Road to India (video game)

The player assumes the role of an American student named Fred Reynolds, who has travelled to India to find his girlfriend, Anusha, who was kidnapped by thugs. In the game the player has only three days to find the girlfriend, where they visit places such as New Delhi and the Taj Mahal. Each day is broken up into two parts: reality and the dream.

There is around 15 minutes of cinematics in the game, which uses the Virtools engine.

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| GSpot = 7.0/10{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050330155615/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/roadtoindiabetweenhan/review.html| url=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/roadtoindiabetweenhan/review.html| title=Road to India: Between Hell and Nirvana | author=Osborne, Scott | date=September 13, 2001 | work=GameSpot | archivedate=March 30, 2005 | url-status=dead }}

| CGM = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040807042409/http://www.cgonline.com/reviews/roadindia-01-r1.html | url=http://www.cgonline.com/reviews/roadindia-01-r1.html | title=Review; Road to India | author=Todd, Brett | date=January 14, 2002 | work=Computer Games Magazine | archivedate=August 7, 2004 | url-status=dead }}

| PCGUS = 67%{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020402163029/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/review_2002-01-02s.html | url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/review_2002-01-02s.html | title=Reviews; Road to India | author=Osborn, Chuck | date=December 2001 | work=PC Gamer US | archivedate=April 2, 2002 | url-status=dead }}

| rev1 = The Electric Playground

| rev1Score = 7/10{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030718132445/http://www.elecplay.com:80/review.html?article=6972 | url=http://www.elecplay.com:80/review.html?article=6972 | title=Road to India | date=October 11, 2001 | author=MacIsaac, Jason | archivedate=July 18, 2003 | work=The Electric Playground | url-status=dead }}

| rev2 = Just Adventure

| rev2Score = C+{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010716162321/http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/Road_to_India/Road_to_India.shtm | url=http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/Road_to_India/Road_to_India.shtm | title=Reviews; Road to India | author=Sluganski, Randy | work=Just Adventure | archivedate=July 16, 2001 | url-status=dead }}

| award1 = Best Adventure Game 2001 (finalist)

| award1Pub = GameSpot

| award2 = Best Adventure Game for PC 2001 (finalist)

| award2Pub = The Electric Playground

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Scott Osborne of GameSpot gave the game a 7.0 "Good" rating and said "Road to India is a fine example of old-school adventure gaming with a modern presentation." Tamara Schembri of GameSpy thought the game was imaginative and stylish, albeit not perfect.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/june01/road2india/index2.shtm|title=GameSpy.com - Reviews: Road to India|date=2002-06-03|access-date=2017-02-02|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020603193549/http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/june01/road2india/index2.shtm|archivedate=2002-06-03}} Staci Krause of IGN wrote that while the game was entertaining, it was too short for the experience to be wholly recommendable.{{Cite web|url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/166/166962p1.html|title=IGN: Road to India: Between Hell and Nirvana Review|date=2007-03-14|access-date=2017-02-02|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314062236/http://pc.ign.com/articles/166/166962p1.html|archivedate=2007-03-14}}

Road to India was a nominee for GameSpot's 2001 "Best Adventure Game" and The Electric Playground{{'}}s 2001 "Best Adventure Game for PC" awards, but lost both prizes to Myst III: Exile.{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020208192436/http://www.elecplay.com/feature.html?article=8152&page=1 | url=http://www.elecplay.com/feature.html?article=8152&page=1 | title=Blister Awards 2001 | author=Staff | date=January 25, 2002 | work=The Electric Playground | archivedate=February 8, 2002 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://gamespot.com:80/gamespot/features/pc/bestof_2001/index.html|title=GameSpot's Best and Worst PC Games of 2001|author=GameSpot PC Staff|work=GameSpot|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020204194024/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/pc/bestof_2001/index.html|archivedate=February 4, 2002|url-status=dead}}

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• [http://www.microids.com/en/catalogue/15/road-to-india-between-hell-and-nirvana.html Road to India] at Microïds {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206071023/http://www.microids.com/en/catalogue/15/road-to-india-between-hell-and-nirvana.html |date=2008-12-06 }}
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