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Myst Uru: The path of the shell Expansion pack

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A good add on for the Myst game. The Larghe's

At last - Genius!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: December 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Hail The Gathered! I bow to your superior intellect and wisdow! In the future this expansion pack will be an object of worship! Hail! Hail!

Another Lame Game from Ubi soft

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 18
Date: July 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Sure this game is pretty to look at but it isn't fun.
I toiled through and finished URU and its first expansion pack but only after printing out the walkthrough and hundreds of visits to the URU forums. Now with path of the shell you can't even get to a puzzle without total frustration.
Example; You have to over and over again try to figure out how to jump from a rock to a place where some sort of puzzle is and this is only known from reading the walkthrough. It isn't fun and in contrast to the relaxing sounds and scenery, one simply gives up out of exhaustion and humiliation. I've heard path of the shell is the last expansion pack in this series which is good. I will never try another one of these. Hopefully the makers of this game are all dead or dying.

The Path of the Shell - Expansion Pack for Uru

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: July 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

For those gamers who played Uru, this is a continuation with the same equipment requirements. Don't bother if your computer won't handle it.

For those who do have the minimum requirement plus, the mind bending continues. It's beautiful, thoughtful, and full of fantastic music.

Path of the nightmare

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 23
Date: July 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

What is up with this game? Where are the puzzles?
It is all reading and walking and running and jumping and swimming and linking and then back to relto and reading some more and linking via corridors and linking via shell cloths and reading some more and linking via age links and reading some more and linking and linking and linking some more and walking miles of sand and never getting to a puzzle then jumping some more and swimming some more and reading some more and linking again and never getting anywhere. Dead from physical exhaustion and brain dead from trying to read the minds of some weirdo programmers. This game is frustrating and humiliating and just plain tiring. The graphics aren't that great either.

It's been through pure determination that I was able to finish this game today and this is how I did it:
I took the game back to from where I got it and asked for my money back. After hearing all the reasons I wasn't getting my money refunded I took the disk out of it's box and broke it in half and left it on the counter then walked away. There. Finished.

Comparable to Riven

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: September 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Riven is hailed by many as the epitome of the perfect D'ni game. However, Uru with its expansions manages to be even better. The Path of the Shell especially has comparable puzzles and grand scope to Riven. There are times when the exploration, music and story become overwhelming and cause the player to cry and experience emotional growth. With such emotional involvement, the game's mentioned flaws are negligable and do not detract.

Very disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 12
Date: July 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I loved Myst and especially Riven and was hoping that after a few let downs (I found the technical jumping and pushing and shoving parts in Uru a bit frustrating), they might come up with a game that's actually fun to play again. But no - instead of actual puzzles that challenge your intelligence, the only challenge seems to be how patient you are. You mostly waste your time linking back and forth from one location to another (i.e. mostly staring on a black page waiting for the game to load) or running the same path on some rocky island for the 100th time, in order to get to the linking book so you can stare at another blank screen loading again. This possibly is the most frustrating game I know... I could handle some waiting and lots of trial and error if at least the visuals were rewarding, but as far as graphics are concerned, there's not much improvement, except that your avatar is able to swim now. Besides that, the visuals are derivative and extremely similar to earlier Myst games. Seems like the creators really ran out of ideas this time...

Fun but Overly Difficult

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: July 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It's tough to pick on the Myst team(s) for making a game that is too difficult...that's always been the appeal of Myst to me. However, the main puzzles in this game, while fun to play, are not likely solvable by most logic-puzzle gamers. The solutions are not very intuitive, and there are often few if any clues leading to the solution. Without spoiling anything, let me just say that you need to be patient...VERY patient...not just with yourself but with the puzzles themselves (i.e., be prepared to do nothing at times). I don';t know how I could have gotten through this game without looking at a walkthrough for at least 4 of the key puzzle solutions. A mediocre effort by UbiSoft. Hopefully, Myst IV will be better.

Cyan is back!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: June 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Excellent expansion pack. A treat for anyone who likes challenging, but reasonable puzzles. New types of puzzles that you haven't seen before in a Myst/Uru game, fantastic Relto pages to customize your personal world and lots of new places to explore. Really takes the Myst series back to its roots in terms of quality and quantity of gameplay.

The Good Ole Days are back!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: June 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you loved Riven you will definitely enjoy The Path of the Shell. This expansion for Uru captures that Age-wide puzzle feel we've not seen as much in recent years. To say the puzzles are difficult is an understatement, but to say it's rewarding is, too! I was thrilled to see the new Ages, their huge scope and well-integrated clues. This is a must not only for Uru fans but Myst fans who will feel a real sense of "full circle". Ages Beyond Myst talked of the past; To D'ni explained the present. The Path of the Shell alludes to the future and I can't wait to see what Cyan gives us next! :)

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