Myst DS - Review

[MaliciousMagpie]

@resseses no, you click rooms. You dont walk or move you click stuff.

[JimmyNickNick]

I didn't like Myst DS all that much compared to the PC verson.

I didn't really care much about the grapics being bad but the only reason I quit the game was because of the horriable sound. t kept bleeping or making glitchy coumputer sounds. It kinda ruined the whole experince.

[tendercream]

ya this looks pretty terrible

[tailskid101]

ya no that this is my opinion. myst ds isnt that bad and the top screen is also used for the map feature. 1/10 is a bit mean. cyan is just trying their best so that players can play myst on the go. they cant fit all that into a ds. so id give it a 5/10. sorry if it offends u.

[mats1e]

i totally disagree with this review just saying

[BillyJoeWhiteside]

I gave my dad my ds and this game.

He beat it in 2 hours.

(He was addicted back in the day)

[kuelproductions]

Dude , nice review , but I like almost stopped watching at 25 seconds , shorten your intros.

[natlinxz]

I agree completely. My new intros are five seconds, I almost choke whenever I see this old one. :D

[theendofit]

now i agree with you almost completley but 1/10 is a little harsh i would reserve the 1/10 for games like Barbie and crap myst is at lest a 3/10 in my mind

but that dose not matter anywas nice vids

[madmax2069]

@theendofit

Maybe he likes barbie ?

But seriously they could have done allot better on this port, the DS is capable of displaying clear text. and doing other things this game lacked. The porters of this must have wanted it to fail.

[feh2]

myst it's self is a great game.

just a shitty port.

[theendofit]

yha i love myst.

myst itself is a 10/10 even more so with realmyst but like you said its a shitty port but a shitty port of an amazing game i thought would get a little better i would give it a 5/10 still but no more and i can understand as i said 3/10 but 1/10 that is a reviw for a shitty port of a shitty game or a extramly shitty game

[natlinxz]

@theendofit Have you played the game? I wouldn't classify this port as "playable", hence the incredibly low score. Remember, this is my opinion, I'm speaking for myself.

[theendofit]

well if you truly feel that why then thats fine i'm just saying I think its still a litil beter but yha its pritty dam bad maybe im thinking of the other games that get ones by reviwers to much and how i feel about myst in genral

[redlion7277]

Sad really, wish they got it right, could've been much better

[smellyboy123th]

Terrible, terrible port. It was always going to be hard to port Myst to the DS but they didn't even try hard. If the developers weren't so lazy and actually put some serious effort into this and made the controls and graphics a lot better then it would be an enjoyable game.

[100percentmk]

once you get used to knowing what the icons are for, i dont think its that bad, if you know it well you wont need to pick up any of the notes, the only problem i can think of is that the top screen isnt used for anything except the title screen

[natlinxz]

I didn't say that the icons were confusing, I said that you couldn't use items because there was no curser.

Also, If I had the entire game memorized, I wouldn't buy it on DS.

[iGLGred]

The iPhone/iPod Touch version is the best kof the originals IMO. You can take screenshots with ease, so you dont have to worry about many notes, and the controls very responsive. The speed of transitions is super ajustable, rather than the normal speed and Zip settings.  The only thing that they could have done was put a slid version of Rime in like the DS version, but it might not have looked that good, and the age was kind of pointless anyways.

[Phanto5692]

I agree with you that the DS port wasn't spectacular. Though considering the port was for a handheld console, I wasn't too surprised. It's just too bad realMyst doesn't support Windows XP otherwise I would be playing it right now. See, that's the only thing the DS version has going, you don't need a specific operating system to play it.

[elmerOzo]

How about reallyMyst or any other PC Myst remake? I'm playing Uru right now but just got interest into playing the main series starting from Myst.

[natlinxz]

The PC Myst game is pretty good, but not as impressive as it was before. RealMyst, however, is amazing. The Graphics are amazing, it's completely 3D and freeroam, so the puzzles feel less linear. I highly recommend that!

[questrelm]

I decided not to buy this version because it looks like a waste of $20. I think I'll find another version of it.

What is the song played at the beginning?

[natlinxz]

the song is called "Half dome short", and it's Royalty Free music from Apple. It's in a bunch of programs like iMovie and Final Cut, but you can probably find it online.

[outlawz1351]

The iPhone / iPod Touch version JUST came out in the app store. Check it out if you can.

[natlinxz]

I haven't played the iPhone version, but I think that it will be just as hard to use items, unless they create that system from scratch. I have high hopes for this port though, as it is made by the original creators!

[Andrewnuva199]

If I ever manage to get a DS I'll still want this version.

I've beat the game, so I could use this version to pass the time.

[mypancakeplaces]

I think you'll be better of with the iPhone/iPod Touch version coming out soon, if you want to be able to pay Myst where ever you go.

[gamefreaks09]

i was thinking of buying this game becouse i loved the pc version

[natlinxz]

well, I'm glad you looked up a review first!

yes, the PC version was very good, but It's a lot harder to play without the cursor always there to tell you what you are doing!

[RagnarockXL]

Myst wasn't invented to be easy.

[natlinxz]

No, the puzzles weren't meant to be easy.

However, I don't think the interface was bad on purpose to add to the difficulty, that would be stupid.

[RagnarockXL]

Many people say that one of the reasons the old Resident Evil games were so scary was because the controls/camera was bad. The same was said about the Silent Hill games.

All I'm trying to say is that in certain games bad controls are easily ignored. Especially when the game is famous for it's difficulty.

[247Laker]

Yah same here I was gonna get this on DS I did not know the top screen was used to NOTHIN! thats sucks! anyways thanks and you saved me 30 bucks!