http://www.achaea.comI used to play this game often a couple of years back.. one of the few text-based MMORPGs that are actually good and immersive.
The account is free and no downloads required, as a simple Java applet opens up and connects you to the Achaean world. We move and play by entering commands that are quite logical and simple. There's also a 'Newbie channel' that connects you to a sort of ham-radio network where you can keep asking your problems with the game and you'll be helped by the experienced players on the go. Pretty neat.
The world has six city-states and lots of dungeons and waste-lands around them to go 'make your bones' (kill a few monsters to get experience). The lands are multi-level, so you can go deep into a dungeon vertically as well as horizontally. The game's pretty open-ended, so a player can choose what he wants to do in his game-life: be a warrior, merchant, politician, thief etc.. (maybe I repeated two professions.. ;-) ) It has lots of races, Elves, Men, Dwarves etc etc, and one can become great by completing quests, or competing with other players or simply being good at whatever one wants to do. The ultimate goal is to become "The Greater Dragon", achieved on reaching level 99.. which gives you in essence a lot of goodies and you're a big guy then. :-) The game's pretty nice with fast-paced action, and quite a complex fighting system..
One thing I did not like about the game was that its too easy to get killed and at some points, it gets too mundane and we keep getting lost. Its a little confusing finding your way around the place, especially in the wastelands.
Another thing I think the game needs (though maybe the philosophy of the game is to be like it is now), is a full-scale 3D environment. Slick graphics coupled with the game-play would make Achaea a killer project.
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