When you first acquire Saavedro's journal, it has three blank sheets of paper at the back. Eventually your character draws the three Lesson Age symbols on them, and they disappear from the journal one by one as you use them. I never noticed this detail until someone else who was playing it on Twitch or CZcams pointed it out recently.
I get so emotional hearing the opening of Myst 3, especially when that music starts, god it makes me tear up. I grew up with the Myst series, my grandma and I played myst and riven together, she sat me on her lap and I "helped" . Myst 3 was the first I played on my own and every time its like playing it the first time. I'm still in love. The bonus track, that I feel like not enough people know or talk about, is fucking great. A tribute to the era.
My late father would play these games including Uru for years and I would watch him as a kid. I could never get through them myself but they always mystified me and so finding your fantastic videos is genuinely like finding treasure for me. I hope you well and that you carry on to finish the entire series!
I was born in 92 and the first MYST and DOOM were what I loved the most as a kid. Riven was always cool, but honestly Exile is my favorite MYST game. I used to just hang out in those environments when I played it. I was TOTALLY immersed.
I'm glad you listened and kept the little animation cutscenes in Myst IV. It's so jarring when you skip them in this one. And the animations look so good!
Hi Jordan, I absolutely loved your Riven Retrospective and had it playing in the background while I worked from home. I want to say thank you for playing the Myst games, as I feel they're sort of underappreciated. While Myst is highly regarded as influential, and everyone writes articles about the influence it has, I feel there's not a lot of attention being paid to the world building, the story, the art direction, and the following games in the series like Riven, Exile, so on, are left by the wayside while Myst gets the most attention. Thank you for playing these games, albeit it quickly, and discussing their history, development and impact. Love your work!
Thank you very much for the comment! I think the later games hit when the genre as a whole was out of the limelight--even as a huge fan of Myst and Riven, I skipped 4 and 5 for a couple decades. I do hope I can help bring some attention, and hopefully we will see a release of Starry Expanse (the Riven 3D conversion) some day!
Thank you!! It's wild that I just stumbled on your videos 2 days ago having a random urge to revisit those worlds and after finishing Myst and Riven was wondering if there'd ever be a third. Thankful I didn't have to wait long looking very forward to your take on this!
Yeah, good timing hah! It’s been on my Goals list for the whole year, glad to finally get it out before Christmas. Early Christmas present ;) I kid, I really appreciate the interest and I hope it was enjoyable =)
Ok I've just binged these first 3 myst game retrospectives and I'm genuinely blown away by how good of a job you've done! I'm familiar enough with the games to really appreciate how organized you've been while going through these (especially Riven) - taking us on a path that flows, showing us enough of the puzzles so that we see all the pieces/understand them but not so much that you're wasting any time, filling in gaps with explanations on the lore, behind the scenes, etc. I'm so eager to watch your Revelation video but I've actually been inspired to replay through the whole series and discover the fourth one for myself! I would love for you to make more of these kind of videos in the future for puzzle/adventure games, it's been so much fun :)
Thank you very much Jordan, your excellent walk-throughs and insights have added a new dimension to my play-throughs of these wonderful games. Greatly appreciated! In short you ROCK :)
I have enjoyed your retrospective on the three games immensely. You really have a talent for this and I hope you're able to do more Myst games, or other games like this, in the future. Thank you for all of your hard work!
Thank you for this! By some crazy coincidence, I started playing Exhile *the day* you posted this. I really enjoyed your Myst and Riven retrospectives... and I think I got hung up at the same parts, as a kid, that you did. Anyway, thank you for this. Your videos make me feel like I'm going through the games with a co-explorer (who knows where to go and what to do!).
Thank you again Jordan ! More than a rough solution, this is really pleasant to follow your walkthrough! I’ll go now for Myst IV, hope you did it also ! Bye !!
i just replayed myst and riven during the holiday season 😊 i found your videos on them extremely helpful 😀 i will continue with exile soon and will sure be back to you video again for advise 😀 thanks from sweden 😊
Amazing! The thing I love about your retrospectives is in comparison to any other play through / let's plays on CZcams, you clearly love these games to the extent that a hardcore fan does... making references about the Behind The Scenes film for this game, talking about the lore in an easy to understand way for newcomers, but still being incredibly immersed and educated in the beautiful ages of Myst... and not to mention how you know almost everything about Riven like the back of your hand. Left a pretty extensive comment on your Myst play through, and was really keen to see you do this, so thank you! It's nice to just talk about this somewhat under-talked about series nowadays, and hear different people's opinions on the games / series as a whole. The start and end of the video, where you have an overview and closing thoughts, are the highlight for me, but the whole thing is just a fun, relaxing watch. Much appreciated Jordan, and from one major Myst fan to another, thanks again! -CTE
I haven't watched any of your videos all the way through due to me still working my way through the games, but I LOOOOVE watching the intros when you talk about all your history with the games. And the stuff I have watched during your playthroughs is just as captivating. You have an almost encyclopedic knowledge of this series and your passion shows through incredibly well. This has been a great series so far. Great work. :) When I beat them myself, I will then watch these videos all the way through!
I appreciate the comment! I do have some passion, but I have to do a lot of research too. And I just pray that I'm getting it all right ;) These videos are very much un-editable.
