Let's Play Riven (2024) - part 1 - Atrus is still vague
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
- It's time to help out Atrus once again, retreading familiar--yet different--ground.
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Fifteen years ago today I uploaded Let's Play Riven part 1. What better way to celebrate that than by uploading part 1 of the remake?
I'm aiming to upload every other day for this Let's Play. I haven't quite finished recording the whole game yet so this way I can keep ahead and avoid any longer gaps between uploads. Want to watch something else while you wait? Why not revisit the original Riven: czcams.com/play/PLF2E1040A0551DE99.html
And here I thought that making this deadline was a fanciful dream!
If you want to be a Chad, think about the leisure suit larry, quest for glory, or ice man games. There's also the 20th anniversary of Gabriel knight, and even the hero-u rogue to redemption games.
So very excited. Love all your 'Let's Play's'. My go to videos. Thank you for releasing this one. I have avoided all the other walkthroughs by other people, to wait for yours.
Me too waited to sven
Welcome back!
When I saw this on Steam, I knew it was only a matter of time when I would hear once again, "welcome back."
lets only hope your uploads are regular...
Welcome back! You’ve been MYST 😃👍
Plans on doing beyond the edge of owlsguard?
"If you plan to play this version yourself, you probably shouldn't watch this these videos"
Oh I'm in for the ride Sven, I'm joining you on this adventure. Wouldn't have it any other way.
Nothing brings me instant, childlike joy like seeing a Dilandau upload. Welcome back, old friend. I miss you every time.
You missed the thing next to the telescope that lets you hear the vacuum of the fissure
Pleasure to see another of your videos in my sub box again ;) Always great, cozy fun.
Much appreciated. & Cheers!
Buddy I started watching your videos last year, loved the Gabriel Knight ones and eventually watched them all, Blade Runner, Myst etc. I'm glad you're doing well and still play and enjoy games 14 years later.
Back to where my love of games as art began, and back to the creator that reignited my love of this series 15 years after I first saw it at 4 years old. Thank you for always pouring all your knowledge and passion into these videos. I feel reinvigorated.
Thank God you’ve returned! Seriously, though, I’ve been checking your channel regularly for this. And now here you are. My day has been made!
Same
Man it is crazy to think that I have watched you for nearly 15 years. Really awesome you still find the time to do a let's play from time to time.
I'm so so happy that we get to spend this time with you once more
And here we are: another one of your calm and thorough videos, Dilandau, as I like them.
I still hope that, one day, you will return to play and record for us more adventure games: there are a lot of great titles that I would like to see on your channel.
In the meantime, I will see you in the Pentagonal Room. Soon.
I check every few weeks to see if he's posted. His star trek playthroughs may be my favorite CZcams videos of all time. Smart narration, chill vibes, loads of gaming nostalgia, and I usually learn something new.
Legend
Hurricane beryl has left me without electricity for 4 days. I'm back at my place cleaning out the rotting food from my fridge since I have nothing better to do. I put on CZcams while and clean and Dilandau comes through for me with a welcome video. Now I'm excited for my task, thank you!
Is everything else ok with you?
Hey, hope things get better soon, good luck and keep at it~
There’s a pipe you can open at the Star fissure that lets you hear the vacuum of space. Pretty cool
Bro…you need to know that you have been the BEST content creator with the Myst series. Your knowledge of the backstory and your commitment to this series is nothing short of undying commitment. Thank you for many many hours of entertainment into a storyline that defines my childhood and forever holds a place in my heart!
"Why also have a telescope" - the viewport is for watching natives thrown through the since-sealed hatch it sits on top of. the telescope is for watching the stars (and I guess further away natives)
Oh hell yeah brother. Your Riven play through is the OG, so happy to see you do the new one.
I saw the notification of a new video and got the biggest grin on my face. Can't wait to see you play the updated version!
"It's probably year-month-day, the only sensible way to write dates." As an American I agree and disagree at the same time.
Sven, for the first time I get to comment on one of your videos!
