The online guidebook resource alters its displayed help based upon the year of travel, but not with the target and trailhead ends chosen-hence to read the book, one needs to wade past pages of useless information applicable to sub-scenarios (such as alternate routes over a local regional stretch) one hasn't chosen. Travel is much easier in later years, as there are more towns and trading posts along the way for resupply. This version also allows the player to choose any year from 1840 through 1860 rather than being fixed to 1848 as it was in the original. At any point in the game, if the player dies, the game is over. Players are also able to talk with other settlers along the way and ask their advice. an accident or illness) happens, the game halts and the player must make a choice of action, so it is much more interactive than the previous version. For instance, rafting down the Columbia River is a much greater challenge than it was in the original game. Oregon Trail II includes far more detail than the original. However, if the player settles at a destination other than the one they had selected at the start of the game, they will not receive a bonus, regardless of their chosen occupation. While some occupations have more money than others, the low income occupations get a greater final bonus, which proves crucial in getting a high score in the end of the game. Each skill can make good events more likely to happen, and bad events less likely to happen. The more important the skill is, the more it costs. The player chooses skills with a 120-point limit. After selecting an occupation, the player can select various skills. Also, they may select how many others are with them in their wagon, along with their names and ages.
When players start a new game, they can choose their name, occupation, level, date of travel, their starting point and destination, and type of wagon. In addition, events such as diseases (including dysentery, measles, cholera, and others), obstacles on the path, accidents while traveling, and even interactions with other groups in one's wagon train involve being directed to choose a course of action from a set of multiple choices.
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