Posted on: January 27, 2025

BalanVeteran

Jeux: 150 Avis: 4

A Rough Diamond

For those who don't know Riven, it's a sequel to the exploration-based atmospheric puzzle classic MYST. A lot of little details to pay attention to in order to solve environmental puzzles that will likely challenge you for hours without help. For those more familiar with the classic, this isn't a totally faithful remake. The order of things is changed, area layouts and access to some locations are changed--all to keep things fresh, I suppose. Lots of little surprises even for diehard fans of the original. The game itself is breathtaking, same as the original. It's mostly well-optimised--spare a few places, you're not going to need a top-of-the-line rig to max everything out. Did a playthrough on a laptop with a GPU roughly equal to a 4060, with 8GB VRAM, and it was able to play really well on 4K medium settings, and with AMDs AI, was even playable with 4K epic settings. The biggest complaint I have is that the few human characters look cartoonishly out of place in contrast to how beautiful the rest of the game looks. Definitely worth it, though.

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Posted on: June 26, 2024

Avan_Syr

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A fresh Riven experience!

Remaking a puzzle game is .. somewhat different than remaking games from other genres - if you simply remaster it, its really cool to see it updated, but at the same time, if you know all the puzzle mechanics by heart - even if the solutions are randomized between playthroughs, you can blaze right through the game. Thus you have to strike a balance between adding in fresh new puzzles/puzzle mechanics while keeping the same general feel and plot of the game - and I think Cyan hit it out of the park on this one! There are definitely references to some of the old puzzles/mechanics scattered around the game world for veterans of the game as well, while there are also enough fresh new twists that still stay faithful to the core plot and honestly in a way stay more faithful to the core plot beats of the original thann even the original itself did? (How is that possible? Key retcons that fixed old semi-plot-holes, new details scattered around the world to support various aspects of the plot, and much more directly engaging in mechanics that support the plot or teach you important details). Furthermore, these changes eliminated some of the more tedious or annoying (Error-prone) puzzles. I also appreciate that in this iteration of the game, we get to see some cool things up close that were inaccessible in the original game (like being able to traverse much of the village, along with some more spoilery things - if you are a veteran, I think you can probably immediately think of 2. Theres not a whole lot more content for those 2 things but you can actually go and experience both of them a bit. One of them actually has an interesting plot detail hidden away in the new area...). I think the only change that didnt work as well as the original was the animated characters versus the FMVs, mainly in that the character animations seemed a bit floaty or would sometimes flicker or jerk. Overall definitely worth playing, even as someone who knows the 1997 Riven by heart!

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Posted on: June 28, 2024

ScalyLayde

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This is exactly what you are hoping for.

This version of Riven feels like it was pulled directly out of my nostalgia-tinted memories. The locations are so faithful to the original, but in stunning 3D. I wasn't sure how I would feel about the new content, but it all fits so seamlessly that I often found myself second guessing if something was in the original or not. Many of the changes are the exact things I would have done myself, if I were in charge. Everything from big stuff like making areas that used to not be accessible now explorable, to little things, like the fact that you can walk past the sunners in the lagoon without scaring them away. Things change around the islands when you leave and come back, so you really start to feel Gehn's presence, especially later in the game. You get a real sense of the game of cat and mouse that you are in, and sometimes come eerily close to running into him face to face. The story has not been altered at all, but some of the diary entries have been changed to make the narrative more clear, which I also appreciate. The game also has a built in "notebook" where you can take screenshots of things and take notes there, so you don't need a pen and paper if you don't want one. It all works very smoothly. My only disappointment is the animated characters. I understand why they needed to use them, and I don't mind it in theory, but I wish they were slightly more realistic. The game is not perfect realism, so the characters don't need to be perfectly lifelike either, but they feel just a little too cartoony and it sometimes takes me out of it. The other shame about switching to 3d characters is that the physical parts of the actors' performances, like subtle body language and facial expressions, have been lost. In spite of that, I still give this game 5 stars. If you're a fan of the original game, you absolutely owe it to yourself to play this version. If you're brand new to the game, I can't think of a better way to experience it.

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Posted on: July 4, 2024

McLayan

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Overall worth the price

I'm quite sure most people are loving it purely out of nostalgia. The overall experience is good and the puzzles are not too challenging but different from the original game. However, the graphics are disappointing for a 2024 Cyan game. If you see it as the Starry Expanse Project, started more than 10 years ago by fans in their free time, it's really good. But you could expect more from Cyan - a studio which created Obduction - than just putting their logo on it.

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Posted on: July 8, 2024

KingArthropod

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Fantastic!

Riven (2024) is fantastic! Few experiences in media have given me a greater sense of strange beauty and unraveling mystery than Riven has.

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