Myst! (and Uru too!)

[Emperor Ublaz]

Who here plays (or has played) any of the Myst games? I'm playing through Exile currently, and I just finished the single player bit of Uru. I'm also trying out End of Ages.

[Norham Waterpaw]

Isn't Riven part of the Myst series?

[Emperor Ublaz]

Yes. I just stated Uru separately because it's different.

[Emperor Ublaz]

This mustn't be a very popular topic.   

[Rusvul]

I suppose because few of us have played Myst.

[Emperor Ublaz]

Yeah  ...It's sad.

[Rusvul]

It IS a rather old game- Doesn't it work by crossfading into another screen, rather than letting you walk around first-person style?

[Emperor Ublaz]

The first 4 worked like that. Then Uru came out, with it's real-time playing style. People obviously liked that, because Myst V has the older, screen-fade style and real-time exploration options.

The reason Uru's style of play was different was the fact that it was originally meant to be an online game. After completing the single-player adventure, you would be able to go down to the underground D'ni City and meet thousands of other Myst fans  . However, due to numerous bugs, Uru Live (as the online version was called) was shut down. It was recently fixed and released as an open-source game.

Wow. I really rambled there.

Anyway, Myst fans must have liked the real-time exploration feature of Uru, so Cyan put that feature into their last Myst game, End of Ages.

[Unimaginative]

I've got Myst, through my Dad, but unfortunately he lost the disk. I really wanted to play it, too.

[Emperor Ublaz]

You can probably order a new one. There's a newer version of the first game (better graphics, possibly real-time play) that came out a few years ago. Also, there is a Myst game for the Nintendo 3DS.

[Unimaginative]

I just found the disc in my basement, along with Age of Empires. Loading it up today!

[Emperor Ublaz]

Great!  What have you done so far?

[Unimaginative]

It broke.  .


Actually it never installed. My computer can't run the older windows games, and Myst falls into that category.

[Blaggut]

I heard its based on a book series. Isn't it about dimensions? I think I might read it soon.

[Lagg]

I've played Myst and Riven. But I haven't beaten Riven yet, I had it on my iphone, but my phone broke and currently waiting to get another one so I can continue playing it.