I will not play if someone creatnthis type of text adventure. Thanks Ishan On 10/10/14, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Josh, > > Not really. The thing here is that they would end up being two > completely different games, and the only thing that the text adventure > would have in common with its audio game counterpart is the basic > storyline. Other than that they would end up being vastly different > games. > > To explain the thing about Montezuma's Revenge, like most arcade > games, is that it relies heavily on fast action, decision making, and > relies on avoiding things such as jumping over rolling skulls, snakes, > spiders, and various traps. If you lose that element of jumping over > things the game loses a lot of replay value as well as the primary > mechanic of the game. Something that would have to be replaced with > something else in a turn-based text adventure mode which wouldn't be > the same at all. > > Plus Montezuma's Revenge wasn't ever about combat to begin with. While > you could obtain swords by finding them in various places they would > vanish after you used them. Meaning you had to mostly rely on your > skill and your wits to avoid enemies rather than rely on a sword to > kill them. That would never work in a turn-based text adventure where > there is little to no way to avoid enemies by jumping over or ducking > under them rather than fighting them outright. So that aspect would > have to change to suit the turn-based play which would ruin the game. > > Cheers! > > > On 10/11/14, Josh Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: >> hey thomas could you create a text adventure of montezuma's revenge? or >> montezuma's return that audiogame you were making? Do you think it would >> make a good text adventure game? maybe with a combat system like >> kerkerkruip? >> >> >> >> --- >> 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]. >
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