I dunno about anyone else here, but I remember growing up playing A3 aka Alien Adoption Agency. I think it was back in 2011 the owner randomly shut it down but recently I found a game that is kind of the equivalent - Loreaon.
You basically make either a human or an alien, you can pick a job specialty which you use to make money and stuff. Some jobs have a graphic quality to them (stuff like a miner, herb picker, etc.) but some is all text based. Of course you have public forums, clans, battling, etc. The only problem is that the game can be relatively quiet since the active userbase is kinda small. But if the game got more people, I think it could be pretty awesome.
It's free to play although obviously there are some benefits to "subscribing" or whatever. You can check it out at
http://www.loreaon.com/