It was swiftly followed by a host of imitators, most of which are decidedly inferior to the original. Myst is famous for its mind-bending logic puzzles and lack of character interaction: most of the games feature only a handful of NPCs and very little dialogue. Unsurprisingly, adventure fans are heavily divided over the merits of the game, with most players falling firmly into the 'love' or 'hate' camps. It has even been accused of helping to hasten the 'death' of adventure games, even though many gamers were introduced to the genre by Myst and its sequels. The late Douglas Adams, upon playing Myst, cheerfully declared the game to be a ' Beautiful Void' due to the lack of other characters or life of any kind (he also created Starship Titanic, which was a game with a very similar premise IN SPACE, with snarky robots). It is also worth noting that characterisation of 'The Player' (Sometimes called 'The Stranger') is achieved after an interesting fashion in that the few NPC's that play a primary role, Atrus and his family, treat the main character with familiarity that develops as the series progresses. This leads to the player's becoming something akin to their family friend, and subtly integrating the player themself as a character into the world of the game by avoiding dictating the nature of the protagonist. The Myst games deal with the D'ni civilization, a race of people (not humans) that lived in a cavern under the Earth until their civilization fell a few centuries ago. The D'ni had the ability to write about locations they imagined in special books that could then physically transport a person to the places they described. Myst: The player is transported to a strange, deserted island by reading a magical book.Ītrus, the main non-player character in the games, is one of the last survivors of the D'ni (though he's three-quarters human).Once there, he/she discovers two brothers trapped inside similar books, each of whom blames the other for the murder of their father Atrus and the destruction of his library. With the help of various notes, journals and recorded messages left by Atrus and his sons, the player must piece together what happened and decide who to free. Myst has also been remade several times: Myst: Masterpiece Edition is a Remaster of the original with unchanged gameplay, versions have been released for the Nintendo DS, PSP, and iPhone, and realMyst allows players to wander through a fully realized 3D version of the game.Īccording to Word of God, Myst is set in the early 19th century.Riven: The Sequel to Myst: Atrus, after being freed by the player in the previous game, sends the player to Riven (an Age reached by linking book), where Atrus's father Gehn is holding Atrus's wife Catherine captive.The player must free Catherine, trap Gehn, and find a way to signal Atrus. In the end, the player is returned home (which is presumably on Earth). Considered by many Myst fans to be the best game in the franchise, and also the most difficult.
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