[Brody]

Graphical MMOs can actually have the effect of pulling you out of the world, making it clear that you're nothing more than an avatar moving around an environment.

It's a lot different in a text environment, where the art is rendered in your mind, the actions are immediate and in your face on the screen, and - particularly in RP-heavy games - your actions can have far-reaching consequences to the ongoing plot.

I don't feel immersed when I play World of Warcraft. I'm running the same quests over and over again, but nothing about the world ever really changes. When I slay a boss in a dungeon, he's back five minutes later. MMOs can't afford to change - it's too expensive from a content standpoint. Text games, though...that's our bread and butter right there.