Oregon Trail II for Windows 95 was amazingly detailed. You could actually change routes and end up in several other locations, and it would sometimes simulate special events for the particular route you take. For example, if you try to cross the Donner Pass in 1846 you get stuck in the snow for months.
The thing about realizing it in a 3D game engine is it’s a game about walking a thousand miles. In any implementation of Oregon Trail you see the oxen take three steps and that’s a day gone by without incident. If anything it’d be a hilarious troll to make people walk the entire length of the trail.
Oregon Trail II for Windows 95 was amazingly detailed. You could actually change routes and end up in several other locations, and it would sometimes simulate special events for the particular route you take. For example, if you try to cross the Donner Pass in 1846 you get stuck in the snow for months.
The thing about realizing it in a 3D game engine is it’s a game about walking a thousand miles. In any implementation of Oregon Trail you see the oxen take three steps and that’s a day gone by without incident. If anything it’d be a hilarious troll to make people walk the entire length of the trail.