Thank you, sir! Will definitely check all of those out. Funnily enough, I did listen to the podcast you did for Blind cool Tech, about the fighting fantasy games. Enjoyed it, and always meant to check the ff project out, but kinda forgot about it. Heh. I love that whitestick page! Very useful. I did not know that he had a games page too, though.
Hey, um, would you mind terribly if I wrote you off list? I wanted to ask you something, but I wasn't sure if you wanted to give personal info out on the list so thought I would refrain. On 4/13/13, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alisan. > > I actually know sryth very well. Back in 2004 when it was just a free game, > > before there was any commercial signup I was very much a fan and played > endlessly, I was even 2nd on the leaderboards for a couple of years, but in > > 2009 I pretty much abandoned I pretty much abandoned sryth for exactly the > reason you mention, it just seemed the gm was bumping up difficulty > unreasonably and requiring massive donationsto perchice the higher level > weapons to complete standard adventures, not to mention all the lotteries, > timed events, stat grinding etc, it frankly seemed the gm just got reedy to > > me and his writing suffered. > > There are lots of online games kicking around, for more details see the > games to play online page over at www.whitestick.co.uk. > > Many games however get a bit grindy aand are lacking in the text or have > very quick battles. > > In particular I'd advise trying puppet nightmares, which has a fantastic > battle system and a very interesting story, plus you control and take charge > > of pokemon like weerd surreal creatures making it also a creature game, and > > core exiles, a fantastic and very different story driven space adventure. > That one has many stratogy elements, but also lots of sapce to explore and > missions to do. > > Warriors 2 is also fun, especially with the random adventure system, though > > in that game unfortunately battles are all automatic, and I'd also recommend > > metroplexities, a cyberpunk style rpg game set in a distopian future. > kingdom of loathing is good for comedy value, though unfortunately I've > found the dayly adventure limit in that game a bit too strenuous, and while > > I enjoy the humour I don't find the story has me come back for more as > much. > > I would also recommend looking at whitestick's online gamebooks page. these > > are interactive stories, but with full rpg mechanics, some requiring rolling > > of dice. In particular age of fable and those on the fighting fantasy > project webiste are worth a look. > > hth. > > Hth. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
