Cyan's Art Director here. Well done - Great video... lots of good memories in there...

@ludodrome6110

7 жыл бұрын

+Eric Anderson Thanks so much! That means a lot to me coming from someone so closely involved. Finally played more Obduction and it's fantastic, btw.

@EricAAnderson

7 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks!

@treadtrick

7 жыл бұрын

Mayor Josef concurs!

@purplexenno

7 жыл бұрын

Let me start by saying that I'm one of those die hard fans that ludo talks about at the beginning of the video. So much so that i still use my copy of Uru! thank you so much for such a wonderful and heart touching series of games. (yes i have all the Myst games, I just mostly play Uru these days. Wish their were more shards though)

@EricAAnderson

7 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks!

"alternately timeless, and impossibly '90s" Nailed it.

@rvbzero7

2 жыл бұрын

no.

me and my dad would spend HOURS playing Myst together when i was a little kid. I have very fond memories of this game

@rasgal1912

7 жыл бұрын

So would my dad and I! Those are some of my favorite memories. . . .

@DiegoAlanTorres96

6 жыл бұрын

I remember trying Riven once with my dad, It's one of the only two-three PC games he knows.

@MusikPetrus

6 жыл бұрын

Me and dad have played trough Riven, Myst 3 and 5. Great times. I have an especially sweet memory of those rides in riven

@Ben-hv5vn

6 жыл бұрын

Same

@henrywalton5967

6 жыл бұрын

Same!! Will do the same with my son one day haha

This was amazing. It's 2019 and I remember playing MYST on my little apple computer. Late nights and long days. It took me 6 months to complete...without help! The opening music, the game's score, and the stories and worlds bring back many great memories. I played all of the series, good and bad. I played URU live to the bitter end. I remember the fun and excitement as each new area opened. The atmosphere was contagious with all the players in D'ni. Running around looking for friends, parties, and new discoveries. I get nostalgic now when I go back. Obduction was a blow away! That was hard, but very satisfying to me. Crazy ending. Now Firmament! The ending is INDEED not yet written. I started playing MYST in my 30's. I'm now in my 60's and still look around the corner for the next adventure. Thank you Rand, Cyan and company. The ride has been so exciting. I long for what is next!

@sanctufilms

5 жыл бұрын

Shorah! I'm with you every step of the way, Scott. Started in my 40s with MYST, spent time in the cavern as Stejovis, became a Maintainer, enjoying Obduction and signing on for Firmament. The ending has not yet been written for me either (in more ways than one).

@0v_x0

3 жыл бұрын

that's the spirit. if you don't fill half a notebook with arcane symbols and scribbled maps and shorthand, you're playing it wrong. that's half the fun is discovery of what seems impossibly cryptic but is totally integrated and logical. that's where these games differ from a lot of point and click adventures. although today there are more than ever, some great indie titles all over the map, have a few to play, replay or finish sitting in my steam library. I missed the uru servers by a year, :(, but still really enjoyed it with the bundled expansions. the graphics still have moments of inspiring awe. I played all the games, not all in order, and read the books, and have been a cyan fan since playing the manhole on my dad's old work mac sitting on his knee, over 3 decades ago.

@0v_x0

3 жыл бұрын

Obduction is worth playing twice! The story is so complex but so airtight yet told so subtly you really have to work for it. Plus an update added some more accessible areas to look around and figure out exactly what happened. Looking forward to playing Firmament, which apparently came out last year(?? where was I?), and whatever may come next. Lattice? We shall see.

@millsykooksy4863

Жыл бұрын

This is so sweet

My dad was a world-builder on Riven. It was really cool to see the game take shape behind the scenes, and that didn't detract at all from the fun of finally getting to play it. This video brings back lots of memories!

The fact that these people are still around and working warms me up inside

I was 5 years old & LOVED watching my dad play this. I didn’t understand the game... I just loved the music, and the talking guys in the books 🤣

I finished Riven without a guide! Probably one of my proudest gaming achievements : )

@BigGator5

7 жыл бұрын

Really?! Are you willing to solve the world's problems next?

