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Engrossing Worlds

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: December 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Admittedly, hardware requirements can be steep, but considering the goal of the developers was to provide photo-realistic worlds at least the equal of the original Myst in terms of quality, I would say they have done an admirable job. I also find it incredible that it only took 10 years for the technology to progress to this point. I can't wait to see where it goes from here.

The graphics are incredible. The sound is immensely wonderful. With my 4.1 surround setup on my computer I walked out of the room to take a leak and when I came back in I had to pause for a second to remember why it sounded like I had walked into some noisy mechanical warehouse. The music is awesome.

The story, as you find it, is intriquing and filled with powerful things to learn... and there is much more story wrapped into these locations than has been felt in previous games.

This isn't Myst IV, this is its own thing. Some may not be satisfied, but I can't get enough, and worry about how much I might spend seeking the journey once the Live program starts costing money...

Not like the others in the series.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: December 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my husband for Christmas because we had so much fun with the previous games in the series. What a disappointment. The beautiful grahics and haunting music from the last ones are missing. You now go through as a character you created, worrying about jumping off ledges rather than encountering interesting puzzles to solve. Using a character to explore the worlds takes away the firsthand feeling of being in a stranger in a strange land. It is ackward and just not the same. I personally don't want to meet other gamers in cyberspace nor do I care that I can change the length of my character's nose or his shirt. I just want to be presented with fun and challenging puzzles in an exotic and mysterious place. I wish I could return it after only one night of playing.

Beautiful Ages

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: December 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game runs smoothly and beautifully. (If you have the right system specs). The ages are the most beautiful of any of the Myst games. I didn't think a full-3D Myst game would look so beautiful and realistic. The model controls are kind of choppy, but that is alleiviated by going into 1st-person mode. The sounds are awe-inspiring as well. My only let down is the URU LIVE. You have to have broadband, and that's just something we dont' feel like upgrading to. I guess I'll just stick to the single-player. Overall, this game is a very enjoyable.

Disappointed Myst Fan

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: February 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Having played all the previous Myst games, I had to get this one despite some occasional harsh reviews. Well now that I have played it (or at least partially played it; I don't think I'll bother to finish it), I agree with the critics.

The player control are hideous. Trying to control the character while pushing items (stupid!) is an exercise in frustration. I loved the previous titles puzzles which required thinking; not struggling with movement controls to push objects or jump. This would have been better if they had just used the well-accepted standard first-person-shooter WASD control scheme. I got so peeved I threw it in a drawer where it may stay forever.

Some of the puzzles are ridiculous. I loved the other Myst puzzles (especially Riven) but some of these are stupid. Fireflies sticking to your body!? Trying to make a bridge with a stool with these player controls!? Dumb and frustration.

If you liked the other titles in the series, go ahead and get it, however, be warned; you will probably hate it.

URU is not as Advertised

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 12
Date: December 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I purchase this game based on my past experiences with Myst and
Riven. It has a complete Single Player off line. When I tried
to gain access to the Multiplayer "URU Live, I entered my CD Key
and a window comes up saying that a 56k Modem is no good. You
have to have high speed modems to get on line. No where does the
game state this on the box or literature. That means you have been had. I can't afford a highspeed internet and it is not
available in my area until June 2004. I find that it will be
$39.95 a month. Then you have to subscribe at Est, $9.95 a month
to play. Sorry, the game will be played in Single Mode and be
deleted from my CPU.

What a total diappointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 12
Date: December 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Well we've had Sims Park and Sims House Party And Sim City and now the we've been delivered Sims D'ni.

This isn't a continuation of the wonderful worlds created and expanded in earlier versions.

And interactiong with others online is a cheap excuse to expand the game into a more profitable format. Wasn't a lot of the appeal of the original games that you never saw other people? Remember seeing someone in the distance run off and thinking, "Wow! There's someone else here!" But you could rarely actually interract with others. You were an outsider.

Now instead you get to look at yourself as a crappy SIM and others too.

This game is a HUGE dissappointment.

Faulty info

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 12
Date: January 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Regardless of the minimum requirements listed by the game, do not bother to try if you have less than 128 meg video card. I had the specific card named on the box, and it froze non-stop. I called their tech help...no help. They told me it was probably my AUDIO CARD (????) becuase I had the min requirement video. I did not take their advice and went to a 128 video card, and it has played great since then. The game is fantastic, graphics are beautiful, but they need to be honest with the minimum requirements....and also, don't bother calling their tech help. You will likely know as much about computers as do they.

Buy a New Computer

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 12
Date: January 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As a big fan of the Myst series, and a purchaser of all of Cyan's previous products (Myst, Riven, Realmyst, Myst Exile, Myst Masterpiece, etc.), I eagerly looked forward to playing this game. I am writing this after watching the game crash half a dozen times after the introductory video. After surfing through a maze of Ubisoft technical support websites, I have learned that although the rest of my system specifications exceed those listed, the video card on my one year-old high-end HP computer is not one of the two (count-em, two) video cards compatible with this game. If you happen to have an NVIDIA GeForce 1,2,3,4 or FX video card, or an ATI Radeon 7000-9800 video card, perhaps you will be able to get this game to run, and can assess which of the mixed reviews set forth here are accurate. If, on the other hand, you happen to have a video card made by an obscure manufacturer such as, oh, Intel, you can watch your PC crash spectacularly when trying to run this overwrought software. For my own part, I'm sending this back for a refund.

Be among the first to visit D'ni!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 33
Date: April 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm thrilled that Cyan's current project is letting us finally visit D'ni. Myst was beautiful, strange and new. Riven's quality blew everything else away. And now, the people who gave us both those worlds are going to let us join them in the most revered setting of all... the underground cavern of D'ni!

I will be the first in line to view this world with my own eyes; to walk where we've only read about in Myst: Book of Atrus, Myst: Book of Ti'Ana, and Myst: Book of D'ni; to stand where Atrus stood when Gehn first brought him down into the mysterious place Ti'ana discovered as a young woman...

... I can't wait to visit D'ni! I'm starting to pack, NOW.

~ Kha'tie
: )

A masterpiece

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: March 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It saddens me that so many people have written negative reviews about Uru, because Uru continues the legacy of the Myst series, and will immerse you in a way you haven't experienced since the original Myst. This game does have some flaws, but the only major flaw in my opinion would be the extremely slow loading time for the ages. But patience is a virtue, and believe me, it is worth it.
This game is on par with the other three Myst games, and I for one was not dissapointed. I think the greatest thing about Uru is the level of immersion. I was immersed in the world of the D'ni, and the world of the DRC. The other Myst games did not have anywhere near the amount of depth that Uru has. Wandering through the ages of Uru is even more enjoyable than those of Myst and Exile (Riven is on par depth wise), and the reason for the amount of depth in these ages is due to the many journals that you read (and none of it is required reading, but you will be rewarded for it if you do) these journals tell the stories behind these ages, and the stories behind the ages of Uru are even more intriging and beautiful than those of the previous Myst games. Having read the journals about the age of Gareesahn, I wandered through those dimly lit mechanical passages with a new understanding of the place. I would say to myself "ah, so that room is a locker room for the gaurds..." etc etc. This alone is worth the trouble of waiting for the ages to load.
But there is more. The sound effects are absolutely stunning, in fact they won the 2003 Gamespot award for best sound which only further proves the point. The music is so beautiful, and is on par with Exile (and that's saying something!). If you are not a Myst fan, then the loading speed will probably turn you off. But if you are a true Myst fan, then it is worth every penny and more! And don't let the fact that Uru live won't be released get you down, because they will release expansion packs instead and the first expansion pack is free!

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