I would like to just give a quick recommendation right away to anyone who hasn't played any of the previous versions of Myst before. For you newer players who think that the premise of Myst sounds amazing, go right ahead and purchase RealMyst: Masterpiece Edition, because this is probably the best way to play the game... Because you can get it to work by just installing the game. It's not that I particularly love RealMyst or this particular Masterpiece Edition over the original Myst: Masterpiece Edition (Confusing, I know), it's just that the older versions of the games can be hard to run, even if you purchase them from GoG.com. The old Quicktime can have some trouble running on newer operating systems, like Windows 10 (which is what I tried, without any luck) and Windows 8.1. Anyway, what about the real question? How's RealMyst: Masterpiece Edition for anyone who has played Myst before? Well, I'd say that if you have played Myst: Masterpiece Edition before, you should probably give RealMyst a try. The fully 3D environments haven't aged all-too gracefully, but they are by no means ugly. Experiencing the original adventure in 3D, alongside small additions and better audio quality, as well as an optional free-roaming mode is worth the price if you are a die-hard Myst fan like I am. If you have played realMyst before, though... There's no reason to go out and play this one. Unfortunately, this is the same realMyst from what I can tell, with higher resolutions and some updated textures (again, from what I can tell), but nothing that will make you feel like this isn't just a HD-er version of realMyst. There are performance issues at parts, so it isn't even a flawless version of realMyst... It's just a re-release with updated stuff. I think the Rime age was part of the original realMyst too, so there's no significant bonus features to this game. In Summary, it's definitely not an awful version of realMyst, but if you played it before, you don't have to play it again.
