realMyst: Masterpiece Edition

I love the updated Myst for the graphics, movement, and all those basic improvements. What they should have left out is the fancy improvements such as the day/night cycle. For a puzzle game like Myst, night time makes it horrible to try and figure puzzles out. It becomes very dark and even with the flashlight they added it just makes it frustrating. Most times I just want to leave the game running and wait for the night to end. It's such a silly feature for a game where you have to pay attention to detail on. Should have at least provided an option to turn the cycle off.

I expected much more than I actually got. The graphics are weird, the animations are off putting and the whole thing appears rushed to me. I was expecting something like MYST: End of Ages, only 9 years newer and fancier - but I got something that looks like it was made in 2003. Well, to be fair some things look great while other's don't. The grass looks very nice - so does the water (although it's motion appears to be slowed down to a snail's pace), walls of buildings look awful and edges of objects like books are perfectly straight and unconvincing. The trees are pretty sad as well. There's also this weird scaling thing going on with MYST island. The "Tank", the structure at the highest point of the island - if you walk towards it as close as you can you'd estimate it's a small tank, about 2 meters (6.5ft) in diameter, sitting on top of a 5 meter (16ft) tall "mountain" but once you reach it via the library it is at least 7 meters (23ft) in diameter with walkways and ladders. Was it scaled down from the outside to save polygons? I think the original MYST offers much more immersion and credibility. I'm giving this game three stars because I like the ability to free roam and I like the weather/time of day transitions. The flashlight is something I like using as well - mostly to play around with shadow casting though. Hopefully the 30 year anniversary MYST will do the original some justice.

If you enjoy logic puzzles then you will most likely enjoy this game. It's Myst, through and through and isn't, as same people have suggested, comparable to crappy ports like Myst for the Nintendo DS. However, some strange choices were made in terms of graphics - including the exclusion of the iconic mist that covered the island and other environments, making the game completely devoid of certain elements of its unique atmosphere and it would seem that certain models from the game have been lifted directly from the original and just had a new texture slapped on to them.

I do not complain about graphics not looking that good but the limited configuration options - especially for handling input devices: There is no way to configure the keys. First i'm used to move with ESDF keys instead of WSAD. Then I'm using the neo keyboard layout which is completely different from the QWERZ/QUERTY Layout. The game uses the typed letter instead of raw keyboard scancodes. Therefore the free immersion mode is completely unusable for me. Also people with french keyboard layout (AZERTY) will have trouble with this. I'm really used to games that handle input incorrectly but please give us then at least the possibility to redefine the keys... Also the Invert mouse option inverts not only the Y axis but also the X axis? RLY?

Simply irresistibly good! This game has set the standard for this type of games for years to come. Gorgeous graphics and wonderful music will trickle your mind into another dimension. Solving puzzles and riddles will satisfy and gratify. The story is that good and intriguing, you will find yourself thinking about it even when not playing... I have never been a fan of 'point & click'; but this one blew me over instantaneously!