it's not like m&B, but not text based, instead you have many activities possible, and you choose what you want to hunt if you want to hunt at all or instead steal things or sleep, what job you want to do, there are arena fights in age1, but in the other ages there is a political system where you have leaders who decide when and who to go to war with, tax rates, how much money is spent on what, of course you elect them, u can also get married, have pets, and even make a living from making things such as weapons or furniture in the higher level ages... trust me the game never gets boring since no matter how strong you get there will always be something else you'll still be unable to do untill you get even stronger, the most recent age is greek but the next is roman, you know what watch the preview it explains a lot.