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An adventure gamer's dream

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 17
Date: April 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Uru is my top game to look forward to this year. After seeing tons of screenshots and learning as much as I can about it, Uru looks like it will become yet another classic. The Myst series has always been popular for its challenging puzzles and incredible graphics. I'm sure Uru will a great addition to the Myst saga. I can't wait to see what D'ni looks like.

The gathered are known by their faces of stone.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: April 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The Psion here (I never wrote a review before, and I figured this is a good time to start...):
From what we can tell, this is going to be the most in-depth and advanced MMORPG ever! The story has already started ...and the screenshots and music are excellent. One of the best things about the work from CyanWorlds is the music, and this will prove to be no exception. From what movies we have seen avatars will be very varied and movement and interaction seem very easy. We're counting down the days...

The Psion

Why use strength when you can use your mind?

~hapile

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
: )

Too Bad price/ship date are wrong

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 25 / 40
Date: April 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Over at the Riven Unofficial Home Page I found out this information is wrong. But, there is good news and bad news. Ubi Soft has decided that this is neither the official price nor the official release date. That's the bad news. The potential good news is that it seems that a reluctant Cyan may allow Ubi Soft to twist their arm into making them create a single-palyer game separate and in addition to the multi-player elements.
Obviously this happened because Broadband Internet connections did not follow market trends and expand like crazy. Even though two consoles have joined the online fray (GameCube's effort so far is so weak as to not even count), broadband is still just a blip on gamers RADAR screen. I cannot wait to see what happens.
Oh, here is posible bad news (at least for me and the few rebellious stalwarts like me), it seems that Cyan has not recieved funding for the Mac version. Darnit -- The Man strikes again! ;-)
P.S. I would have left the ranking blank since it is too early for a review, but Amazon.com wouldn't let me. So, 5 is just really a hope and a place holder.

But they better stick to their promises...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 17
Date: June 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I don't normally write a "review" for a product that has yet to be released (preview?), but all of the advance information that I have heard about this game has compelled me to rant and rave a little.

First of all, the screen shots look incredible. I wouldn't expect anything less from the folks at Cyan. Also, the promise of Real Time 3D Rendering (RTR), with worlds as lush as this, is enough to make any adventure gamer drool. This means a radical departure from the typical point-to-point navigation through the game and a migration to a more fluid, "go anywhere, look anywhere" environment. Anyone who has played RealMyst knows what this means (also could mean pretty bodacious technical requirements - get those video and sound cards updated, or even a new box)!

Now for the ranting. Two of the most talked about new features of the game are the switch to a third-person perspective with customizable "avatars" and the introduction of the online world of "Uru Live" where you can explore (and talk) with your friends or anyone else. Sure, these features are an admirable attempt to get the adventure gaming genre into the 21st century of technology so as to appeal more to the "sophisticated" Everquest-type players out there, but they are definitely NOT for me.

The strongest appeal of the games of Myst, Riven and Exile was the sense of isolation; a "me against the environment" feel. The first-person perspective of seeing the world through the computer screen "eyes" was an absolutely critical facet to this appeal. I don't need to see who I am (i.e. a computer-generated avatar). I know what I look like. I don't need some goofy looking representation of me (or any other player) to interfere with the beauty of the rest of the environment.

Fortunately (and I hope they stick to this promise), the Uru website states that there will be an option to switch back to a 1st person perspective. The site also claims that the additional online content will be explorable either on your own or with a group of as many people as you chose. I guess I'm a little selfish when it comes to these types of games. I want the whole world of the game to myself with only limited contact with inhabitants of that world and, definitely, no other "tourist" to get in the way!

The only time I would want to stray from this would be if my wife and I both wanted to play the game together on two separate machines. We usually play games together as a "single" player anyway. Even more fun would be if I designed her avatar and vice versa without letting the other see what we chose...but, I digress!

If they stick to these two previously mentioned promises, my wife and I will absolutely love this game and any additional content they subsequently "publish" in the online area. Otherwise, it will be tossed aside in favor of other upcoming games in this genre like Crystal Key II, Mysterious Journey II and Forever Worlds (to name a few). Long live the 1st person adventure game!

To clarify

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

To clarify anything, here is the deal. Im a beta tester for the game. I cant reveal anything but this is the lowdown... The game is incredible. You can play the solo game, and then you can subscribe to Uru Live, where you can travel to the D'ni city, meet other people, explore the ALWAYS EXPANDING ages, and even bring people to your own ages (your own game). The game blends the multiplayer aspect seamlessly into the game. The story goes WAY deeper (and makes alot of sense if you read the books), the levels are huge and beautiful, the puzzles are crazy, and the sound even better. Trust me, the sound rocks, its EAX. Also, you can play the game in 1st or third person. In 3rd you have a totally customizable avatar. I thought that being a 3D game might blow the whole look and feel. No way, it totally doesnt, you adjust quick.
So, whether or not you want to do the online, the game still rocks, a must for any Myst fan. And despite what you may hear, you can use dial-up.

THIS IS NOT A BOXED SET

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I read the first ten or twenty reviews on here and they all talk about the previous Myst games and how this is all in one boxed set, IT'S NOT THIS IS ONE FULL COMPLETELY NEW GAME IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT GO TO http://www.urulive.ubi.com/ and read all of the information about it. (one other thing the five stars is not what it is but what i HOPE it will be)

FINALLY!!!! IT'S HERRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: November 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

HAlleulujah! The game of the millenium is here!!!!! Uru is a game I'm sure will give anybody who plays it a good time. I mean, come on its in the myst trilogy. THis has got to be good. Anybody who's played any of the myst games will want this game.

One dissed and pissed apple owner

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 38
Date: November 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Talk about left out in the cold. After making Myst on a mess of Macs they kick us out to shiver and press our noses up against the Windows.

great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: November 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

THis game does not REQUIRE broadband, although it is HIGHLY recomended because of the large amounts of data you will have to routinely download every time something new is released.
The games itself is VERY goodit looks beutiful and just left me in awe. if you want to see what the game is like or how well it looks on your PC (currently the game isn't available for Mac but assuming the game does well enough there will be a Mac version) you can download a demo at www.3dgamers.com/games/uru/
Try it I really don't think that you will be dissapointed.

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