Nice! After watching your Riven yesterday I decided to follow up with this and, again, enjoyed your walk-through and commentary. I don't think I would want to play this, but nevertheless liked viewing it this way. Had a little chuckle at the end when she says "You must tell us everything" and I said "Oh good job you recorded the video - that will save time". Thanks for all the work you must have put in on this!
Really glad you enjoyed! Yeah it ends on a weirdly dark note, like... yeah so uh your sons actually did /even more/ f-ed up stuff than you thought! Can't wait to tell you all about it.
that was fantastic. I played Myst when it came out, and Riven (both using a guide book to help) and though they were a lot of fun. I never made it through Exile but I remember the roller coaster effect, and the water/steam gondola ride effect. In fact, those are the visuals I wanted to experience again when I found your videos. I watched Riven, and Exile and am going to go back and watch your Myst before finishing up. thanks for the memories!
Myst 3 was my first Myst game. I was a kid at the time and sort of grabbed it out of random. lol But I was mind blown when I saw real actors in it. Edanna is my favorite Age. PS: I love Squee.
Hello! I just discovered your channel today while browsing for content associated with the Riven Remake. I watched your Riven play through and this one. I just wanted to say thank you. I really have enjoyed your play throughs and am planning on watching the rest.
Suddenly had Myst leap to mind yesterday for no obvious reason, my "whatever happened to that" research led me here eventually and I loved all three parts! I hope you get to the next one soon sir, subbed :)
Brad Douriff steals the show no matter what he is in. I hope his daughter can do the same. She did play Charles Lee Ray very well for the one movie I saw her in.
OK, well that was Saturday evening's viewing taken care of (we are in lockdown here in New Zealand). Great fun being able to just sit back and enjoy the scenery and puzzles again. Sidebar: I suspect you may well be the most eloquent CZcamsr I have encountered to date!
You have no idea how happy I am that you just did this!!! I'm about to do my Riven playthrough ^_^ Trying to get through all of them because I have never beaten Riven, Exile, or the other 3 games. I'm so excited about this! :) I hope you do Myst 4, 5, and Uru, too :)
Amazing playthrough, I just revisited Riven's new remake and am doing the whole series over again then I found this channel when looking for Myst help. This video seriously saved me some headaches, haha. Though it is first now I realize Saavedro is wearing a skinned Squee, poor thing!
I'm quite literally late to the game but the 2021 remake of Myst recently came out and I was able to get all the Myst games from GOG for pretty cheap. Your videos have been very enjoyable to watch and a great help. With a little nudge, I was able to figure out Myst and loved it. Riven was on another level and blew my mind away, in terms of both the puzzles but also how unbelievably amazing it was. Myst 3, on the other hand, just gave me headaches. My personal opinion is that I don't like it but your enjoyment of the game, and being able to watch your video for help, got me through it.
Hi Jordan - once a gain a brilliant sum up of the Game - I played it many years ago but it was nice to go back and remember doing some of those amazing puzzles on Exile and re watching the sheer beauty and imagination the creators put into the Myst Series. I've watched your Myst and Riven Play-through's and I'm off to watch Myst IV now. I just recently purchased an Oculus Quest 2 and have been playing Myst VR and really enjoying turning switches on and knobs around as I re explore the island. Thanks again for the great memories. TD
Man you are way better at the puzzle solving of this game than I ever was. Being honest the PlayStation graphics and voice sync seemed better. I loved this game back in the day when it came out. I come back once in a while for happy memories. I loved the graphics, the puzzles and sound in this game.
Love the retrospectives on this great series You are incredibly talented! It's great seeing somebody with a love for these old adventure games giving them the attention they deserve. Hope to see 4, and 5, as well as Journeyman Project (Journeyman Project Turbo on my Windows 95 blew my freaking mind as a child and was love at first sight)!
I don't want to bite off too much this early into 2021, but yeah JP Turbo is very special to me too, would love to research that series a bit. Thanks for the kind words!
@@JordanRogers85 Journeyman Project 3 Legacy of Time is my absolute favorite: I always go into the settings and options to make sure he's set to EXTRA CHATTY so i can hear all the funny and insightful things he has to say
Myst III was my introduction to the genre. Was a great experience but didn't have the patience (or brains maybe) to beat without help. The good ol days playing on my 20" viewsonic flatscreen crt monitor!
Definitely agree with your thoughts on this one compared to Myst and Riven. It was a lot of fun though and this video helped me through some bad stuck moments!
The resonance gate puzzle is really easy. Look at the clockwork on the console that operates it and you can see each of the interlocking cogs correspond to the symbols on the dials for each gate. Watch the order the marble on the console follows and set the dials accordingly
I've just finished this part in my exploration of the Myst series, and one of the things spurring me on was that I'd get to watch your video about it afterwards :) I started playing through the series under duress from my Patreon subscribers, first remembering the series as obtuse and nonsensical, but I've grown to really enjoy where the story goes. This instalment didn't even have any puzzles where I felt I was just fiddling - everything had a logic to it, although perhaps by now I'm just getting used to how the Myst series wants the player to think. I needed three hints but all of them were just to point me towards locations I'd missed - the hollow trunk in Edanna, the water wheel in Voltaic and the cliffside door(!) in Amateria. It's possible that with the fixed view of the previous games I might not have missed them, but Edanna in particular would have been even more confusing if I hadn't been able to turn around and see exactly which angle each path was taking me on... "A bit over the top" with the soundtrack, right enough - I was absolutely blown away by the chant when the Myst III title appears in the intro, it's like you're listening to Rhapsody or Blind Guardian or something :) I'll watch this with interest!
