[Molly]

Point taken - partly. It only holds true however, when you talk about things that are very different. You don't compare apples with carrots, but you might compare Cox Orange to Red Delicious. You don't compare Harry Potter to Brown's Deception Point, but you might well compare it to C.S. Lewis' Narnia series. And actually I have quite often seen plays or films compared to legendary performances 20 years back.

You might not compare a RP enforced MUSH to an unrestricted PK hack'n'slash. But between those extremes most text Muds have a lot in common.

To write a good review you need some kind of references. If you've only read one book in your life, or just seen one film, how could you review it? If you've only ever played one Text Mud, how would you know that it's better than all the other text Muds out there?

People who love Text Muds use to argue that they are better than Graphic game because of more depth and detail, better RP or whatever. But that isn't really true. They only have the POTENTIAL for more depth and better RP. There are lots of text Muds that are just as shallow as any graphic game. If you don't have any reference points, and make at least some comparisons, the review is likely to be useless.