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bap51's realMyst (PC)
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| [February 28, 2013 11:57:25 AM]
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realMyst is a 3D remake of the original game Myst. Myst and realMyst are first person puzzle exploration games for the PC. While the original Myst was a 2-dimensional flat game where the user explored by clicking to move to different frames, realMyst is 3-dimensional with updated graphics. The story is still the same, but movement and interaction with the surrounding environment is different.
In realMyst the player starts out on a deserted island called Myst with no back story, no hints as to what he or she is supposed to do, and no real idea what the game is about. The player must explore the island and solve various puzzles to advance to the next stage of the game. Unfortunately for the player, the game does not really tell player what is a puzzle. The fact that certain things in the game are puzzles is just another puzzle for the player to solve. By solving puzzles on the island the player is transported to other worlds called "Ages." Each Age requires that the player solve additional puzzles to return back to the island. In these Ages the player will find pages of two separate journals that he or she must collect and bring back to the island. As the player progresses through the game, parts of the back story are pieced together to figure out what is going on.
I was actually unable to finish the game. When I first started playing, it took me about a day and a half to figure out what I was supposed to be doing. The main puzzle on the island of Myst from what I could figure out was showing you where to go to get to the other Ages; but to actually get to a different Age, I had to solve another puzzle. The first Age I was able to get to was a world called Stoneship. The world had a boat that seemed to have been built into a giant rock in the sea. Exploring the world and solving the puzzle to return to the island took me days. After I got back to Myst, I solved a puzzle that allowed me access to the Age called Channelwood. I was never able to solve all of the puzzles of Channelwood and was unable to return to the island to continue to progress through the game.
The puzzles in the game are quite difficult, and the player is not really given any direction in how to go about solving them. This caused many instances of frustration and me having to walk away from the computer for a bit before being able to continue on. In the two Ages I was able to get to, there were some interactive elements of the Age that did not seem to have any meaning to the Age I was currently in. I could not tell if they were there as hints for other Ages or to give me some idea about the back story of the game. There were also interactive elements of the game that did not appear to have any effect. I'm also not sure what the journal pages that I was collecting were for.
The controls of realMyst were also kind of complicated. The left and right mouse buttons could be used to move forward and backward, but the left mouse button was also how the player interacted with the environment. A player could also use the w key to move forward and the s key to move backward, but the a and d keys did nothing. The mouse was used to move the camera so the player could look around. While not impossible, moving around and exploring the world were difficult.
Even though I would get frustrated while playing and was unable to complete the game, I did enjoy playing. Puzzle and exploration games are two of my favorite genres. Unfortunately, there were some aspects of the game that were disappointing, such as the interactive elements that did not seem to do anything and the controls.
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bap51's realMyst (PC)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Thursday 28 February, 2013
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