Betsy to Heavens! They're at it again!
Among others, one of the interests I have listed on my profile page is Myst. I don't think I've ever mentioned Myst before in any posts on this site, which is quite a disgrace. If you don't know what Myst is, then for heavens sake, let me educate you:
Myst was a computer game released back in 1993, and was, I'm told, wildly popular (so most readers out there have probably at least heard of it). It was popular for its graphics, which were, by the standards at the time, great. It was also probably popular because there weren't any other games like it. Instead of having you going around slashing up zombies or blowing up aliens, Myst plunked you down on a tiny island in the middle of nowhere. Since there are no villains to kill (or anything to kill them with), or really anything else at all to do, your only option is to explore. By doing so, you send yourself on a journey around the island (and several others), solving puzzles and uncovering clues to make progress.
Myst was followed by a sequel, Riven, in 1997, which was obviously like Myst, only...different, as are all sequels. The graphics in Riven were much better than those in Myst, and the puzzles were harder. Then, in 2001, Myst 3: Exile was released. It now had better graphics than either of its predecessors, but the puzzles weren't (thankfully) harder. Then, in 2003, Uru was released. Uru was more of a spinoff than a sequel, and had truly smacking graphics, a live online version, and later had two expansion packs released. Whuf.
After all this, in the fall of 2004, another game, called Myst 4: Revelation, was released. Naturally, this game had the best graphics of the bunch--am I seeing a pattern here?--aannnnd....well, yeah. That brings us to the here and now.
Okay, now that I have taken up about half a page with simple background information, I'll get on to the point of this post. The folks at Cyan, the company that made the Myst games except for numbers 3 and 4, are at work on another game (yeesh!) to be called (at least for now) Myst 5: End of Ages. It's going to be the last of the Myst games, at least they say so, and will probably be released next fall. From what I've read and seen, it looks pretty darn spiffing. Below are some screenshots from it I've scrounged up:
Cool, huh?
Myst was a computer game released back in 1993, and was, I'm told, wildly popular (so most readers out there have probably at least heard of it). It was popular for its graphics, which were, by the standards at the time, great. It was also probably popular because there weren't any other games like it. Instead of having you going around slashing up zombies or blowing up aliens, Myst plunked you down on a tiny island in the middle of nowhere. Since there are no villains to kill (or anything to kill them with), or really anything else at all to do, your only option is to explore. By doing so, you send yourself on a journey around the island (and several others), solving puzzles and uncovering clues to make progress.
Myst was followed by a sequel, Riven, in 1997, which was obviously like Myst, only...different, as are all sequels. The graphics in Riven were much better than those in Myst, and the puzzles were harder. Then, in 2001, Myst 3: Exile was released. It now had better graphics than either of its predecessors, but the puzzles weren't (thankfully) harder. Then, in 2003, Uru was released. Uru was more of a spinoff than a sequel, and had truly smacking graphics, a live online version, and later had two expansion packs released. Whuf.
After all this, in the fall of 2004, another game, called Myst 4: Revelation, was released. Naturally, this game had the best graphics of the bunch--am I seeing a pattern here?--aannnnd....well, yeah. That brings us to the here and now.
Okay, now that I have taken up about half a page with simple background information, I'll get on to the point of this post. The folks at Cyan, the company that made the Myst games except for numbers 3 and 4, are at work on another game (yeesh!) to be called (at least for now) Myst 5: End of Ages. It's going to be the last of the Myst games, at least they say so, and will probably be released next fall. From what I've read and seen, it looks pretty darn spiffing. Below are some screenshots from it I've scrounged up:
Cool, huh?
posted by James at
9:47 AM
