Myst Is Available Today With Game Pass, 'Reimagined' For Xbox

I played a little bit of the original Myst back in the day when it was still new. It's not an experience that has aged well, unfortunately.

I am glad I can revisit this with a modern coat of paint.

Not out yet in the UK but once I'm done with Psychonaughts 2 I'll give it a try. I remember playing the first one year's ago. Haha, those live actors always threw me off

I love how all the games I bought in 1994-1997 for DOS/Win95 are all BC on Game Pass suddenly!

Can we talk to Activision about a MechWarrior 2 remake now? That's really all that's missing.

I loved Myst, and its forgotten sequel, Riven. I'd love to also see some Zork remakes. Return to Zork was fantastic, although the old school FMV would probably look awful now 🤣

@uberdaddypig Return to Zork needs a remake so badly. That game was fantastic.

Grand Inquisitor, however, was weird. It went super super dark and semi-horror and wasn't Zork at all! That thing was super creepy.

Oops, I meant Zork Nemesis. Grand Inquisitor I honestly barely remember for some reason.

You mean FSR upscales it to 4K. That doesn´t mean it runs at 4K!

It seems to becoming a trend to claim your game runs at the resolution they´re upscaling to, without even mentioning the render resolution. Please stop this nonsense!

According to wikipedia this game originally released in 1993 on Mac. Revisiting the game in 2021 I manage to get trapped in a doorway within the first couple hours, and the game autosaved when it happened, so all my progress is lost.
If you're playing this, don't trust the autosaves. They somehow managed to release a 28 year old game with game-breaking bugs.
I know that's somewhat harsh criticism as this is a remake, but mechanically, this is a very basic game and they've done very little to modernize it or, apparently, bug-proof it.
EDIT: turns out they did actually add a safe guard for this: in the settings there is a "TELEPORT TO SAFE SPOT" button

I have to admit it's amazing seeing this game again, and in such detail and freedom. I wasn't in a frame of mind to even consider trying to remember how to solve the puzzles I've clearly forgotten, yesterday, back then it seemed great, today it's feeling like work, but wow it's so cool to see it again. I hope they do Riven as well. The subsequent games were ok, with arguably better puzzles, but not memorable icons like the first 2.

I also have to admit, though, that somehow in real-time rendering it looks more fleshed out and real than the simple models, but it also lacks that eerie stillness the stillframes had. They did, however manage to capture some of the transitions while butons/doors are operating that make me still want to check for the video box borders.

My only complaint is the cursor. It has a mind of its own and is impossible to zero in on what you're trying to put it on. Even on the lowest sensitivity it just flies.

@flighty It's technically a completely new game that I doubt re-uses anything but the audio and some textures from the original game, only the actual puzzle mechanics are the same, so the bugs are understandable, but that's still kind of funny.