Myst (PC)

You are known as "Stranger" and find a book titled "Myst". Curious, you open it and are amazed to see the first page is occupied by a moving image. This is image is of an island, and when you place your hand upon the page to touch it, you are astonished to find yourself on that very island. You have travelled to Myst, and finding no one about, youare left with no option but to explore this place. You then discover a library, and find two books. One is red and one is blue. Mysteriously, each of the books seem to contain a trapped man, whose messages to you via the books are faint. The two men, Sirrus and Achenar, are brothers and have been trapped into ...

Myst is a game in which you start off in the docks of a surreal island. The game itself comes with very little in the way of instructions on how to play, you just get a blank book for making notes and a sheet that tells you how to rotate the tower above the library. On arrival in Myst I found myself asking some questions:- - What is the objective of this game? - Where is the strange island of Myst? - When is the strange island of Myst? - Why are there strange levers located around the island, a sunken ship and a bizarre rocket? - Who are the two strange bearded men in the red and blue books with animated TV screens in the ...

This is one for the 6 week holidays I have to tell you. Its not a platform game that you can pick up and drop. Its quite an indepth game and every puzzle in the game matters either on that level or on another level. The great thing is that you can save where you were up to so you dont have to leave the computer on all night. I found when playing this game you kept discovering things and thinking "Right I see thats what you ahve to do then", like lots of eyeopeners all the time. If you like fastaction shoot em ups or short action level games then this really isnt your cup of tea, but if you like logic games and figuring out puzzles ...