There are very few other NPCs, and most of the information you get is written on parchments and diaries. Uru can be a very lonely experience indeed. The atmosphere captures you from the off, and the gentle pace of it all immerses you into its beautifully realised world. Gameplay is still what you would expect from a Myst title: lots of tinkering around with puzzles, but they're not the kind you'd find in an average adventure game no-brainer, as they're satisfyingly challenging. Consequently, the sound is also far more impressive than in previous titles, while the graphics often verge on stunning. However, Uru pushes the boundaries even further. Real Myst attempted a basic 3D environment back in 2000, which was certainly novel for fans, if not strictly up to the standards of most other 3D games. Landscapes that would have benefited further from being in 3D. The story revolves around the culture and history of the D'ni, a technologically advanced city hidden beneath the deserts of New Mexico.ĭeveloper Cyan Worlds has always tended to create beautiful-looking 2D environments and alien Uru: Ages Beyond Myst takes place in the present day, but contains more than a few homages to the previous games. Adding to the oddity, you discover a strangely kluged kiosk that reassuringly welcomes you to Hunrath.The Myst series and its wannabes have definitely become a sub-genre of adventure games in their own right - and with the current flaccid state of the genre as a whole, it's nice to see at least something more cerebral than gun-toting doing well. You’ve been abducted from your cozy existence and added into an alien landscape with a stereotypical Kansas farmhouse, a white picket fence, and a rather bizarre little ghost town – well… almost ghost town. A curious, organic artifact falls from the starry sky and inexplicably, without asking permission, transports you across the universe. From Cyan, the indie studio that brought you Myst and Riven comes a whole new adventure that will become your world.Īs you walk beside the lake on a cloudy night, a distant thunderclap demands your attention.

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