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The Myst series will be re-released for Windows 10 for the 25th anniversary of the original game:
Last week, we reported on developer Cyan teasing an announcement for the 25th anniversary of Myst. Today, that [tease] turned into a reveal.
If you were looking forward to a new Myst game, then I have some bad news: you aren't getting one, at least not anytime soon. Rather developer Cyan revealed that it will be releasing updated (for Windows 10) versions for every game in the series.
[...] The American developer notes that it has been working hard the last few years to procure the rights to make all the Myst games available (Myst III and Myst IV have been unavailable, legally, for years). However, given that Cyan is a small indie team, resources are limited for development, and acquiring rights wasn't easy. But after a series of talks and arrangement over years, it now can finally bring the entire collection together for a modern release. It's not as exciting as a new entry in the series, or even a remake of the first game, but it is nice to know a classic series will be updated with modern touches to allure old fans and newcomers alike.
I'd rather have The Journeyman Project 4.
Also at PCGamesN and Destructoid.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Sunday March 18 2018, @09:22PM (1 child)
Wasn't a large part of it technical aspects, not so much the "adventure" part. It was more or less just a giant and long amount(s) of Quicktime sequences stitched together. "Revolutionary" for it's time but it wasn't exactly a fantastic game gameplay wise. I can think of at least one other game released in 1993 that made a much bigger splash -- DOOM.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 18 2018, @10:19PM
That's more or less my recollection. It was a fun game with tons of neat puzzles, but the technological aspect is a much bigger part of it than the gameplay IMHO. There were some awesome points like that railroad car sequence that were quite fun.
All in all, I doubt very much that anybody would still be talking about it had it come out later.