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[The_EgAt]

I like text-based games very much, and have played them for years.

[Borodin]

Originally posted by Iron_Scarecrow@Jan 5 2005, 09:19 PM
Doesn't sound very interesting. Who would want to participate in that.

Enough people to create several thousand MUDs, MUCKs, MUSHes, etc, and populate them with several hundred thousand users. The pay-to-play uber-MUDs like Gemstone III and DragonRealms each maintain roughly 15,000-20,000 people at all times in their respective game environments. Clearly, text-based MMORPGs aren't for everyone, and I'm not about to sing their virtues to you; but that's not to say others don't like them.

[BlackMageJawa]

I want to like them, but I can never seem to get the hang of the kind of commands they're looking for. I guess that's because I've gotten hooked on menu-driven Adventures where I'm used to a set vocabulary. Use, Talk etc present no problem. Put Junk Mail In Front Of Slot, on the other hand, is beyond me.

So, yes I like them, but I'm really bad. Huh, just like Starcraft.

[Borodin]

Originally posted by BlackMageJawa@Jan 6 2005, 12:13 AM
I want to like them, but I can never seem to get the hang of the kind of commands they're looking for. I guess that's because I've gotten hooked on menu-driven Adventures where I'm used to a set vocabulary. Use, Talk etc present no problem.

I know that some of these multiplayer text-based games--at least, the Simutronics pay-for-play titles--do offer a separate frontend with menus, if you wish to you it. They even had one back in the old GEnie days, when that DOS-based online service was the major provider of games and forums, and even had something new--the Internet! (With text-only, no less.) The frontends tend to be pretty sophisticated. I've seen several that allow you to build complex scripts, permitting your character to run automatically through large areas, fight different monsters in different ways, search and gather items from the kill.

[Reaperman]

You know, what is a good Text Based Game Engine, Im interested in making one, & since I started this poll, you better tell me :ranting:

Just Kidding

[Squalidangel]

Text games are fun because it takes imagination and ingenuity.
Personally, I love to read. Text games are kind of like interactive books.

[Borodin]

Reaperman, if you're looking for text game engines, you might start here. HOTU has a lot of IF games, and they list plenty of links to IF interpreters and other speciality sites.

[cheesegrater]

Where do I get more text games? They are sooo cool. Does HOTU have a special section for them? I couldn't find one.

[MasterGrazzt]

Interactive Fiction, cheesegrater.

And I play text based games. Damn kids and their graphics...

[Reaperman]

Thanks for The-Underdogs!