Developer Inkle's award-winning adventure game 80 Days is headed to Nintendo Switch, it has been confirmed. The good news doesn't stop there either, as the studio's open-world archaeological adventure Heaven's Vault will also arrive next year.
If you've played 80 Days before, you're probably already sold on this Switch release, but for those not in the know it was named as one of 2014's top video games by Time magazine and received four BAFTA nominations.
The game mixes old-school text adventure with RPG and strategic board game elements, tasking players with helping Phileas Fogg win a bet to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. The catch is that you actually need to do this before time runs out; players must choose their route, manage their finances, interact with hundreds of characters, and complete the goal at hand in time.
This Switch version has been fully optimised for the console, with every part of the user interface being redesigned or reconsidered for play with either your Jon-Con or touchscreen. It also has resizable text for comfortable reading in both handheld and docked modes, which is particularly welcome after the recent Fire Emblem: Three Houses text size fiasco.
80 Days launches on Switch on 1st October as a 'definitive' version, including all of the content incrementally added to the adventure since its initial release. Heaven's Vault is headed to Switch in "early 2020". Our chums over at Push Square reviewed the PS4 version of Heaven's Vault earlier this year if you'd like to learn more.
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That trailer leaves rather a lot to the imagination
I love this game so much, it’s one of the few games I have permanently installed on my phone. It’s definitely interactive fiction at its finest, second only to the Sorcery! games.
I keep meaning to play this but every time I start I get the feeling this isn’t really for me.
It just feels like I’m doing random things while scoffing down heaps of flavour text.
And it’s not like I have a problem with that, I’ve played Sunless Sea to exhaustion and that is pretty much all text between and during voyages.
-and God knows Pillars of Eternity is in dire need of an over-excited editor with a red marker, and I’ve played that twice now without complaint.
Bah, I’ll probably get it some day.
@luke88 Indeed, a little too much even.
Well, this sure looks like nothing to be excited about. Can't for the life of me figure out how dross like this gets awards. The age of text adventures is long past its best before date, far as I'm concerned.
And that Heaven's Vault game apparently isn't anything to write home about either, judging from that glaring review on PushSquare. It being linked to in this article gave me the impression that it would actually be something to look forward to, but it certainly isn't.
Well, at least two more games between now and next year to cross off of the list...
Absolutely brilliant game, tripple-dipping for sure.
I think I might have re-played 80 Days more than any other game. It's great for a flight or train journey especially with some headphones.
Heaven’s Vault is amazing! Fingers crossed for a physical release.
The Cool Ghosts video on this convinced me to buy it and I'm so glad I did. This game completely and utterly rules.
This doesn't really look steampunk, it just looks like a travel map from the trailer
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