By pre-rendering the visuals with such extreme detail that no video card at the time could hope to run in real-time, the Myst series have given us games that looked both wonderful and extremely static. Oh no! Something explodes! He asks you to restore power to the area and rushes out leaving you in a state that Myst fans will remember well – alone and surrounded by lots of mysterious gadgetry.Įach Myst game pushed the limits of photo-realism in computer games, if more or less by trickery. In true adventure game fashion, he needs you to help align sine-wave patterns on a video monitor. As the game opens, youâ€™ll encounter Atrus, portrayed for the fourth time by Myst co-creator Rand Miller (who said after Riven in 1997, â€œI will never play Atrus againâ€). There is more live action video in this game than in all of the other Myst games combined. Uru was its own kettle of fish, but now Revelation, as its name suggests, will provide some closure to the story of Atrus and his family.

In Myst, Atrusâ€™s sons go bad in Riven, his wife Catherine needs rescuing and in Exile, an escaped madman travels through the Ages bringing information about what has been going on with the estranged sons.

Although there is an extraordinarily large quantity of Myst fiction floating around speculating about the history of the Dâ€™ni, a people whose ability to write â€œlinking booksâ€ enables them to preserve various â€œAges,â€ the basic gamestory is really quite simple. Myst: Revelation is a direct sequel to Myst III: Exile. But in the background, the franchise was being kept alive by a team of developers that are dedicated to breathing new life into the saga. When the fourth Myst game came out, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, it was a turn for the worse.

The lives of Atrus and Catherine, their sons Sirrus and Agenar, their daughter Yeesha, and the entities that closely surround them became embroiled in a morass of science and magic that left a definitive mark on interactive entertainment in general, and, in particular, served as an influence that changed adventure gaming forever. The words of Atrus and his sons should ring familiar to anyone acquainted with the worlds of Myst.

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