@solidsnake58

7 жыл бұрын

LOL. It was actually easier than the Maze Runner from Myst. I think I still have my paper notes. As a gamer who started with Pac-Man and finished Red Dead Redemption 100%, I still contend that Riven is the most satisfying ending to any game I've ever played.

@squamish4244

7 жыл бұрын

My god! Run against Trump in 2020.

@SonataFanatica

7 жыл бұрын

That's really amazing. I've had Riven for nearly 11 years and it frustrated the hell out of me. Then I found the LetsPlay series of one Dilandau3000 and he did the whole thing SO passionately, that I just had to watch it all the way through. So... while I'm a bit ashamed to have watched it instead of played it, it opened my eyes to the Myst lore and made me happy. :)

@BigGator5

7 жыл бұрын

SonataFanatica Right. Sven is pretty cool!

2004 Ubisoft killing an online "live service" project in order to focus on single player titles may be the most delicious irony imaginable in light of its current business practices.

@MidoriMushrooms

5 жыл бұрын

I came down here to say the same thing. That is the most bitter-sweet joke I will hear all week.

@ZemplinTemplar

5 жыл бұрын

Very ironic indeed. :-(

@ThePreciseClimber

4 жыл бұрын

Everything changed when Assassin's Creed attacked. AC's evolution into a live service is quite interesting, actually. It started out as a 100% single player game. No extra missions, no DLCs, nothing. Its only online functionality was patches. But then, AC2 added pre-order missions and DLC sequences. ACB introduced multiplayer with free DLCs. ACR added MP DLCs you had to pay for. AC3 added a premium currency to the multiplayer. AC4 introduced the time-saver packs. ACU added online co-op, booster packs and made the premium currency usable in single player. ACOr went all out with premium currency items. And, finally, ACOd made level grinding a chore.

@ellebee2419

4 жыл бұрын

As with the original Myst being limited to the cd-rom drive speed, early online games were limited to peoples broadband deals. I suppose at the time the numbers just were not there to justify the costs of developing a game so many wouldn't be able to satisfactorily play.

@rstones78

3 жыл бұрын

It's like Kodak sticking with film

My parents got their hands on MYST in 1995. I was 4 years old at the time, too young to comprehend the puzzles, and yet I watched in fascination how my parents struggled for hours trying to solve them. I'm 28 now and still very much captivated by MYST and its sequels. The intro of Atrus falling into the fissure gives me goose bumps. Sadly, I haven't found many others sharing the same kind of passion. Many people haven't even heard about this once best-selling game, and I find it doesn't get the credit it deserves for all the milestones it brought to the gaming industry. That being said, I absolutely ADORE MYST - I rebuilt the island in Minecraft once with semi-working puzzles. Thank you, Robing and Rand, for blessing us with this great creation. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the many worlds of Myst. And thanks for Ludodrome for putting this lovely masterpiece of nostalgia together. Really enjoyed watching it!

@202cardline

4 жыл бұрын

I am like you, I was a little kid when I played these with my mom (But in hindsight maybe my 'help' for Myst and Riven was...limited lol) and I'm 24 now. I think about these games all the time, and never met anyone my age group who knows about them - I guess it wasn't really made for my generation and I got lucky. Also I'm not saying Myst solely inspired me to be an artist, but I am a professional artist now and Myst was definitely a big part of my life.

@PikaLink91

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't discover Myst until my late teens (I'm 30 now), but I fell in love with its lore and universe immediately. I'm an idiot, so the puzzles are too obscure for me even now, so I experienced the whole series via Dilandau3000's let's plays, but even though I wasn't playing but just along for the ride, I still immensely enjoyed every aspect of these great classics.

@ASH12B

2 жыл бұрын

What a nerd

@DownHillSkateTime

Жыл бұрын

im 32 and was just barely old enough to sink my teeth into it when it was big in the 90's. Its impressive that anyone younger than me is even aware this existed. People who were into this game when it came out would be around 40-60 years old right now (assuming player base back then was approximately 16-36 y/o) !! Crazy how time flies..

