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Summary: Bad idea executed poorly
Review: Uru is as underwhelming as it is expensive. The unlucky individual who buys this game
will have to endure a game play style that forces constant alternation between keyboard and mouse control. This is caused by the unfortunate decision to have the game done in third person, forcing the player to tediously maneuver a poorly controllable character throughout the world with the keyboard, and then search nearby with the mouse for hot spots. The graphics are nominal at best, nothing like Riven or Exile, and the worlds are in no stretch of the imagination as enchanting or creative. It is impossible to get swept away in the ambiance of a long lost and magical world playing this game because it simply has the impression of just another third person 3D video game. There is no Myst/Riven feel here at all, no style, no magic, only the sound of hard earned money spent.
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Summary: Oops Beyond Myst Missed!
Review: What a disappointment, and all because game play is spoiled by a technical detail. The cursor is all but unmanageable, and on my 3 GHz machine with excellent graphics, it is only barely usable in 800 x 600 mode, not at all in higher resolution modes. The lagging, overshooting, cursor makes looking for hot spots in the game quite difficult. I have tried the game out on several machines of varying clock speed, and the problem only gets worse on slower machines. There is no control within the game for mouse sensitivity or polling rate, and apparently the mouse position is polled too infrequently.
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Summary: Beautiful.. lush... brilliant
Review: There's something to be said for innovation, and Cyan has certainly created one of the most innovative massively multiplayer games to date. This isn't about repetitive monster munching, like Everquest and Anarchy Online, and nor is it a glorified chat, like the Sims Online or Second Life. This is more; it's about exploration and puzzle solving. This is a game for the rest of us, those who would rather read a book or stargaze than rack up frags. This is the massively multiplayer game which allows for a life outside of the game, something I welcome greatly, after having spent far too much time in Anarchy Online... hours now I wish I could reclaim. So if you're even a little bit curious, get this game; you'll be glad you did.
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Summary: great game
Review: THis game does not REQUIRE broadband, although it is HIGHLY recomended because of the large amounts of data you will have to routinely download every time something new is released.
The games itself is VERY goodit looks beutiful and just left me in awe. if you want to see what the game is like or how well it looks on your PC (currently the game isn't available for Mac but assuming the game does well enough there will be a Mac version) you can download a demo at www.3dgamers.com/games/uru/
Try it I really don't think that you will be dissapointed.
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Summary: If you don't have broadband, don't bother
Review: Ubi gives this little nugget of information buried deep within their website, perhaps hoping people will buy it before noticing: you have to have broadband to play the Uru live online portion. I cannot find anywhere on the Amazon listing that gives potential buyers this info.
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Summary: Simply amazing
Review: That's all I can say about this game. It's just amazing how good it is. Fans of the last games will have nothing to fear, Uru is a sequel that's worthy of the name "Myst." Plus, anyone who played "Riven" to the end will be rewarded immediately upon stepping into the game (I wish I could tell you how, but it's too much of a spoiler). The worlds are so immersive, just mere seconds after loading I found myself lost in it, and almost felt it was real. It's very rare for a game to be that immersive.I hope to see more people on-line in the next few months. This game has the potential to be one of the greatest online games ever, but it needs people to keep it going. Don't let this end up in a "Most Under-rated Games" article ten years from now... but it today!
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Summary: One dissed and pissed apple owner
Review: Talk about left out in the cold. After making Myst on a mess of Macs they kick us out to shiver and press our noses up against the Windows.
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Summary: FINALLY!!!! IT'S HERRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: HAlleulujah! The game of the millenium is here!!!!! Uru is a game I'm sure will give anybody who plays it a good time. I mean, come on its in the myst trilogy. THis has got to be good. Anybody who's played any of the myst games will want this game.
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Summary: THIS IS NOT A BOXED SET
Review: I read the first ten or twenty reviews on here and they all talk about the previous Myst games and how this is all in one boxed set, IT'S NOT THIS IS ONE FULL COMPLETELY NEW GAME IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT GO TO http://www.urulive.ubi.com/ and read all of the information about it. (one other thing the five stars is not what it is but what i HOPE it will be)
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Summary: To clarify
Review: To clarify anything, here is the deal. Im a beta tester for the game. I cant reveal anything but this is the lowdown... The game is incredible. You can play the solo game, and then you can subscribe to Uru Live, where you can travel to the D'ni city, meet other people, explore the ALWAYS EXPANDING ages, and even bring people to your own ages (your own game). The game blends the multiplayer aspect seamlessly into the game. The story goes WAY deeper (and makes alot of sense if you read the books), the levels are huge and beautiful, the puzzles are crazy, and the sound even better. Trust me, the sound rocks, its EAX. Also, you can play the game in 1st or third person. In 3rd you have a totally customizable avatar. I thought that being a 3D game might blow the whole look and feel. No way, it totally doesnt, you adjust quick.
So, whether or not you want to do the online, the game still rocks, a must for any Myst fan. And despite what you may hear, you can use dial-up.
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