The game starts pretty interesting and is pretty fun to bop around exploring. Eventually the game just drags out and it's flaws become more apparent. Boss fights are more frustrating than fun due to poor controls. Inventory management is pretty terrible. The end is confusing and unsatisfying. Overall pretty unsatisfying.
This game doesn't run properly on modern systems. This version is a dos version in which the on planet animations run way to fast making everything look either comical or creepy. in space if you get close to a ship or near a planet the framerate will drop to a crawl. According to the forums there is a patched win 95 version of the game that works well, when GOG provides a playable version I will update my rating.
I wanted to like this game but it's just too random. it's basically a game of constantly making blind choices and hoping enough of them pay off (or at least don't hurt you) to beat the game. for example one run I was doing fine boppnig through sector 3, then boom picked the wrong node, 4 guys with lasers beamed aboard and were far too tough for my crew of 3 to beat. game over just like that. the utter randomness combined with the ability for a lucky first shot to completely tip the balance of a fight against you makes this game simply too hard and fickle for my tastes.
I'm a big fan of the Myst series I even liked UrU but V was simply terrible. Gameplay :Most of the puzzles are pretty average and overall the game is quite short. The tablet while interesting never really feels like a complete mechanic. And with the new 3d environment you will find yourself asking "why cant I simply walk over there" Graphics: the graphics are OK, not quite as nice as the pre-renderd stuff in IV and while at the time the new facial expressions were pretty high tech they just don't make it today and look worse than the old FMV action of the original. Story: probably where the game sufferers the most, they took a very solid story and world introduced some crazyness with UrU then took it to a new level with V. overall it became to twisted an convoluted for me to care. If you like myst stick with 1-4 . revelations makes a nice circular end to the series and is everything this game isnt. 5 will just ruin it for you.