@ShoelaceManiac1

Жыл бұрын

I had the same experience with my dad way back in the day. The puzzles looked impossible to me at the time. Cut to yesterday, where I bought the remake on steam, and beat it the same day. Haha

Just hearing the Cyan theme brings back lots of fond (and frustrating) memories of exploring and puzzle solving. To this day, my favorite games are the ones that don't "push" me but rather let me play at my own pace and figure stuff out they way Myst did.

That freaking art style is so unique. That 90s 3d style gives me such a strange vibe but it’s so good.

"Myst is lessened when it's familiar." Alas, truer words have never been spoken. I get goosebumps just thinking about the time I've spent in the various Ages. At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, Myst is part of who I am as a person. I refuse to give it up.

Disney once considered turning Discovery Island at Disneyworld into a realistic land of MYST.

@0v_x0

3 жыл бұрын

well that was a Myst opportunity

@0v_x0

3 жыл бұрын

seriously though that would be awesome and would be the sole reason I can think of to visit Disneyworld. alas.

@cubicinfinity2

Жыл бұрын

I'm kind of glad they didn't. I wouldn't want Myst to become a cartoon character any more than it already has.

@nancyhey1012

11 ай бұрын

@@0v_x0😂

@KororaPenguin

10 ай бұрын

Given what Mickey Hawkchow did to the Galaxy Far, Far Away, I'd say, "Bullet dodged."

"the smartest way to run a business is with someone else's money, but the most satisfying way is to use your own." - Rand Miller

@Novasky2007

5 жыл бұрын

Aka -Please crowd fund me im broke now and don't wanna loose my home.

@silenthill4

5 жыл бұрын

There's a reason debt to equity ratio is a thing. Using your own money is bad when you're expanding

The combination of the sound and the full screen, no HUD, graphics, created an immersive experience like no other at the time.

I still remember when I first played the game. I open it up and I see this book falling through apparently space. When it landed and I clicked on it, I was enthralled when the mystical music began playing as I saw an impossibility, a moving picture on paper! The first moments of a game should be powerful to get you invested, and this one delivers.

I don't think Myst aged badly at all. I am only 18 but I've been playing games from the 90s or early 2000s my whole life and I love that kind of style. I think Myst looks great, even after almost 30 years.

It's impressive how Riven remains such a beautiful game.

Really enjoyed your "brief" history of Myst, it must have taken ages to put together, thank you.

@E231986

2 жыл бұрын

"ages" ...I see what you did there

@cybergeek11235

2 жыл бұрын

I boo your pun, friend.

@pabloschweinsteiger3954

2 жыл бұрын

You myst of seen it coming…

@asherwoodrow7471

Жыл бұрын

@@pabloschweinsteiger3954 This pun has me screaming and crying on the floor as i contemplate life.

I remember playing Uru Live around 2011 and the game was largely empty, but I went through all the worlds and once while visiting the cavern I heard some people chatting. I wandered into a room that was normally empty but was full of about half a dozen people and it turns out I stumbled into a weekly D'ni language class where the players taught each other the D'ni language. I stuck around for the last bit of class and chatted with one of the guys, really nice and inviting bunch!

@djaydeved

7 жыл бұрын

i to remeber those days back in 2010 or so p played uru and watched Dilandau3000 and shady parodox do lp on all the myst games

@coffeepigeon8490

6 жыл бұрын

I replayed uru live just a few weeks ago, but found out that they stopped uru live and that the servers there now are fan servers (according to my mother). So I tried Uru: Complete Chronicles which is basically uru live,just without other players. That's when I realised that since they stopped uru live, some of the things in the adventures were missing. I love the myst series. I plan to play Riven and Obduction soon

@SomeKindaSpy

6 жыл бұрын

Oh that's just beautiful.

@justsomeguy8385

5 жыл бұрын

that's pretty gay

@sanctufilms

5 жыл бұрын

I was a regular in the cavern in 2007 when things got so crowded you could hardly make a move due to lag. But that year was the high point of gaming for me. It was a little before social media took off, so fan activity in and out of game was intense. For me, nothing better before or since.

For me i just can't stop listening to the sound track.

The Myst games mean a lot to me. I've been playing them since I was a kid, and they were some of my first introduction to the level of story telling that games can provide, as well as an introduction to puzzle solving.

