80 Days (2015)

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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 44 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 4 out of 44

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  1. jukevox
    Jun 8, 2019
    10
    Some of the best storytelling and writing in any interactive game I have ever played. I keep coming back to it because they keep adding storylines and improving the game.
  2. ChoicestGames
    Jul 16, 2017
    8
    It’s a visual novel mixed with role-playing mixed with Rogue-like meaning each trip will be quite different from the next. It's also all set in a Steampunk re-imagining of Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days (meaning even avid fans of the original novel will have something new to experience here).
  3. smilzoboboz
    Jun 19, 2016
    8
    Let's start by saying I'm a huge fan of Jules Verne books (and actually Jules Verne itself) and this game grasps the very essence of "Le tour du monde en 80 jours".
    Everything in there it's like it was in the book, just different every time you attempt the travel. There's almost the same suspense when something unforeseen happens and you have to get out of some nasty situation while still    Let's start by saying I'm a huge fan of Jules Verne books (and actually Jules Verne itself) and this game grasps the very essence of "Le tour du monde en 80 jours".
    Everything in there it's like it was in the book, just different every time you attempt the travel. There's almost the same suspense when something unforeseen happens and you have to get out of some nasty situation while still looking for your 80 days goal.
    The narration is faster than a book but also kinda slow for a video-game, which I guess was the best compromise.

    Something I didn't like was that most of the graphics in the PC port where upscaled from the iOS version and playing at higher resolution looked kinda bad and that there was no linux port of this game even if it was made in Unity3D with very little graphic elements.
    With proper high-res graphics and a Linux port this game would have got a 9.    … Expand
  4. RagingPoet
    Nov 3, 2017
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was never a fan of the Verne's books and Around the World in 80 days is no exception, but i still enjoyed this game a lot. My best playthrough happened when i tried to cheat and just walked around the North Pole, it is great that game actually allows you to do so.… Expand
  5. Dustfoxx
    Oct 8, 2020
    7
    Cozy game with well-written storytelling but can get a bit repetitive. Not the story but some of the options for traveling and exploring can feel lacking.
    Closer to an 8 than a 6.
  6. apeot2002
    Oct 2, 2021
    6
    80 Days is a string of pearls. But it requires a bit of patience to get from one pearl to the next.

    At its core, 80 days is a collection of vignettes and novellas, wrapped into the bare bones of the plot of the well-known Jules Verne novel, with the steampunk elements and colonialism criticism dialed up to eleven. It’s main gameplay loop is quite simple: depart from a city, read the    80 Days is a string of pearls. But it requires a bit of patience to get from one pearl to the next.

    At its core, 80 days is a collection of vignettes and novellas, wrapped into the bare bones of the plot of the well-known Jules Verne novel, with the steampunk elements and colonialism criticism dialed up to eleven.

    It’s main gameplay loop is quite simple: depart from a city, read the novella occurring during travel, arrive at the next city, read the short story occurring in that city, procure funds via the market or the bank, plan your next trip, take it. And over it all the famous challenge: make it across the world in 90 days. There is a little challenge in planning the trip, because you' always have to keep the time limit in mind and procuring funds is an issue that actually has to be addressed now and then, but you have to want it pretty bad to actually fail the game. It's hardly engaging on its own.

    There is a lot of towns you can visit during your travels: Every city I ever heard of and quite a few I never heard of are here, all of them with their unique splash screens and stories, but while the art style is striking and different, the vistas aren't exactly breathtaking, and while every scene is filled with lots of little details, over time the different cities start to blend into each other. Same with the splash screens symbolizing the different means of travel. The soundscape is sparse, but appropriate. The music does it's very best to evoke the atmosphere of the Jules Verne books and mostly succeeds, but the production values don't supply a stand-alone reason to play this game either.

    The main reason to engage with the game is the writing then. And there is quality writing here: Some of it is delightfully playful, surprising, touching, some of it even delivers biting social commentary. But everything is bite-sized: As soon as a scenario presents itself, it is resolved, and we move on. As soon as we get to know and like a character, we leave him or her back in the dust of the road. The through-line of the challenge to circumvent the globe in 80 days is barely addressed, let alone developed. The only characters that stay with us are Sir Fogg and Passepartout, and only the latter gets any kind of development. I must stress this: Even Phineas Fogg, the deuteragonist of the story, remains a shadowy ill-defined figure during the story. That's a problem.

    All in all, this game is a book with music and a soundtrack and some pretty, if same-ish pictures, and it is designed to have it's chapters read out of order so there are almost no proper arcs. A few storylets have multiple chapters, but even those only add up to a quite short short story. The quality of these tiny pieces of prose is good enough to keep me engaged for two playthroughs, but in the end, I would recommend this only to hardcore Jules Verne fans who won't play anything that doesn't have a link to Victorian Adventure. There is writing just as good in better games out there.

    TLDR: If you have 5 minutes now and then and you want to read about a short adventure of Phineas Fogg and Passepartout, get this game. Everybody else, look elsewhere.    … Expand
  7. cantuaria
    Oct 26, 2021
    9
    História - 10/10 - A história do jogo você já deve conhecer, mas aqui é bem aprofundada e com um plus, você vai aprendendo mais sobre cada região que você escolher visitar.
    Gráficos - 10/10 - Para o que se propões não há o que reclamar.
    Trilha Sonora - 6/10 - É decente, mas facilmente esquecível. Poderia ter explorado mais sons típicos de cada região visitada. Jogabilidade - 10/10 -    História - 10/10 - A história do jogo você já deve conhecer, mas aqui é bem aprofundada e com um plus, você vai aprendendo mais sobre cada região que você escolher visitar.
    Gráficos - 10/10 - Para o que se propões não há o que reclamar.
    Trilha Sonora - 6/10 - É decente, mas facilmente esquecível. Poderia ter explorado mais sons típicos de cada região visitada.
    Jogabilidade - 10/10 - Fácil de jogar, puzzles e lógica simples de entender.

    Conclusão: Para jogar e re-jogar! Sabe aqueles jogos de puzzle, com uma boa dosagem de aleatoriedade, uma pitada de lógica de mercado (compre barato e venda caro) e vários caminhos diferentes para seguir? Esse é 80 days! Daqueles jogos que vez ou outra você vai reinstalar para dar outra volta ao mundo!    … Expand

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#27 Best PC Game of 2015

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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Brash Games
    Jan 20, 2016
    90
    The game’s direction is also peerless, and the aesthetic choices are just right: bold enough to be obvious on a small screen for tablets, but creative and consistent, furthering the atmosphere. The game is unique and I wish there was more like it, and I expect that, despite the 80 day limit, I will play it over and over, each time discovering a new way around the world.
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  2. PCWorld
    Jan 19, 2016
    90
    80 Days is a modern take on the choose-your-own adventure novel, with a branching story that spans the entire globe. It's a game that practically demands you play it more than once.
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  3. CD-Action
    Dec 16, 2015
    80
    Storytelling in 80 Days is so rich and polished that this adventure becomes your own. [12/2015, p.65]
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