I was introduced to Myst way back in the 90s, watching my dad play on our valiant 1995 Apple Mac. I called it the “rocket game”, after that rocket which holds one of the Linking books (in my defence, I was four!). Later I also watched him play Riven. Neither of us are puzzle solvers, so he likely had no more idea what he was doing than I would have done. Many years later, I found Myst IV and we both played it a little. I eventually got through it with the help of a walkthrough (sacrilege!) but I was hooked. And then I found your Let’s Plays of all of the games and worked my way through those. Oh, the joy to finally have context to all those memories and curiosities I’d held for years about the series!
I legit had NO idea they’d remade Riven. Seeing you play it delights me in so many ways. Please imagine a 32 year old woman regularly squealing, “OMG look how good it looks!” “Eeee! It’s so SMOOTH” “360 degrees Riven HELL YEAH!” “It legit looks like the pictures rendered in full 3D I’m losing my miiiind.” 😂😂 Thank you, thank you, I can’t wait for the rest of this playthrough!
Welcome back Sven!
Atrus being vague comes as natural as me breathing. It's okay, that's why we love him.
It's as natural to him as building unnecessarily complicated doors. Just two things he excels at.
@@tuschman168 Don't forget overly convoluted elevators.
@@Dilandau3000 I've recently seen a video ranking all the Myst game elevators, from levels of pain to peak presentation
Atrus replaced with animation is a terrible decision, why ?
@@techextremist2545 Can't really have a video Atrus in a 3D environment. I suppose you could try to convert the video into 3D but with current technology that might end up looking just as creepy, if not more so.
Ik ben zo blij om je Riven let’s play te zien, Sven! Ik hou zo veel van je video's! Het is zo'n cadeau! 🤩
I have been waiting for this!!!
Unexpected surprise today, but I'm glad to see it. More Riven is always good in my book.
YES! HE IS BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Since the moment I saw this was announced, I've been waiting for this series.
My enthusiasm for another lets play from you is limitless :)
Yay! Excited to watch the remake with you at the helm. 🎉
Welcome back to our living room, Sven! It’s good to hear your voice again - and - looking forward to your assessment of that curious potato-skinned, sphere-shaped, stone-like orb we keep getting teased with. 😉👍🏻
Well, this makes my day! Happy 15th Anniversary to your Let’s Plays! 🎉
Glad to see you back
Your "welcome back" is a core memory for me, now. So glad that you're doing this series and can't wait for more entries. You're one of the best to do it, man.
I just finished watching your play through of the original Riven. I wanted to compare it to the remake that I just finished. Had to refresh my memory. Really enjoyed your let’s play. Very excited to see you starting this!
Oh sven u r back well done buddy well done lets our journey begins
I've been so stoked for your play through of this! Glad to have ya back!
Oh wow, just ckecked your channel to see if maybe there was something new and it‘s one of the greatest games played by my favourite Let‘s Player. I‘m in for a treat!
Something I have not been able to reconcile: The Art doesn't actually "create" worlds, but just "links" to them. However Atrus is using The Art in order to fix Riven.
I'm sure there's a explanation that I have long since forgotten about.
The official explanation is that anything "unobserved" could still be changed, as long as you can't prove it wasn't actually always like that. It leans a lot on not-quite-correct applications of quantum physics, and is best thought of as simply part of the required suspension of disbelief for Myst. :)
I see. So minute flaws in The Art will put flaws in The Age. Atrus is just trying to fix those flaws. Am I getting that right?
Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍
In addition to the fantasy quantum physics explanation, I sort of see it like this: a hairdresser can do anything they want with someone's hair, except cause it to grow (or transmogrify it into something else, I guess). Writing Ages is similar.
I've never read too deeply on the official reasons, but I've always thought of it as guiding the world down various branches of parallel dimensions. Now granted there are some instances where you just have to fall back to 'the game needed this' but I'm pretty sure any explanations has to do that at some point as well. So for example, any bizarre, unexplained change may be highly improbable but would ultimately have a rational explanation. Freak weather pattern, madman in a fit of pique, alien space junk falling to the planet, etc. The writer doesn't have to know the cause, just make sure that is possible in that reality and the Age will come along for the ride. I think that was part of the gift/madness/genius of Yeesha - she was able to intuitively understand the boundaries of probability and what the reality of various Ages (including the one she inhabited) would allow without breaking.