I want you to know I love rewatching this documentary you’ve put together for comfort. The Myst series is one I grew up with and bonded with my parents over.

I just beat Myst for the first time the other day (I clearly wasn't smart enough as a kid), Myst definitely got me into the point and click genre that I have been really into as an adult.

The original Myst will forever be imprinted into my brain, I was just a child who was lucky enough to play it on a pc that was considered "average" by 1993 standards. It was a strange gap where I went from playing Nintendo games to this, the entire DOS games library simply fascinated me and Myst was one of those games that encapsulated early 90's pc gaming.

One of my very earliest gaming-related memories is of my dad playing Myst while I sat on his lap and watched. Now, with my 24th birthday in a couple of months, I’ve got the bug in my ear to treat myself to the Myst bundle when Steam has their winter sale. This is one of those games that holds a DEEP place in your memory, even if you’re like me and never really played it yourself when you first saw it. I very much look forward to experiencing the series myself soon.

MYST and Riven music still gives me chills.

You could say that for Cyan... the ending has not yet been written.

@LorenHelgeson

7 жыл бұрын

Admiral Hackett I hope so. Myst has one of my absolute favorite stories in any game, and I wish nothing but continued success for the creators.

@ZeldaMOMOe

6 жыл бұрын

MAN YOU MADE ME TEAR UP

@cubicinfinity2

Жыл бұрын

haha yes

@bennylloyd-willner9667

4 ай бұрын

True. Now, in 2024, we are eagerly awaiting Riven Remake. I waited 4 years from crowdfunding to actually getting Obduction, and I will gladly wait until they are ready to publish the Riven remake 😊

These were made for Oculus Rift and touch~ that's what is missing! re release as an immersive virtual game... How cool would that be! I remember thinking that when I first played Myst back in the early 90's, I wish I was in the world~ You had the canvas back then, you just didn't have the crayons. :)

@azraelle6232

5 жыл бұрын

They were limited by the technology of their day.

@spacegrass6632

5 жыл бұрын

@@azraelle6232 thats exactly what hes saying

@arglebargle17

5 жыл бұрын

@@azraelle6232 Not limited now. I bought and played through Obduction and thought it was back to feeling like the original Myst, just updated... then I forgot I had the game until just a few months ago when I bought a VR ready laptop and an Oculus Rift. Obduction looks simply stunning, especially the opening sequence. I also got a good laugh watching the 7 year old daughter of a friend wander around my living room holding the visor to her face with one hand and one controller with the other. I watched her get up on tip-toes to try to touch things only she was seeing, or crouch down to get a better look at something. She was adorable expressing all the wonder of dropping into a Myst world.

@silenthill4

5 жыл бұрын

RealMyst

@VtwinGamingKimico52

5 жыл бұрын

it really would be a perfect platform to reboot in VR with a few updates here and there

There was nothing better than that lonely haunting music, the quiet background and that weird feeling you got as you were going through people's notes, letters, and hints, all alone in that original myst adventure. It was an escape, an adventure, and a work of visual, and musical art blended in a way that made you sad when you completed the journey. Thanks for the memory.

As someone who's been a fan of the series from the beginning and followed it through the good and bad times, I really enjoyed this retrospective. You covered all the important parts, and even shone a light on a few details I'd missed or forgotten over the years. This was a truly professional documentary of the series and the company.

That game was mindblowing when it came out. Playing the original Myst in a darkened room, alone, was probably the most totally immersed i had ever felt in a video game environment up to that point. One of my favorite worlds. I still think that as video games go, it counts as one of the best pieces of art I've ever seen. Personally, I didn't think of the puzzles as arbitrary. I thought of them as an extreme quirk of the way the inhabitants thought and existed, which made exploring their island that much more bizarre. Even read a big chunk of The Book Of Atrus standing in the aisle at Waldenbooks lol. Then I sold my gaming gear and never got to the other titles. I only ever knew about the first 3 and the others are new news to me. Many years later when I started playing again I could see Myst's influence on other games. Knowing that this thing went on for so long means that there really was a world in there inhabited by people I'd never know, with a history I'll never discover. Freaking awesome!

