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Old 01-31-2012, 05:16 PM   #20
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I yearned for more information on the background to the islands, the plants and animals, the machinery, the characters etc etc There is precious little in the way of story except for the 3 or 4 journals that you read in the game.
One of Riven's flaws is that it's so tightly connected to The Book of Atrus. I've always wondered how different the experience was for people who hadn't read the novel beforehand. Clearly it doesn't work as well.
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