Wanderlust Travel Stories
Release Date: September 26, 2019
Adventure, Polish, indie games, experimental/artistic, text, singleplayer
A narrative adventure game in the convention of an interactive travel journal. In Wanderlust: Travel Stories, developers from the Polish studio Different Tales tell stories of travelers whose lives are shaped by our decisions.
September 26, 2019
Wanderlust Travel Stories Review – A Must-Read Game
Wanderlust is an unusual and bold concept of a game based on the literature of the road. The courage of the artists, who created a game consisting mostly of text, deserves admiration. And recognition, too, because Wanderlust is simply a really good game.
Videos and Screens
[0:55] Wanderlust Travel Stories trailer #1
Gamepressure Review
Wanderlust Travel Stories
Wanderlust is an unusual and bold concept of a game based on the literature of the road. The courage of the artists, who created a game consisting mostly of text, deserves admiration. And recognition, too, because Wanderlust is simply a really good game.
GAMERS Score
Average score from 218 votes. 3 players anticipated the game.
Wanderlust Travel Stories Description
Wanderlust: Travel Stories is a text adventure in the convention of an interactive travel journal. The game was developed by the independent Polish studio Different Tales and published by Walkabout.
Plot
Wanderlust: Travel Stories consists of four long scenarios and five short stories. The heroes of each of them are travelers who visit various corners of the world. During their journeys around the world, our protégés visit twenty-one countries on six continents, including Bangladesh, Congo, Papua New Guinea and the Faroe Islands.
Mechanics
Wanderlust: Travel Storiesby reading successive fragments of the story, we not only follow the current fate of the characters, but also learn about their current reflections and their past. In addition, during the game we often make decisions that affect the fate of individual characters. It is worth paying attention to the level of protagonists' fatigue and the condition of their wallets, as well as remembering that the choices we make affect their well-being.
Technical aspects
Wanderlust: Travel Stories features simple visuals. The stories are enriched with photographs, illustrations and animations presenting the places on the map and the circumstances in which our charges are at a given moment. It is worth mentioning separately the rich sound layer and the fact that the dialogue lines in the game consists of more than three hundred thousand words.
Last updated on June 3, 2020
Wanderlust Travel Stories Summary
Game Series: Wanderlust
Platforms:
PC / Windows September 26, 2019
Switch February 26, 2020
Apple iOS September 26, 2019
Developer: Different Tales
Publisher: Walkabout
Age restrictions: none
Wanderlust Travel Stories System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Dual Core, 4 GB RAM, graphic card Intel HD 4400 or better, 2 GB HDD, Windows 7/8.1/10 64-bit