If you're a fan concerned about that, I think you need to cut them some slack - remaking a 25 year old game and keeping it exactly the same would be a huge mistake financially and would only please a tiny portion of the market. On a personal level I LOVE the approach they're taking to Riven - slightly updating and changing things. I feel kinda bad for Eric and Hannah, they're taking new leadership roles for a game dev that has VERY passionate fans, it can't be easy - I'm not excusing the bugs in Firmament, but I understand how they must be feeling.Īs for Riven, that seems to have been the priority for a while now (maybe at the expense of Firmament dev?) and purely based on "vibes" and Rand + Richards talk, I don't believe it's going to be buggy or disappointing. I don't know this for a fact of course, but it feels that way. Yeah, this was my feeling with Firmament (I haven't finished it yet!) just from the reaction and looking at the credits - there was no singular director/storyteller helping to keep things cohesive. And since Riven seems like a team-wide effort now including Rand and RVW, I still have very high hopes for that! This does cause me to worry a little about the future of the company, but in the Riven panel, Rand mentioned that he and the other staff (he may have said Eric by name?) did read a lot of Firmament reviews and agreed with some of the criticism, so that seems like a good sign that they're listening and learning. This might also explain why Cyan's official response to the AI-assisted stuff sounded so bitter and defensive and out-of-character for the company: it's a new team trying new things and they weren't prepared for the kind of feedback they received. Like, the vibes just weren't very positive. defeated(?) Eric sounded when talking about Firmament during the State of Cyan panel. TLDR: Firmament probably feels really different because it was led by different people for the first time in Cyan's history, with different strengths that may not (yet!) include story/lore. It seems like Eric Anderson's background is in art direction/design, and Hannah Gamiel's is in tech. Which is perfectly natural 30 years after Myst, especially since Rand mentioned he was trying to retire! But as far as I can tell, the new guard doesn't have anyone with a background in story / writing / lore the way RAWA, Rand, Robyn, and Richard Vander Wende did in the past. Meanwhile, their longtime lore guy, RAWA, has been recovering from brain surgery, so I don't think he's actively worked on one of their games since Obduction.Īll that is to say, it sounds like Firmament was primarily the product of new leaders at Cyan as opposed to the old guard. I had a blast at Mysterium, and some comments made by Cyan staff during the panels seemed (to me!) like they could explain what's been going on behind the scenes and why Firmament felt like such an outlier compared to Cyan's other titles.Ĭorrect me if I misheard, but it sounds like Rand has mostly been focused on remaking Riven with Richard Vander Wende over the last few years. The Starry Expanse Project - Rebuilding Riven in beautiful realtime 3DĬyan Games /r/FirmamentGame - Cyan's newest adventure title /r/Obduction - Hunrath welcomes you Other /r/pystposting - Myst memes.Myst Archive - An archive of sites long gone, but not forgotten.Mysterium - annual celebration of all things MYST & D'ni.Guild of Messengers Calendar - Check out what's happening in the community.Myst Online: Uru Live - Free-to-play multiplayer version of URU!.iTunes - Myst and Riven for iOS Devices.Myst on Wikipediaĭigital versions of every Myst game are finally available for purchase! Myst III Exile and Myst IV Revelation were recently made available on GOG and Steam. Myst is a popular series of graphical adventure games by Cyan Inc. >!This is a spoiler!< This is a spoiler FAQ Also, please hide any spoilers in your post by using the spoiler tag. If your submission contains any spoilers, please mark your post as containing spoilers (this is available after posting - example). Personal flair editing is also available in the sidebar. Link Flair can be used to better categorize your post. In an effort to keep this subreddit as family-friendly as possible, NSFW material may not be posted. Please keep submissions related to the topic of the Myst games, books, etc. Mods reserve the right to remove posts that ignore this request. Please be civil and respectful to your fellow redditors. This is a pretty open subreddit, and as such, there are very few rules as to what can and cannot be submitted. This is the subreddit for discussion and appreciation of everything Myst, Riven, Exile, Revelation, End of Ages, Uru, and more! Rules
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