After the Stranger has rescued Atrus, the master of "linking books", from the imprisonment caused by his sons, a new task awaits the hero. Atrus's wife, Catherine, has been taken by Gehn, his own father. Gehn has appointed himself as the one to rule the Age of Riven, and has driven his world to collapse. Now he holds Catherine hostage on Riven, hoping that his son will restore the book link to the Age and free him from there. The Stranger is requested by Atrus to travel to Riven and find a way to rescue Catherine.

Riven is a sequel to Myst, and is very similar to its predecessor in gameplay style, controls, and visual presentation. The game world is presented as a series of computer-generated still screens; the player explores it in a point-and-click fashion. Interaction with the environment is possible only when said environment is highlighted as a "hot spot", and is also performed by simple clicking. Like its predecessor, Riven is heavy on puzzles, which rarely include using inventory items, but usually involve understanding and manipulating the complex environments and machinery of the game world.

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Alternate Titles

"迷霧之島II" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
"Riven: La Suite De Myst" -- French title
"Riven: Il Seguito Di Myst" -- Italian title
"Riven: A Sequência de Myst" -- Brazilian title
"Myst 2" -- Informal name
"リヴン　ザ　シークェル　トゥー　ミスト" -- Japanese spelling

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User Reviews

Ahhh Riven. How I long to re-visit thy beautiful cyan sky	Tal Cohen (35)
The most difficult game of the trilogy... But oh, so rewarding!	Dave Schenet (130)	unrated
Myst times 5.....	Chris Martin (1112)
Let's get sucked up by a world so beautiful, it's creepy.	Rensch (203)
A wonderful game that should be in every gamers shelf	Djinn (21)
an amazing game that kept me up at night wondering.	Herschel Hoffman (8)
Belongs in any adventure gamer's permanent library	jo h. (5)	unrated
Perfect	the_needle2.0 (11)

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The Press Says

Quandary	Nov, 1997		100
PC Player (Germany)	Nov, 1997		100
Jeuxvideo.com	Mar 04, 2011	19 out of 20	95
Just Games Retro	Apr 11, 2004	94 out of 100	94
PC Jeux	Oct, 1997	90 out of 100	90
Computer Games Magazine	1997		90
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Jan 18, 1998		90
Meristation	Sep 07, 1998	8.4 out of 10	84
Adventure Classic Gaming	Nov 09, 1997	4 out of 5	80
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Jan, 1998		70

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Trivia

Saturn version

While the Mac, Windows and Playstation versions were released on five CDs, the Sega Saturn version was released on only four. The layout is as follows:

Disc 1: Intro, Temple Island
Disc 2: Jungle Island, Tay
Disc 3: Book Assembly Island, Survey Island
Disc 4: Prison Island, 233rd Age

The bad endings originally on Disc 5 are now on every disc.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for this game was composed and performed by Robyn Miller. Also, this soundtrack contains recently recovered d'ni archaeological information. Release date is 1998.

Tracklist: