Personally I'm a text gamer, and always will be, I'd probably pay for it, depending on the quality of the game, and such.
On 5/5/10, Orin <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd pay for a text based game. THey're fun if they have detailed > descriptions, and if fighting, detailed fight descriptions. > > > On May 5, 2010, at 12:58 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: > >> Hello gamers, >> As many of you might remember several months ago I began designing a >> gamebook style roll playing game called Legends of Etherea. When I >> originally drafted the plans for the game it was to be a text based >> gamebook adventure system very much in the spirit of Dungeons and >> Dragons using similar rules, classes, races, etc. While the game's >> story and map isn't yet complete it was going to have various towns, >> cities, forests, and dungeons to explore. However, over the past >> couple of months I am growing concerned that this style of game isn't >> something that would do well financially. Especially, since the >> release of Entombed. >> Basically, what I am aiming at is over the last few years graphical >> roll playing games like Final Fantasy and Xenogears have become hugely >> successful titles all but making the old text based interactive >> fiction systems that I personally like seam like a joke to most >> mainstream gamers. Now, I'm beginning to see the same thing happening >> more or less to the accessible games market as well. It is like why >> bother playing text based roguelike games like Nethack or ADOM when >> you can start up Entombed and wander around a dungeon doing basically >> the same thing complete with Sapi support, sounds, and music. I can't >> help but feel that Entombed has just raised the expectations of any >> new and future roll playing games to new heights. Its like who would >> pay $35 for a text only roll playing game when you can purchase >> Entombed for $40 which comes complete with sounds, music, Sapi >> support, etc. It makes the idea of writing and selling text only roll >> playing games seam laughable. So I can't help but feel like the time >> for text based games of any kind have just gone the way of the >> dinosaur. >> Earlier tonight when I was going through my e-mail there was a post >> from Michael on the Heroes of Ardania thread. He asked if the game >> came complete with sounds and music. That really got me thinking about >> my own project. It seams that justabout everyone now expects sounds, >> music, and if the player is sighted, killer graphics, to make a game >> worth their time. Otherwise the game is considered to be inferior to >> the games with graphics and sounds. So the question is how many of you >> still actually like text based games like me, and how many would be >> willing to pay for such a game? >> understand I'm not necessarily against games like Entombed, I could >> create something like that, of course, but I also have a good idea how >> financially and emotionally exhausting such a title would be to me >> personally. It would take ten times longer and be ten times harder to >> create just because I'd have to purchase more sound packs, license >> music, program all the extra code for sound, speech, menus, whatever. >> So I don't know that I'm up for anything that complicated at the >> moment, but I could do it if it were more financially successful. So >> I'd like to hear your thoughts. What do you expect, like, etc in a >> roll playing game for the computer? >> >> Thanks. >> >> --- >> 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]. > --- 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].