@deafmusician2

Ай бұрын

This and Half Life...

I couldn't ask for a better narration of the story of Myst development. I didn't even know half of these games existed!

To this day, the original _Myst_ soundtrack is one of the greatest video game soundtracks of all time.

The Myst books were my favorite as a kid, I read them at summer camp and remember the books better than camp itself!

My dad randomly got this game for me in like '95??? for my sega saturn. Idk.. I just remember playing this (confused) and the way this game presented itself by just throwing u in...I remember hoping this was the game that would take me physically to a "Narnia". I felt like no one else had this game because of how strange and real it was.

My husband and i would often play this long into the night. Loved them. I am currently waiting for Titanic Hope and Glory as a new explorer solving game.

@brensorell3893

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, did you play the old titanic game that may have come out around then? I was OBSESSED with that game. I thought the graphics were SO cool!

I remember getting lost in the original Myst way back in the mid 90s and now, Myst VR is coming soon. We've come a long way.

8:22 "it's debatable how much they succeeded in that"... *Well*, it was the first time ever that I was literally going "Ooooh, I get it now, it makes perfect sense" in an adventure game. While leaving strictly no room for random puzzle-solving.

Loved it. I'm a sucker for retrospective videos and this one was really good. I hope you'll make more in the future.

"Brief" I loved this video, it gave me chills the whole time, and made me emotional. Myst was what I played as a kid. Thank you so much for making this video.

@aJoats

6 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah... @40:59 I got a big grin on my face, a generation of gamers raised on MYST making their own games (promptly followed by a "f***, i'm an adult now, how'd that happen..."). And then he rolled the MYST/cyan intro with that iconic music... hit me right in the feels.

I played Myst on my Amiga, the rest "obviously" on PC. It's some of the most awesome gaming series memories for me.

when I was little my dad played this with me. He would set aside time on the weekends to play with me (he did most of the controlling). I am unsure if we actually figured it out. But it was so fun.

@xxv8539

2 жыл бұрын

no one cares

@SenkJu

Жыл бұрын

@@xxv8539 Why would you say that?

I love hearing everyone talk about there Myst experience, because its usually a good memory that they shared with someone and changed them for the better.. amazing game, amazing series.. Riven/Myst are definitely my favorite.. still gotta play obduction though

at my dad's company, in the printshop, is a big RIVEN poster somebody got at some printing convention. kinda funny.

Myst is one of the first PC games I ever played, and it is still very near and dear to my heart. I still have all of the puzzles memorized, and own every unique version of the game. I actually just purchased realMyst on the Nintendo Switch yesterday in fact! When Riven came out, it was the first time I'd ever gotten excited about a game sequel! This series solidified my love for point and click adventures, and also exploration over combat styled games. It's a title so precious to me, and the funny thing is, I didn't even know there was a community online for this game until, maybe... 5ish years ago? It was just a special thing I had in my heart from childhood, that thing I had that nobody else in my social circles knew about or understood. Playing through it again on the Switch actually makes me cry. There's just so much nostalgia here. I don't think I'll ever love another game as much as I love this one.

Dude, Myst was my childhood. Thank you so much for this video!

I fucking LOVED the Manhole.... that sounded wrong...

I'm currently playing the 2021 remake of Myst and it's so cool to hear the history of this world!

Fantastic video... utterly speechless. You gave me a new discovered love for the game series, the genre, but most of all for the developers who built these worlds and introduced us to a new way of gaming and exploring. thanks for this nostalgia trip. thanks for this amazing video about my favorite games with which I grew up with!

This game was my childhood. I used to sit behind my mom as she wandered throughout the Myst universe, watching her contemplate codes and puzzles, sharing her excitement when she figured out how to get past an area. I still have the Riven and Myst CD-ROMs somewhere. It was such a huge inspiration to me as a child; the idea that multiple worlds could be built by hand with words in a book. Myst pretty much single-handedly formed my love for exploration and story creation as a child.

