• RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    You can take the shortcut in game, even! It’s an option if you are playing at difficulties that put you in charge of which path you take.

    You can also be late and get caught in the storm if you’re like me, fucking around in the desert, doing really bad at river crossings, and not realizing for literal decades you have skill points to buy skills.

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      4 hours ago

      wait. “points to buy skills?” This I do not remember from this game. I remember you picked your stats at the beginning, spent your money in Independence, and then off you went. I don’t remember RPG elements.

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        4 hours ago

        In the Oregon Trail 2, yes. You could do skills. I don’t have the windows 95 vm setup on the new machine, so I can’t get my cd up and check. But yes, it’s why I always was a doctor, because some people came with skills already, and medical skills helped people die like. A smudge less.

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            4 hours ago

            Good luck!

            It’s been about 2 years since I played

            Also disclaimer I have memory issues so maybe I’m using the wrong words for what things are? But I do remember one thing was Spanish and the official guide said if you know Spanish you didn’t have to buy the skill lmfao.