How does gaming make you feel like you need to go to the local travel agent and book a cruise holiday?
There are a couple of computer games that I have played recently that have led me to seriously think about going on one of those brilliant luxury cruises I have heard so much about.
Cruise Ship Tyccon
This game actually put the idea into my head so blame this one for this blog on cruise ships. Basically all you have to do is run a cruise ship for yourself. This game is great as you can explore the ship from any angle you wan’t. This is great as the in game ships are all based on real ships which make is perfect for me as I can see exactly what there is to do on a ship without even having to do much research. In this game you get to look after the ship from a managers prosepective which if you are going on a holiday you really don’t care about however I found it to be very interesting as you get to go to places in the ship you normally wouldn’t be allowed in.
Second is Splinter Cell Double Agent
In this mission you actually have to plant a bomb on the ship which really shouldn’t make me feel like I wan’t to go on a cruise ship but yet it still does. When I was playing this game it is safe to say the graphics are so good I didn’t even need to go and look at a website to see what a luxury ship looked like which is one of the reason this game is on the list. As well as this there are parts of the mission based in the casino, bars and the giant swimming pool which really is brilliant as again this level was based on the structure of a real cruise ship.
The weird one- Mario Kart
Call me crazy but there is a level in which you have to drive around on a luxury ship and although I put it here simply because of this it only shows one thing and that is how big a ship is, big enough to drive a kart on? Well in all honesty you could if there wasn’t anyone onboard which is the case in this game.
So there you have it and it gets even better as I am actually going to book a holiday with Regent Cruises today so all I can say is thank you gaming!
Luise Rainer in “The Good Earth”
