Each member of the group has seen different parts of the world and has their own view on what they experience due to their life experiences. There’s Tomek, who has spent his life being anxious, Henriette, who yearns for the sea, her father Henry, who traveled the world as a famous photographer, fashionista Martine, and the Portuguese reporter Adita, whose heart really belongs in Africa.When I landed in Tenerife in December 2018, I only relaxed after I sat down on an empty beach in the evening. A few minutes earlier, I had bought a bottle of cheap sangria to properly celebrate this moment. The ocean, murmuring in the dark, tumbled, swashed and swirled, and I lay there, drinking cheap wine, telling myself I’m calm, that I came here to rest, and that this entire setting – the ocean, the cooling beach, the empty sun loungers, gusty breeze, thousands of stars, and even this city behind me, relentlessly pulsating with the banging bass from techno parties – were there to help me with my big holiday plan.
Wanderlust is a real-life inspired adventure game about modern travelers, each with their own desires, hopes, and fears. Accompany them as both a reader and a storyteller, step into their shoes, and decide how the story will unfold.You also have to balance stress, fatigue, money, what you’re carrying with you and wearing, and so on. It can affect your character’s mood, which in turn can open up new actions. The fact that my fatigue went through the roof because of jetlag on the first day was a nice touch.”What you decide also makes the traveler change their world views,” he says. “Every journey ends with your character becoming an internally ‘richer’ person.” The trailer above briefly teases snippets from a few different stories, each told from a pretty intimate first-person perspective that seems to get into the head of each character.I didn’t expect for Wanderlust to be so compelling. After spending a few hours with an early demo, Wanderlust already looks set to be one of 2019’s most surprisingly delightful games. By its very nature, it won’t be for everybody; but for anyone in search of a more relaxed gaming experience, one that takes you on a journey without leaving home, it seems on track to deliver fantastically.
Wanderlust is a real-life inspired adventure game about modern travelers. Step into their shoes, and decide how the story will unfold. Wanderlust Travel Stories is a game and a book. Travel the world in four novels and five short stories spanning a total of over 300,000 words and 12 hours worth of reading.Wanderlust is a text adventure-style game illustrated with photography. The story branches depending on the player’s choice in ways that are often small and mundane, but feel true to the spirit of being in a strange place among new people. Where do I stay? What clothes do I wear? Who do I talk to, and how do I respond to them? Should I stay in and relax, or decide to burn the last of my energy on exploring the neighborhood of my hotel?Do I check out a local cooking course in the Bangkok slums, or go to an upscale mall to try and find some beautiful fashion? Do I go with the safe,
The Witcher, Hitman, and Dying Light, joins fellow original Witcher story designer Artur Ganszyniec, for instance. But basing the game’s travels on “what we felt during our journeys, and what they mean to us today,” doesn’t necessarily leave enough room for real people’s cultures to come through except filtered by the lens of the “profound” travellers from outside. Who knows! The demo does touch on some of the issues caused by tourists in Thailand.Wanderlust Travel Stories is a game and a book. Travel the world in four novels and five short stories spanning a total of over 300,000 words and 12 hours worth of reading.I take a vacation to get as quickly as possible to pretty, sunny locations to relax. And although I was always aware of the certain shallowness of my small trips, only after playing Wanderlust I begun to feel a little remorse. But let’s start from the beginning.
It’s Not a Love Story. He didn’t plan to be spontaneous, but it happened. Now he has to travel across all of Europe to meet a woman he doesn’t really know. His hopes are high. He might be in love. He’ll probably be late.
Verdict
Wanderlust: Travel Stories is a different experience from your run-of-the-mill video game, and should appeal to anyone who is an avid traveler or wants to explore some unknown parts of the world from home. The stories are engaging and presented nicely, having enough of an impact on me to start downloading travel apps and plan trips. It may have the same effect on you.
