The MYST series

Hollister Man · Tue 24/08/2004 18:26:18

I know I have Myst somewhere, I'll have to play it with this mindset. I remember cheating my way through a long time ago, and thinking that the ending was cheezy. Riven, now, I liked. I didn't get too far, but I liked it. I think it was more for the beautiful graphics than the game, though.

R'ri · Tue 24/08/2004 23:42:40

You see, graphics is what makes Myst so amazing. All the games in that series are focused on graphics and sound. Both were way ahead of their time for every game they made. Even Myst IV: Revelation is using stuff that no one has even though about using in a game. I must say, the Myst series is focused on the people who want to be impressed without the game being a first person shooter. Funny enough though, all the games have low system requirements (pre-rendering kicks arse). Uru was the only one with high system demands really. I think all should play it.

So far as story goes, Myst IV will reveal what happend to those guys in the Red and Blue books on Myst island (the two sons of Atrus). Also you guys are right, you can make your own story, but the world is built on a story already made. Rand Miller said about Uru, "it's got two meanings, one is a symarian word for 'city' and the other underlying meaning is 'you are you'...something we've always pushed for in the Myst series. You can be yourself, we aren't forceing you to be someone your not."

skullone · Thu 26/08/2004 20:48:04

I think the Lost Welshman had summed it up pretty nicely in Curse of The Monkey Island.

"It sure is pretty. But EGAD is it dull."

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Fri 27/08/2004 12:39:19

Like "Dark Fall", "Shivers" and similar 1st person games (and also Laura Bow 1), it gives back as much as you give into it. If you only want to win the game, it's dull. If you want to experience it, it's the best.

And we're lucky to still have games like that - games that give as much as YOU give.

Layabout · Fri 27/08/2004 17:25:18

Myst gave me herpes.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Fri 27/08/2004 17:29:18

I shiver to think of what you gave it...

lo_res_man · Sat 28/08/2004 00:53:28

i love mys, what i loved was the possibilities and its non linierity, and yes most of all the u r U! the story was sometimes ambig00us but thats us beacause u r you and that means nothing that marks the player as male or female can be used
personly im working on a game were u, (a different you) discvers the now tatterd and stained book of myst and you go to myst island and then go to d'ni were you see 2 skelitons, one at a desk withr long beard and the anouthe with a book with very shakey Writing inside....

Domino · Sat 28/08/2004 01:39:20

I gave up on Myst 3 for now, because i couldn't figure out what to do next. I kept notes and actually wrote them down in a notebook that i keep.Ã,Â I would go back and reference them, but i still had the hardest time with some of the puzzles.

But even though the puzzles in the game may be on the tough side.Ã,Â I think it's just the atmosphere the games present.Ã,Â I like the fact that i'm being taken to another world unlike our own.Ã,Â It's a refreshing change.

I did play a demo for Myst3d about a month ago, and thought it was amazing.Ã,Â I still like Myst and want to play more of them, so when i get stuck i can look for clues online and still be able to enjoy the experience while it lasts.

As far as the story goes in Myst 3, i'm totally lost.

Shawn

DGMacphee · Sat 28/08/2004 02:34:26

I recently finished The 7th Guest -- My Dad bought it ages ago (when CD-ROMs first came out) but our family never got around to finishing it. It's an okay puzzle game for its time, but it's not really an adventure.

Also, the ending was shit, just like Myst.

Hollister Man · Sat 28/08/2004 03:17:37

I dunno, I thought the ending was, although somewhat anti-climactic, very emotionally responsive. I know for me, I was both wrapped up in the plight of Tad, and the persona of EGO.

Spoiler

When I discovered they were really one and the same, my heart jumped in my chest.

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Its like myst, you have to be 'in' the game, to really understand some of the decisions the creators made.

Moox · Sat 28/08/2004 04:15:41

off topic: Whats with all the guests? Cant pass the register test or to lazy to take it?

on topic:
Myst was amazing, the graphics and the sound were tremendous, The fact your alone even contributes to the expierence.

DGMacphee · Sat 28/08/2004 04:20:44

T7G's ending was so damn obvious. You can see it a mile off.

Spoiler

Hmmm, you're a mysterious entity called EGO and there's a mysterious guest called Tad. The whole game revolves around "the 7th guest" -- who could it possibly be? You or Tad? It doesn't take the powers of Professor Obvious and Captian Blatant to figure out the ending way before it happens.

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Sylpher · Sat 28/08/2004 05:20:28

Myst is kind of like going on a date with someone who is extremely gorgeous but at the same time a complete idiot. Sure they may be easy on the eyes but holding a conversation is better saved for a wall or a random stranger.

Continued relationships with such kind just shows insecurities and disturbing cravings for dairy products.

And impotence..

(What? You knew it was coming..)

DGMacphee · Sat 28/08/2004 05:28:45

Myst and I divorced in '99. She got the kids and the house. Now I eat baked bean dinners with that cheap floozy Phantasmagoria.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sat 28/08/2004 09:54:22

Redwall · Sat 28/08/2004 15:42:23

I enjoyed the Myst games. But I enjoy playing MindTrap, too...

jetxl · Sat 28/08/2004 20:03:30

I never understood myst.
Though I bought every game (even that URU expention pack) I never played it.
I did played myst 1 for a few hours. By bashing on the buttons I got trough a new age. Then I uninstalled it...

Layabout · Sun 29/08/2004 08:32:55

Quote from: DGMacphee on Sat 28/08/2004 05:28:45
Myst and I divorced in '99. She got the kids and the house. Now I eat baked bean dinners with that cheap floozy Phantasmagoria.

SO it is YOU who is responsable for my HERPES!!!!

I KILL YOU!!!!!

Ali · Sun 29/08/2004 14:51:46

Quote from: Redwall on Sat 28/08/2004 15:42:23
I enjoyed the Myst games. But I enjoy playing MindTrap, too...

I love Mindtrap and Myst! Once I went through the whole set of cards solving every one (except the maths-based ones).

evenwolf · Sun 29/08/2004 19:57:06

Myst.

I can't imagine a human being who had well enough ears to complete all the puzzles in the world where the rocket takes you. Or atleast I can't imagine that person being me.

I enjoyed the puzzles in that game, but there is no replay value- especially with the strange navigation, click here to turn, click again to get closer, whoops you passed it, click here to back up, Oh no I need to turn again etc

The MYST series

R'ri

skullone