Myst Trilogy

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Summary: This Game was Awesome!
Review: I bought the Myst Trilogy. I was curious to see what it was all about. Before I bought it I looked over the reviews and found that many people loved the game. I decided to try and I'm glad that I did. I loved this game. I like games where you have to solve logical puzzles. I read in someone elses review that the puzzles were way to hard to solve and they weren't that difficult. True, some were tedious but hey you get through them. When I finally got towards the end of the game I was surprised to find out that both of brothers lock you in the books. I was fooled by both of them.(Yeah went through the game 3 times to see the different outcomes but had all of my clues to manuever quickly through the game.) Well anyway I'm playing Riven now and the graphics are just awesome can't wait to get to Exile. But it's different how you interact with people in Riven whereas in Myst you are alone most of the time.

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Summary: The magic of the ages of Myst
Review: I don't have these games in this trilogy package, I own the three individual games. Instead of 3 seperate reviews I thought I would combine them. I began with Myst the first of the series. I was blown away by the graphics. Although Myst was developed and marketed years ago, it is still by far the most visually intoxicating game even to date. The sequels, Riven and Myst Exile are of equal caliber. These games are so beautiful that it easy to move about the environments simply for the sheer beauty of it all. Beyond that is the puzzle solving. These are not shoot em' up games, there are clues that you can document along the way (you are supplied with a journal) that when solved provide you doorways to the next puzzle solutions. There is no time limit so you can relax and take your time. Some puzzles are easier than others, for example the most difficult age I experienced was the natural age in Myst Exile. There are a lot of online communities for these games that can help you if you get stuck. The developers have succeeded in creating their own otherworldly scenes that is all their own. It's hard to describe how amazing the visual trip is, it is such a marvel of realistic escapism that you often think of the game when you are not playing it. These environments are places that I would really want to visit! A must must have, top priority game for adventurers. It will become a staple of your collection. No game or set of game compares.

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Summary: Awesome!
Review: I don't own this trilogy set, but I do own all three games. Why would I buy all three... because they are absolutely awesome! Well, if you have a lot of patience and a mind that thinks outside the box they are. If you're looking for a game to challenge your resoning skills, buy this! If you're looking for great audio and visual quality, buy this! Just start the game, dim the lights, [turn] up the speakers, and hold on. If you start at the very beginning, enjoy the view of Myst Island. Oh, and look to your left...

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Summary: XP Compatibility
Review: I have all three Myst Trilogy games working perfectly under Windows XP Pro (SP2) OS on my PC. It has an Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 video card with 256 mb RAM, which is recommended by Ubisoft for this product.

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Summary: Noooo....puede ser...
Review: I love all three games in this series. I had no problem running Myst and Riven with Windows XP on my computer. However, there is a bit of a problem with Exile in that it will repeatedly crash in certain areas. I uninstalled and reinstalled it; making sure to backup my saved games. It is a pain, though. From what I understand, this isn't exclusively an XP problem.

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Summary: 5 stars, but one small problem
Review: I picked this up a few days ago having never played any of these games and was blown away. Ive only sampled a little bit from each but I can tell you that its very high quality stuff here and as far as it not working for windows xp, all three games work FINE for me on xp. These games are true classics, whether ppl find them too hard or too boring is beside the point, if your into adventure games please give this trilogy a fair shot, you'll more then likely fall in love.

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Summary: This game works FINE on windows xp
Review: I picked this up a few days ago having never played any of these games and was blown away. Ive only sampled a little bit from each but I can tell you that its very high quality stuff here and as far as it not working for windows xp, all three games work FINE for me on xp. These games are true classics, whether ppl find them too hard or too boring is beside the point, if your into adventure games please give this trilogy a fair shot, you'll more then likely fall in love.

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Summary: 5 stars, but one small problem
Review: i went and looked at this locally to buy for a friend whom i have been trying to get into games, as i already have all three. on reading the systems requirements, i found myst didnt work on mac, which means it is necessary to buy realmyst in addition. this adds greatly to the cost, like double, but what else is new for mac.

no matter. in my opinion, these are three of the best pieces of software ever published, especially riven. although it is an old game, the scenery in riven is absolutely outstanding. some say its a slide show, but if this bothers you, think of it as an action game with an extremely slow frame rate. characters are few and far between, but the acting of the unctuous gehn is very convincing. the real achievement of these games, though, is the quality of the puzzles. although exile falls a little short, riven and myst have not been equalled, especially the former, where 5 islands and 3 "ages" are integrated into two main and several ancillary puzzles. getting through this without help leaves one with a sense of accomplishment, as, with respect to these puzzles, the quality of logic is not strained. overall, i think that riven is a work of art. my only gripe is the constant shuffling of the five discs, which gets to be annoying but of minor consequence. none of these games carries an inventory or has "hot spots". one actually has to figure things out; no applying inventory by trial and error and no hints from the cursor.

these three games are the apotheosis (gold standard) of "adventure". every computer owner should have them.

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Summary: Regurgitated... for the N'th time...
Review: I'm a huge Myst/D'ni Fan, so you can take it as a given that this product will be very enjoyable to play and provide hours of brain-teasers and a gripping storyline.

But beyond that, you must be aware of two things. THERE IS NOTHING NEW. All the these games have been sold commercially before. Same thing, different packaging. Its like the 3rd or 4th time a company associated with Cyan has re-released a myst game. Its getting old, and you'll have no need to buy this if you already have the originals.

Point number 2, like it was said in other reviews, it is NOT compatable with winXP. I've had problems with Ubisoft customer support in the past, so I've kept that in mind when deciding to purchase this product. If you try running this game on a winXP client, be aware that you will get absolutely NO TECH SUPPORT from Ubisoft concerning XP issues, and they will likely not show much interest in attempting to help you with something that should be completely acceptable for a software product in the year 2002.

This is a buyer-beware product. Proceed with caution. They're good games, just be aware of the issues that may potentially come with trying to run them.

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Summary: ???Help Me???
Review: I've read some reviews from people that say they got it to run on XP. How? I have run the compatibility wizard--more like a compatibility trickster--and it still doesn't work. What I've SEEN of it is excellent (artistry is stunning; plot, so far, is great), but it quits when I get to the part where the player goes to another age. I loaded it onto the dinosaur of a computer that has Windows 98 on it, and it worked, except the computer is so ancient it's too slow to keep the graphics up with the sound and it gets stuck.
Somebody help me? If you've got a suggestion (a solution would be nice), pleeeeease e-mail me at: [e-mail] And this is the new version of the original Myst, if that makes any sense. I looked for patches--couldn't find any. I've heard some horror stories about tech support from UBI software, too.