Myst, Syberia, and other (video) games like those

[Homeimps]

Have you tried U.H.S.? If you're completely stuck but have enough tenacity to try playing the game on your own, UHS provides hints a little nudge at a time. Will get you going again without spoiling the game.

[Homeimps]

Originally Posted by KateWalker

I finally got the original Myst, and it played great, until the last part of the game, and then it froze. Grrrr! That's what I get for ordering an older game online I guess.

I'm debating on whether I want to try and return the game and get a new disk, and try playing it all over again, till I get to the last part. Not sure yet.

Hoping to get Riven soon.


Even though it was weird to see the older graphics on the original Myst, once I got used to them, it was still a great game. Loved the library part.

I just played RealMyst and it also froze in Rime, the last Age. I changed compatibility to XP and it ran fine. Always check different compatibilities if you have problems running games and ALWAYS Google the problem; that's how I found this fix. Good luck to all.

[Pancho]

CyBeR...You dont fool me for one minute. Of course you know that CyBeR spelled backwards, spells Rebyc. You being from Romania should know that Rebyc was rumoured to have dabbled in the black arts way back in the 13th century, before Vlads Tepest's time, and was also thought to be of demonic, unnatural, ancestry. Vampiric ancestry methinks.....So there is some bias here...Are you a vampire Rebyc......sorry ...I mean..Cyber.

[Pancho]

Homeimps ...where can you get a decent copy or download of the original Myst online. I have tried and all pages that lead to the game seem to fizzle out or time out on me. I even went to cyan worlds page, where I was sent to an online store to purchase it for $5:99 but the page there kept freezing aswell, followed by windows error messages. I am asking because I played the game many moons ago and would like to try it again, and also you seem to know a little about PC's.......Pancho

[Toby Frost]

Ah, this takes me back. I still remember Darkseed on the Amiga - God, I can even recall Space Quest. I rather miss these sorts of game, because they told very clear stories. The linear shape meant that the characters pretty much had to develop in certain ways.

Anyhow, The Longest Journey is exceedingly good. A Vampyre Story is an odd one. It looks excellent, but I did find the voice acting irritating (the bat irritated the hell out of me). It's certainly worth a look, though. I hope there is a second part, because with a little tweaking, it could be extremely good.

[Alexis]

Originally Posted by Pancho

Homeimps ...where can you get a decent copy or download of the original Myst online. I have tried and all pages that lead to the game seem to fizzle out or time out on me. I even went to cyan worlds page, where I was sent to an online store to purchase it for $5:99 but the page there kept freezing aswell, followed by windows error messages. I am asking because I played the game many moons ago and would like to try it again, and also you seem to know a little about PC's.......Pancho

As far as I know, Myst Online: URU Live is available by registering a free account and downloading the software from mystonline.com. The cavern is available but since very little new content is being added it is not as full of people as it once was. The original URU puzzles can be done by yourself but some of the later ages require some help to finish.

The software is for old versions of Windows (95, XP) but it can be run under WINE/Crossover on the Mac. If you encounter sound stuttering when running this way there are non-trivial instructions in the URU forums on how to manually decompress the sound files before running the game.

[Warren_Paul]

Originally Posted by Durandal

Also worth checking out are the later Zork games (the old text-only ones are great, of course, but some of the ones released in the 90s are well worth playing, too.) Nemesis was particularly good, in my opinion:

Zork: Nemesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have to agree with this. Out of all the old-fashioned puzzle games, Zork Nemesis seems to be at the top for me. The story and quality of the puzzles was very good.

There are some more modern ones, like Alan Wake and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, but they are going a bit away from probably what attracts you to the games.

There is the visual novel industry as well, which is similar and very popular in Asia, but unfortunately many are not translated. Saying that, bewarned that some of them are not suitable for minors as they classify more under the adult 'dating sim' genre.

[Warren_Paul]

Forgot to mention. Another two more modern puzzle adventure games would be Heavy Rain and Catherine. But you need a PS3 to play both of those. Catherine is really pushing the boundaries on the genre though by giving it a more platformer style at certain points.


Heavy Rain though, that is the best puzzle adventure game I've played since Zork Nemises, imo.

[TheDustyZebra]

I just discovered that I could get Myst for my new iPad! I haven't played it since it came out originally, so I have forgotten most of it. A fact made painfully obvious by how stuck I immediately became upon entering. But I'll figure it out (again).

[Thamaris]

The only games like this I've really played are Broken Sword Sleeping Dragon, which I like to go back to every so often, and Riven.
Got to say, I like Riven but I just do not understand it. I have the official guide, telling you what to do and I still don't get it.

Oh, I forgot, I also played Journeyman 3: Legacy of Time. That was a fantastic game and I've completed it many times I love it so much. If you haven't already, that's one I'd really recommend.

[Toby Frost]

I'm currently playing The Book of Unwritten Tales and it's very good so far. It's got a nice sense of humour, not too much relying on in-jokes, and it's made me laugh a few times so far. The voice acting is very good too, and the puzzles seem to be about the right level of difficulty. Recommended.

[elvet]

Another big adventure game fan here. More specifically, Myst-like games where you are the main character. For those who are interested, there is a recent new SF indie game released in this genre - ASA a Space Adventure.
www.aspaceadventure.fr