Excellent! Big smile on my face after reading that and excited to hear where we agree and disagree! Keep me posted =) I /also/ just finished a part of my exploration: Myst 4! Went in basically blind to what was in store after putting it off for something like 15 years. Can't wait to do a video on that one soon, and boy does it go places I was absolutely not prepared for. I also conscripted my partner to help me with Uru and Myst 5... so hopefully we can keep this train going.
Awesome. Dig out the CDs from games graveyard and went through the game. It was very entertaining and great work! Without your video, it will be a lifetime puzzle for me to solve, lol.
Time Constraint Inhibit Creativity was going to trigger an Easter Egg in Narayan but ... we didn't have time to finish it 😛 Internal variable: bNACH_TimeConstraintInhibitCreativity
Yeah looking forward to seeing more like this. I started watching riven and then this one non stop. You got a good presence. Fingers crossed for SN10 on Monday if you are watching.
@@JordanRogers85 I understand possibly why you haven't done myst 4. It's pretty dark with the child abduction theme, I wouldn't feel comfortable associating with it if I was a CZcamsr. I was watching this other guy host it, but he wasn't a good as you honestly. I just watched someone else do Obduction by the original Myst team. I can tell the original team have the puzzles etc honed pretty well. The ending is great. I'll look forward to more from you if/when you feel like it. All the best for the future 😊👍
Fantastic to see you doing another Myst playthrough :) I messaged you a while back on your Riven playthrough ... I still watch it today while I’m developing my own Riven style game, Neyyah. Will be great to see you tackle Myst Revelations. Same points as you picked up in regards to Rivens deeper richer atmosphere, still my fave out of the series, while myst iii is my second :)
@@JordanRogers85 all good, i'll eagerly await for this :) Feel free to check out my upcoming game Neyyah on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1289720/Neyyah/ - if you liked Riven, you might resonate with Neyyah :P Would be so cool to maybe see you do a play through of it one day :)
Re: Saveedro "re-setting " the poem on voltaic made by the floating rocks - he mentions at some point bringing in some of the floating rock from amateria - that "knocks " some of the rocks out of alignment. also these vids are excellent and ty so much for the work in making them !!
With the multitude of TV/INTERNET networks ( new and old) adapting epic tales to series, why hasn't anyone done that with Myst? We have the technology now. The potential is amazing.
Thanks for doing this video. I've been going through them as I play the game - both for the occasional hint as well as more of the backstory since I don't read as much of the journals as I go along to fill in those details. It also turns out you can do the balance ball puzzle by sending a partial ball on the near pivot as well - so I guess they just do the math to allow it. Now onto Myst IV...
The artists for these games truly understand "steampunk design". I can't help but think their taste in color combinations was influenced by Kai Krauss. Anyway, would love to build a tiny house community based on the various Myst structures.
i LOVE these games.... these worlds are so magical.. it actually started to cry when i played them.. i know it sounds strange but i feel they must have been "picked up" by the creators - from a place far away... i hope heaven or another planet looks like this .. and that we can be incarnated in one of these places.. but with a more positive energy though.. Lol.. the so lonesome feeling... Thank you for the great video :)
I played this game before I had learned english. That opening cutscene was so very alien to me. Could only make out every ten word or so. But hey, that's how you learn.
I find this game as an equivalent of Terminator 3: it pales in comparison to the previous 2 titles, but it's enjoyable and does more than few things right.
Another excellent playthrough w/out much dilly dallying! 😁 I'm really glad you provided this, as I don't have 40+ hours of time any more to get thru a game. I will check out your playthrough of Myst IV later this week. I can't wait. I will also buy Myst 2022 and try to get thru it on my own. I cheated my way thru Riven in the late 90's, but that's about it. No Myst I. I really hope they provide a Riven remake, as one is long overdue! If no studio has funds, perhaps it could be crowdsourced?
Good news! Unless something has changed, Cyan is working with a group of fans to develop a 3D version of Riven. There have not been many details shared, but theoretically it is still being worked on. "To our wonderful fans, Thanks for your patience during this break in community updates. We will share more news as soon as we are able! -The Starry Expanse Team (November 2021)"
Well this was fun. I got a hard copy of myst 3 some years ago but it crashed any time i tried to play it on my computer so i just tucked it into my closet. Looks like i missed out on a pretty sweet game.
I played this game many years ago. Awesome Game and very entertaining. There are three endings. The first time I trapped him, the second time I left him go, but I did not tried the third endings.
love that you finally did Exile! Have you considered doing Obduction at some point? Would be great to have a comparison of cyans first myst game and this modern game made by the same people!
About the red valves. You can just count the stripes on the meter 41 in total: turn on 3 valves on the upper floor (1+1+1 stripe each) 2 valves on the second floor 4+4 each. Amd lastly 3 valves on the 1st floor. 41 stripes in total. The dial should be on the red stripe now^ is the amount different in each game just like in riven at some puzzles? Then just count the stripes😊
Great video. Exile was one of my favorite games as a kid. I did the strange thing and played this one first. I was a kid at the time and my brother had already played Myst and Riven. We played Myst 3 together when it came out. Then I went on to do Riven and Myst on my own later. In that reverse order! So it's only fitting that I watched this video first and now I will go watch your videos on Riven and Myst, haha! Riven is my all time favorite game of all time, so I'm excited to see what you think of it. I'm also looking forward to seeing your thoughts on Myst 4 and Uru once you finish those, are you planning on playing Uru? Myst 5 is sort of skipable for me, but if you loved Myst and Riven I'd still play it if only for the story. Cheers!
