Do people still play games?

[Danny696]

Hey guys, recently I've been looking at some games, and have realised that not many people are playing text based games any more, do you feel the same way?

[skooda]

The only games I play online is textbased games :).

[realmoflegends]

If a site is poorly designed/no updates, it probably won't get played or have many updates nowadays, that much is true. It takes a really well-run and distinctive site to be successful right now, I think.

[Razor42]

People will always play these games, always because the thing is, theirs always new people discovering them everyday.

[sniko]

.... Look at storm8.

[Danny696]

I see what your all saying, I just cant seem to find any active games recently. Just lead to me wondering if there were any active games any more.

[sniko]

I see what your all saying, I just cant seem to find any active games recently. Just lead to me wondering if there were any active games any more.

Perhaps change your environment. From desktop to tablets and mobile.

[skooda]

Im not sure and i9im not a big fan of this game. But lately I been hearing about minecraft. Many ppl are speaking about it saying its great but I just dont like the look of it. But I might try it out soon.

[Danny696]

Perhaps change your environment. From desktop to tablets and mobile.

Yeah, I'm using my tablet now, and the apps are very good, but I do have a feeling that apps are taking the users away from the text based gaming industry.

[sniko]

Yeah, I'm using my tablet now, and the apps are very good, but I do have a feeling that apps are taking the users away from the text based gaming industry.

Incorrect. Search storm8 - Massive user base

[Djkanna]

Im not sure and i9im not a big fan of this game. But lately I been hearing about minecraft. Many ppl are speaking about it saying its great but I just dont like the look of it. But I might try it out soon.

That's not a text-based game though, on this subject it's a great game. :rolleyes:

As for text-based games, people still build them, people still play them. It's not as booming as it once was, but there's still a lot of new/old games out there doing well for themselves.

Mobile apps aren't really taking anything away, it's the next-gen version of text-based games, just as the internet (ala:MMORPG) was the next-gen to the text-based (yet graphical) MUD games.

[bluegman991]

Im not sure and i9im not a big fan of this game. But lately I been hearing about minecraft. Many ppl are speaking about it saying its great but I just dont like the look of it. But I might try it out soon.

I thought I hated minecraft too. But, after playing it a few times I decided it wasn't so bad. If only it were possible to have kick-ass graphics and not be limited to blocks for a game like this.

[Djkanna]

I thought I hated minecraft too. But, after playing it a few times I decided it wasn't so bad. If only it were possible to have kick-ass graphics and not be limited to blocks for a game like this.

Well it is possible, just not for Minecraft (in a sense of its player-base), generally speaking those that enjoy Minecraft enjoy it because it's focus is more on the gameplay than on the aesthetics, well that and you can build neat things.

-Something tells me we're off-topic. ;)

[Danny696]

Rite thanks guys. A lot of needed questions have been answered here..

[Abiasaph]

I think games is not just pass time activity its create much knowledge and encourage to your mind. We are using computer,tab,cell etc and these all products have games option, when we feel bore then we can play easily any where. No age limit require for any game if you are a good player then you can face to other.

Edited October 13, 2012 by Abiasaph

[Dave]

The only games I've recently been played are Borderlands and GTA: SA with the Multi Theft Auto plugin installed.

Other then that I don't really look into games that often, either due to time or just I get bored of how bad some of these blockbuster games are. Anything repetitive is boring (things like COD etc.), you enter a game, you attempt to kill everyone, repeat.