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Press Junketeer  Posts: 483 Joined: 5 Jan 2008     | I've never played Myst, so this might be a chance for a new generation to discover it. |
Paperboy  Posts: 33 Joined: 18 Oct 2007     | This might be a chance for a new generation to discover how *BORING* it was and to start up a whole new set of discussions about why this boring piece of crap is so popular (just like what happened when it was originally released). If you are one of the learned, superior people who found it as pointless and boring as I did, be prepared for people telling you how stupid you are for not liking it ... how you are a bombastic fool with no appreciation of subtlety or story or oh-so-clever puzzles. The Myst people are the flip-side of the coin that the Halo people are on. |
Press Junketeer Posts: 483 Joined: 5 Jan 2008 |
Ah. Okay. The guys from id didn't like it, so maybe it's not that great. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2290 Joined: 14 Jan 2008     | Myst was an amazing game with the most immersing stories I have ever seen. It still stays one of my top ten games, just below Guild Wars and World in Conflict. I have played every game and beaten all of them, it will be a great way to get people to stop playing brain age and start learning how to solve deadly puzzles inside of a book. If the DS needs any classic gameplay it needs Myst. Hopefully Riven, Exile, Revelation, and End of Ages will follow...... |
Copy Clerk Posts: 69 Joined: 9 Oct 2007 | This is excellent. I loved Myst back in the day...and this means more DS fun for me. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1256 Joined: 13 Jan 2007  | Okay... so even if you're a Myst fan, and this is a Must... just how the hell putting it on the DS is going to make the graphics look cool? |
News Room Contributor Posts: 7946 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 |
Myst isn't for everyone, obviously. Neither is Halo, which I happen to think was a half-baked turd of a second-rate FPS. Both of us are very much in the minority in our respective opinions, so even though I think you're completely wrong I can (sort of, almost) see where you're coming from. That said, for those who haven't had the chance to experience Myst (and who own a DS), this is a great opportunity to do so. In its day, Myst was a stunning technological achievement and possibly the most sublimely beautiful game ever created. The game was almost entirely pre-rendered, there was no action and minimal interaction, and support for the player was minimal - there wasn't even a real manual included. But it was revolutionary and magical, and even now remains one of the finest examples of puzzle-based adventures you're going to find. I don't usually like to pimp the products I post news about, but if I had a DS I'd be all over this. |
Research Manager  Posts: 234 Joined: 28 Oct 2005   | Well, I have a DS, so I will be sure to enjoy it on your behalf Malygris! :) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1214 Joined: 9 Dec 2007    | Ironic now, considering that they're shutting down the MMOG due to what? 'Financial reasons'? Let's hope this gets the franchise up on its feet again. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 136 Joined: 12 Feb 2008    | No-brainer. Rehashing the most best-selling, greatest, worst game ever. At the time, it was the height of pre-rendered puzzle solving, pre-rendered adventuring, and pre-rendered pre-rendering. It even pre-rendered it's own sales figures! Certainly worth a play through if you've never experienced it. I'll withhold my many critiques (the main one being that sales of a game only relates to the success of a game in a financial sense, something the makers of Myst never fully realized) of the game only to say that 1993 was a significant year in gaming history, and definitely worth revisiting in all aspects. |
Brand Manager  Posts: 2399 Joined: 8 Oct 2007    | If you like puzzle type games, this game is awesome. It took me about 16 hours to complete and solve all the puzzles when it first came out. I think my father is still trying to complete it. lol Anywho, I greatly enjoyed it even though I felt like putting my fist through the screen in frustration sometimes. |
Muckraker  Posts: 308 Joined: 15 May 2007  | I will def give it a go. I never played it on the PC.. being poor and not owning one at the time it came out. |
News Room Contributor  Posts: 152 Joined: 22 Aug 2007 | Oi, don't bother with the likes of Myst. Hack your DS to run ScummVM and play some real adventure games instead. |
Beat Writer Posts: 136 Joined: 12 Feb 2008 |
Karma +1 |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 120 Joined: 12 Nov 2007  | So can anyone who is a fan explain the appeal of Myst, not its sequels, but the original. So can you give me an example of a puzzle from the game that has a strategic appeal? |
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Myst Coming to the DS
Empire Interactive has announced the ground-breaking adventure Myst will be coming to the Nintendo DS, along with an all-new Age and other enhancements.
The game will feature an original soundtrack, remastered video and the Rime Age, which was not included in the original release. Game control will be handled via the stylus, while the system's dual screen will be used to provide additional information to the player, with the upper screen showing information and magnified images, while the lower screen is used to navigate through the game world. New tools available to players will include a magnifier, camera, notebook and map.
"As one of the strongest videogame franchises in history, with more than 12 million games sold, we felt it was only natural to partner with Hoplite Research and Cyan Worlds to bring Myst to an innovative system like the DS," said Empire Interactive Vice President Karim Farghaly. "The DS addition to the Myst game library allows players to take advantage of new features created exclusively for the DS, while still maintaining the integrity of this classic game, creating a refreshed, on-the-go adventure experience for gamers of all ages."
Developed by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller and first released in 1993, Myst was the best-selling game of all time prior to the release of The Sims, and has thus far spawned four direct sequels, one spin-off, two remakes, three novels, numerous parodies and an MMOG. It also led to a surge in puzzle-based first-person adventure games commonly referred to, often derisively, as "Myst clones."
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