Thank you for the comment! That order is rather interesting, but I do think it works? The story is a nice motivator but the puzzles certainly don’t spoil each other in the games. And yes, I sure hope I can find time to do Myst 4, Uru, and 5. Time will tell!
Another spot on analysis, Jordan. I wonder to find out where you rank Myst IV. For me it would be OK to skip Myst V. Quick tip, if you want to re-experience that sense of mystery that Myst and Riven offered, try Obduction.
1:13:55 I never noticed this, but some parts of the rendered video don't match the rendered 360 panorama, for example the structure on the right sinks a bit once the video ends
Myst 3 is the only game I've actually beaten myself. I am obsessed with the lore, I just couldn't figure out Myst 1 as a kid. I think it definitely was way more accessible, the puzzles were more logical in my opinion. That being said I wouldn't say the D'ni constructs and Ages are totally logical. A lot of contraptions you see throughout seem functional but engineered more for subversion than ease of use; which I think is a narrative bonus. Ludonarrative harmony if you will.
"Watch where you splash, Atrus, that's a lot of ink." It looks like it's all on paper. For calligraphy/fountain pens there is an ink blotting paper that's especially for cleaning up extra ink that's on the tip of a pen, to catch drips, or extra ink on paper. It may be that's what's under the ink bottle, or maybe it's a just thick piece of paper.
Hello Jordan, thank you very much for those videos. I use to play at myst in the 90’s and I recently bought all the games, so I’m trying to solve all puzzles by myself but I admit that you are helping me in a good way ! Thank you for your “work” and we can feel your passion when you explain how you pass each step. Bye !!
Playing through URU casually right now! It will be... challenging to do the game justice in a video format like this, but I'm sure I'll work something up. Thank you for the support!
Ok. Just watched the Voltaic age. And it looked very familiar. But I thought I had only attempted Riven years ago. Was there a sneak peak of Voltaic as part of either Real Myst or a later drop of Riven? Don’t think I ever bought Exile but I know I did walk around Voltaic and saw the gondola. But never saw the intro stuff on the home world. Really confused.
I don’t know of anything like that, no. I did a quick search for a demo but didn’t find anything (I remember Myst 4 and RealMyst both having demos). Maybe someone else will drop a comment here :)
anyone able to help me out? I'm at the very end of edanna, the bugs are in the correct place, and the flower is open and i click to shoot out the purple spores to attract the bird,, but the bird doesn't arrive. Ive retraced the steps in this video twice now to no avail
Rand Miller has ZERO business being as engaging an actor as he is. But bringing BRAD flippin' DOURIF on as the villain is just straight up inspired.
@@karmaduq I think that's just the opinion on their acting as the brothers in Myst.
When you first acquire Saavedro's journal, it has three blank sheets of paper at the back. Eventually your character draws the three Lesson Age symbols on them, and they disappear from the journal one by one as you use them. I never noticed this detail until someone else who was playing it on Twitch or CZcams pointed it out recently.
oh man, I loved this so much. This is my first myst game I played alongside my father; still to this date my favourite memory of him together.
Just re-watched your Riven playthrough last week and thought to myself what a shame he didn't do Myst 3 and 4. Thank you!
I get so emotional hearing the opening of Myst 3, especially when that music starts, god it makes me tear up. I grew up with the Myst series, my grandma and I played myst and riven together, she sat me on her lap and I "helped" . Myst 3 was the first I played on my own and every time its like playing it the first time. I'm still in love. The bonus track, that I feel like not enough people know or talk about, is fucking great. A tribute to the era.
My favorite part of this game was the man himself Brad Dourif ! A awesome actor in my opinion..
My late father would play these games including Uru for years and I would watch him as a kid. I could never get through them myself but they always mystified me and so finding your fantastic videos is genuinely like finding treasure for me. I hope you well and that you carry on to finish the entire series!
I will try my best! Glad I could play a small part in making you smile =]
I loved Exile, actually my favourite of all 5 mysts
I was born in 92 and the first MYST and DOOM were what I loved the most as a kid.
Riven was always cool, but honestly Exile is my favorite MYST game. I used to just hang out in those environments when I played it. I was TOTALLY immersed.
Great to see more Myst content from you, man! Always fun and interesting, keep up the great work!
Thank you very much! Really appreciate the kind words.
I'm glad you listened and kept the little animation cutscenes in Myst IV. It's so jarring when you skip them in this one. And the animations look so good!
Yeah, hindsight is tough! I was worried about the video length but after 4... that is not a problem anymore 😆
Hi Jordan, I absolutely loved your Riven Retrospective and had it playing in the background while I worked from home. I want to say thank you for playing the Myst games, as I feel they're sort of underappreciated. While Myst is highly regarded as influential, and everyone writes articles about the influence it has, I feel there's not a lot of attention being paid to the world building, the story, the art direction, and the following games in the series like Riven, Exile, so on, are left by the wayside while Myst gets the most attention. Thank you for playing these games, albeit it quickly, and discussing their history, development and impact. Love your work!
