Is Myst a puzzle exploration game series or an exploration puzzle game series? - Page 2

pandanaz · 06-07-2006, 03:43 AM

i care a lot about certain types of adventures especially what category they are put into- as i only play 3rd person point and click adventures.
i actually bought myst thinking it was 3rd person point and click adventure - i played it and stopped half way - it was not my cup of tea - i thought that it was mainly an exploration game with puzzle rather than a puzzle game with exploration.

but truly -- i don't particularly care -- as long as they put 1st person exploration adventure game- so i don't have to spend £30 quid on it -everythings cool.

Christian IV · 06-07-2006, 09:05 AM

How about calling MYST and the series, Lyric Adventure, as Fairygodmother
says, we cant cut up the pie of Adventure Genre into too many little peices,
it is an Adventure.......and it is Lyrically beautiful too. so the Lyric could just
be in {} :-)

MoriartyL · 06-07-2006, 10:05 AM

I'm sorry- I don't understand what you're saying.

Intrepid Homoludens · 06-07-2006, 10:32 AM

Basically he's saying that he wants to 'cut up the pie of Adventure Genre into too many little peices'. Because when you call Myst a 'lyric adventure' that's precisely what you're doing. Heh heh....

mszv · 06-07-2006, 05:48 PM

At least there is, thankfully, no yelling.

Oh - guess I should give my opinion - Myst is a 1st person point and click adventure game with a focus on explorations and solving logic puzzles. For Myst, atmostphere and the visuals - they are everything. It's very light on story - sorry avid Myst fans! I like it a lot - actually I love the game. I'm sort of into the story (the story of Atrus and his family), but I'm not much for the backstory - the story of the D'ni. You don't see much backstory in Myst, but you see more of it in some (not all) of the games in the series.

As for games in a series - the other series that comes to mind is the Broken Sword games - a good series with characters that continue from game to game. On the other great adventure game series - how could one forget - Gabriel Knight!

stinking_dylan · 06-08-2006, 12:56 AM

It's an adventure game. =)

I voted perfect balance. I wouldn't categorize it as interactive fiction. Every game is fictional and interactive, but the phrase IF is used to describe text adventures.

View Poll Results: What is Myst?
A puzzle exploration game (more focus on exploration than puzzles)	7	23.33%
An exploration puzzle game (more focus on puzzles than exploration)	5	16.67%
Some of the Myst games are the former, some are the latter	2	6.67%
Everyone says it's an adventure, so I'll say it's an adventure	0	0%
Who cares?	9	30.00%
It has a perfect balance between puzzles and exploration	6	20.00%
Interactive fiction (the focus is on the story)	1	3.33%
Voters: 30. You may not vote on this poll

06-07-2006, 03:43 AM	#21
pandanaz Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 20	i care a lot about certain types of adventures especially what category they are put into- as i only play 3rd person point and click adventures. i actually bought myst thinking it was 3rd person point and click adventure - i played it and stopped half way - it was not my cup of tea - i thought that it was mainly an exploration game with puzzle rather than a puzzle game with exploration. but truly -- i don't particularly care -- as long as they put 1st person exploration adventure game- so i don't have to spend £30 quid on it -everythings cool. Share Share this post on Twitter

06-07-2006, 09:05 AM	#22
Christian IV Adventure Game Researcher Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, California Posts: 537	How about calling MYST and the series, Lyric Adventure, as Fairygodmother says, we cant cut up the pie of Adventure Genre into too many little peices, it is an Adventure.......and it is Lyrically beautiful too. so the Lyric could just be in {} :-) Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ The Future is the Promise of Today Becoming Real Admin 3D Worlds and Game Developers Group Linkedin Game Research and History http://3dworldandgamedevelopers.blogspot.com Game Patches and Aides http://www.filefront.com/user/CrisGer Patch and Fix Packs

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06-07-2006, 10:32 AM	#24
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Basically he's saying that he wants to 'cut up the pie of Adventure Genre into too many little peices'. Because when you call Myst a 'lyric adventure' that's precisely what you're doing. Heh heh.... Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

06-07-2006, 05:48 PM	#25
mszv Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, US Posts: 261	At least there is, thankfully, no yelling. Oh - guess I should give my opinion - Myst is a 1st person point and click adventure game with a focus on explorations and solving logic puzzles. For Myst, atmostphere and the visuals - they are everything. It's very light on story - sorry avid Myst fans! I like it a lot - actually I love the game. I'm sort of into the story (the story of Atrus and his family), but I'm not much for the backstory - the story of the D'ni. You don't see much backstory in Myst, but you see more of it in some (not all) of the games in the series. As for games in a series - the other series that comes to mind is the Broken Sword games - a good series with characters that continue from game to game. On the other great adventure game series - how could one forget - Gabriel Knight! Share Share this post on Twitter

06-08-2006, 12:56 AM	#26
stinking_dylan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 202	It's an adventure game. =) I voted perfect balance. I wouldn't categorize it as interactive fiction. Every game is fictional and interactive, but the phrase IF is used to describe text adventures. Share Share this post on Twitter

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