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Greatly Disappointed Myst Series Fan

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've played all the Myst series games and never found any other games I liked as well, so I was eagerly anticipating URU. What a disappointment. As many people have stated, the controls are very difficult--to my mind they interfere with the exploration of the wonderful worlds, which is one of my favorite things about this series. I just don't get the sense of wonder that I got with previous games and sometimes the timed puzzles are such a pain that they really lessen the enjoyment of the game. Unlike the other games, I may not bother to finish this one. The game definitely did not live up to my expectations either in story line or graphics. Another gripe I have is that you probably won't be able to play the on-line portion particularly well unless you have broadband. Well, this game is not good enough to induce me to upgrade to broadband to play the on-line portion. A really mediocre effort from the people who produced the previous three great games.

Nice graphics, average gameplay

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was taken by the scenery and atmosphere that Uru provides, therefore making this game appealing initially. I was then frusterated by the difficult controls which create a difficult gameplay. The puzzles are not too bad, and are quite simliare to the style of the previous games. I was pleased as well as disapointed with this game. I give it 3 stars.

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! ;)

absolutely painful

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: December 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

the UI in this game is a freaking joke..dont waste the money....there's already a bunch of used copies of this game for sale here at amazon....clearly im not the only one who thinks this game inferior...its too bad as the previous games of myst were excellent...oh well

I REALLY HOPE...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

that the graphic design and rendering on this is MUCH better than on MYST 3 EXILE-I nearly fell out of my seat laughing at the amatuer designs, and cartoonish look of that world.
To me RIVEN set a standard, and I was hoping that 5 years of computer advancement would have created a state-of-the-art looking game, not a stylized version of LEGEND OF ZELDA.

4-5 Star Prior Review Drops to 2 Stars (and here's why)

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: December 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a revised review based on further game play and testing.

I upgraded my PIII from 550 to 1.4 GHZ CPU ($135), bought a 128MB GE Force FX5200 8X AGP (backward compatible to my 2X AGP slot but still the low-end card ~ $70), a Soundblaster Live Soundcard using analog interface ($30), and 384MB of RAM.

I'm in no hurry to play/finish the game. I can play (maybe) 1-2 hours a week. But with a few days off from work this past week, I've attempted to play it over a period of the last 14 hours or so. I don't buy many other games so I'm planning to savor this one (if it ever stops freezing my PC). The graphics are beautiful and the sound is awesome. I've got the game settings right so the game rarely crashes anymore on the opening desert level.

The real problems, unfortunately, start when I make my first link over to the level with the four linking books and the small building. Unfortunately, this level really locks up my Windows 2000 OS. Even with my PC "upgrade" I still have to "baby" the game and try and free up RAM using my FreeMem Pro application to try and "extend" the amount of time I can play before my PC locks up. The worst crashes lost my game character (twice) and I was forced to start the game from the beginning level (creating a new character and having to run back through every level I had been to). I've been very patient for the past 14 hours of game play but the crashes have finally reached the point of annoyance.

So - why did I give URU 2 stars? The question asks: "How much fun is this game?" The game is tremendous in sound and graphics and normally would get a 5-star rating from me. It is a visual and audio adventure that is amazing and enjoyable. I can't wait to explore more in the months to come. Even the "testing" I had to do to fine-tune the game (have it play at it's best without crashing the machine) was fun for awhile for a computer tech like me. But for that same reason, I had to lower the rating to 2 stars BECAUSE it has these technical issues that interrupt the game play quite regularly (now that I'm past the opening level). I hope UBI Soft releases a game patch soon to free up memory during game play and prevent the PC from locking up (seems to be a recurrent theme even with people who have Pentium 4 machines). The lockups are no fun and the lockups are the primary reason I feel URU deserves only a 2-star rating (until UBI Soft starts addressing and fixing these issues). I will wait to see what UBI Soft does in the future to try and salvage this game before passing final judgment. They've always released the right patches to allow me to play Riven and Exile in the past. I hope they prioritize the fixes needed for URU before they have a revolt in the ranks of Myst players who were hoping to enjoy this sequel but may give up trying because of the frequent system crashes it causes.

Mind-Blowing Natural Extension to the Myst Series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Although this has now been supplanted by Myst Online: Uru Live, this is an excellent experience. The Smithsonian should keep a copy of this in their art collection. Incredibly fun, and a mind-blowing extension to the Myst series. Although the boxed version of this game dates back to 2003, please make sure you have a fairly decent video card in order to fully experience the graphics, and make sure you download the correct drivers for that card (which may be older than the ones you're currently using on your machine).

Glad

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I'm so glad I use a Macintosh and can wait until all the squabbles are over. (A guest from Lawrence, KS USA - The landscapes...looked like something out of a Dr. Seuss book) If this is true - I can't wait! I love Dr. Seuss 'they' ought to make a Myst game exactly like 'I Had Trouble Getting to Solla Sallew' and aim it at adults like me. I've been waiting all this time, and now my dream may have come true. But I couldn't be so lucky.

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