Thank you very much for the comment! I think the later games hit when the genre as a whole was out of the limelight--even as a huge fan of Myst and Riven, I skipped 4 and 5 for a couple decades. I do hope I can help bring some attention, and hopefully we will see a release of Starry Expanse (the Riven 3D conversion) some day!
Brad Dourif is an outstanding antagonist.
Thank you!! It's wild that I just stumbled on your videos 2 days ago having a random urge to revisit those worlds and after finishing Myst and Riven was wondering if there'd ever be a third. Thankful I didn't have to wait long looking very forward to your take on this!
Yeah, good timing hah! It’s been on my Goals list for the whole year, glad to finally get it out before Christmas. Early Christmas present ;) I kid, I really appreciate the interest and I hope it was enjoyable =)
Ok I've just binged these first 3 myst game retrospectives and I'm genuinely blown away by how good of a job you've done! I'm familiar enough with the games to really appreciate how organized you've been while going through these (especially Riven) - taking us on a path that flows, showing us enough of the puzzles so that we see all the pieces/understand them but not so much that you're wasting any time, filling in gaps with explanations on the lore, behind the scenes, etc. I'm so eager to watch your Revelation video but I've actually been inspired to replay through the whole series and discover the fourth one for myself! I would love for you to make more of these kind of videos in the future for puzzle/adventure games, it's been so much fun :)
Thank you very much Jordan, your excellent walk-throughs and insights have added a new dimension to my play-throughs of these wonderful games. Greatly appreciated! In short you ROCK :)
WOW! 21 years since I played this. Can't believe how much I forgot. Fun watching it. Thanks!
really appreciated your video. Never got to play exile. Thanks for the behind the scenes info as well
I have enjoyed your retrospective on the three games immensely. You really have a talent for this and I hope you're able to do more Myst games, or other games like this, in the future. Thank you for all of your hard work!
I plan to, and thank you for the kind words! Means a ton to me, really.
Thank you for this! By some crazy coincidence, I started playing Exhile *the day* you posted this. I really enjoyed your Myst and Riven retrospectives... and I think I got hung up at the same parts, as a kid, that you did. Anyway, thank you for this. Your videos make me feel like I'm going through the games with a co-explorer (who knows where to go and what to do!).
That's awesome! I appreciate the opportunity to help you enjoy the game =)
Thank you again Jordan !
More than a rough solution, this is really pleasant to follow your walkthrough!
I’ll go now for Myst IV, hope you did it also !
Bye !!
i just replayed myst and riven during the holiday season 😊 i found your videos on them extremely helpful 😀 i will continue with exile soon and will sure be back to you video again for advise 😀
thanks from sweden 😊
Hi Jordan, thanks a lot for the whole Myst series! You've definitely set a new standard of playthrough&commentary videos for me.
Thank you so much! I think I have a lot to improve on but that's really kind of you to say =)
Awesome walkthrough. Ive now watched all 3 and ill be waiting for u to do the 4th game.
I just discoverd your channel. Awesome Myst content. Thank you.
Amazing! The thing I love about your retrospectives is in comparison to any other play through / let's plays on CZcams, you clearly love these games to the extent that a hardcore fan does... making references about the Behind The Scenes film for this game, talking about the lore in an easy to understand way for newcomers, but still being incredibly immersed and educated in the beautiful ages of Myst... and not to mention how you know almost everything about Riven like the back of your hand.
Left a pretty extensive comment on your Myst play through, and was really keen to see you do this, so thank you! It's nice to just talk about this somewhat under-talked about series nowadays, and hear different people's opinions on the games / series as a whole. The start and end of the video, where you have an overview and closing thoughts, are the highlight for me, but the whole thing is just a fun, relaxing watch. Much appreciated Jordan, and from one major Myst fan to another, thanks again!
-CTE
Thank you so much for the thoughtful comment, it really makes me feel good about doing this kind of thing. Hopefully more to come!
1:09:20 my favourite end sequence of the 3 ages. Actually riding through the 3 puzzles you completed!
I haven't watched any of your videos all the way through due to me still working my way through the games, but I LOOOOVE watching the intros when you talk about all your history with the games. And the stuff I have watched during your playthroughs is just as captivating. You have an almost encyclopedic knowledge of this series and your passion shows through incredibly well. This has been a great series so far. Great work. :)
When I beat them myself, I will then watch these videos all the way through!
I appreciate the comment! I do have some passion, but I have to do a lot of research too. And I just pray that I'm getting it all right ;) These videos are very much un-editable.
Was hoping you'd make this one day! Loved the other Myst retrospectives you made. Great work, hope you have a happy new year!
Thanks for watching and the kind words!
I have been waiting soo long for This vid 😅so many thanks for making it 🙏🍀
That makes it all worth it, thank you so much!
Awesome that you uploaded this before Christmas of last year ^-^
Nice! After watching your Riven yesterday I decided to follow up with this and, again, enjoyed your walk-through and commentary.
I don't think I would want to play this, but nevertheless liked viewing it this way.
Had a little chuckle at the end when she says "You must tell us everything" and I said "Oh good job you recorded the video - that will save time".
Thanks for all the work you must have put in on this!
Really glad you enjoyed! Yeah it ends on a weirdly dark note, like... yeah so uh your sons actually did /even more/ f-ed up stuff than you thought! Can't wait to tell you all about it.
This was great!! Would love to see more from you!!
