"Myst's legacy is that if you make something pretty enough, the buzz it generates will lead to huge sales until people realize it's an illusion. Which is why th

"Myst's legacy is that if you make something pretty enough, the buzz it generates will lead to huge sales until people realize it's an illusion. Which is why these guys weren't able to do anything after Myst." Riven was also a pretty big success, huge even for its time (though not as big as Myst), and I found it to be a much better game. I found Riven simply enthralling, in a way that no game before or since has been.