Posted on: February 3, 2010
VagrantWolf
Verified ownerGames: 270 Reviews: 5
The Apex Myst Experience
I feel that the Myst games leading up to Uru were trying to become it, and then following its success a steep decline into oblivion as it couldn't be topped. There's a sense of place here, which is important to me. Some will wax poetic about point & click purity, ordaining us from on high with their perspective of what is or is not a true Myst game. I can't agree, as I don't share that priority. Quite to the contrary, I felt the freedom of movement in Uru (along with the ability to jump) only added to a truly immersive experience. It was really a place, and you were in it. Journals portraying rounded characters with very real motivations and their opinions on the brave new worlds they'd found themselves in. Alien fauna and flora that demanded attention, from peculiar barrel-shaped trees which seemingly breathe of their own accord to an insectoid whale creature which one of the humans had woven a mythology around. Here's the thing. You're not just Some Guy in Uru. You are you. And you're not the only one who's been there. So you'll read other people marvelling at things as you certainly will, of their efforts and challenges with fixing up the alien worlds they found themselves in. And to be sure, this is all about the alien worlds called ages, it's not about just one place but myriad and diverse places which inspire awe. There are so many touches and so much attention to detail that amounts to believable worlds, which become real to you, of which you'll have fond memories of forever if you've but an ounce of childlike wonder. It's truly marvellous, it's more like walking around in the imaginations of others than most games have even come close to being, and it certainly achieves it far, far better than any other Cyan title to date. I'd say even more so than the recent Obduction. At times, you'll feel like a tourist on a lonely journey, visiting alien locales without a guide, casting your wide-eyed gaze over unfamiliar vistas. It's really an incredible feeling.
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