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Publisher
MacSoft | Genre
Action | Release Date
Q4 2001 | Status
Gold Master |
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Survivor: The Interactive Game
November 21, 2001 | Tuncer Deniz | |
In the world of television, the immense popularity of reality-based TV can be attributed to one show….Survivor. Week after week, Americans across the country have anxiously been watching this modern-day, survival of the fittest show. With powerful elements such as alliances, treachery, cunning, deceit, will power, and strength packed into each episode, Survivor has become a phenomenon.So, it should come as no surprise that it would be only a matter of time before someone tried to make an interactive game out of Survivor. That task has fallen on developer Magic Lantern Playware to make a game where you can outwit, outplay, and outlast right on your computer. Are you up to the challenge? Read on and find out… Outwit Survivor: The Interactive Game has everything the TV show includes: interaction with tribe members, reward and immunity challenges, and yes, the dreaded Tribal Council.Your first task when you begin the game is to pick a tribe, from either Puala Tiga or the Australian Outback. After you pick your tribe (and the tribe you’ll be against), you’ll then pick your survivor. You can choose to be one of the past contestants such as Jerri or Colby or you can even create your own. Each character has certain attributes such as assertiveness, communication, cooking, strength, and swimming. Picking or creating a survivor that has more or less of these certain elements will help you in your quest to be the final Survivor. Outplay Once you’re done with picking or creating your survivor, you’re ready to start the game. Survivor is broken down into episodes, with each containing a survival period, reward challenge, another survival period, immunity challenge, and Tribal Council. When you begin the first survival period, you’re presented with a Role Selection board. If you want to tend to the fire or catch fish, select that role. Or if you prefer to be lazy, you don’t need to do anything. However, the more work you do, the better the other team members will respond favorably to your efforts.After Role Selection, you will see an “Emotional Energy” screen. Here you manage your relationships by spending Emotional Energy points towards another Survivor. This is one way you can form alliances and select which tribe members with which you have bonds.The more emotional energy points you spend on a fellow tribe member, the more that person will feel favorable to you. After the Emotional Energy screen, the game begins in earnest. Although your Survivor does all the work for you automatically (no need to click around the screen, just watch your survivor work), you do have to click on other tribe members to talk to them. Here you can find out how the tribe members are feeling, which gives you a chance to form alliances or get a feel for their mood. You can even ask who they’re going to vote off at the next Tribal Council (but usually they won’t tell you).
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