Reviews from

in the past


the environments are pretty and the story is simple, but the puzzles are either a pushover (the tower on the main island) or insanely frustrating (the train..........). considering it is first and foremost a puzzle game, its shocking for some of them to feel this messy.

absolutely gorgeous early 3D time capsule with a really interesting world. i like myst for its atmosphere and emptiness, which is something i feel the sequels kinda got wrong. myst appeals to me because it just feels like it's me wandering around this weird ass island alone, trying to solve puzzles. interactions with other characters were very sparse, which really helped to build this atmosphere. the later games in the myst series tried adding more characters to talk to, which kind of broke this atmosphere to me, and i didn't really enjoy them as much. that being said, the original myst is absolutely worth your time