Fogg is in charge now - there are no harrumphs or tsks as you select the next destination and risk failure because you are losing agency.Īs soon as you board the Ice Walker, a startling vehicle that strides and clambers across the ice like a giant mechanical insect, there is no turning back. As soon as you make the turn toward the Pole, which is clearly an unnecessary and time-wasting diversion at best, the narration shifts subtly. I'm calling it a 'quest' because it's the first and only time I've seen Passepartout's master possessed of a sense of urgency about anything other than the task at hand. The spoilers are just beyond this next image.įogg can die on the quest for the North Pole. It involves a diversion and it's one of my favourite sequences in any game. There's one particular ending that I hadn't discovered, however, until that night last week. Passepartout's narration traces the changes he goes through during the adventure and his realisation that the tale he is recording isn't what he had had initially thought is beautifully delivered, step by step along the way, and the end of each journey is packed with meaning. On top of everything else, it's a game about storytelling. 80 Days is subversive, hard and haunting, but it always treats its cast with respect. It is one of the kindest and most thoughtful games I've ever played, and while that might make it sound soft and fluffy, it's anything but. The journey itself is at the heart of that but Inkle repeatedly confound my expectations with the humane and empathetic depiction of the many cultures and people of the world. It is, wonderfully, a game concerned with progress and progressive thinking. As well as brilliantly retelling Jules Verne's classic through hundreds of optional and intertwined encounters, its locations and their inhabitants are a constant source of delight. ![]() I love the game as much as I did when I first played it. I'd installed the newly released PC version of 80 Days before the move and while waiting for my new broadband installation, I've been free of internet distractions and so found myself loading up Fogg's adventures at 3am on a sleepless night. Last week I was moving house, a task I always find daunting even though I've rarely settled in one place for longer than a year. Widely popular with both children and adults, Verne is one of the most translated authors of all times, and still inspires people the world over today.Inkle's 80 Days was one of my favourite games of 2014 and if it had been released on PC, I'd have spent hours and hours writing about it on this here site. With the help of editor Pierre-Jules Hetzel, he wrote a series of books called "Extraordinary Travels", which includes "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1864), "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1870), and "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1873). Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist who mostly wrote adventure fiction inspired by the scientific advances of the 19th century. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. Will Phileas Fogg prove that he was right? Or will he lose half of his fortune trying? Find all the answers in Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel "Around the World in 80 Days" from 1873.ī. Fogg bets that 80 days is enough and accepts a wager of pound20,000 to complete the journey himself within 80 days. The gentlemen disagree whether it is possible to travel all the way around the globe in only 80 days. One day at the club, Fogg gets involved in an argument. He is a member of the Reform Club, which is one of London’s best gentleman's club. ![]() Despite his wealth, the rich British gentleman Phileas Fogg lives a simple and humble life.
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