Comments on: Legends of Zork: Post-mortem

By: /AFK – November 1 « Bio Break

/AFK – November 1 « Bio Break — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:49:01 +0000

[...] Tipa re: Legends of Zork – “All that can’t hide a game where the play consists of hitting the ‘Fight!’ button repeatedly until you run out of that day’s Action Points.” [...]

By: Callan S.

Callan S. — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:18:25 +0000

Hi Tipa,

Yes, why do so many people want to go in without any way out?

By: Cow Nose the 50 Pound Cat

Cow Nose the 50 Pound Cat — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:28:25 +0000

I’ve found that role-playing really makes a game like Zork enjoyable. But… what would Zork roleplay look like? Haha, yes funny stuff indeed. Good blog tipa, thanks for posting it.

By: Tipa

Tipa — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:13:56 +0000

heh…. well, when I was playing World of Warcraft, I raved at how neat it was that the game had a well-defined ending. You really COULD do everything in the game at one point. For me, it was killing the original Onyxia and completing Molten Core. I don’t think many people go into an MMO, or any other open-ended game, looking for a way out. But after several years of EverQuest, I won’t play a game under any other basis.

By: Callan S.

Callan S. — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:44:31 +0000

Good review.

I like how you set a goal for yourself and that became the games ending for you. Perhaps there could be an article on ‘endless’ mmorpgs and making goals within them, that become their ending (for that person)? If you get what I mean?

By: Boogie

Boogie — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:01:41 +0000

I’m still playing LoZ (I’m not logging in every day), but if you like the humor and gameplay in it, you sure have to try KoL (Kingdom of Loathing), a game with less graphics, but with very nice quests, crafting, and lots, and lots of humor :)

By: Kynarra

Kynarra — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:41:49 +0000

I remember jumping at the chance to play something “new and Zorky”, but I never made it past level 20 or so.

LOVED collecting cards, but sadly…. that (and the humor) was the only thing that really made it enjoyable… and even then, not enough to make me want to keep hitting “Fight” over and over.

Which makes me sad. I really needs me some Zork.