Myst Masterpiece Edition

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.

At least I get to see the end credits. Game does not work on Win 7 as others have noted. I remember this black screen with howling wind from playing this back in the day. Without spoiling anything for the kiddos, it is the "bad ending" that happens when you choose to help the wrong person. I wonder if it was also used as an anti-piracy measure back in the day. I'm thinking there may be a CD-ROM check involved in the program. GoG should look into this and find some way to fix it if possible.

An excellent game, which can be powered by wine on ubuntu 8.04 ( 32 bits ) !!

I love Myst Masterpiece but the GOG.com version is very, very glitchy. I've spent the last month on the forums trying to get everything figured out. After many different "fixes" there are still issues with loading saved games. I've not had any other issues with GOG games but this particular game just does not work right.

As far as mechanics goes, this is the gold standard for how a puzzle game should be. While the puzzles might sometimes be hard in their execution (I'm looking at you, spaceship) they are not obtuse, you never really feel like you are executing some sort of logic that only the developer could possibly understand, which was a huge problem as the genre went forward. With enough time and exploration every piece of confusion will have a eureka moment where you fit everything into place in your head. Like a good mystery novel you could work backwards and see all the pieces were there all along, waiting to be put together in your head. That being said, it was never the puzzles that really drew me to this game, it was the world itself. Once I was done with the main plotline, which was threadbare but still intriguing, I would stick around and explore the ages, creating stories and adventure in my mind, making each age feel like a sort of home. The attention to detail and the obvious love of crafting the world made this an easy feat, and I still find myself loading my final save to explore the world I had unlocked. Few games can claim to accomplish this, making a world you want to stay and wrap yourself up in. That being said, starting a new game from scratch can be tedious, as you already have all the answers you just need to execute them, and the game will most likely only take you a few days to complete. But overall this is the sort of game that shows you the raw potential of what a game can be, and most importantly how it can spark the imagination instead of leading it around by the nose.