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The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time

Underrated must-play

If you like Myst and Riven, then probably the only reason you wouldn't love this would be if you happen to have a passionate, incurable hatred for Star-Trek style sci-fi. Satisfying world building and excellent story that invites emotional investment and features a compelling antagonist. Like with Riven in comparison to Myst, the execution shows a significant increase in production value over the first entry in the series (Journeyman Project 1993) due to whatever mix of better budget, acquired experience, and time for ideas to develop. Unlike Riven, all the puzzles feel fully realized and "cleaned up" in their presentation rather than rushed; every solution/failure at least makes sense in hindsight, with no red herrings that defy in-game explanation (i.e. Riven's spinning dome renders having unique and decipherable gold symbols on them that differ from the "correct" symbols seen when observing the same domes through the viewers). I'd recommend playing the Pegasus Prime remake of the first game before this one to get full story context, but regardless, don't miss out on this overlooked gem of an adventure game.