Myst

Cool game to revisit. For those that played the past iterations of this game, I'd highly recommend playing with the Puzzle Randomization mode to recapture the initial immersion.

SCORE: 9/10 - OUTSTANDING Yet another iteration in the apparent tradition of modernizing the graphics of the original Myst game from 1993. You find yourself marooned on a bizarre and apparently vacated little island, left to explore, tinker with the puzzle-like novelties, and discover clues revealing this method behind the madness of it all. I found the puzzles to be appropriately challenging and eventually made it to the end unassisted. But if you really get stuck, consult the website "Universal Hint System". Oh, and I recommend: Settings > Interface > Classic Video Mode: On!

This review applies only to playing Myst in VR with Vive hand controllers. 2 of us played the game together, taking it in turns to be in VR or watching on the screen. The game itself is iconic, and really should be played once by any computer game player. We played the original version some 30 years ago, and still remember the experience with fondness. But, reluctantly, we cannot recommend this VR version. Movement with the Vive controllers is really clunky, whether in teleport mode or smooth movement. The slightest touch to the sides of the circular “touch disc” on the controller sets the scene spinning uncontrollably. This at one point caused one of us to fall over (fortunately there was no damage to the player or surrounding furniture!). We could not find any settings to reduce the sensitivity. A couple of times we encountered glitches - [spoiler] the door to the hologram chamber would not open to let us out, and we got stuck in the lift in Cogworld. [/spoiler] Both th...

This Myst is a delight for fans of the original game and a great way for newcomers to discover a classic. Not much to say, everything is almost perfect. There are quite a few options for configuring the game as you wish. You can find videos from the era that really helped you immerse yourself in the game. Personally, I prefer them to soulless 3D characters. A ‘random’ game mode makes certain elements random, and those feeling nostalgic should start with this mode before returning to the classic mode they know. Thank you, Cyan Worlds!

fun

Great graphics

This game is fantastic as it was 1993, because it has a great story. The bonus age is a nice to have. The stability on Linux is great, I'm able between Myst and other programs to make notes without any issue over time. The internal note taking is not practical, so I used gimp and a text program to take notes

I first played Myst in the mid-late 90s when I was supposed to be revising for exams. Playing this re-imagined version is like going back to somewhere you visited as a kid. The detail is wonderful, and the addition of Rime as a coda helps join up this game with the later games. Playing on VR must be amazing too. I can't really judge the puzzles as I wasn't solving them as I would be from my first attempt, but being able to carry multiple pages at once is an excellent quality of life improvement. The atmosphere is immaculate.

There are books I read when I was young, that I wanted so badly to jump into their worlds.. I never really played these games until I was an adult but they are the only non-books to give me that same feeling. There is real magic in the art here. Also, Devs, thank you for Rime. Please finish the rest, I'm happy to keep buying these remakes.

I lite a candle and played this game with head phones years ago for the first time and my wife bolted in to ask a quetion and scared the hell out of me