An Introduction to Text Based Games
So you’ve heard of text-based MMORPGs, only you want to find out more. Continue reading to discover the history, attraction and how text based web games continue to rule and have evolved over time.
Many moons ago, before PCs had graphical abilities, text based rpg games were being played on college LANs over exceedingly weak dial-up connections. Best known as multi user dungeons (MUDs), many of these text based web games have been adjusted to play online via a MUD client, or most recently, a modern web browser.
A slow internet connection has very little affect on playability, and they can handle huge numbers of concurrent users, often referred to as MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game). This is largely due to the fact that most text based RPGs do not have graphics.
A hidden bonus to text-based rpg games is the ability to play them on, pretty much, any computer connected to the Internet, due to their low system requirements compared to graphical games. Many serious gamers also play them on modern handheld devices and wap enabled mobile cell phones.
All text based games worth their salt will have the power to build an in-game character, increase their health, wealth, status, equipment, weaponary, trade items etc, and complete tasks in the game. With a huge increase of new mmorpg games popping-up over recent years, competition is stiff, expectations are much higher and developing a successful text-based browser game demands time, effort, regular feature updates and lots of caffeine. Great text MMORPGs are addictive and keep players loyal for months, and sometimes, years.
Facebook, the social media giant, saw the attraction in text based rpg games and has recently launched Mafia Wars, Farmville and Frontierville, created by Zynga.
Although much more graphical than the first text-based mmorpg games, the game play is almost identical to the majority of other text-based browser games.
If you fancy giving text based gaming a try, why not start with Torn, Farmville or SimRocker.
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