What makes a text based adventure game special?
Well written text based adventures can evoke atmosphere and stimulate your imagination much more than graphics. A graphical game is directed much like a film – even the best directors present what their imagination tells them about a scene, not yours. Why does Avalon stand out amongst other text based adventure games? First of all Avalon is online and a multiplayer game. It is a game world that advances in real time, whether you as a player are present or not. Avalon’s unique and evocative text brings every moment of adventure alive. Adventurer gamers over the years have added their own lovingly crafted text and ideas to the descriptions, but all have remained consistent with the Avalon mythological adventure theme creating a game world without compare. Surely an online text based adventure can’t better the best graphical online games? Oh yes they can! Text based games have much more depth in all areas. Take communication. Even in graphical games that allow you to communicate with othe