In fact, if you'll indulge me a little longer, I think this explains why Ghen can't write stable worlds. When writing an Age you lay out the physics and boundaries of that reality and guide it down the tree of parallel worlds from the ordinal branch to the one you desire. Ghen thinks he creates Ages and that they bend to his whim and never took the time to really learn the underlying physics and principles of the Art. He knows certain things have to happen and how to ape the process but he thinks he's creating instead of guiding and so lacks the finesse required to really get any long term stability.
Anyway, sorry so wordy. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk?
Edit: I think Atrus' 'calculations' were in fact him making sure the existing reality - both the one Ghen had started and the one including his additional refinements and definitions - would bear the path he wanted it to take. I think his changes were by necessity becoming increasingly improbable and he could see the corner he was ultimately writing himself into. The branching of multiple probabilities were collapsing into a singularity that would inevitably take the Age with it.
I was here 15 years ago... I remember. Thank you for all you've been doing, it means a lot to some of us.
What's also nice is that they used the original voice track for some dialogs in the game. Very nice touch.
Long have I been waiting for this
Wow, I still remember when I started watching your Riven Let's Play when I was back in high school. Oddly enough, I just finished your Myst V Let's Play, which is over 10 years since I've seen. Then this is recommended, wow. This will be highly nostalgic! :)
Just finished re-watching your original Riven let's play. Very excited now to watch this!!!!
This was sooner than expected! Welcome back!
Welcome back! It is good to hear your voice again, and truely a treat to see you re-explore your old favorite. 👌💚
You've obviously got zoom key'd in, the remake has many shortcut keys, particularly for other things in your inventory.
The worship chamber music freaked me out so much when I was a kid. I didn't stay in that cave longer than needed.
So good to see your new LP Sven! And it's Riven... I miss the good old days. 1997 was a good year.
Svens favorite game and mine too
yay, seeing this has made my day, fantastic, can't wait to hear your thoughts on everything that has changed.
Let's go! It's time for some popcorn 🍿
Welcome back, Dilandau3000! Looking forward to your playthrough of this; I absolutely loved the remake.
YES! I had a feeling this was coming soon...very glad that you're back!
I'm glad you're still here.
So, so wonderful to be back where everything began! Thank you for taking us on this journey!
Welcome back, Dilandau3000! Thank you very much and take care of yourself, my friend. :D
Welcome back!!! So happy to see you 🎉
Cyan almost changes their logo like I change my socks
OMG This is AWESOME!!!! I watched others, and stuff, but I was really looking forward to you doing this. I'm also looking forward to a sort of 'thoughts video' from you later on.
Anyway, so good!
Oh How I've waited for your let's play in particular of this remake 😁
Welcome back Sven !! I literally just now finished Uru:Live...LOVED IT!...and I was so saddened to think that was the last of your Let's Plays as I've already gone through your entire Myst collection (and Obduction) ...twice!! And this pops up as 'next'!
You've comforted me and made me laugh for so many years.
A big hug and kiss to Nora too!
This made my summer! Thank you so much for your thorough and fun let's plays. Like many others here, I also avoided other let’s plays of this until yours came out. I wish Atrus began his intro with “welcome back.” Thank you Sven!!
I am so excited to watch you play! :D
I have so much looked forward to your take on the remake! Loved your original Let's play of Riven and you do have a style that I really appreciate that you don't see with many let's players these days.
I was so lucky to have the opportunity to work on this remake with Cyan! Dream come true for sure! Very pleased to hear that you like the new version.
Damn, I really didn't expect to see your Riven Remake Let's Play so quick!!! I'm so ready for ever video drop!
Just beat it and had to come watch these right away! I didn’t want to give myself any hints while playing!
I stumbled upon your website after playing through the remake. I realized it had been years since I saw one of your videos and started hoping to see this exact upload. Thankyou old friend.
Great to see you back Sven!! I saw this remake get released recently and refused to watch other let's plays of it because I knew you would cover it eventually and I'm happy I was right lol. The original Riven was the first video series I watched of yours all those years ago so it's nice to come full circle. Not to mention they really made this game even more beautiful and detailed when it already was a great looking game back when it released.