Great job! I’m playing through Myst 4 right now. Excited to hear your thoughts on that one.
that was fantastic. I played Myst when it came out, and Riven (both using a guide book to help) and though they were a lot of fun. I never made it through Exile but I remember the roller coaster effect, and the water/steam gondola ride effect. In fact, those are the visuals I wanted to experience again when I found your videos. I watched Riven, and Exile and am going to go back and watch your Myst before finishing up. thanks for the memories!
Myst 3 was my first Myst game. I was a kid at the time and sort of grabbed it out of random. lol But I was mind blown when I saw real actors in it. Edanna is my favorite Age.
PS: I love Squee.
Hello! I just discovered your channel today while browsing for content associated with the Riven Remake. I watched your Riven play through and this one. I just wanted to say thank you. I really have enjoyed your play throughs and am planning on watching the rest.
Suddenly had Myst leap to mind yesterday for no obvious reason, my "whatever happened to that" research led me here eventually and I loved all three parts! I hope you get to the next one soon sir, subbed :)
Thank you so much, I’ll try my best!
Thank you for your great work
Brad Douriff steals the show no matter what he is in. I hope his daughter can do the same. She did play Charles Lee Ray very well for the one movie I saw her in.
Very well done, Jordan!😊😊😊😊😊😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝
OK, well that was Saturday evening's viewing taken care of (we are in lockdown here in New Zealand). Great fun being able to just sit back and enjoy the scenery and puzzles again. Sidebar: I suspect you may well be the most eloquent CZcamsr I have encountered to date!
I've watched your Riven playthrough just yesterday!
You have no idea how happy I am that you just did this!!! I'm about to do my Riven playthrough ^_^ Trying to get through all of them because I have never beaten Riven, Exile, or the other 3 games. I'm so excited about this! :) I hope you do Myst 4, 5, and Uru, too :)
You don't just do the puzzle, you explain them. Realy interesting! I just bought myst 4 caus of you... Thank!
Thank you, that's really cool to hear! I hope you enjoy it, both the first time and on repeat plays =)
Amazing playthrough, I just revisited Riven's new remake and am doing the whole series over again then I found this channel when looking for Myst help. This video seriously saved me some headaches, haha. Though it is first now I realize Saavedro is wearing a skinned Squee, poor thing!
I'm quite literally late to the game but the 2021 remake of Myst recently came out and I was able to get all the Myst games from GOG for pretty cheap. Your videos have been very enjoyable to watch and a great help. With a little nudge, I was able to figure out Myst and loved it. Riven was on another level and blew my mind away, in terms of both the puzzles but also how unbelievably amazing it was. Myst 3, on the other hand, just gave me headaches. My personal opinion is that I don't like it but your enjoyment of the game, and being able to watch your video for help, got me through it.
Hi Jordan - once a gain a brilliant sum up of the Game - I played it many years ago but it was nice to go back and remember doing some of those amazing puzzles on Exile and re watching the sheer beauty and imagination the creators put into the Myst Series. I've watched your Myst and Riven Play-through's and I'm off to watch Myst IV now.
I just recently purchased an Oculus Quest 2 and have been playing Myst VR and really enjoying turning switches on and knobs around as I re explore the island.
Thanks again for the great memories. TD
I have considered doing a redo of my Myst video in VR, or in a very high-detail version of Myst 2020. One day when I have infinite time :D
Man you are way better at the puzzle solving of this game than I ever was. Being honest the PlayStation graphics and voice sync seemed better. I loved this game back in the day when it came out. I come back once in a while for happy memories. I loved the graphics, the puzzles and sound in this game.
Wonderful walk-through! And yes, I agree Riven is the best overall.
Studying your videos for an upcoming seminar on puzzle design I will be holding for dnd dungeon masters!
Love the retrospectives on this great series You are incredibly talented! It's great seeing somebody with a love for these old adventure games giving them the attention they deserve. Hope to see 4, and 5, as well as Journeyman Project (Journeyman Project Turbo on my Windows 95 blew my freaking mind as a child and was love at first sight)!
I don't want to bite off too much this early into 2021, but yeah JP Turbo is very special to me too, would love to research that series a bit. Thanks for the kind words!
@@JordanRogers85 Journeyman Project 3 Legacy of Time is my absolute favorite: I always go into the settings and options to make sure he's set to EXTRA CHATTY so i can hear all the funny and insightful things he has to say
Myst III was my introduction to the genre. Was a great experience but didn't have the patience (or brains maybe) to beat without help. The good ol days playing on my 20" viewsonic flatscreen crt monitor!
I actually enjoy watching the animations.
Great Job!! I love This!! Finkiou véwimeutche!! :D
Definitely agree with your thoughts on this one compared to Myst and Riven. It was a lot of fun though and this video helped me through some bad stuck moments!
What a wonderful actor.
The resonance gate puzzle is really easy. Look at the clockwork on the console that operates it and you can see each of the interlocking cogs correspond to the symbols on the dials for each gate. Watch the order the marble on the console follows and set the dials accordingly
waiting for your Myst IV Retrospective :)
I do hope to find time for it, eventually =)
I've just finished this part in my exploration of the Myst series, and one of the things spurring me on was that I'd get to watch your video about it afterwards :) I started playing through the series under duress from my Patreon subscribers, first remembering the series as obtuse and nonsensical, but I've grown to really enjoy where the story goes. This instalment didn't even have any puzzles where I felt I was just fiddling - everything had a logic to it, although perhaps by now I'm just getting used to how the Myst series wants the player to think. I needed three hints but all of them were just to point me towards locations I'd missed - the hollow trunk in Edanna, the water wheel in Voltaic and the cliffside door(!) in Amateria. It's possible that with the fixed view of the previous games I might not have missed them, but Edanna in particular would have been even more confusing if I hadn't been able to turn around and see exactly which angle each path was taking me on...
