15th January 2003, 9:54 PM
I will not argue the fact that text adventure games aren't games anymore. It is just too absurd to even consider continuing. They are games, by any possible way I can describe games. Your saying that they are like Choose Your Own Adventure books proves your ignorance about the genre... I seriously doubt that you have played any text adventure games for any significant amount of time at all if you can even begin to state such a ridiculous opinion.
If you ever play them someday (doubtful, given your stated opinions of them, clearly not based on any facts), you'd see that they play VERY similarly to a graphical adventure game, but with text describing the graphics. The two types of games really aren't that different... as 'graphical' adventure games with textbar interfaces, like all the early Sierra adventure games (or the Hugo adventure games, or many others, including the relatively recent The Space Bar) prove. Those games would work almost as well as text-only games... not as well, but close in most aspects. They are the same exact genre -- adventure games, whether for PC or consoles. Saying they are not games... and DEFENDING such an ignorant position?
I agree with Nick Burns... you are ignorant and further argument is completely pointless, as you will state more "reasons" why text adventure games aren't games. How in the world can you say a game with no graphics isn't a game? I'd say the text is all that you need... it may not be graphics, but I personally think that text is a form of display on the screen, and text interface games can have just as much depth as games with other forms of control... more frusteration, maybe, for having to remember or guess commands, but that doesn't affect the fact they are games even slightly... though you will disagree with some more bizarre 'facts' about how they aren't games, I'm sure. And further prove how disconnected from reality your views are.
Oh, and I'd say text is images. A diffrent form of image, but still a image.
I really hope you aren't seriously defending that position, but the longer you defend it, the more it looks like you truly are... and that is very, very sad.
If you ever play them someday (doubtful, given your stated opinions of them, clearly not based on any facts), you'd see that they play VERY similarly to a graphical adventure game, but with text describing the graphics. The two types of games really aren't that different... as 'graphical' adventure games with textbar interfaces, like all the early Sierra adventure games (or the Hugo adventure games, or many others, including the relatively recent The Space Bar) prove. Those games would work almost as well as text-only games... not as well, but close in most aspects. They are the same exact genre -- adventure games, whether for PC or consoles. Saying they are not games... and DEFENDING such an ignorant position?
I agree with Nick Burns... you are ignorant and further argument is completely pointless, as you will state more "reasons" why text adventure games aren't games. How in the world can you say a game with no graphics isn't a game? I'd say the text is all that you need... it may not be graphics, but I personally think that text is a form of display on the screen, and text interface games can have just as much depth as games with other forms of control... more frusteration, maybe, for having to remember or guess commands, but that doesn't affect the fact they are games even slightly... though you will disagree with some more bizarre 'facts' about how they aren't games, I'm sure. And further prove how disconnected from reality your views are.
Oh, and I'd say text is images. A diffrent form of image, but still a image.
I really hope you aren't seriously defending that position, but the longer you defend it, the more it looks like you truly are... and that is very, very sad.
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