Myst Masterpiece Edition

Myst is quite possibly the very first game I played in my life. Seventeen years later, I finally acquired and finished it. The story and art of the game are really its strongest points, and the puzzles are (mostly) interesting. Even without rose-tinted glasses, the game's pre-rendered backgrounds still look fantastic. It has a couple of issues that really stood out for me, though. First, of course, the interface could be better. At times, finding your way around the screen can be quite hard, although understanding the scenario and recognising what is important, a common issue in adventure games, is not present here. All important items are clearly visible, just hard to click sometimes. The exception is Channelwood, the forest age, which is horrendous to navigate. Second is the ending. Myst could really have done with a clear ending, rather than a forced sequel hook. It makes it feel as though you just haven't finished the game yet, but got taken away from it halfway through. Some people don't mind this, but it is a personal issue of mine that stories should have a clear ending. Overall, it's still an excellent game, and its puzzles do keep you entertained if you like thinking about what you're doing, but not having played Riven or any of the other games in the Myst series, I would say it was lacking in the respects I mentioned.

I never played a game so deep and intense on the atmosphere than this. It is incredibly developped for its time and I cannot recommend it more. Its only issue is the lack of compatibility with Windows 7, but this is so good that I wouldn't mind downgrading to XP just to enjoy this more.

Myst is an immersion experience like no other. It will challenge you and test your patience on so many levels. The game is designed so well (and not every part of that design was intentional as the creators have freely admitted) that it is simply un-repeatable in any other attempt. If you have never played Myst (you must be very young, or have lived under a rock for twenty years) please don't bother speculating on whether to spend your time playing the game, just play it.

This was one of the first non-DOS games I had for my computer, and I still love it. The puzzles get hard at times, but it was so worth going through to see the world and get the story of what happened. I've played all the Myst games, and this one still has soft spot in my gamer heart.

There should be no surprise when I say that Myst is really old. The FMVs are okay as far as Full Motion Video goes. The environments don't look that great nowadays. But this game is still an interesting game to explore and experience. The game has really interesting lore and a decent storyline for players to uncover, and the puzzles are great. Some of them feel a bit out-of-plae or guess work, and I thought the Stoneship Age was just a huge pain in the a$$, but other than that it's a good game to experience for the first time (or rediscover it).