Ah, playing Riven in the late 90s on my Performa 6400 off 5 CDs. Good times. It wasn't until Portal (1&2) that I ever enjoyed a PC game as much

Oh i remember playing a LOT of "Myst III:Exile" in my younger days, i even had a notepad to draw and try to solve the puzzles =D I miss the old "think for yourself" when internet was not around

@Novasky2007

5 жыл бұрын

Them feels the first time you make it thru the underground maze using only your brainpower.

@0v_x0

3 жыл бұрын

@@Novasky2007 I wonder how many millions of hand drawn maps of those tunnels have ever existed. I probably still have one in a notebook.

@Novasky2007

3 жыл бұрын

@@0v_x0 indeed, they don't make puzzle games like they used to

@0v_x0

3 жыл бұрын

@@Novasky2007 they're staring to again, fortunately.

For me the MYST series is not just games , it a true literature Saga unique in that way it use books as the metaphor of how one would be transported when reading and being captivated by that saga

I still have my uncle's notebook of all of the puzzles and notes he made while he played through Myst, back when it first came out.

I first played Myst IV: Revelations because my uncle had left a copy at my grandparents house. I had absolutely no idea what was going on, and I never managed to get far (being a dumb kid). But the atmosphere and setting stayed with me ever since.

I truly believe that such a breathtaking place as Riven could exist on this planet.

Impressive work. I was thinking, "How can you talk about this for 45 minutes." and yet here we are. You can see the amount of work you put in capturing the evolution of their art and company.

Good ol' Myst. So many great memories attached to this game. It was my introduction to point and click adventure games in 1995 as a 14 year old. I was mesmerized by Myst and was hooked immediately. The lasting impact it had on me is indescribable. In fact, I still recall the correct time to set on the clock tower in order to solve the puzzle. I was thrilled when I figured out how to solve it and other puzzles without any outside help. A very important game.

@whitefantom

6 жыл бұрын

Same here - my first point-and-click, and I played the same year and at almost the same age (I was 15). I still remember how magical it was to feel completely transported to another place and genuinely feel like I was there.

Oh, and I completed Obduction and absolutely loved it. I am currently replaying through it again and would love to see more from Cyan, either original or additions to current works. Also, a TV series would be interesting, but I would love to see a Myst (or series of Myst) movies based on some of the game's story lines. For me, the first and the forth could easily be combined into one movie, where you think you trapped the evil sons, only to discover they escaped and then the dramatic change of heart like the end of Myst 4 would make an excellent end.

@anti-ethniccleansing465

10 күн бұрын

How could they possibly escape when Atrus burned their prison books at the end of Myst? He killed them by doing that.

Great video! I'm a huge Myst nerd so I already knew a lot of this stuff, but I never get tired of watching cool retrospectives about Myst. The series needs more appreciation! I think a lot of people who only played the first game and gave up when the puzzles got too hard, have no idea how in-depth the worldbuilding and storytelling really is.

Not a die hard fan but I remember playing when I was 7-8 yrs old. What an experience!

it's been a long time since I have watched a video 45 minutes long. The all story is really involving, but you did a great job in managing it!

@SpaceCattttt

6 жыл бұрын

45 minutes is nothing! What would you do instead? What's so important that you can't spend less than an hour learning shit?

These are great videos man. I'm sure they take a ton of work. Would love to collab together on a horror and/or scifi series in the future :)

@matthewshinn5839

6 жыл бұрын

you make great videos I watch them often good narration and interesting content

@saturnargentavis1901

6 жыл бұрын

A lot of work? He says at the start he just takes it from Wikipedia which is wrong a lot of the time anyway

@maxcarruthers4570

6 жыл бұрын

That's just a sarcastic joke.

@valletas

5 жыл бұрын

@@saturnargentavis1901 its a joke

@plazma704

3 жыл бұрын

Wooooosshhhh

this and doom/quake was life in the 90's pc life.🍻

@NicholasSilva1380

5 жыл бұрын

I'd include X-Wing and Tie Fighter

@likethedrinkbutspelleddiff4605

5 жыл бұрын

Also duke nuk em

@daishoryujin95

3 жыл бұрын

The yin to the yang of pc games

@hobbes8737

3 жыл бұрын

hexen was superior !

