Serious question: Would you play a text adventure on your console?

GamesRadar writes:

It's easy to dismiss text adventures as a relic of gaming's past. Something that people played way before graphics and boob physics had been invented. But having indulged one recently I honestly believe that they could - as a genre - find a place amongst today's technically bewildering, big-budget blockbuster releases. No. I have not gone mental.

[presto717]

I could do it on my phone though...

[predator]

same here

[JsonHenry]

I wouldn't. If I am going to go this route I might as well join a table-top roleplaying group of people.

[HighDefinition]

It would have to a pretty friggin good text adventure, like the GOW3 of text adventures. LOL

[erathaol]

I wonder if this question is inspired from the latest Zero Punctuation Neir Review, since apparently there is a text segment in the game.

[Darkstorn]

I think it's worth a try, and it would cost next to nothing...

[iamtehpwn]

Although I'd lul pretty hard if "X Company looses $90 million due to failed Text adventure"

But as mentioned...on a Cell phone, this might just be brilliant.

[ProjectVulcan]

Yes but only for a short while, for old times sakes. I remember playing them at work, as there was nothing else to do and it infuriated my boss something chronic. Ahhhhhhhhhhh good times :-)

[pimpmaster]

i was actually having some fun playing the text rpg in playstation home space. in that one space that has "X"s in the name i dunno what its called.

[UltimateIdiot911]

Xi

It's over now and the space is gone. =/

[SeanRL]

I already did, fallout 3 had one.

[CimmerianDrake]

Someone beat me to what I was going to post.

[Pika-pie]

Would I F***!

Imagine the size of a text adventure you could fit onto a Bluray though

[dangert12]

for about apound maybe (and only for a little white there not my sort of thing lol

[booni3]

Serious answer: No

[Excalibur]

and NOPE

[Hellsvacancy]

I think i still might hav 1 or 2 of those old-skool aventure books

"You approach the man who's standing by the burnt tree"

*turn to page 157 to ask him for directions*
*turn to age 42 to walk past ignoring him*
*turn to page 11 to kill the man and steal his loot*

Those books where awesome back when i was 11-14 years old, i doubt its summin id enjoy now asmuch as i did when i was young

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

I prefer something educational. But that thing of Game? Should be free.

[kaveti6616]

Many of the proceeds go to charity.

[Corrwin]

Why do you think somebody's work should be free?

I'll pay for a text adventure over most things Activision over charges for these days.

[MGRogue2017]

Probably not.

I have nothing against text adventures personally.. I just feel that if I were to play 'em on a PS3 or a 360, it'd just feel so wrong seeing as how they are capable of some much more in terms of graphical power..

If a modern RPG game was based around the concept of a text adventure.. similar to how 3D Dot Game Heroes did it with retro style of gaming with the whole graphical overhaul & everything.. well then, That'd be pretty cool & worth checking out.

[e-p-ayeaH]

well...why not? xD

[thehitman]

Not on my 600 dollar console but maybe on my phone when im out on a train/bus doing something ya.

[blasian]

Free: think about it
Pay: HELLL NOO

[Baka-akaB]

No way ... never did , never would bother with those .

My limit is at visual novels , basically the same concept and amount of text, only with atleast visuals in illustrations or animations

[mistajeff]

man, i remember MAKING text adventures in my computer class in like 1st grade. we had these archaic apple computers and the only thing anyone enjoyed doing was playing the text adventure game that came on it. so our teacher told us how to make them, it was really simple (obviously, since a first grader could do it). I remember mine was in the sonic universe and used all the characters from the comic books / saturday morning cartoon (the serious anime-like one). I wish i still had that in some form, it's probably glorious.

[Spawn-KING]

NO

[Socomer 1979]

Did everyone just forget about the text adventures in the XI space on HOME???
Its freaking FREE!

So... thanx but i already have text games on my PS3, inluding the world wide web at my fingertips with PSNs BROWSER. FOR FREE!

KILLZOWNED.

[RememberThe357]

Someone loves themselves some PS3. lol

[Baka-akaB]

Except it had various visuals , starting with the home environnement .
I wouldnt call that a text only based game

[Corrwin]

The home environment was just that, an environment. It wasn't really part of the game. Just like the wall behind your PC Monitor isn't part of Unreal Tournament.

Though there are many Text Adventures that feature graphics - if only to set the tone.

[RememberThe357]

But I've never really tried a text adventure before so I wouldn't be sure what I was getting myself into.

[King Hippo]

If it was free.

(PSHome FTW!)

[Cajun Chicken]

Oh dear. I'm afraid not. It's a genre that just doesn't work anymore. The only reason it worked THEN was because we didn't have graphics like now. Sure, they were witty, but it really has to be spruced up with typography in order to get it working, you just can't have small text on a screen. However if it was DESIGNED artistically and funny with relevant typography, could be on to something.

[jack_burt0n]

when there was that hidden game space on home i got sucked into the mini text adventure was nice nostalgia would not have paid a penny for it tho :)

[RumbleFish]

...it wouldn't have any frame rate issues.

[sandip787]

any 'lens of truth' console comparisons! on the other hand, i bet flame wars would erupt anyway!

[Tony P]

Of course they would. People can argue over anything.

"Paragraphs need the power of the PS3."
"It reads better on 360."
"It's just more fun reading on Wii!"
"On PC, resolution is so high you can see the detail on the serifs."

[subzero-08]

If it was free, I might play a little bit of it. If I had to pay for it, hell no.

[JeepGamer]

Is it well written and interesting?

Then I'd play it. I pay for and read books after all.

[Enigma_2099]

I have played pretty decent ones... which was a surprise

[GuruStarr78]

As an actual mission in Nier, I was forced to play one.....seemed almost like an homage to the genre, but it turned into button mashing to get to the end as quickly as possible.....so, probably not.

[bobrea]

Meh

[Quadrix]

Secretly, the game is actually a bomb, set to destroy people blinded by the notorious nostalgia goggles.

[YoungKingDoran]

sure. i love these games. i like reading and if its a good story i would play it to the end. it would need music also though

[darkdoom3000]

Yeah, If it was a dollar on the PSN, and the game was deep enough then sure.
Hopefully It would be a minis, so i could play on psp.

[wicko]

If it was hilariously awesome and you could plug in a keyboard. Typing in commands using a controller would just be annoying as hell. And those keyboard addons wouldn't help much.

[Bathyj]

Wow, I thought for sure there would be some old school gamers here that would give it a go, if just for nostalgic reasons.

Anyone remember The Hobbit on Commodore 64?
I loved that game.

It was the only one I ever played though, so I'm not making out like I'm an expert or anything.

Still, I was in primary school when I played that and didnt even know the book very well, so I'd like to give it a go now and see if I could finally finish it.

[TreMillz]

360 fanboys should not question why PS3 fanboys look down on their exclusives with crap like this, like WTF?! You want me to spend hours typing?! This aint school dammit!

[zatrox]

I lol'd when Nier turned into a Text Adventure.
I wouldn't, actually. Even when I love text adventures, they belong to the PC master race.

[TacoTaru]

All three of Infocom's Zork games are free for download at the infocom site. I played them all a long long time ago. The games are hard and very witty.

Actually you need a pc running a 32 bit operating system. Maybe my netbook...?

[blakstarz]

I definitely would, I grew up in the era when games where text based on my Commodore 64 and 128 and my Tandy TRS-80

[BannedForNineYears]

I've done it in Home. -_-

[nnotdead]

sure why not. if it was well written, and cheap($1) then i would for sure.

[Corrwin]

But if it were the Zork anthology or something, then I'd buy it!

[And_Boy]

Read books