I've bought the game to support Cyan, but I've actually been waiting for your playthrough to go through it together. I'm so happy you resurfaced 😊
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FROM YOU ❤ I never beat it as a kid but did so vicarious years ago with your let's play. I bought the 2024 version and beat it! And immediately watched your let's play to compare the differences. Good to be watching you again
Beyond delightful to see you back again. Your narration is always the best and your taste in games is outstanding.
Welcome back
I was going to just watch your no doubt excellent let’s play but after seeing the first ten minutes or so I think may need to play it first. Omg looks gorgeous.
And welcome back! Love your stuff.
Oh man I've been waiting for this moment
Yes! I knew you'll be on the case asap recording a lets play of this. I'm looking forward seeing this.
Just finished it a few hours ago. You'll love it still.
I have been looking forward to this for weeks! Thanks for posting. I do feel sorry for our protagonist - beside having a difficult task before them, they don't appear to have coffee or snacks.
You should always pack supplies when touching strange books.
Cyan did a great job on this! looking forward to the rest of playthrough, Sven!
I knew it'd be a matter of time before the GOAT made a return! Awesomeness!
Welcome back!! Υour lets play, are always the most interesting. Very good idea to play as if first time in Riven. Maybe another video with the comparison but not in the during of playing. Excellent, my friend!!!
Sven, your Riven let’s play, 15 years ago, was the first “let’s play” I’ve watched on CZcams. I still enjoy watching it, I think it’s great! I was so excited to play the Riven remake AND getting to watch you play it!
ah heck yes, I was hoping to see you do another lets play for this!
I was just waiting for this to drop
yooo lets go, a new Riven let's play by the number 1 Myst man
Always a welcoming voice
Yes! I was waiting for this Let's Play since I learned that there would be a Riven remake. ❤
This is giving me chills in a heat wave.
HOLY SHIT I didn't expect this so soon. I also thought you would be in VR (I'm commenting before I watch, so you probably explain), but glad to see it regardless. Welcome back!
This game is amazing in VR, but it just isn't the greatest experience for a video, where the viewers aren't getting the 3D effect anyway.
Instabile clicked on the Video as soon as I saw it! I am so happy to See new Video from you.
It's great to hear your voice again. And this remake of Riven looks really good.
Welcome Back! I’ve been waiting for you.
No game in my lifetime has been able to capture the mood and feeling with a soundtrack like the Myst series does.. the soundtrack is so underrated in setting the tone for your exploration without it the series wouldn't be anything like it is.
omg yes. I've been waiting for soooo long for this!!
Oh my goodness, I JUST finished re-watching your Dreamfall Let's Play today, came back to your home page to start Chapters, and saw THIS! What a good day to be on CZcams. :D
I've been waiting over ten years for the release of 3D Riven! I'm so glad I finally get to see it and by my favorite Let's Player!
Ah, feels good to be back here.
Good to see you back!
The year being 1807 makes me think of my personal headcanon that the Stranger was Dr. John Robinson, the civilian surgeon who accompanied the Pike Expedition. By Pike's own account, Robinson was a very capable and learned man - certainly capable enough to aid Atrus. Crucially, he is the only member of this expedition to pass through New Mexico (and therefore possibly the Cleft) without having been under Spanish escort for trespassing. He departed Pike's winter camp alone for the ostensible purpose of collecting a private debt (though possibly for reasons of espionage - the Pike Expedition was a somewhat shady enterprise and Aaron Burr might have arranged the whole thing to try and filibuster a new republic with him in charge). Later Robinson would go on to command troops fighting for Mexican independence. Perhaps he was filibustering, or perhaps he was inspired to fight against colonialism after his experience with Gehn.
I dare not impose this headcanon on anybody else, of course - the Stranger is the player, and by extension, anyone the player wants them to be. One could probably find a reason why it doesn't work, if one cares to dig. But this answer is fun to me, so I choose to believe it for myself.
I was here 15 years ago for the first one and I can't wait to watch this too!!!!!
So excited for this LP!
The first LP of Riven was epic, this is going to be legendary!!!