
An Immigrant's Tale: Immediately upon entering the USA in San Francisco, you can meet immigrants with stories to tell about themselves. If Fogg loses the wager, when the two reach London again he may suggest that they try again!. In some endings, Passepartout can actually leave his master's service to have adventures of his own. Upon returning to London, Passepartout will joke about another expedition but will be completely shut down by Fogg. Anachronism Stew: Aside from the obvious steampunk Alternate History aspect, there are also quite a few machines and modes of transport available to you that wouldn't be invented for another 50 years.
Alternate History: While the setting is a fairly recognizable mirror of the real world, the presence of the Artificers' Guild and the rise of Artifice has created different balances of power and different empires and resistances to those empires. Almost Out of Oxygen: Evoked a few times when trips over the ocean go awry. However, a rival newspaper found out and sent another journalist out six hours later on a journey in the opposite direction. The German gentleman who is doing the tour around the world the other way may be an allusion to real world journalist Nellie Bly, who attempted the trip and chronicled her journey in the book Around the World in Seventy-Two Days. Imagine what might have transpired had we forgotten! A less precise man than Monsieur Fogg might have finished on the eightieth day and yet believed himself to have lost! With such an eye as his, it was unthinkable that he might miss such a detail! "I have altered our watch already," Monsieur Fogg replied calmly. Ain't Too Proud to Beg: If there is not enough money to take any route and they have nothing to sell, Passepartout and Fogg will be reduced to begging for funds to continue their journey. Fogg scoffs at the idea that he would just throw his entire fortune into a carpet bag and leave in the novel, he does just that, which is why Fix mistakes it for a bank robbery take. When funds are low, you have to visit the bank to retrieve funds by wire from London. Adaptation Deviation: In addition to the obvious ones caused by player choices and the alternate setting, one alteration was made for the sake of challenging gameplay. Adaptational Sexuality: Passepartout, whose sexuality is never expanded on in the original book, is bisexual and has love interests of both genders. His attitudes towards interacting with others and his single-minded determination to win the wager for reasons that are unclear or ridiculous are Played for Laughs.
Adaptational Comic Relief: Fogg, to some extent.Michel Ardan, despite being cool in the original novel, is now a slightly insane but still ingenious rocket engineer.Aodha, who goes from being a would-be victim of sati note Ritual self-immolation in the original to a mercenary leader.There are mechanical camels and elephants, steamships and airships, flying machines powered by the life-forces of actual birds and still more technological wonders to travel upon. traditional culture, all while preserving the feel of an adventure narrative.
The game is set in an alternate history steampunk version of Earth vastly de-centered from Europe, and does not shy away from heavier issues such as colonialism, imperialism, and technological progress vs.
The player takes the role of his French valet, Passepartout, and it is his job to arrange travel, purchase and sell items to manage their finances, and ensure the general health and happiness of his master Fogg. The year is 1872, and Phileas Fogg has made a wager that he can circumnavigate the world in eighty days.
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Published by Inkle and written by Meg Jayanth, it was originally released in 2014 on iOS and Android only, but the game was ported to PC in 2015 along with a major update and is now available on Steam and other vendors. 80 Days is an interactive fiction game loosely based on Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days.