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Given the article references 6 and 8 year olds playing, maybe I was just a dumb kid.
Riven was absolutely captivating for its time. It still looks gorgeous today. They did an absolutely incredible job.
My article on riven graphics vs the latest in the myst series. http://darkcephas.blogspot.com/2018/03/twenty-years-later-of...
I don't know if I was just too young at the time, but I had Myst/Riven as a kid and never even began to understand what the objective was or what I was supposed to do. Aside from a little bit of walking back and forth, I don't think I accomplished a single thing in game. Given the article references 6 and 8 year olds playing, maybe I was just a dumb kid.
I can't wait for the inevitable Myst VR remake.
I don't know if I was just too young at the time, but I had Myst/Riven as a kid and never even began to understand what the objective was or what I was supposed to do. Aside from a little bit of walking back and forth, I don't think I accomplished a single thing in game. Given the article references 6 and 8 year olds playing, maybe I was just a dumb kid.
My experience is not very different from yours. I remember going back and forth on the first island and playing with the different puzzles. I was just minding my own business in the game and imagining my own story without taking any interest in the game scenario.
Myst was the first really immersive game I remember playing and thinking "I feel like I'm actually a part of this world". I was a bit too young to really grasp how to play it but that didn't stop me clicking around just exploring because the game (for its time) was just so beautiful and engaging despite the graphical limitations at the time. For those looking for a Myst nostalgia trip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
I didn't care about Myst at all. I don't get what the big deal is, never did.
I didn't play it until the Windows release, but even then, it was vastly different from many games available at that time. The graphics were very obviously ahead of most games. While many games do so now (and some over do it), Myst provided a very cinematic experience. Most of all though was the immersion. Many games had addicting gameplay, but few tried to captivate the player in the same way Myst did. It is of course a point of preference, but it did a lot to draw in the player. Not all of the clues were known to be clues at the time. You could discover something and not know what it did until later on. Then it became a point of realization. You weren't playing the role of a super soldier or simulating someone else. You as the player were the one discovering pieces of this world and helping it unfold.
This was extremely captivating. Even to those of a young age who didn't entirely get it. It just provided a different experience from most games at the time. An experience that has been emulated through different means like flash games, but hasn't been recreated in a meaningful way.
I don't know if I was just too young at the time, but I had Myst/Riven as a kid and never even began to understand what the objective was or what I was supposed to do. Aside from a little bit of walking back and forth, I don't think I accomplished a single thing in game. Given the article references 6 and 8 year olds playing, maybe I was just a dumb kid.
Very mysterious world, I found it very fascinating.
Now that we have youtube, Ive watched how to win.
An aside, but I'd love to have Myst, Riven, and the other sequels available on the Switch.
Myst was the first really immersive game I remember playing and thinking "I feel like I'm actually a part of this world". I was a bit too young to really grasp how to play it but that didn't stop me clicking around just exploring because the game (for its time) was just so beautiful and engaging despite the graphical limitations at the time. For those looking for a Myst nostalgia trip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
I didn't care about Myst at all. I don't get what the big deal is, never did.
I just couldn't imagine then how it could compare to Space Quest, King's Quest, Alone in the Dark, etc. Now I can imagine a few ways in which they might have been able to leverage the format and limitations to expand the world and puzzles in different ways that weren't feasible for other games.