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Expensive Christmas present!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I purchased URU for my husband for Christmas from Amazon.ca. He is such a fan of the entire Myst series that I knew he would love this new release. However, as mentioned in other reviews, be very careful re your system requirements. We did have the minimum listed but after literally hours of him trying to get the game to load properly, downloading upgrades, etc. etc. it turned out our videocard was insufficient. We had to upgrade to a Radeon 9600Pro with DirectX9.0. Needless to say, my $70 videogame, and $25 stragegy guide turned into a $400 surprise. To it's credit, however, it now plays wonderfully and he loves it. I guess that's what it's really all about. Maybe I'll change my mind when the VISA bill arrives.

URU: Ages Beyond Myst

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am an avid player of the myst and riven, and all adventure games. I must say that URU is a game that has unbelieveable sights and sounds. The graphics and details in the scenes are phanominal. You have so much to see in not just the details of the game but also for instance, there's the building that rotates and as you wait to align the walk ways the background scene is just beautiful with the mountain and falls and valleys that you see as your revolving around with the building. The puzzles are great to try and you can also interact with things like shooting at stuff from a distance. But with all these game be aware that you should save your game as often as you can when going through puzzles and places that you don't want to repeat. I love this game and have played it 4 times and each time is just as rewarding as the first. So give it a try. I think its one of the best of the series.

even better now that it's gone LIVE!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I enjoyed this game. . .and have played it more hours than any other! (I play many games) and Love all the Myst series games. The community that has developed with Uru is awesome, and they make it a must try. The stand alone game inspired many forum based games and puzzles that the fans created for each other, we played together daily for years even before the game was picked up by Gametap and offered Live! Now we can litterally play together, online and we have regular new content added, that you can't get anywhere else.
I highly urge you to try it. I too was not fond of the avatar idea, at first, but now I would miss her if she were gone! ;)

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