Tuesday, May 8, 2012

You Should Be Playing Parameters

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)

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