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John · 03-20-2003, 03:58 AM

I don't really have enough time to devote a lot of time to any game becase I'm busy with schoolwork. But curiousity got the better of me, and in my small amount of spare time between school and working on the Armageddon website I've had a poke around OtherSpace. So here are my initial thoughts about the game.

There is A LOT to learn and it isn't easy. I've come across QUITE a few websites on OS with various bits of information on worlds, organisations and races. The information is also VERY vast, and goes as far as . Having said that, the information IS spread out across a variety of files in the game (including +NEWS, HELP and +HELP files) as well as split up across various websites. The main website is also going under changes which can cause a fair bit of confusion (did for me at least). But the good thing is about all that, is that you can ask questions on the discussion board, In-Game boards and the newbie channel by hopping into the OOC area.

Now besides the obvious code differences between muds and mushes, there are actually a lot of differences between OtherSpace and Armageddon. An example to show how completely different they are is on Armageddon you rarely ever find out why your character was killed because Armageddon has a strict policy against spreading IC info through OOC means. On OtherSpace your FORCED to write a story up whenever you kill someone saying why you did it and how it's affecting your character.

I also had the belief that on MUSHes it's up to each individual player if something bad happens to them. So if someone tries to kill you you have to let them otherwise you stay alive. That's not how things happen. They have staff members who refferee fights to determine who wins based on each fighter's stats.

I guess the best anolgy for comparing MUSHes to RPI's is that MUSHES are interactive books while RPI's are puzzles and your only ever given one or two pieces of the puzzle at any one time.

So yeah, I haven't actually played the game, but it does look interesting. So if you like to roleplay and your after something completely different to Armageddon, then you might want to try OtherSpace out.

03-20-2003, 03:58 AM	#4
John Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 252	I don't really have enough time to devote a lot of time to any game becase I'm busy with schoolwork. But curiousity got the better of me, and in my small amount of spare time between school and working on the Armageddon website I've had a poke around OtherSpace. So here are my initial thoughts about the game. There is A LOT to learn and it isn't easy. I've come across QUITE a few websites on OS with various bits of information on worlds, organisations and races. The information is also VERY vast, and goes as far as . Having said that, the information IS spread out across a variety of files in the game (including +NEWS, HELP and +HELP files) as well as split up across various websites. The main website is also going under changes which can cause a fair bit of confusion (did for me at least). But the good thing is about all that, is that you can ask questions on the discussion board, In-Game boards and the newbie channel by hopping into the OOC area. Now besides the obvious code differences between muds and mushes, there are actually a lot of differences between OtherSpace and Armageddon. An example to show how completely different they are is on Armageddon you rarely ever find out why your character was killed because Armageddon has a strict policy against spreading IC info through OOC means. On OtherSpace your FORCED to write a story up whenever you kill someone saying why you did it and how it's affecting your character. I also had the belief that on MUSHes it's up to each individual player if something bad happens to them. So if someone tries to kill you you have to let them otherwise you stay alive. That's not how things happen. They have staff members who refferee fights to determine who wins based on each fighter's stats. I guess the best anolgy for comparing MUSHes to RPI's is that MUSHES are interactive books while RPI's are puzzles and your only ever given one or two pieces of the puzzle at any one time. So yeah, I haven't actually played the game, but it does look interesting. So if you like to roleplay and your after something completely different to Armageddon, then you might want to try OtherSpace out.