"A bit over the top" with the soundtrack, right enough - I was absolutely blown away by the chant when the Myst III title appears in the intro, it's like you're listening to Rhapsody or Blind Guardian or something :) I'll watch this with interest!
Excellent! Big smile on my face after reading that and excited to hear where we agree and disagree! Keep me posted =)
I /also/ just finished a part of my exploration: Myst 4! Went in basically blind to what was in store after putting it off for something like 15 years. Can't wait to do a video on that one soon, and boy does it go places I was absolutely not prepared for. I also conscripted my partner to help me with Uru and Myst 5... so hopefully we can keep this train going.
Awesome. Dig out the CDs from games graveyard and went through the game. It was very entertaining and great work! Without your video, it will be a lifetime puzzle for me to solve, lol.
Time Constraint Inhibit Creativity was going to trigger an Easter Egg in Narayan but ... we didn't have time to finish it 😛 Internal variable: bNACH_TimeConstraintInhibitCreativity
Yeah looking forward to seeing more like this. I started watching riven and then this one non stop. You got a good presence. Fingers crossed for SN10 on Monday if you are watching.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate comments like this.
@@JordanRogers85 I understand possibly why you haven't done myst 4. It's pretty dark with the child abduction theme, I wouldn't feel comfortable associating with it if I was a CZcamsr. I was watching this other guy host it, but he wasn't a good as you honestly. I just watched someone else do Obduction by the original Myst team. I can tell the original team have the puzzles etc honed pretty well. The ending is great. I'll look forward to more from you if/when you feel like it. All the best for the future 😊👍
Fantastic to see you doing another Myst playthrough :) I messaged you a while back on your Riven playthrough ... I still watch it today while I’m developing my own Riven style game, Neyyah. Will be great to see you tackle Myst Revelations. Same points as you picked up in regards to Rivens deeper richer atmosphere, still my fave out of the series, while myst iii is my second :)
Yeah I'm very excited to dive into Myst 4 early this year! Thank you
@@JordanRogers85 all good, i'll eagerly await for this :) Feel free to check out my upcoming game Neyyah on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1289720/Neyyah/ - if you liked Riven, you might resonate with Neyyah :P Would be so cool to maybe see you do a play through of it one day :)
The first time I played the ending, I trapped him thinking it would be funny to torture him. Little did I know this was the intended way. XD
Very nice. Thank you.
Re: Saveedro "re-setting " the poem on voltaic made by the floating rocks - he mentions at some point bringing in some of the floating rock from amateria - that "knocks " some of the rocks out of alignment.
also these vids are excellent and ty so much for the work in making them !!
Oh that's really interesting! Thank you for sharing and the kind words
Thank you!
Thank you Jordan for making this video. I do wish you would make videos for 4 & 5. Totally understand if you don't want to though:)).
I would like to, for sure. Thanks for the comment!
With the multitude of TV/INTERNET networks ( new and old) adapting epic tales to series, why hasn't anyone done that with Myst? We have the technology now. The potential is amazing.
Looking forward to parts 4 and 5!
Me too! And uru especially... It was my fave!
Thanks for doing this video. I've been going through them as I play the game - both for the occasional hint as well as more of the backstory since I don't read as much of the journals as I go along to fill in those details. It also turns out you can do the balance ball puzzle by sending a partial ball on the near pivot as well - so I guess they just do the math to allow it. Now onto Myst IV...
Thank you and good luck on Myst 4! It's a trip!
@@JordanRogers85 You're welcome & thanks. I actually just started it last night & just found the first 2 books. I'm sure it's safe...
Good series of videos
The artists for these games truly understand "steampunk design". I can't help but think their taste in color combinations was influenced by Kai Krauss. Anyway, would love to build a tiny house community based on the various Myst structures.
i LOVE these games.... these worlds are so magical.. it actually started to cry when i played them.. i know it sounds strange but i feel they must have been "picked up" by the creators - from a place far away... i hope heaven or another planet looks like this .. and that we can be incarnated in one of these places.. but with a more positive energy though.. Lol.. the so lonesome feeling... Thank you for the great video :)
I played this game before I had learned english. That opening cutscene was so very alien to me. Could only make out every ten word or so. But hey, that's how you learn.
would love a video like this on Myst 4 or at least a playthrough of some sort
Thank you! I am currently working my way through the game now, and I plan to do a 4th video some time this year. Thanks for the support!
@@JordanRogers85 ah that's great to hear I'll be looking forward to it :)
11:40 "Hand me a linking book atrus so I can come back.... No? I'll go without one." Hilarious!
I think you’d really like Biosys. It’s like Myst + a survival game. Incredible backstory.
I find this game as an equivalent of Terminator 3: it pales in comparison to the previous 2 titles, but it's enjoyable and does more than few things right.
I like this! Especially if you "saw" the 3rd one first :)
Another excellent playthrough w/out much dilly dallying! 😁
I'm really glad you provided this, as I don't have 40+ hours of time any more to get thru a game.
I will check out your playthrough of Myst IV later this week. I can't wait.
