It took me 5 years to finish Riven and even then I did use a walkthrough to get to the very end. In retrospect, the game is not really that big (compared to the sequels that would follow) but the puzzles are very hard and you'll be scratching your head for hours.
Unlike the original Myst, all of Riven takes place on one island so there is no hopping around in different ages. And what a beautiful place Riven is! It's the perfect place to be. Unspoiled, atmospheric, brooding, foreboding and a calming quiet broken only by the distant surf. The photo-realistic graphics have greatly improved since Myst and almost any one screenshot would make the most pretty postcard.
Robyn Miller once again does the music and it's that minimalistic and thinly melodic score the series used to have before Jack Wall came along in Myst III and changed all that. If you like that kind of thing then you should get the CD.
It may be 8 years old now and technologically primitive in comparison to a lot of newer games but Riven is still as hauntingly captivating now as it was then.
Graphics A Sound A- Gameplay B Lasting Appeal B
Unlike the original Myst, all of Riven takes place on one island so there is no hopping around in different ages. And what a beautiful place Riven is! It's the perfect place to be. Unspoiled, atmospheric, brooding, foreboding and a calming quiet broken only by the distant surf. The photo-realistic graphics have greatly improved since Myst and almost any one screenshot would make the most pretty postcard.
Robyn Miller once again does the music and it's that minimalistic and thinly melodic score the series used to have before Jack Wall came along in Myst III and changed all that. If you like that kind of thing then you should get the CD.
It may be 8 years old now and technologically primitive in comparison to a lot of newer games but Riven is still as hauntingly captivating now as it was then.
Graphics A Sound A- Gameplay B Lasting Appeal B