80 Days (2005 video game)

80 Days
Developer(s) Frogwares
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
  • EU: November 4, 2005
  • NA: December 12, 2005
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

80 Days is a video game developed by Frogwares in 2005 for Windows. based on the Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days.

Gameplay

The game is a typical adventure game. The player must collect objects and go to particular locations to reach the next objective. However, there are 3 limitations: Time, Money and Fatigue. The latter may be ignored using means of transport and can be restored by eating food.

Plot

Matthew Lavisheart is a proud gentleman and engineer. He makes a bet, showing that he took part at inventing the most important gadgets at the time by delivering the documents that approve this in maximum 80 days. The problem is that these documents are scattered, in four of the most important cities of the world: Cairo, Bombay, Yokohama and San Francisco.

Ethan begs his nephew, Oliver, to get these documents for him. Oliver accepts, as he wants to escape a marriage that his parents want. And so, Oliver leaves for Cairo.

In Cairo, Oliver must acquire a patent stuck inside an ornamental and unbreakable black tear. To get the patent he must make Scheherazade, the arrogant princess, sing, but he must take her somewhere far from the city, otherwise he will be caught.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic58/100[1]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Adventure Gamers[2]
CGW[3]
GameSpot5.1/10[4]
GameZone7.5/10[5]
IGN7/10[6]
PALGN4.5/10[7]
PC Gamer (US)61%[8]
The New York Times(mixed)[9]

80 Days received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1] PC Gamer US gave it 61% nearly a year after the game was released in the United States.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "80 Days (2005) for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ Michaud, Rob (January 21, 2006). "80 Days Review". Adventure Gamers. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ Gehringer, Stephen (February 2006). "80 Days" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 259. p. 77. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  4. ↑ Davis, Ryan (January 27, 2006). "80 Days Review". GameSpot. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  5. ↑ Lafferty, Michael (23 January 2006). "80 Days - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Butts, Steve (January 13, 2006). "80 Days". IGN. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  7. ↑ Jastrzab, Jeremy (April 6, 2006). "80 Days Review". PALGN. Archived from the original on September 19, 2006. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  8. 1 2 "80 Days". PC Gamer. November 2006. p. 120.
  9. ↑ Herold, Charles (January 7, 2006). "Circumnavigating This World, and a Visit to Another". The New York Times. Retrieved July 19, 2017.


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