Adventure & RPG Games · 6

Zork grew from a mainframe adventure created by MIT programmers and later became one of Infocom's defining commercial text adventures. The player-facing version of the idea is simple: Loot systems make comparison into play. Two swords can differ by only a few numbers and still create five minutes of serious inventory philosophy. An unexplored patch of map can generate more curiosity than a treasure chest already sitting in front of you.