Do You Have What It Takes?

The huge, beautiful game world in 80 Days -- in which there is so much to see and do -- comes at a real price in terms of computing power. My computer just barely meets the system requirements. The game crashed once during installation, and then twice during the initial load screen, so I turned all the graphical details down to their lowest setting, which eliminated the technical problems except for an occasional volume glitch during dialogs. The game world is still attractive at the lowest graphical settings, but it is frustrating, knowing that I could be seeing so much more detail if my computer was up to snuff. I’ve been gradually fiddling with the graphic settings, nudging them up one by one. This has made the load times very long, but I haven’t experienced more crashes. And the improvement at higher settings is well worth seeing.

One last technical point about the game – 80 Days does not allow you to save your game wherever you like. The game has an autosave feature. If you quit the game, be aware that you will lose any progress you’ve made after the most recent autosave point.