@niteshades_promise

3 жыл бұрын

@@hobbes8737 beyond heretic!🍻

To date, I reckon not only have I bought all the Myst games, but Riven I've bought twice, and Myst itself I've bought probably four times as various versions were released. Don't regret any of it. I struggle to find a more immersive setting than the Myst series. Fascinating.

wow. this is amazing.. thank you so much for your (possibly your teams) hard work putting this video together. I love this series and I love your documentary on this amazing art!

This was a really really good video. You deserve more subscribers, man. You put a lot of effort into your videos. I'm surprised you dont at least have 1,000.

This looks like a professional documentary. Keep making these and you will build a portfolio that will impress even the guys at Discovery Channel. If they're hiring just send them a link to your youtube channel.

This kind of video is one of the reasons I love KZread. It's informative, very well done, high production values, and it's the kind of thing that just would not have been done in the old days. Good job!

I loved this game. It vitalized my childhood sense of wonder. The opening scene were the character falls into a book was mindblowing for me. Also the characters who are trapped in the books. From the areas i liked the rotating island, the forest and the sunken ship most. I imagined living in those forest treehouses. The rotating island was scary but also intruiging. And the sunken ship had those magic underwater tunnels. I don't think anything is out of place in this world as the video creator says. It all still seems perfect to me. And i never saw a game again with this high quality of art design.

I finished Riven without a guide! and i played thru Uru complete on my own and wrote an in game journal no one will ever read. It was like exploring a long dead world. As i fell into the void i realized the book would not be destroyed as i had hoped.

i still cant believe that you have under 100 000k subs. fantastic work

@ludodrome6110

7 жыл бұрын

+AstOnokGaming working on it!

@AstOnokGaming

7 жыл бұрын

youll get there man. based on quality alone

@awesomeferret

7 жыл бұрын

AstOnokGaming he does have a microscopic amount of videos, but even so, the quality of those few videos are so good that I'm surprised that he doesn't have at least a few thousand.

@kokerSzpaner

7 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, maybe because it's a niche game after all and as such there is not much sex'n'violence involved. It's a surprise still how such a mysterious puzzle adventure game can be successful with sales!

@squamish4244

7 жыл бұрын

It might be niche now, but as VR gaming expands seen as prescient. A lot of people who want to immerse themselves in fantastic worlds without hyperstimulation, shit blowing up etc. Or even beyond gaming, as a method of teaching or therapy.

44:21 - oh man. THAT screen alone brings back memories. 😊 Thanks for this fun nostalgia trip. Myst, Riven and Exile all hold a special place in my heart and always will.

Live in Spokane, WA, where Cyan is. And as a very avid gamer not just about playing, but learning about the history of this industry I adore, I naturally have studied Cyan's history very closely. And this video was so well done. I'm years late, but I found this video because Myst was released for Xbox One recently, and it gave me nostalgia. Amazing work!

Amazing documentary on the history of Cyan and the game Myst. I love the series, was too hard when it came out on PC for me, but now I love the series, but never played Myst V, its too like Uru and I like to stay in the 'canon' games of Myst 1-4. Also, on other games LIKE myst, you said not many came out, which is right, but TWO great games that came out that are like myst, and are point and click.... Sierra's Lighthouse: The Dark Being, and Hue Forest's Amber: Journeys Beyond. Both games came out long time ago, I still play them to this day, Amber I love more than Lighthouse, but both are amazing games! I wish HD versions of Amber / Lighthouse would release.... never will happen (Hue Forest went under after Amber) and I don't see Sierra digging out Lighthouse from the crypts lol!

@0v_x0

3 жыл бұрын

might have some luck with emulators, a lot of old sierra games can be played that way

I loved Myst. Hell, I bought Myst-3D! Myst gave me the taste for adventure games that I will never get over, I hope!

That was delightfully satisfying. Thank you for producing this wonderful trip through my nostalgic memories of this incredible game, and the rich history of its producers journey.

Fantastically put together. I played 1, 2 and 3 at least once. Myst and Riven were a part of my childhood that I'll never forget. You did a great job commemorating them. You chose many of the scenes that I remember most vividly from my time playing. = ) Thank you!

