Riven sequal? (no it's not)

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Riven sequal? (no it's not)

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The people that made this video say they're working on a special project they can't name an the moment.
They put a ton of work into this vid and it does have that myst/riven feel. And one very riven-ish adobe looking sphere building.
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The clip was made in 2002.

http://nofatclips.com/tag/akryls

Developed for one of those hydraulic motion simulator movie things:

http://www.futuroscope.com/eng/attraction-akryls.php
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Yeah. They already made a sequel to Riven. It wasn't as good.
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I think there were three follow-ups to Myst post-Riven; Myst III Exile, IV Revelations, and V End of Ages... I didn't play any though. Riven was really the peak of the franchise.

These days you can basically do the same thing in real-time, so there isn't so much point any more. (Unless you actually built a real set and took photographs of that, it is hard to beat e.g. CryEngine 2 for realism.) Haven't seen anyone actually do that though, with the \"adventure\" genre where it is.

P.S. Actually, there was talk of LucasArts going back into that, now that I think of it. Don't know whether it is substantiated.
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I've own(or owned) all of the myst series at one point.

Riven was the high point. 3 abused Quicktime VR, 4 abused it more, 5 was fully 3d.

Uru had potential (an MMO exploration game), but the myst moniker torpedoed it before it really had a chance to go.
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Post by Topher »

Riven was definitely the hardest for me to beat. That damn power grid puzzle took me forever.

I liked Exile and Revelation, I especially like the soundtracks to all the games. They make good mood music.
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Topher wrote:I liked Exile and Revelation, I especially like the soundtracks to all the games. They make good mood music.
I forgot about that.
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