Real Myst (Windows)

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Description

The original Myst is revamped for the new millennium, in 3D: dynamic and fully interactive with day and night condition cycles, changing weather, and real-time lighting effects. Unlike in the original version, with its "screen by screen" navigation and pre-rendered images that represented locations, Real Myst allows the player to physically explore the game's world and includes a fully rotatable camera.

The remake also adds a fifth "Age" (a world created by the power of human imagination), called the Rime Age, and a new available ending.

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Alternate Titles

• "realMYST" -- Common title
• "Myst Dimensions" -- First working title
• "Myst3D" -- Second working title

Part of the Following Groups

• Enhanced remakes
• Gameplay feature: Multiple endings
• Myst series
• Theme: Steampunk

User Reviews

A masterpiece of sight, sound and of the brain	Tal Cohen (33)
Consider me converted	Unicorn Lynx (181682)
The ultimate way to experience Myst.	wildweasel (37)

Critic Reviews

Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Nov 24, 2000	90 out of 100	90
GameSpy	Nov, 2000	83 out of 100	83
Computer Games Magazine	Nov 03, 2000		80
Quandary	Jan, 2001		80
Adventure Classic Gaming	Jan 07, 2001	4 out of 5	80
Just Adventure	2000	B	75
IGN	Nov 13, 2000	6.5 out of 10	65
ActionTrip	Dec 11, 2000	65 out of 100	65
PC Player (Germany)	Dec, 2000	65 out of 100	65
GameStar (Germany)	Feb, 2001	60 out of 100	60

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Trivia

Myst co-creator Robyn Miller did not like Real MYST, saying it was an attempt to exploit the brand name and "definitely wasn't how we originally envisioned Myst, as was promoted." [Source: Retro Gamer Magazine, Load 59]

Related Web Sites

• Real Myst (official website)
• realMyst: Mini Guide to Rime (Solution guide for the new age, Rime (archived link).)
• Zarf's Review (A review of Real MYST by Anrew Plotkin, which compares the 3D remake to the original Myst and discusses the overall design in both (July, 2002).)