Text-Based browser games

[SquirrelPants]

Am I the only one who is a fan of these sorts of games? They are always pretty interesting, and almost all of them have some sort of failsafe to keep you from wasting your entire life away.

Games of this genre are usually RPGs(in my experience, at least) and many of them are comedies. The games mostly play on a point and click sort of way, but you usually have at least a little bit of control over what you do(such as using spells.)

My personal favorite is Improbable Island [http://www.improbableisland.com/home.php?], a comedy that focuses on the player's journey as they travel a reality show to shut down a machine called the improbability drive, which makes strange and improbable things happen.

Other ones that may be of interest are Kingdom of Loathing [http://www4.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php?notloggedin=1], another comedy that is just generally fun and more simple than Improbable Island, and Estiah [http://www.estiah.com/], which is a semi-serious fantasy game that doesn't take much time to play. It's a good one if you're in a hurry.

So does anyone else enjoy these games? Maybe you hate them? I want to hear your opinions, and maybe hear of a few games I haven't played before.

 

[Souplex]

http://www.kongregate.com/games/Rete/dont-shit-your-pants Low brow humor at it's best.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Some I find fun. But if they are those. Go where? EAST WEST OR NORTH and just drag on and on I get put off

 

[SquirrelPants]

Some I find fun. But if they are those. Go where? EAST WEST OR NORTH and just drag on and on I get put off

Oh man, I hate those kinds of things. Sometimes it's so worth it that I can't help but go North until my fingers are incapable of typing anything but that.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/Rete/dont-shit-your-pants Low brow humor at it's best.

Oh god, I've played that one. It's so horrible and so great at the same time. XD

 

[bcponpcp27]

I liked the one in Fallout 3. Well, not really, but it was pretty funny to find a text based game in there.

 

[archvile93]

Am I the only one who is a fan of these sorts of games? They are always pretty interesting, and almost all of them have some sort of failsafe to keep you from wasting your entire life away.

Games of this genre are usually RPGs(in my experience, at least) and many of them are comedies. The games mostly play on a point and click sort of way, but you usually have at least a little bit of control over what you do(such as using spells.)

My personal favorite is Improbable Island [http://www.improbableisland.com/home.php?], a comedy that focuses on the player's journey as they travel a reality show to shut down a machine called the improbability drive, which makes strange and improbable things happen.

Other ones that may be of interest are Kingdom of Loathing [http://www4.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php?notloggedin=1], another comedy that is just generally fun and more simple than Improbable Island, and Estiah [http://www.estiah.com/], which is a semi-serious fantasy game that doesn't take much time to play. It's a good one if you're in a hurry.

So does anyone else enjoy these games? Maybe you hate them? I want to hear your opinions, and maybe hear of a few games I haven't played before.

Hey, in regards to Improbable Island, so thats where Krinkles got his idea for the improbability machine in the Madness series.

 

[SimuLord]

Obvious exits are NORTH, SOUTH, and DENNIS.

Text adventures bug the crap out of me---always have. There are good browser games out there (Pandemic 2, just for starters), but text-based games? No thanks.

 

[GoldenCondor]

http://www.aperturescience.com

It's the ultimate text based adventure.
type in LOGIN
then login with any username, password PORTAL.

when you're in, type in APPLY and fill out the hilarious application.

 

[SquirrelPants]

I liked the one in Fallout 3. Well, not really, but it was pretty funny to find a text based game in there.

Huh? Where was that one?

 

[Wildrow12]

Ah, how I miss text-based adventure games. To think, back in the day, we were expected to have
imaginations and the ability to think abstractly.

http://thcnet.net/zork/

Zork Online (Now with 50% more Grue and 20% less chance of being eaten by one).

 

[Valiance]

another lifeless planet and me with no beer...

 

[bcponpcp27]

I liked the one in Fallout 3. Well, not really, but it was pretty funny to find a text based game in there.

Huh? Where was that one?

Hubris Comics. In the basement I think. One of the computers has a Grognak the Barbarian text based game on it.

 

[Azulito]

Lol. I make them

 

[SquirrelPants]

I liked the one in Fallout 3. Well, not really, but it was pretty funny to find a text based game in there.

Huh? Where was that one?

Hubris Comics. In the basement I think. One of the computers has a Grognak the Barbarian text based game on it.

Oh, that's pretty awesome. Thanks for telling me, I'll have to go find that now.

 

[slipknot4]

I play Warriors 2 and Mafia Wars and I've got sort of addicted(I beat my friends up if they don't send me energy packs.

 

[MrJailer]

www.hitmenrpg.com brand new old game. I would recommend all to check it out and give it a go. Its a old game that ran into some money problems and died out but is now back and starting up again get in while its fresh.