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The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail™ by Gameloft is a modern twist on the classic game, offering players an immersive experience on the road to Oregon. With a range of historically accurate and extreme journeys to choose from, players must make tough choices, face new dangers, and overcome unexpected situations. Surviving various challenges such as blizzards, broken limbs, snakebites, exhaustion, starvation, and dysentery while navigating the untamed frontier is no easy task. The game features procedurally selected random events where players' choices affect their party and future game events, ensuring a new adventure with each playthrough.
Key features of the game include the ability to build and name a party from different classes, each with their own starting items, skills, and personalities. Players must overcome hundreds of random events that influence the fate of their travelers based on their unique skills and traits. Taking care of the party, wagon, and oxen is crucial to avoid casualties on the trail. The game also offers 15 playable journeys, 7 quests inspired by historical events, and various other features such as monitoring party members' health, managing inventory and wagon maintenance, learning about real people and places through an interactive journal, and collecting and learning about different animals.
The game stays true to the original by reintroducing hunting and rafting, along with classic hazards like dysentery and broken legs. The art direction combines charming pixel art characters, 3D environments, and modern lighting and visual effects, creating a nostalgic yet contemporary visual style. The soundtrack features all-original alt-country-inspired music and 8-bit-style sound effects.
In a respectful representation of history and culture, The Oregon Trail™ includes Native American playable characters and stories. Thorough research and consultation with academic experts were undertaken to ensure accuracy and respectful representation of all peoples depicted in the game.
Officially licensed by HarperCollins Productions and supported by them, The Oregon Trail™ is a 2016 Video Game Hall of Fame inductee.
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