Come anticipate Myst V - End of Ages with me

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It's also fairly definite that V is the last one, as they fired everyone who worked on it after it came out.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 19 September 2005 13:55 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah, Cyan is no more. Going from the highest selling game of all time to closure within 12 years.

― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 19 September 2005 14:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Well, for the first time ever, I completed a Myst game without using hints or cheats. Playing End of Ages made me realize that I love Myst games until I'm about 75% completed with them; after that, I just get so fucking aggravated with the repetitious trial-and-error activities I need to do in order to solve puzzles that I always break down and look for cheat sites. This time, no, which I guess you can interpret as a thumbs-up.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 25 September 2005 17:56 (eighteen years ago) link

I think the bit in Riven with the colored pegs on a grid drove me so nuts i cheated for the rest of the game. There's a dividing line between appropriate difficulty and games being pointlessly bitchy.

― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Sunday, 25 September 2005 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link

THAT'S THE BEST BIT! the coloured pegs puzzle was totally central to the entire game. plus when you've done it that's about 90% of the game innit? so long ago now

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Sunday, 25 September 2005 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link

I totally spazzed out on the colored-peg puzzle and cheated BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN THINK TO PRESS THE BUTTON. How retarded is that?

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 25 September 2005 18:13 (eighteen years ago) link

There are a couple of puzzles on End of Ages that may be redolent of the beyotch. I don't even really know how I solved Todelmer!

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 25 September 2005 18:15 (eighteen years ago) link

but i'm not doing some bullshit puzzle that forces me to click 40 times to get from one world to the other end of another to check one feature, go all the way back, and then still get it wrong.

― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Sunday, 25 September 2005 18:18 (eighteen years ago) link

ten years pass...

http://www.avclub.com/article/myst-creator-rand-miller-his-favorite-puzzle-every-242061

Btw, there's a new Cyan Worlds/Myst game out. Called Obduction.

― Sentient animated cat gif (kingfish), Wednesday, 14 September 2016 07:06 (seven years ago) link

ten months pass...

JUST took a long look at a jet-blast-warning sign and realized I drew part of it! Oh Atrus!! And I thought I knew you! What does this mean? pic.twitter.com/jER2UVTV9b
— Robyn Miller (@tinselman) July 26, 2017

― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 27 July 2017 20:14 (six years ago) link

three years pass...

Arise.

So we've been meaning to tell you something...https://t.co/facBgrlI3F
— Cyan Inc. (@cyanworlds) September 16, 2020

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 September 2020 19:14 (three years ago) link

I played through most of Obduction last year. Serious engine issues (frequent pauses, framerate issues) but it is definitely from the same creators of Myst and Riven -- you will probably wander around the first world wondering what to do for a considerable length of time. I got lost in one of the later sections and put it aside.

I don't feel the need to play Myst again. This is the fourth or fifth major version of the game I think -- original, myst masterpiece edition with better colors and not much else, realmyst in 2000, realmyst masterpiece edition in 2014. If they do a Riven remake I'll be all over it. That's a game in my top 10 of all-time list.

― wasdnous (abanana), Thursday, 17 September 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link

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