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Myst V: End of Ages Limited Edition (Mac) Review
User Submitted Myst V: End of Ages Limited Edition (Mac) Reviews
Date: 2007-01-07
Saying goodbye to Myst
I have enjoyed the Myst series (though I will never recover from the betrayal of Uru - NOT ON MAC?!). I am sad to see it go, but the End of Ages was a nice, and very pretty, way to bow out.
Date: 2006-11-12
Myst V - A Fine Finish
Myst V has some of the most lushly detailed and achingly beautiful worlds to date in the Myst series. It also the first of the series to allow for complete freedom of movement, similar to a first-person "shooter" game. Exploring the worlds themselves would be reason enough to play, even without the story line, which continues to be engaging, although perhaps a bit harder to grasp initially than Myst IV. My only real disappointments with the game were crashes and graphics freezes that improved with turning down some of the detail settings. Still, Myst V is a very enjoyable experience, and it has stayed in my memory long after finishing the game.
Date: 2006-10-28
End of Ages
I've always considered the Myst series to be the "gold standard" of "adventure games". The puzzles have always been a little harder than most games, the graphics better than most (but I have seen better), and the story lines superior. And now the end has come.
Like other reviewers, I am absolutely stumped as to why Cyan/Ubisoft decided to use computer-generated characters, rather than the live actors that have served the series so well (especially Revelation!). It seems a shame to waste such a good actor as David Ogden Stiers with an animated character. The logic seems to be that computer-generated characters give the more anal-retentive programmers control over the characters' movements, but in reality, it doesn't. The movements come out looking stiff and unnatural - although Esher looks better than any computer animated characters I've seen in other games.
The four Ages (or worlds) you travel to have some very interesting graphics and puzzles - all of them centered around a Slate, which you can draw symbols that only the Bahro creatures can read. But, you are quite literally drawing on the slates, using your mouse, and if the Bahro can't read it, they can't do anything with it. The Bahro themselves have strange powers that can affect the weather (and other things), which are necessary to complete the puzzles. Actually, it's a lot of fun using the slates which control the Bahro and their abilities.
In the Limited Edition, you get the game (on 1 DVD-ROM), a soundtrack CD, and a making-of DVD, all in one DVD case. You also get a solution guide (which I only used once!), plus a souvenir lithograph.
It's a good ending, but not the great ending we were all hoping for. But it's still worth playing.
Date: 2006-04-29
Ubisoft goes a little too soft
You can see screenshots of Myst V and find what you recall to be D'ni. Recalling Myst and Riven, I remember being emmersed into the game through storyline and the detailed visuals that represented worlds and culture. The detail that went into creating these worlds were so believable that I believed I was actually there. When Ubisoft took over for creating the Myst games, cheese was poured over the storyline and a 3-D engine was put in. Suddenly I was taken out of the believability in the worlds that were created. With a 3-D engine, quality in resolution and detail was reduced to less than 30% of the original. The choice of using a 3-D engine was like taking something that was innovative and turning it into every other game on the market. It is now a first/third person shooter without the gun and people to kill. A younger audience may find this game entertaining for a few days. As a fan of Myst and Riven, I'm not impressed with the degradation done to the series by Ubisoft.
Date: 2006-04-17
Myst V Crashes - Ubisoft Refuses to Support Mac Customers
I would like to review this game from the experience of playing it. Unfortunately, there is a KNOWN problem (known to Ubisoft) that causes the game to freeze Mac OS X. I have a fully loaded Mac (2.5 GHz dual processor, Radeon 9600 Pro, 2 GB RAM, etc.) and the game crashes at even the lowest video quality settings. (The first Myst's game graphics were better than what Myst V provides at this setting). Ubisoft refuses to correct the problem... Do some research... search for "Myst V Crash OS X" and read all the forums discussing just how much Ubisoft really cares about their Mac customers. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!
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