These games, although I was utterly fascinated by them, I had no clue what I was doing or where I was supposed to go. I couldnt even tell if I was progressing or what. I think I was just too young for it.
Miiiiiiiiiiiiiist
Submitted 11 months ago by Drenghel@kbin.social to [deleted]
Comments
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Decoy321@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Rest assured, you weren’t. These games were made back in the day before the internet got huge. When games could have legitimately hard puzzles for their own sake. There was no handholding back in the day.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yes and no. A lot of games had hint books you could buy, either from the company or third party. Infocom used to put out hint books which could reveal things to you one clue at a time with a special marker that came with it. But then Infocom was always a very innovative company.
unsightlyme@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The thinking man’s dark souls.
Tedesche@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That game left my brain absolutely riven.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
It will be mist
evatronic@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I realized the moment I fell into the fissure that the book would not be destroyed as I had planned. It continued falling into that starry expanse of which I had only a fleeting glimpse. I have tried to speculate where it might have landed but I must admit however such conjecture is futile. Still, the question of whose hands might someday hold my Myst book are unsettling to me. I know that my apprehensions might never be allayed, and so I close, realizing that perhaps the ending has not yet been written.
And yes, that was from memory.
CylonBunny@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I can hear the music.
WhataburgerSr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wow… I remember playing this for MONTHS, trying to figure out what buttons, levers, everything does. I dedicated an entire paper notebook to writing down clues, hints, and failed attempts. And then the same for Riven.
Now I simply don’t have the free time to dedicate to those games… #adulting
onionbaggage@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I remember getting stuck on Myst trying to light a fire. I kept sticking the match in and it kept not working. Got very frustrated. Took way too long to realize I had never actually struck the damn thing.
pirating@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Was this the part to get the tree elevator running?!
onionbaggage@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yarr
MelonTheMan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Bring me the blue pages
nightmareofahorse@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Sirrus! Is that you?
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 11 months ago
Best selling? Yeah right! It’s a well-known fact that Myst cd-roms just kept appearing everywhere under their own volition whether you wanted them to or not. No sale or purchase ever took place.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ok, but did you put the disc in your red cd rom drive or the blue one?
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 11 months ago
Grey, I think 🤔
teydam@lemmy.world 11 months ago
this is actually me when i was a kid.
paddytokey@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
The German word “Mist” translates to “Shit” btw
EpeeGnome@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 11 months ago
I never did figure out how to get past that damned piano puzzle. I should pick up the remastered version and have another go at it. I have such fond memories of it.
PutangInaMo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If you have an Xbox I think the game is on gold. I tried to replay it earlier this year and quit pretty quick.
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Was it good? Never played it and I’m thinking about getting it from GOG.com. In fact, just recommend me the best old games. The original Dungeon Keeper is probably my favourite game of all time.
Hegar@kbin.social 11 months ago
I enjoyed it back in the day but it's a different era's game. You have to enjoy throwing yourself against a brick wall for a very long time until you finally crash through the door, and possibly taking notes and making diagrams or maps as you go.
I remember it being lush graphically, for the time, and very satisfying for the puzzles I did crack but I gave up before finishing it. I think it was done kind of blind maze that finally did it.
Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah, playing it as a kid was nightmare. I had no idea what I was getting into, so it was just sitting there alongside Need for Speed and Rollercoaster Tycoon. By the time I realized I needed a note page to keep track of obscure bits of information hidden across the map, I was already in too deep to just have a properly organized note sheet. Never wound up finishing, but I remember just scrawling numbers and words connected by branching lines like some kind of schizophrenic conspiracy theory.
Repossess6855@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Play system shock 2!
alokir@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Should I play System Shock 1 to fully enjoy 2?
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I literally am, right now. It’s extremely difficult but definitely good, particularly towards the end as the pace picks up. I didn’t hoard enough anti-personnel rounds to get through the final room in the Body of the Many, so am having to replay. It’s quite unforgiving like that.
Zoldyck@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Dungeon Keeper was the shit. So much fun.
