Here are my thoughts, I think that text games are definitely awesome and despite all the new stuff out I think more people play them then you think. On Dragonrealms there are quite a few people on at all times. Now don't get me wrong, I love dragonrealms it's a very awesome text based game and I pay 14 bucks a month and I have 2 accounts so times that by 2 and I'm also thinking of upgrading tp premium which then I would be pay 40 bucks a month just for one account. But I think it's worth it because of all the stuff you can do on that game, you want bloody, gory, fantasy, real life, and more just play dragonrealms. But then again I keep going back to the sounds and whatnot games, this is my problem with text based games, their too repetitive. Basically I get tired of listen to constant streams of text and most of it repeats or otherwise, but that's pretty much my only problem with them. But with games like final fantasy and xeno gears/saga, I'm sorry but no matter what you do you won't compete with them. Xeno gears was a positively awesome game up to the point where the game I borrowed from my friend froze and I couldn't beat the last boss (I was very angry). And Final fantasy is pretty much the king of all rpgs for the time being. To compete with htem you would have to be a multi millionaire with staff and developers at hand. Just not possible, but a 2000 or 3000 dollar project I would support definitely, I would donate to you if you really decided to be serious about creating a game of that level. Personally, I find entombed a little to confining sometimes. Stuck in that dungeon and all, other then that it's a really awesome and fun game, and it's also the beginning of the new age of blind accessible rpgs in my opinion. So, if you wanna make it or decide you have my support, I can't wait til a game of that caliber comes out.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:59 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Types of RPG Games 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].
