular, best games, so I got it. I have gone around the world now four times, and each time I learned some new things about the planet, different countries, oceans, cities, etc. I had to look up cities and countries on maps. We died once at the North Pole because we thought it would be brilliant to make the smallest circumference; another time we didn't intend to go there but made a navigation mistake and almost died but were rescued and made it around the world in 64 or 65 days. On another trip we were a few days late and lost the wager. We went around the world again and made it in about 74 days. I've learned that when the valet makes the wisest, less reckless decisions, we do better. If he picks up something not his, he suffers the consequences. If he goes for an evening walk, he might gather useful information or he might get pick-pocketed or arrested. Take notes, useful for other trips. Buy maps at new markets so you get more routes, then sell them. Take care of Monsieur Fogg. Buy items at markets that you can later sell. Occasionally earn extra money doing chores at your hotel. Make friends. Make sure you have enough money by visiting banks. New York to London by airship is a good route. Engage in conversations and read the news occasionally. Love and compassion usually have good outcomes. This is a great game. 5 stars.

For the price of this app, I’ve gotten more than enough value for it. After such a long time, I’m still getting new experiences and surprises. You start with a meager suitcase and rush off to race around the world in 80 days. But the journey will be nothing that you expect. The game play is simple. It’s a choose your own adventure with some inventory management, time management, area exploration, and keeping Fogg alive and well. You can buy and sell curio items for profits. You can buy items to make the travel less strenuous. You can buy items that allow conversation during travel longer and more fruitful. Managing your inventory is a large part of a successful journey. For downsides, I wish the app had more documentation. You gain statuses like “steadfast” or “well mannered” but there’s no indication of how these affect gameplay. To me, they’re 100% useless as I have no idea of why I would want them or what it does. Maybe it opens new choices? Who knows. For upsides, the adventures are epic. But I enjoy the fact that you can find romance with a man or a woman, making it more LGBT friendly. Also, it seems that your character has African decent, and it certain areas race is taken seriously. These touches really made me happy. You won’t be disappointed if you buy this app. My suggestion is to take the strangest routes, try to always hit different cities, and have an adventure!

I first heard about this game from my cousin, this one and invisible inc, (which is good too). Once I started my first adventure, I could not put down the game for 2 hours, it was that intriguing. The graphics are very beautifully done and the storyline is very well thought through with solid characters. The fact that there are 100+ different routes definitely added the extra star, otherwise making it 4 of a way to short story. I love that Inkle can do multiplayer after you do pretty much all the story options (like I have) and It would be cool if Inkle could do updates to advance the story? THAT WOULD MAKE IT SOOO COOOLLLLLLLLLLL. And once you get bored of the story, to you gamers, I advise you create your own achievements for the game or try playing the character in different personalities. Great job Inkle, an astounding masterpiece.

This is definitely a beautifully designed game. That’s not an issue at all. The problem is in the choices that are given. In a choose your own adventure story, I should be responsible for making choices from situations that are presented to me, not for helping to develop the details of the story that’s going on around me. For example, this story would provide a situation in which you meet a girl on the train, and then you have to choose between whether she has a bored expression on her face, or is smirking at something (That’s not verbatim, I’m just making up an example). But that’s not a detail that should be left up to me - how am I to know what a character looks like? A good choose your own adventure story would provide me with the details, then give me the option of whether or not I want to approach this person, or how I want to approach them. There also needs to be some real consequences to bad choices. I haven’t had a situation yet where I’ve been killed or significantly set back because of a wrong choice. I’ve literally just clicked random options, and still done rather well. There’s a good idea here for sure, and the design and gameplay is beautifully done. The story line and options just needs to be improved