![]() I came into the game wanting something Myst-like, with better graphics than the earlier games and the ability to fully explore a world in 3d. I think the graphics are pretty nice for when it came out, but I’m hardly an expert there. ![]() You can play in third person view but even though that’s usually my preferred choice, I’m loving that the first person view makes it feel so much more like a Myst game. Uru is exploration and puzzle based, no surprise there for a Myst game. The idea that you, as yourself, are exploring and learning about the D’ni and some of their Ages is an extra cool concept for someone familiar with the lore of the series. One of the side meanings of “Uru” is “You Are You,” and that was (and is) a very cool concept for someone who’s a fan of the other games. ![]() To clarify, in Uru the Myst games aren’t necessarily completely factual, but they are based on people and events that are real. □ If you remember Atrus’s daughter Yeesha, she plays a large role in the main storyline. That’s a super short explanation, but I’m a huge fan of the other Myst games and I’ve read the novels more than once so what I consider “basic canon” is probably more detail than most people would be interested in. You play as someone who has been drawn to this excavation for reasons you only understand as the game progresses. The excavation leads to the Cavern of the D’ni. The D’ni may be familiar to folks who’ve played the Myst games, they were the masters of the Art of writing and linking to Ages. Storywise, the game is based in a modern day (well, modern for the time it was released!) in which the Myst games were inspired by the creators of the game having visited an excavation in New Mexico. Other than the obvious that you can’t play with other people offline, the story and puzzles have some slight differences, with Uru Live also having some extra Ages not seen in Complete Chronicles. Even though I’m familiar with the offline version of Uru (Complete Chronicles) the two versions are not the same. >_>) I’d meant to play online when it was available on GameTap, but didn’t manage to do so before it was scrapped again. (I have it on Steam as well because…I have multiple copies of most Myst games, actually. (There are also fan run servers, I find it extra cool that there are both.) This isn’t a F2P game with a cash shop, making money for the company – it’s literally only running for the benefit of those who love it, and only because those fans and that company were willing to work together to make it happen.įor myself, I’d picked up a copy of the game on disk years ago, not realizing that the online portion wasn’t in existence. The fact that the online part of the game still exists at all speaks to not only a dedicated fanbase, but also a company dedicated to keeping it open for those fans. If you want more specifics, check out the links I’ve mentioned or run a quick Google search, it’s an interesting story. This back and forth is why the current incarnation is referred to as “Myst Online: Uru Live (Again).” There is an option to donate towards server maintenance, but it’s not required. ![]() Cyan eventually got the rights back, releasing it as open source on their supported servers in 2010 as free to play. Fans of the game and beta testers managed to keep a live version going on their own servers, and later on an official Cyan server, until it was picked up by GameTap in 2007…and then canceled. That live online portion continued to be delayed for official release, until finally being scrapped completely. The short version of its history (with thanks to Dilandau3000’s Let’s Play videos and the Uru website) is that when Uru: Ages Beyond Myst came out in 2003, the live multiplayer aspect planned for it was delayed. I’ve spent the last few days rediscovering an older game, one that I mostly missed the first time around. ![]()
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