by cannibalkid
this game is amazing, i don't understand why it's so low-rated.my friend had played once and he said the game was broken because you "can't win with an all-fame goal." i promised to beat him with an all-fame goal, which i prompty did. then he said he only lost because his new success formula had too much money in it. so i copied his success formula and he took mine, and I prompty wiped the floor with THAT success formula.
what makes this game great is how the theme is perfectly suited to the gameplay. you can win by doing pretty much anything, either shooting for computer programming and cold hard cash, or by spending merely a grand on sailing equipment and going to a tropical island. you can win by studying the mechanics, or just following your heart and doing what you would do in real life. Just follow opportunity when it knocks and utilizes experience to get you through risky times.
What other games in the past 50 years have improved on the multiple-paths or the three kinds of VP? This isn't rhetorical, I'm not a game expert!
I love this game so much that after 20 years I went back to my parents' house and brought it back with me to L.A.