I will also buy Myst 2022 and try to get thru it on my own.
I cheated my way thru Riven in the late 90's, but that's about it. No Myst I.
I really hope they provide a Riven remake, as one is long overdue!
If no studio has funds, perhaps it could be crowdsourced?
Good news! Unless something has changed, Cyan is working with a group of fans to develop a 3D version of Riven. There have not been many details shared, but theoretically it is still being worked on.
"To our wonderful fans, Thanks for your patience during this break in community updates. We will share more news as soon as we are able! -The Starry Expanse Team (November 2021)"
Loving these Myst playthroughs and commentary, have you ever played through The Talos Principle? I would be really interested in your take.
I have! Just, time. Maybe one day.
Well this was fun. I got a hard copy of myst 3 some years ago but it crashed any time i tried to play it on my computer so i just tucked it into my closet. Looks like i missed out on a pretty sweet game.
I played this game many years ago. Awesome Game and very entertaining. There are three endings. The first time I trapped him, the second time I left him go, but I did not tried the third endings.
love that you finally did Exile! Have you considered doing Obduction at some point? Would be great to have a comparison of cyans first myst game and this modern game made by the same people!
Yep! I’ve played the first hour or so, just wanted to save it for last. I’ll get to it eventually :)
About the red valves. You can just count the stripes on the meter 41 in total: turn on 3 valves on the upper floor (1+1+1 stripe each) 2 valves on the second floor 4+4 each. Amd lastly 3 valves on the 1st floor. 41 stripes in total. The dial should be on the red stripe now^ is the amount different in each game just like in riven at some puzzles? Then just count the stripes😊
Great video. Exile was one of my favorite games as a kid. I did the strange thing and played this one first. I was a kid at the time and my brother had already played Myst and Riven. We played Myst 3 together when it came out. Then I went on to do Riven and Myst on my own later. In that reverse order! So it's only fitting that I watched this video first and now I will go watch your videos on Riven and Myst, haha! Riven is my all time favorite game of all time, so I'm excited to see what you think of it. I'm also looking forward to seeing your thoughts on Myst 4 and Uru once you finish those, are you planning on playing Uru? Myst 5 is sort of skipable for me, but if you loved Myst and Riven I'd still play it if only for the story. Cheers!
Thank you for the comment! That order is rather interesting, but I do think it works? The story is a nice motivator but the puzzles certainly don’t spoil each other in the games. And yes, I sure hope I can find time to do Myst 4, Uru, and 5. Time will tell!
Another spot on analysis, Jordan. I wonder to find out where you rank Myst IV. For me it would be OK to skip Myst V.
Quick tip, if you want to re-experience that sense of mystery that Myst and Riven offered, try Obduction.
I’ve played the first few hours of Obduction but I promised myself I’d play Myst 4 first. I’ve liked it so far!
1:13:55 I never noticed this, but some parts of the rendered video don't match the rendered 360 panorama, for example the structure on the right sinks a bit once the video ends
Myst 3 is the only game I've actually beaten myself.
I am obsessed with the lore, I just couldn't figure out Myst 1 as a kid.
I think it definitely was way more accessible, the puzzles were more logical in my opinion.
That being said I wouldn't say the D'ni constructs and Ages are totally logical.
A lot of contraptions you see throughout seem functional but engineered more for subversion than ease of use; which I think is a narrative bonus. Ludonarrative harmony if you will.
Riven made sense in some ways because the puzzles *were* the natural environment
"Watch where you splash, Atrus, that's a lot of ink."
It looks like it's all on paper. For calligraphy/fountain pens there is an ink blotting paper that's especially for cleaning up extra ink that's on the tip of a pen, to catch drips, or extra ink on paper. It may be that's what's under the ink bottle, or maybe it's a just thick piece of paper.
Hello Jordan, thank you very much for those videos.
I use to play at myst in the 90’s and I recently bought all the games, so I’m trying to solve all puzzles by myself but I admit that you are helping me in a good way !
Thank you for your “work” and we can feel your passion when you explain how you pass each step.
Bye !!
Love your videos. Please do Myst 5, Uru and Obduction next.
Playing through URU casually right now! It will be... challenging to do the game justice in a video format like this, but I'm sure I'll work something up. Thank you for the support!
its crazy i realized that i never completed it as a kid while watching this i just did 2 of the puzzle ages
really did enjoy this - hope you do decide to give the Journeyman Project Trilogy the same treatment.
Yeah I really want to give that a shot if I can get that far. For classic games, there are so many to play! Thank you
Nice.
Ok. Just watched the Voltaic age. And it looked very familiar. But I thought I had only attempted Riven years ago.
Was there a sneak peak of Voltaic as part of either Real Myst or a later drop of Riven?
Don’t think I ever bought Exile but I know I did walk around Voltaic and saw the gondola. But never saw the intro stuff on the home world.
Really confused.
I don’t know of anything like that, no. I did a quick search for a demo but didn’t find anything (I remember Myst 4 and RealMyst both having demos). Maybe someone else will drop a comment here :)
anyone able to help me out? I'm at the very end of edanna, the bugs are in the correct place, and the flower is open and i click to shoot out the purple spores to attract the bird,, but the bird doesn't arrive. Ive retraced the steps in this video twice now to no avail
See you again
43:00 I did not like the age of Edanna due to the extreme difficulty I had in identifying where the pathways were and how to get around.