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Summary: Once you get into it, it never gets out of you.
Review: I have a hard time categorizing Myst as a "game." It feels more like a book. If you don't like books...you won't dig it.Many games play more like a TV show, where the storyline is handed to you up front and your actions fill in the minute details. Not so with Myst, which gives you an enigmatic cinematic opening (which, though it's related to the game, explains nothing at all -- but it does establish an intriguing atmosphere) and then simply places you in an unfamiliar location. The existential search begins: Where am I? How did all these curious things get here, and what do they do? And why am *I* here? Only careful exploration ("attentive," that is -- there's no danger of harm, though some scenes do suggest it) yields the clues, some obvious and many subtle, which assemble into an understanding of the story -- a bona fide *story* -- of the situation you're in. Myst isn't a perfect game, but it's a truly compelling story -- if, as I said, you're into stories. (If you loved Nick Bantock's mysterious, romantic story/art book "Griffin and Sabine," then Myst is for you without question.) If you absolutely require a more straightforward introduction but still like a sense of intrigue and brilliant, inventive puzzles to solve, then go straight for the sequel game, Riven. But I'd still suggest giving Myst a try first.
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Summary: Still standing?
Review: Although almost 5 years passed after this superb game was launched is still competing the new adventure games. The reason why is of course the atmosphere and the loneliness of the game that with the help of the mysterious soundtracks makes you feel that you are actually in the game. Finally some challenging puzzles are here in order to make your life difficult in your search for Atru's sons due to receive from him their punishment for what they have done.I better live you to find the rest by yourselves..!
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Summary: Not up to the hype
Review: I bought Myst based on the reviews that I found. All of the reviewers seemed to like it and so did the people I knew who played it. Unfortunately, that just led to a huge disappointment when I played the game. One of the main selling points of the game was the beautiful scenery. I will give it that, the scenery is indeed well-done. However, I was often annoyed by how much stuff they threw in that you couldn't do anything with. You wander around, find something that could be interesting and realize that it doesn't really do anything. The whole game felt like a demo for what computer graphics could be like instead of an actual game. What's more, I found the game pretty boring. Nothing ever really happens plot-wise. Which doesn't have to be a bad thing, really, if there was something interesting to keep your mind off that fact. I spent the whole time I was playing the game fairly bored. I also admit to having to use a walkthrough to get past a couple of puzzles. And they weren't ones I felt stupid about afterwards either. The hints given in the game are awful. Many solutions to the puzzles come out of left field. And then I hit the piano puzzle which I found impossible to get past. After a few hours of failing miserably with that I gave up never to play the rest of the game. And after reading the rest of the walkthrough was not at all unhappy about that choice.
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Summary: After Several Years--- Still the Best
Review: This game was one of the first I've ever played on the computer. This was several years ago. In all the years that have passed, I have seen nothing that comes close to the quality of Myst in the supposed genre that it created. Myst IS the genre. The graphics may have been surpassed due to the evolving technology, but I am still amazed at the quality of the breath-taking visuals to this day. The prospect of the original idea of not having any music practically horrified me because of how much the immersive soundtrack adds to the experience that is Myst. The plot unfolds like an interactive mystery novel in which you've been plopped right in the middle of. Definitely a must for those who are still human and would like to immerse themselves in an experience that has made Myst the best selling game of all time.
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Summary: Stupid Game
Review: The game is pretty good, but it's impossible to move on. You're always getting stuck!
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Summary: Cool Game!!!
Review: This game is a must have for people who enjoy rpg games. at times it can get a little tricky, but dont let that get in the way of buying it. Myst will keep you entertained for weeks on end.
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Summary: Dull
Review: I give this game 2 stars because the people who made it basically made it in their house and now they're millionaires. I give them credit for that.
That still doesn't hide my secret irritation for this game.
Maybe half the fact is I don't know what the heck is going on. The other fact is that every now and then you get some character or maybe something that is supposed to be like a character, but in the end all you're doing is going through a series of backgrounds. If strolling through a museum sounds like "Die Hard" to you, then this is your game. My final complaint was it was essentially like a bad Zelda dungeon: endless puzzles, one after the other. Maybe its a thinking person's game, but it's still incredibly boring and repetitive. I'm surprised they didn't have a puzzle to open the box, and then another puzzle to get the CD key, and then the CD key was a puzzle, and then...
So yeah...just what the hell WAS going on?
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Summary: Why is this a classic?
Review: This game continues to haunt my memories as an irritation because of it's length and puzzles, which usually amounted to no more than treading back and forth across the island of Myst. While the environments were increadibly beautiful, they fail to make up for the miserable gameplay, which has you go to one place at least 5 times to solve five different puzzles. The story is intruiging, yet the game's ending fails to please the player, since, you'll discover shortly after completing it, it could be completed in a matter of minutes.
A good game for 10 to 20 dollars, but you shouldn't spend more than that on this weekend game.
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Summary: Timeless
Review: I am not much of a computer gamer, but this masterwork by the Miller brothers still holds a place on my harddrive(s) eleven years after its initial release. Furthermore, it is the best of the Myst saga (if I'm not mistaken, there's a FOURTH installment?! WOW).
Like a DT/IM/Rush album, you will be frustrated at first, but patience is both demanded and rewarded. The only real gripe I have about the gameplay involves the tram at the end of the Selentic Age. Ugh!
This is thee best-selling computer game of all time, and for good reason.
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Summary: this game is so slow
Review: I can see why this game was so hyped in 1993. CD-ROMs were cutting edge and the "slideshow" graphics are fairly good and so is the sound. However, the story isn't as interesting as the ambiance would have you think and the movement is absolutely, irritatingly choppy. I don't believe anyone has ever finished this game without some help. There is too much slow clicking around and backtracking to keep the attention of even the dullest person. I don't like having to resort to hints in order to play a game because it's released before the necessary technology is truely ready. REALmyst?...I no longer care. Riven and Myst3?...even more clue-less and annoying, I'm sure.
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