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ReconToaster misses garnett :(
12/03/09

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I think I have to get this...

The Myst and Riven games were my first real experiences with PC gaming.

I used to sit on my sister's lap and click toggles and ride those roller coaster tram things back and forth for hours...
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jdskeleven
12/03/09

@ReconToaster misses garnett :(: On that note: is the game worth playing if you've never played it before, do you think? I know it has serious nostalgia value for tons of people, but I have literally no experience with it beyond second-hand knowledge.
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ReconToaster misses garnett :(
12/04/09

@jdskeleven:

haha, probably not...

I don't know. I've never really been into adventure games to begin with, as they tend to just frustrate me. I'm not very good at solving puzzles.

I'd say that, if you're a fan of adventure games, Myst and Riven would still probably be really great to play.

Otherwise....
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cfive3
12/03/09

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How good of them to release this for the people who MYST it the first time!
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jayntampa
12/03/09

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GoG also has The Longest Journey for purchase, which is, in my opinion, the best graphic adventure ever.
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Giggers
12/03/09

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My favorite part of Myst? Learning that the "bubble" noises in the underwater area was created by blowing bubbles through a straw in a toilet bowl.

Improvise!
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boopadoo
12/03/09

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$5.99 is kind of steep for Myst, considering the underlying technology is essentially HTML.

That being said, how about offering Myst for free, as a "taste," then sell the sequels? Myst 1 has been done to death, so it's about time to let the other episodes shine.
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Claire Hummel
12/03/09

@boopadoo: Yeah, I'll support Cyan Worlds in its every endeavor, but what I wouldn't give for a working copy of Riven- I kepy my old computer to run it, but even that's starting to give way.

-C
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boopadoo
12/03/09

@Claire Hummel: I just tried my copy of Riven DVD, and it worked fine on my laptop with XP. Looks like you can dump the old computer...if you have the DVD version, that is.
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Fieldy
12/03/09

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I'm very tempted to get this, if only for the nostalgia of it all, but I'm really not sure how much better at it I'd be than when I was younger and was pretty much stuck the minute the game started.
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syafiqjabar of Mars
12/03/09

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I think PC Gamer UK was infamous for being the only (?) magazine that gave Myst a mediocre score (59%, I think) when it first came out. They stand by that still.

BTW, if you register with GoG.com (which you do to purchase stuff from them; it's free, anyway) you get 3 adventure games for free.
[www.gog.com]
[www.gog.com]
[www.gog.com]
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Fieldy
12/03/09

@syafiqjabar of Mars: Well they don't advertise them. You have to find them and realize they're priced at 'free'.
But I did notice them a while back. Teenagent didn't interest me, but I did grab Beneath a Steel Sky and Lure of the Temptress.

Only played Steel Sky, but it was pretty good! And that's coming from someone who never really was into that kind of game.
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Masonvrocks
12/03/09

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Man...brings back memories.

I remember being a really little kid watchign my Dad play Riven. To this day I still remember being scared shitless at the part where your trapped in the cage inside the big round building on the cover of the game. Not sure why it's stuck with me so much.

On a side note GoG doesn't mention if this works with Windows 7, anyone know?
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Kuciwalker
12/03/09

@Masonvrocks: Please for the love of GOD let this work on Windows 7. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
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Hey_Blinkon
12/03/09

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I'm not into Myst, but I have to give credit every chance I get. Gog is GREAT.
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fuegerstef
12/03/09

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This game has no chance nowadays.

The attention-span of the average gamer today is about 17.5 seconds.
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deanbmmv
12/03/09

@fuegerstef: You lost me at "this game"
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Masonvrocks
12/03/09

@deanbmmv: He said 17.5, not 1.75
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deanbmmv
12/03/09

@Masonvrocks: that's my name
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MagicMagicPony
12/03/09

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I hear it's going to hayl tonight, but I hope it's only rayn.
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_aD
12/03/09

@MagicMagicPony: Prolly gonna be wyndy too.
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Slagathorian
12/03/09

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I never played Myst, what was it even about?
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dd528
12/03/09

@Slagathorian: You come across a mysterious book, and when you read it it transports you to an odd, disconcertingly unoccupied island, with a lot of strange buildings and contraptions. You find more books and pages, and unravel a strange plot by solving some incredibly well-designed puzzles (and, it must be said, some bafflingly-designed puzzles too). If you're not familiar with this type of game, imagine something about halfway inbetween a point-and-clcik like Monkey Island, and Portal.

If you've never played it you should give it a chance. If you like it, some of the sequels are very good too.

Alternatively, it's kind of similar to a lot of the room escape games that have cropped up in recent years (although Myst is much better, both in terms of the range and variety of puzzles, and in terms of production values, art design, story, and atmosphere). There are plenty you can try for free:

[www.escapetheroomgames.net]
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Eviltim
12/03/09

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Was there a time where Myst was not available to the masses? I've seen a ton of releases of Myst Masterpiece over the last decade, are there really none available right now?

Oh, and Myst is available for the PSP, while that is not the masses, it is still available for plenty there.

And its available for the iPhone. I think I can safely say that it wouldn't be too hard to get a copy of Myst regardless.
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ryoshi
12/03/09

@Eviltim: And the DS, pretty sure. There's pretty much nothing in my pockets at any given time that couldn't play Myst except my car keys and wallet.
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Ken
12/03/09

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Returning to a classic title that defined the mark in CD based technology and the change of the adventure genre: $5.99

Broken Mouse & Keyboard: $50

Broken LCD monitor: $150

Pint of "Comfort" flavored Ice Cream: $3.99

Remembering why you liked how games became a more "casual" experience: Priceless

Some classics are better remembered as such. Myst made me cry as a kid, I don't know how I would take it as an adult.
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Kaminari
12/03/09

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Hopefully GoG is aware that Myst and Riven don't run anymore on modern Windows systems (Win95 + QT2 dependencies = crash combo).
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ryoshi
12/03/09

@Kaminari: Myst has already been reworked several times over and works fine, and while there's no official version of Riven that works post-XP, apparently a hack of the original pile-of-CDs edition lets it run pretty smoothly in Vista (and probably 7). But really, even if they don't rework it, both run fine on XP and virtual machines are cake to set up.
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spannu
12/03/09

@Kaminari: You could just install 95 with Windows Virtual PC if you really wanted to.
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