Hi Dark, I think what Mich is talking about here is the newer real time roll playing games for the PC and other game consoles where you have real time movement etc much like an FPS game, but you can compete and play out a number of quests online via a dedicated game server or play solo on your game console. Something like Star Wars Old Republic, for example, is probably more like what Mich is talking about here.
In a game like Star Wars Old Republic you play the game as though it were a third-person action shooter, but it is a roll playing game with hundreds of quests or missions that can be played out solo or online via a dedicated server. Like a text based rpg you can select a race, job class, name of character, and home world to start off from, but the style of game play is more like a third-person game all in real time with audio, 3d graphics, and so on. I guess what I'm trying to say here is that FPS games have evolved away from games like Quake and Doom, and FPS and TPS style games, are more like RPGs with hundreds of missions/quests, the custom character creation, and the old text based RPGs like sryth can't hold a candle to them. FPS games and your text based RPG games have all been rolled into one thing these days. HTH On 8/5/11, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mich. > > i'm slightly confused, sinse you mention both online fps games involving > quests, such as unreal tournament (though i believe that is mostly coop and > pvp battles rather than actual quests), and games like Eamon which is purely > text based. > > About the first, the answer is no, not yet. > > As to the second however, there are lots of brouser based and mud based > online text games where you can play with other people, such as Sryth, core > exiles, alterean, materiamagica, new worlds ateraan etc. > > just check on audiogames.net for the brouser based games, and use one of the > mud connector sites for the mud games, though i'd strongly recommend > alterean sinse with it's soundpack it's really more of an audio game than a > text based one. > > 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].
