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eviewsPASSENGERS1064/123.im• SUPPLIER: INFOORAMESMBUIS A ICBM diskCREVIEWER: PRICE: E24.95 PA LH1IrtariIfyou can rememberNIssue E and the review ofS:ATIndeed, A he wouldRnot I a trueproblem-solvingSadventure,T/91Iback to C+ VG's Augustthe first Passengers on theWind game, you'll knowthat Keith is very hostle tothe style of this adventure.probably argue that it isThat's a good point. It'smore like a role-playingbook where at the end ofa paragraph you have tomake M a decision. Thewrong choice can sendyou off on the wrongtrack. With Passengersyou have to decide onthe correct sequence ofpeople to talk to andmaking the right decisionwhen confronted with achoice. Getting thecorrect sequence right Isvitally important toprogressing into thego me.In Passengers /basedon Francois Bourgeon'sbest-selling French comicbooks, all the maincharcters wereintroduced. Basically thegame is set on the eve ofthe French Revolution.Is°, an adventure girlwho turned Out to be acountess whose title hadbeen usurped. Hoel ayoung sailor unjustlyaccused of murder whofell in love with Ism Mary,a young English girlexpecting a child whofled from her father andcountry. John, an EnglishOfficer and the father ofMary's unborn child. St.Quentin, the ship'ssurgeon and also a goodfriend of Isa. Boisboeuf, acaptain of a slave ship,The King nust know that nghusband is suffering fron avery ngsterious illness.and more than 15 othereighteenth-centurycharacters.After many adventuresin France and a toughcrossing on board a slaveship, the group reachAfrica. Still with me? Youare forgiven if you thinkthis sounds more like asoap opera than a game.Right from now on it'sPassenger 2.Unfortunately, fate isagainst them - Johngoes mad; Hoel becomesIll and the two women areexposed to the designs ofthe evil Viaroux andMontaguere. Deciding tohelp Hoe!, Isa goes toDahomey's kingdom toAIM=„41011-see King Kpengla. Youmust decide by living thisadventure in which youwill learn the mysteriesof voodoo when meetingthe king and upon visitingthe Savannah,Despite the fact that theoperation of the game Isfairly complex and, attimes, confusing, I doenjoy playing it, althoughI'm not sure how muchsense the second gamemakes it you haven'tplayed the first. Thegraphics are trulyimpressive,Before buying thisgame, I would advise youto try and see the gameworking first. The ideasbehind it are, I think, newand exciting and deserveencouragement. Theexecution of the conceptdoesn't match this,The Passengers on theWind series runs, as for as Iknow, to about fivevolumes so there is thechance we will be seeingmore Passengers gamesfrom InfogramesVOCABULARY"ATMOSPHERE"PERSONAL"PACKAGE VALUEMA7ej