![]() Accordingly, Atrus sends for the guy who helped release him from his son's grasp in the first place: you. It's time to see if the brothers are ready to come out and rejoin the family. His wife Catherine and their daughter, Yeesha, aren't getting any younger. It's been twenty years since he managed to trap his backstabbing sons Sirrus and Achenar in a pair of prison books, and he's thinking that maybe it's time to forgive and forget. Atrus, the quietly brooding (the term that keeps poking my brain is "DaVinci-esqe") inventor and writer of magical Linking books, has invited you back over to his place to discuss family issues with you. Myst IV: Revelations might as well be a direct sequel to the very first Myst game. ( Halo is getting there, but I don't want to digress any more than I already have.) Myst may be the only game series you can tell people there are novels about without getting a "Why?" in reply. The original Myst was wildly, brain-bendingly popular, selling roughly 70 gazillion copies, making it into many people's "Favorite Game" lists, and just as many people's "Most Hated Title" list. First person perspective, pre-rendered graphics, a focus heavily on puzzles and away from NPC interaction. Myst, for better or for worse, has pretty well defined what adventure games are all about nowadays. ![]() The rest of you will probably want some explaining, so here goes. Myst IV hasn't suddenly become a mutant-blasting first person shooter, and Atrus' family disputes are unsolvable by plasma rifle fire. Not a Myst fan? Nothing here is going to change your mind. You, third row, waving the "Puzzles Suck" sign. It's also got a camera and scrapbook feature that'll make grabbing data far easier. Nothing that'll stop you from finishing the game, mind you, and some excellent cluing in the form of the pendant. You just want to know what this one's like, right? Mostly Riven-style puzzles with a lot of footwork, some flaws that'll slow you down in puzzle design. You, over there, with the 'Stoneship Age' t-shirt. In a way, this game is everything Myst has been leading up to and promising for years.įirst things first.
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