I have a feeling you're reading this at work (because that's where
I'm writing it). No, don't feel guilty, it's your five minutes and you
should enjoy it. "But, wait!" you say in an inpatient huff. "I have more
than five minutes, and I need a browser game to kill that time. Help
me!" Worry not, discerning reader. The good taste that lead you here
will take you to even brighter things.
And these things include Parameters.
While it doesn't look like much, Parameters is basically a free,
browser-based clicky RPG that does away with pretty much everything but
combat, grinding, and stats, and it's amazing for it. If you're the kind
of person that loves RPGs but can't stand the trite cliched hooey,
Parameters was basically made specifically for you.
The basic gist is that you click around on boxes gaining money and
experience, and then click on yellow boxes to attack monsters. The goal
is to conquer all of the yellow boxes and not necessarily to clear the
board, so part of the fun is the race against time that the game
concocts without you even knowing it. Each action is time stamped, and
when you finally finish the last enemy, you can tweet your final time to
compare to other players. This really only serves to fuel that junkie
compulsion to go back in and top your own score, though, so make sure
you have the spare minutes to play a few times over.
Bare-bones as it is, Parameters does cram as much into it's numbers
and wire frames as it can, complete with stat boosting "achievement"
boxes, shops to purchase equipment and an optional Yiazmant super boss.
(Image courtesy of the hepcats at Game|Life where I found this yesterday)