I’m a fan of Myst. This is an amazing documentary!

Myst was and still is one of my all time favorites.

Thank-you for this. Real trip down memory lane, could even remember all the nooks and crannies in Uru as your video guided us around. Liked and subscribed!

Listening to those themes gave me shivers. Those games were really important to me when I was younger. Nice video!

Awesome stuff dude! I hope to see your channel grow!

maybe my favourite game series / fictional story of all time!! love the games, love the books, and loved the video!

This was fantastic, thanks for putting it together. My Dad and I played this when I was just a kid, and I believe it was my first foray into PC gaming. (I think he might still have the notebooks we filled to document our notes in the games) I've played all the games and read the books since. The lore is incredible, the immersion at the time of release was unmatched.

Actually got a little teary-eyed here and there throughout the video. Wonderful trip back to some great times, nicely done!

To this day I will never know why I chose to read the novel before I actually played the game since I don't read novels, but it made my experience so much better.

@troyh3628

4 жыл бұрын

@@humblejunks Hence why I now think the novel should be required reading prior to playing. Though it begs the question if Atrus and Katran were good people how did their sons become so devious? I haven't played Riven so I don't know if this ever gets answered.

@troyh3628

4 жыл бұрын

@@humblejunks You make a good point. Without naming names World War II comes to mind. You'll also be delighted to know that this is also the first time I've ever spoken to someone else who has read the books.

@nickmoran8417

Ай бұрын

@@troyh3628I read the first one years ago. I had the collection book of the 3 books or whatever it was.

12:42 Okay I loved MYST but screw them and this part for making it look like a puzzle but being nothing other than items that light up with you touch them. A fool like me can spend hours trying to solve a non-puzzle.

@Mrizzo6870

3 жыл бұрын

the map actually gave you hints if you stopped when the line turned red and you walked around the center portion of the tower.

@philipritter3642

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mrizzo6870That's not what he means, he means the light up gemstones in the Mechanical age. Check the timestamp carefully.

awesome video, thank you very much for putting the effort into it. myst has left deep imprints in my childhood. i really got drawn into the other worlds and thinking back at riven especially, it honestly feels more like a real place i visited than just a game i played.

Thanks for being so candid about your core concept this episode . I’m completely sold.

Where did you get the remastered stereo music from? It's beautiful. I have the Masterpiece edition of MYST and my family owned the original version in the late 90s. Such an iconic game.

I remember playing it back in the mid 90's - the art was fantastic and it was fun to explore, but the puzzles and figuring out where to click on the screen was just too frustrating.

I watched my Dad play Riven. I had no idea what was going on and when I tried to play myself I just got lost. But I remember being so amazed at that game. It was scary and weird, but also absolutely beautiful. I didn't know they had made more games after that. I don't know that I have time to go back through them, but I'm excited to get Obduction. I had no idea this studio was still making games. Thanks for the video!

@SteveKaynan

5 жыл бұрын

Me too! This video makes miss my childhood!

This was an entertaining watch and is the most complete telling of Cyan's history I've seen. I'll keep an eye out for the next episode once Firmament is released!

Well i guess for cyan right now you could say that: *The ending has not yet been written*

Mid 90's - Long day, now kids in bed, wife reading, I pour my scotch, headphones on. MYST, the best "decompression" from a stupid work day. Now I hear about sequels ?

@Cole-ek7fh

5 жыл бұрын

Alex Andrite there's 5 myst games.

@0v_x0

3 жыл бұрын

now you can play riven on your phone! lol no swapping CDs or load screens. or wait for the realtime 3D coversion at starryexpanse.com it's at least worth playing riven, preferably with a notebook and screenshots rather than a guide, one way or another. one of the best games ever developed IMHO (it helps to brush up on the basic backstory of Myst tho). you're in for a treat discovering it later :)

Thank you for this video. I love listening to videos about games/gaming history while I'm at work. You have a very pleasant voice, so it makes it even easier to listen to.

Myst artist not named Robyn Miller here… pretty good. Though missing some information. But it’s ancient history now and was fun to be the guy who did about half the art on it. Was interesting to see the entire history of the franchise. Good job.