Ageroth@reddthat.com 11 months ago
I believe there is a modern spiritual successor called War for the Overworld, basically exact same game layout and mechanics with modern engine and graphics
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Oh yes.
youhavechosenwisely@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
The collection is on humble bundle of you are looking to jump in.
JTode@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Make sure to get one of the modernized version of Myst, I think they’re up to about 27 or so revisions/redos. Don’t be afraid to try clues, but in all honesty the puzzles in Myst are pretty solvable by Adventure game standards.
Riven (II) and Exile (III) are both likewise excellent, with Brad Dourif as a bonus in the third. After that, different people took over and things got awful.
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Definitely heard of Riven, some people say it’s the better game?
candyman337@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Looks like we need a c/sbubby
DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
We already have one.
candyman337@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Excellent
FuzzyDoublePumper@midwest.social 11 months ago
I had this for Sega Saturn. Near the end of the game one puzzle would generate a screen with a bunch of numbers and letters and crash. I thought it was part of the game until a walkthrough showed I was doing it right but something was broken on my disc. I still loved the game even though I couldn’t progress passed that point.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The Myst devs made a new gamr just a few years ago, called Obduction
Marcumas@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And just this year released a new game called Firmament
CylonBunny@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Obduction was good. It had some issues, but it’s up there with the classic stuff. Firmament, unfortunately, was not good. Felt more like a walking simulator. There were few puzzles and they were not difficult at all. Not sure what happened. It’s pretty though.
Riven is by far my favorite of the classic series. They are working on a modern remake of that next and I’m pumped!
Klear@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Also remade the game in VR. It was my first playthrough and it was awesome.
justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Fun Fact: “Mist” is German for “manure”. And they did not change the title for the German release (would have been “Nebel” otherwise)
Make of that information what you want.
Beachgoingcitizen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This meme, 3 days after I find out hbomberguy has a deep dive on myst, patreon only… the universe conspires against me
youhavechosenwisely@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Also. Humble bundle with the myst collection.
Zana@startrek.website 11 months ago
Wait he does? Looks like I’m subbing
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I had more fun with PYST.
The humor was way over my head and probably hasn’t aged well, but it was fun at the time.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You can find out if it aged well if you want!
It was written by Peter Bergman of the Firesign Theater. It has its moments because of that.
bentsea@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Oh! I remember playing this! I will say that even back then it was very one note in its humor and lacking in depth. I was very disappointed with the shallowness of the end product.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It was about right for the age I was - that is, too young to be playing it
SaratogaCx@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s easy, you get the red pages… Or the blue pages… Oh crap, there is green pages?! WTF is this white page!!!
Get the D’nii out of here!!
CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Wow, what an amazing blast from the past.
JTode@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You pull, and hold.
leonardo_arachoo@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I played and loved the remaster
HexagonSun@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I was way more prepared to waste time being confused by a game back in the day. You occasionally would try stuff for fours. Now if I get stuck 10 mins I start thinking they didn’t play test or design the game well enough haha.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 months ago
And that’s why Boy never shuts the fuck up in GoW Ragnarok.
Player stuck for 30 seconds? Better tell them the answer to keep our completion metrics up…
HexagonSun@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yep. And coloured ledges you can grab, sparkling items to collect. I remember in old Monkey Island games there being no way to visually discern what you could or couldn’t interact with, you’d spend so long just trying things to see what worked.
CoderKat@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Your comment has a vibe of complaining about that, but I like it for the exact reason you’re replying to. It’s a little overtuned (I’d like a couple of minutes before being given a hint), but I don’t have the patience for getting stuck for long periods of time, especially if it’s because of game limitations (ie, I can think of alternatives, but the game doesn’t let me use the alternatives because that’s not how video games work).
bentsea@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I don’t think I’d dislike it if they gave me like 5 to 10 minutes depending on the size of the puzzle and what I’ve done. I definitely hate how fast it is. It’s like, Jesus, give me a minute or being told what do do after it’s already blatantly obvious and you’re trying to figure it out.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Sometimes it’s like they expect us to take notes while playing the game.
Like I’ve got paper just lying there. What am I, a high schooler?
Heavybell@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I feel like Outer Wilds is a good modern-day Myst, sort of anyway.