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There are five installments in the original Myst series : Myst - (Cyan Worlds) and realMyst (same game, re-created in 3D) Riven - (Cyan Worlds) Myst III

There are five installments in the original Myst series : Myst - (Cyan Worlds) and realMyst (same game, re-created in 3D) Riven - (Cyan Worlds) Myst III : Exile - (Presto Studios, of Journeyman Project fame) Myst IV : Revelation (Ubisoft Montreal) Myst V : End of Ages (Cyan Worlds) realMyst - (Cyan Worlds) the realtime 3d remake of the original Myst game There's also a 'partial spin-off' series "Uru", created by Cyan Worlds, which exists in the Myst universe, but happens in a different portion of that universe, and in present day (although this is somewhat of a misnomer, as the Myst V game also takes place in the present day, after events in Uru, and references them) Uru - Ages Beyond Myst Uru - To D'Ni Uru - Path of the Shell Myst Online : Uru Live (MO:UL) is the latest incarnation of the original "Uru Live", and represents the state of the project after it's second (GameTap) cancellation, with some additional changes / bugfixes / ect. Myst V is sort of an odd-ball in the series, as it was originally meant to be content for Uru Live, but Uru was cancelled and Cyan could only get funding for another single player Myst-type game (something considered 'lower risk' than an online game). So a lot of content was re-purposed from the Uru Live pipeline for Myst 5, and it attempts to closely bridge the two different parts of the universe and wrap them up together.

ngoldbaum 13y ago
The real issue with Myst V was the awful drawing mechanic that was necessary to solve almost all of the puzzles. I don't have a lot of artistic ability and what I have is made worse after trying to use a mouse rather than a pen to draw with. Worse, the drawing recognition was poor, so even if you did draw what you were supposed to it was a crapshoot whether the game would recognize it as such. For me, that mechanic reduced the game's puzzles to an incredibly boring session of trial and error.
breadbox 13y ago
Uru is a bit uneven in spots, but I would recommend it just for Path of the Shell. It uses the new mechanic to create one of the sneakiest puzzles of the entire series. Unfortunately there are also several puzzles that require waiting around in order to solve, but it's worth it to beat your head against the time-travelling puzzle.
caycep 13y ago
ah great...thanks. that seems like a huge time commitment to play through them all...the 1st 2 already too me months!

ngoldbaum 13y ago

The real issue with Myst V was the awful drawing mechanic that was necessary to solve almost all of the puzzles. I don't have a lot of artistic ability and what I have is made worse after trying to use a mouse rather than a pen to draw with. Worse, the drawing recognition was poor, so even if you did draw what you were supposed to it was a crapshoot whether the game would recognize it as such. For me, that mechanic reduced the game's puzzles to an incredibly boring session of trial and error.

breadbox 13y ago

Uru is a bit uneven in spots, but I would recommend it just for Path of the Shell. It uses the new mechanic to create one of the sneakiest puzzles of the entire series. Unfortunately there are also several puzzles that require waiting around in order to solve, but it's worth it to beat your head against the time-travelling puzzle.

caycep 13y ago

ah great...thanks. that seems like a huge time commitment to play through them all...the 1st 2 already too me months!