Turn-based MMORPG

A turn-based MMORPG is a type of massively multiplayer online role-playing game that utilizes turn-based game flow, meaning that game actions are partitioned into well-defined and visible parts, called turns. A player of a turn-based game is allowed a period of analysis before committing to a game action, ensuring a separation between the game flow and the thinking process. Many turn-based MMORPGs are text-based, but there are a few games which depict their environments with fully animated graphics, such as Atlantica Online.

Text-based and browser games

For a more complete list, see: List of multiplayer browser games. The article includes notes on whether each game is turn-based.

Many multiplayer browser games give the player a set number of turns which are replenished at set increments of time or through in-game items. Early BBS door games were turn-based, and browser games that use server-side scripting (such as PHP, ASP, Ruby, Perl, Python or Java) operate on similar principles. Most of these games use text or a combination of text and still images to depict the game world.

Games like Kingdom of Loathing play like traditional turn-based role-playing video games, with players given a new allotment of turns each day.

Graphical games

Relatively few fully animated, graphical multiplayer RPGs include turn-based gameplay.

Related pages

References

  1. Matt Plourde (2008-10-16). "Atlantica Online: First Look Preview". MMORPG.com. Retrieved 2009-07-04.