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Summary: Uru-Ages beyond Myst
Review: I am sure this is a game is good because the other ones were great. But since UBI Soft has decided that MAC users are not important I will never find out.
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Summary: not even my tech could get the game to play
Review: I bought this game pre-order 'cause I wanted the previous mysts to play on my new laptop with xp. i have 512 of ram, a NVIDIA force 4 4200 video card, an upgrade on my audigy sound card. NADA! Nil! nichevo! It installed o.k.- so it said - and went directly to my home interface. My tech tried it on his machine, nada. His wife tried it on her new custom-built machine - nada. What a piece of ka-ka!!
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Summary: Engrossing Worlds
Review: Admittedly, hardware requirements can be steep, but considering the goal of the developers was to provide photo-realistic worlds at least the equal of the original Myst in terms of quality, I would say they have done an admirable job. I also find it incredible that it only took 10 years for the technology to progress to this point. I can't wait to see where it goes from here.The graphics are incredible. The sound is immensely wonderful. With my 4.1 surround setup on my computer I walked out of the room to take a leak and when I came back in I had to pause for a second to remember why it sounded like I had walked into some noisy mechanical warehouse. The music is awesome. The story, as you find it, is intriquing and filled with powerful things to learn... and there is much more story wrapped into these locations than has been felt in previous games. This isn't Myst IV, this is its own thing. Some may not be satisfied, but I can't get enough, and worry about how much I might spend seeking the journey once the Live program starts costing money...
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Summary: Uru should be pooyou
Review: I bought this game for my wife, and was so ashamed to have gotten such a cheap (NOT) game. I have a top of the line computer WITH the correct video card, and the game still sucks. The graphics are terrible, and moving around takes a brain surgeon, or so it would seem. I wish that I could get my hard earned money back, but the scheisters that put out this game aren't likely to do that since their obvious modivation was profit, and not the unwary customer. I will never purchase another game crapped out be these people.
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Summary: Can you give negative stars?
Review: This game doesn't deserve even zero stars. The 3-D controls are the worst I've ever seen. It's impossible to move around easily and like a previous reviewer said, you are now more worried about falling off ledges than solving puzzles. Also, the great mood music in earlier games in the series is now gone. It's been replaced by, well pretty much nothing. What were they thinking when they designed this clunker? I'm so p*ss*d I spent the money on this game and now it's gone for good. All they needed to do was continue the Myst-Riven-Exile format and people would have been happy as clams, but instead they went for the greed hoping people will someday pay to play this piece of crap online. Man what a bomb.
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Summary: Check the video requirements
Review: I would have liked to play this game, but unfortunately, the developers only used two video cards. Before you buy this game as a gift, make sure the person can tell you with certainty that the game will run on it! And, don't bother calling the tech support line, they'll just argue with you!
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Summary: What a total diappointment
Review: Well we've had Sims Park and Sims House Party And Sim City and now the we've been delivered Sims D'ni. This isn't a continuation of the wonderful worlds created and expanded in earlier versions. And interactiong with others online is a cheap excuse to expand the game into a more profitable format. Wasn't a lot of the appeal of the original games that you never saw other people? Remember seeing someone in the distance run off and thinking, "Wow! There's someone else here!" But you could rarely actually interract with others. You were an outsider. Now instead you get to look at yourself as a crappy SIM and others too. This game is a HUGE dissappointment.
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Summary: Love it so far!
Review: I just read a couple of the reviews and it seems that the biggest gripe people have are not being able to get this game to work. That's not really a fair review of the game. If you have the system requirements, it will work. In fact, I have not had a single problem/crash/freeze yet. I've only played for about 3 hours, but some people here seem to have problems after only a few minutes. On to the game - it's fantastic. I can't even comprehend why someone would give the game itself a bad review. It's JUST like the previous games. The 3rd person view is a bit hard to control, but it definitely has advantages. You can see certain things much more clearly in 3rd. Just use 1st person to move around. The reason I gave it only 4 stars is that I haven't played it long enough to feel like I can confidently give it 5. If you liked Myst AND you meet the system requirements, BUY THIS GAME! It's wonderful.
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Summary: Beautiful Ages
Review: This game runs smoothly and beautifully. (If you have the right system specs). The ages are the most beautiful of any of the Myst games. I didn't think a full-3D Myst game would look so beautiful and realistic. The model controls are kind of choppy, but that is alleiviated by going into 1st-person mode. The sounds are awe-inspiring as well. My only let down is the URU LIVE. You have to have broadband, and that's just something we dont' feel like upgrading to. I guess I'll just stick to the single-player. Overall, this game is a very enjoyable.
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Summary: Not a Review but a Gripe..
Review: Hello, let me apologize for breaking the rules by not providing a review. I feel I need to share this with all of you. I have a real big problem with the PC Gaming industry. It seems that games today are being created to make a person "Upgrade"!! What's the deal with this? I'm against PC gaming for this reason. I recently sent an e-mail to the kind people at Cyan, who replied back very graciously. I asked if they had plans for a Playstation 2 version. I thought because the first 3 were available and I had so much fun with them. They told me that due to the complexity of the game (Uru) that it won't be available for the PS2! From reviews and other articles I'm seeing that it is complex. So complex that not even the PCs that it's designed for, cannot even play it. It seems you have to upgrade your PC to accommodate the game. To me this is very wrong. It's bad enough we have viruses that crash our computers, now we have to worry about games!! Games should be fun. I prefer buying a game for my PS2 because I know that when I get home and start it up, it's going to work without the need to "upgrade". I really think someone should consider the PC gamers. I understand that if you have a 486mhz processor and 32megs of ram that you definitely need to upgrade. But from my understanding even some of the new PCs being bought today can't play this game. To all those desiging PC games: Be more considerate.
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