#Online pc puzzle games like myst full

Myst was continuously enjoyable to play because the puzzles were all contained enough that all were solvable with enough perseverance, but Riven constantly tested my patience with all of its moon logic solutions. There are tons of puzzles that require you to see super obscure details, catch very easy to miss pathways off screen, and there is zero sense of containment in several of them, such as the final piece to the animal puzzle and the marble grid puzzle. What is so special about this game and why does everyone consider it the second coming of adventure games? I'll admit the visuals are vastly improved from the prior game and it boasts beautiful environments that still hold up to this day, but I found the story to be overall less interesting than the first game, the island-hopping to be tedious and annoying (and I didn't even play the original five-disc release so I can't even imagine how infuriating it would be on there), and the puzzles.my gosh, do not even get me started on them. If ever I were to make a list of the top games I hate but everyone else loves, there is zero doubt for even a second this game would be put on top. It's environment is still impeccably laid out and worth getting lost in, which will happen a lot. Riven does this decently well, but falls over in a few places.

It's tough because that means the game has to be really consistent about how it directs your attention. It's better when I don't know whether I should be solving, observing, or just moving on. I like Portal as much as the next person, but there's something too artificial about cordoned off puzzle areas stacked one over the other. I can't get enough of these *open* puzzles games that also have a narrative element. But I suppose the stuff Riven puts at the forefront is good enough. I think Atrus is an alright character, why isn't he in the game more? I also couldn't care less about the D'ni and their precious lost culture. It just doesn't get me there, I think it's decently interesting, but not exactly Shakespeare. But It's strange to me reading opinions of others online about how enraptured they are by it. I liked what little pieces we got in Myst, and I think Riven is a nice follow-up. Piecing together bits of information, bolstering your ability to traverse the world and understand it, is lovely. But more often than not the puzzles are fair and engaging. I would constantly have to ask myself 'is walking around carefully expecting everything worth it once I find what I need and maintain the purity of my blind playthrough?' It is, but only to a point-a certain amount of time before I decide to look it up, only to realize I basically had it but just needed to do *x*. This happened to me about three times and were the only times I looked up hints. 'puzzles' like that I needed a hint to figure out, and it wasn't satisfying to give up and look for help in frustration only to know I was inches away from what I needed to do to *uncover* more content I was missing. But there was no reasonable way of me knowing I should close doors behind to look for secret tunnels in the corner. I never struggled when I had information to piece together and things I *know* I didn't understand. The puzzles never got too hard for me, but it depends how you frame it. I liked this aspect in Myst and was happy to have even more to scribble down in Riven. In Riven it's almost impossible to solve the game without taking a good portion of notes. The puzzles in Riven generally make sense in context with the world. In some ways Riven was what I wanted out of The Witness, less abstracted mini-game puzzles, more exploring an island and discovering it's secrets. It's large and interconnected, with most of the puzzles being framed around it in a grounded way.

Riven is unique in the way it's world is designed.

#Online pc puzzle games like myst full

Though there's a little more to the visuals and sound this time around, with more disk space used for full frame videos and better sampling in the effects. You solve puzzles by clicking around what is essential a complex power point presentation. Assuredly an improvement over Myst, and still a unique point-and-click puzzle game all it's own.