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shasarak · 05-01-2008, 12:24 PM

It's true that you can't directly emulate the visual and spacial aspects of a graphical combat game in text; text simply cannot compress that amount of information into a sufficiently compact package. However, that doesn't necessarily mean that MUD combat cannot generate real-time suspense, and cannot require you to make rapid tactical decisions.

An awful lot of MUD combat systems are rather boring, bordering on automated, but there's no reason why they necessarily have to be.

05-01-2008, 12:24 PM	#26
shasarak Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Emily's Shop Posts: 60	Re: Where have we gone wrong? may trigger :p It's true that you can't directly emulate the visual and spacial aspects of a graphical combat game in text; text simply cannot compress that amount of information into a sufficiently compact package. However, that doesn't necessarily mean that MUD combat cannot generate real-time suspense, and cannot require you to make rapid tactical decisions. An awful lot of MUD combat systems are rather boring, bordering on automated, but there's no reason why they necessarily have to be.