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Stupid Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 29
Date: November 14, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The game is pretty good, but it's impossible to move on. You're always getting stuck!

Lush and atmospheric, not for all computer gamers

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 40 / 40
Date: November 20, 1999
Author: Amazon User

As a computer entertainment experience, there's been almost nothing like Myst. The game's success lies in its beautifully rendered scenery and lush soundtrack, a pervasive sense of mystery (hence the name), and overall atmospheric tension.

From the opening monologue, we are drawn into a world where we - as the player - must not only familiarize ourselves with the environment, but must even determine the goal of the very game itself. Although the ostensible objective is the solution of the puzzles, the actual purpose for playing Myst is the exploration of the very real world that the creators of the game have made.

Unfortunately, much of this atmosphere and wonder is lost on the modern computer gamer, used to more "twitch"-style 3D shooters. If you are looking for a game to challenge your adrenal gland, look elsewhere. If, however, you appreciate a sense of dramatic atmosphere and love the sense of discovery exploring a new and uncharted world, you won't find much better than this game.

After Several Years--- Still the Best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 16
Date: November 22, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game was one of the first I've ever played on the computer. This was several years ago. In all the years that have passed, I have seen nothing that comes close to the quality of Myst in the supposed genre that it created. Myst IS the genre. The graphics may have been surpassed due to the evolving technology, but I am still amazed at the quality of the breath-taking visuals to this day. The prospect of the original idea of not having any music practically horrified me because of how much the immersive soundtrack adds to the experience that is Myst. The plot unfolds like an interactive mystery novel in which you've been plopped right in the middle of. Definitely a must for those who are still human and would like to immerse themselves in an experience that has made Myst the best selling game of all time.

Not up to the hype

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 29
Date: November 24, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I bought Myst based on the reviews that I found. All of the reviewers seemed to like it and so did the people I knew who played it. Unfortunately, that just led to a huge disappointment when I played the game.

One of the main selling points of the game was the beautiful scenery. I will give it that, the scenery is indeed well-done. However, I was often annoyed by how much stuff they threw in that you couldn't do anything with. You wander around, find something that could be interesting and realize that it doesn't really do anything. The whole game felt like a demo for what computer graphics could be like instead of an actual game.

What's more, I found the game pretty boring. Nothing ever really happens plot-wise. Which doesn't have to be a bad thing, really, if there was something interesting to keep your mind off that fact. I spent the whole time I was playing the game fairly bored. I also admit to having to use a walkthrough to get past a couple of puzzles. And they weren't ones I felt stupid about afterwards either. The hints given in the game are awful. Many solutions to the puzzles come out of left field. And then I hit the piano puzzle which I found impossible to get past. After a few hours of failing miserably with that I gave up never to play the rest of the game. And after reading the rest of the walkthrough was not at all unhappy about that choice.

Still standing?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 08, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Although almost 5 years passed after this superb game was launched is still competing the new adventure games. The reason why is of course the atmosphere and the loneliness of the game that with the help of the mysterious soundtracks makes you feel that you are actually in the game. Finally some challenging puzzles are here in order to make your life difficult in your search for Atru's sons due to receive from him their punishment for what they have done.I better live you to find the rest by yourselves..!

Once you get into it, it never gets out of you

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 30 / 30
Date: December 20, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I have a hard time categorizing Myst as a "game." It feels more like a book. If you don't like books...you won't dig it.

Many games play more like a TV show, where the storyline is handed to you up front and your actions fill in the minute details. Not so with Myst, which gives you an enigmatic cinematic opening (which, though it's related to the game, explains nothing at all -- but it does establish an intriguing atmosphere) and then simply places you in an unfamiliar location. The existential search begins: Where am I? How did all these curious things get here, and what do they do? And why am *I* here? Only careful exploration ("attentive," that is -- there's no danger of harm, though some scenes do suggest it) yields the clues, some obvious and many subtle, which assemble into an understanding of the story -- a bona fide *story* -- of the situation you're in.

Myst isn't a perfect game, but it's a truly compelling story -- if, as I said, you're into stories. (If you loved Nick Bantock's mysterious, romantic story/art book "Griffin and Sabine," then Myst is for you without question.) If you absolutely require a more straightforward introduction but still like a sense of intrigue and brilliant, inventive puzzles to solve, then go straight for the sequel game, Riven. But I'd still suggest giving Myst a try first.

Great looking, interesting...but so CONFUSING!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I like this game...i really do, but i just don't get it. I'll agree that the concept is wonderful, and the graphics are great, and the story is stellar...but geez, i just don't get a lot of it! I love books, and eat up logic puzzles and games, but i just don't like this game enough to try to wade my way through the absolutely too complex world that you're supposed to journey though to do...what? I think that's what urks me the most...i have no idea what i'm supposed to be doing half the time...and somehow that diminishes my enjoyment of the game. I'm not certain whether to recommend this game or not. If you can get a chance to play it without buying it, i'd go that route, then if you like it you can buy it, but if you don't you don't have to waste your money.

A must-play classic.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is incredible. I first played this game when it debuted in 1993, and I was blown away by the stunning graphics. Now, in 2000, the graphics look dull and primitive, but the gameplay is still ahead of its time. It isn't incredibly difficult (compared to its sequel Riven) but it's very MYSTerious, thought provoking, and just plain entertaining (and sometimes frustrating) to play. Myst isn't considered a classic for no reason.

Not as good as Riven

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game, although the first time I played it, I was playing it on a computer that absolutely SUCKED. However, I have since gotten a decent computer, and Myst is so cool. It's hard as a butt, though, and it took me and my friend about 100 billion hours to beat it. If you like a challenge, go for this game.

Only for people with a lot of patience!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: January 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Myst is a very beautifully designed game, with such rich sound and landscape graphics that at times you could swear it was all real. However, it is a completely reinforced sprung steel hard! Nothing on Earth can describe how mind-bogglingly eye-crossingly impossible this game is. If you are a person who likes being stuck at a single location for hours on end, or being in more knots than a boy-scout's first guyrope then this game is for you. If you aren't this sort of person then BUY A DIFFERENT GAME!

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