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Description

Myst V: End of Ages is the final wrap-up of the successful Myst saga. It begins several years after the events of Uru, To D'ni, and Path of the Shell. This final chapter starts in the Age of K'veer, where Atrus, the creator of the linking books, lived in both Myst and Riven.

Players of previous Myst games learned of the D'ni, the people whose world died due to wrong-doings and neglect. Meet again an older and discouraged Yeesha, the daughter of Atrus and Catherine, who implores you to reconstruct a powerful tablet comprised of 4 parts. Explore beautiful Ages to find the pieces that will make the whole, solving puzzles which require logic and deduction. Once the tablet is reconstructed, it will be up to you to make the right choice .. Revive the D'ni world .. or destroy it. Three distinct endings can occur depending upon your final decision.

Besides RealMyst, the remake of the original Myst, this is the only game in the series to use real-time 3D which allows you to move fluidly throughout scenery that is alive with movement. Using new technology, facial expressions and movements are rendered by motion-capturing the faces of real actors and actresses as they spoke and then combining the result with the graphically rendered characters.

The interface is mouse-drive in point-and-click fashion traditional to the 4 previous games, but with options to play in "classic" or "free move" mode. An original, fully-orchestrated musical score compliments the gameplay.

Alternate Titles

  • "迷霧之島5:最終章" -- Chinese title (traditional)
  • "神秘岛V:时代的终结" -- Chinese title (simplified)
  • "Myst V: Koniec Wieków" -- Polish title
  • "Myst 5" -- Informal name

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Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Myst V: End of Ages Windows $7.74  
GOG
Myst: Masterpiece Edition $5.99  
ebay.com
Myst V: End of Ages    
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User Reviews

Innovative, fitting conclusion to the series Risujin (10) 3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars3.83 Stars
All good things must come to an end... Jeanne Bronze Star Contributing Member (75620) 4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars

The Press Says

GameBoomers Oct, 2005 A 100
Adventure Lantern 2005 95 out of 100 95
CPU Gamer Dec 28, 2005 9.2 out of 10 92
Fragland.net Nov 18, 2005 88.8 out of 100 89
GamingTrend Oct 13, 2005 84 out of 100 84
Adventurearchiv Apr 18, 2006 80 out of 100 80
USA Today Oct 17, 2005 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
UOL Jogos Jan 04, 2006 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
TotalVideoGames (TVG) Oct 08, 2005 7 out of 10 70
Eurogamer.net (UK) Oct 12, 2005 6 out of 10 60

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Trivia

Mark DeForest helped settle fears that Myst V cannot run on any Windows versions other than 2000 and XP. (Forum message on Myst Obsession web site)

"Even though the specs will save Windows 2000 and XP only, it is more of a support (customer service) issue than a technical issue.

We not only kept the Win 98 and Me code in the Plasma engine, but it was also tested in our QA lab and the code maintained. There were a few bugs that we will have to ship with because of some video card and sound card Win98/Me driver issues, but were isolated to just those cards.

So, what does this mean for Win 98 and Me users? For most of you, the game should run fine. However, if you have trouble and try to call the Ubisoft customer service, they will probably tell you that you are on your own.
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This entry was contributed by PolloDiablo (16322) and Jeanne Bronze Star Contributing Member (75620)
 

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