Unlocking the Secrets of the Powerful BEAM! - Myst

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  • čas přidán 29. 08. 2021
  • Myst Part 2 - the original B E A M. All other beams owe their existence to this one. All great beams have humble beginnings, and this beam will prove itself very helpful.
    Edited by: BenBenRanger ( / benbenranger )
    #aliensrock #myst #puzzle
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Komentáře • 154

  • @Aliensrock
    @Aliensrock  Před 2 lety +153

    Here's the raw footage for the jungle section for those who want to watch the parts I cut out: czcams.com/video/Ym3HhQ9s4Rk/video.html
    Let me warn you, it's not that interesting. There's a reason I cut it out of the video, and it didn't prompt much commentary.

    • @frujey
      @frujey Před 2 lety +6

      Why must you always comment when video is unlisted

    • @gabrielsimon6149
      @gabrielsimon6149 Před 2 lety +3

      How can you put comment 30 min before the video is lunch?

    • @frujey
      @frujey Před 2 lety +4

      @@gabrielsimon6149 when did the comment section have lunch?

    • @arealpotato7014
      @arealpotato7014 Před 2 lety +4

      @@gabrielsimon6149 he either 1 doesn’t put it on public and keeps it on private so he can do whatever he wants with it or 2 he has the time machine
      Personally I think it’s the second one

    • @frujey
      @frujey Před 2 lety

      @@arealpotato7014 my comment says the answer so I say number 1

  • @Zeragamba
    @Zeragamba Před 2 lety +293

    Regarding that lack of inventory, that's a hold over from the original game, which was literally built using slideshow software.

    • @benjaminlee985
      @benjaminlee985 Před 2 lety +40

      The original game didn't even let you carry both pages at once!

    • @basstwoYT
      @basstwoYT Před rokem +2

      Hypercard?

    • @Zeragamba
      @Zeragamba Před rokem

      @@basstwoYT exactly!

  • @thadiamond1667
    @thadiamond1667 Před 2 lety +268

    Original title: All Great Puzzle Games Have a Powerful B E A M

  • @DavidGuild
    @DavidGuild Před 2 lety +37

    Imagine playing new Myst and not taking pictures of literally everything and then having to run back all the time to find clues that you already saw. At least in 1993 you had an excuse, like "I couldn't find a pencil."

  • @jamesinc87
    @jamesinc87 Před 2 lety +42

    "I probably have to power the windmill"
    WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOOD NIGHT!

  • @gu_d
    @gu_d Před 2 lety +129

    Hey, fun fact, this classic game's speedrun is extremely short, some versions being less than a minute long

    • @nothingnothing1799
      @nothingnothing1799 Před 2 lety +29

      That's because the puzzles are always the same so you can skip all the discovery stuff, plus being that the original was a point and click, with only a couple cut scenes that you actually have to wait for, theoretically it could be finished in about 35 seconds

    • @MiChAeLoKGB
      @MiChAeLoKGB Před 2 lety +3

      @@nothingnothing1799 damn, even I don't finish that quickly...

    • @memnarch129
      @memnarch129 Před 2 lety

      @@nothingnothing1799 Technically 1 minute is the minimum due to the number of actions required to get to the "End sequence"

    • @nothingnothing1799
      @nothingnothing1799 Před 2 lety +1

      @@memnarch129 the record is 56 seconds, but it could be finished faster, with perfect inputs in a tas run

    • @DavidStrchld
      @DavidStrchld Před 2 lety +2

      @@nothingnothing1799 It was a bit more then just knowing how to solve the puzzles that made the speedrun so fast but that the thing you needed to do to get to the end of the game was right there in the beginning all along. By playing the game you would find out how to activate it, but if you know how to already you could go right to it and skip everything. You didn't need to solve any of those puzzles.

  • @Landis963
    @Landis963 Před 2 lety +47

    I'm really loving all the QoL stuff in this remaster - being able to hold both pages at once, the note to the imager being on a boulder instead of on the ground, the sticks showing you where the water is going in Channelwood, etc.

    • @whamer100
      @whamer100 Před 2 lety +2

      god i wish the original game had Channelwood this way

  • @Kasper210
    @Kasper210 Před 2 lety +66

    I like that you can "beat" this game in 30 seconds.... once you know, however, it loses a little something

    • @MudakTheMultiplier
      @MudakTheMultiplier Před 2 lety +7

      The remaster introduced random solutions!

    • @owlman145
      @owlman145 Před 2 lety +2

      Yep, you can't in this version

    • @niquel5831
      @niquel5831 Před 2 lety +1

      @@owlman145 What puzzles are randomized? Every puzzle I've seen in this playthrough are exactly the same as in the original.

    • @mmmmmmmmmmmmm
      @mmmmmmmmmmmmm Před 2 lety +8

      @@niquel5831 He was offered to choose original or randomized when he first opened the game, and he chose original

    • @niquel5831
      @niquel5831 Před 2 lety

      @@mmmmmmmmmmmmm Oh, I didn't know it was a choice.

  • @lastwymsi
    @lastwymsi Před 2 lety +27

    As someone who could never beat the original games, this has been really fun for me to see. You should look into the other original games made by the devs, some of them are really interesting.

    • @alaeriia01
      @alaeriia01 Před 2 lety +2

      I really want them to remaster Riven now

    • @memnarch129
      @memnarch129 Před 2 lety

      @@alaeriia01 Hoping this does well enough to justify a Riven and Exile Remaster.

  • @orvilleredenpiller338
    @orvilleredenpiller338 Před 2 lety +3

    In the original game, the doors in the elevators allowed it so they only needed to animate a small portion of the overall screen to simulate going up. Going down was the same video shown in reverse.

  • @MagicCatbus
    @MagicCatbus Před 2 lety +19

    This version of the game looks so much easier and feels super surreal to watch.

  • @davidlewis2171
    @davidlewis2171 Před 2 lety +19

    Because you're playing this, I decided to revisit the VR port. I forgot how much it makes me motion sick after an hour of playing, so that was fun.

  • @AceFuzzLord
    @AceFuzzLord Před 2 lety +8

    At first that piano puzzle solution in the book didn't make sense, but after taking a few minutes to look at the piano key drawing I understand. As a former musician I should be ashamed, but then again, I never learned piano, so I never learned what keys go to which notes

  • @tyedyeguy69
    @tyedyeguy69 Před 2 lety +16

    Myst is one of the greatest freaking games ever. Good on ya

  • @13ON3S
    @13ON3S Před 2 lety +9

    Love that you’re playing this as classic as it gets

  • @Rocklobster6285
    @Rocklobster6285 Před 2 lety +3

    In the original game, if you pick up the red page you automatically drop the blue page and vice versa, that's why the brothers have so much dialogue telling you to only take one

  • @BlandTomtarOchTroll
    @BlandTomtarOchTroll Před 2 lety +7

    I want more myst, hope you continue this series!

  • @alaeriia01
    @alaeriia01 Před 2 lety +8

    Fun fact: the Channelwood water valves are reused in a certain spot in Obduction.

  • @grabbin_
    @grabbin_ Před 2 lety +8

    13:57 Is Tyler some sort of musical genius or am I missing something here?

    • @lastwymsi
      @lastwymsi Před 2 lety +4

      The notes had a number order on them so he inputed the corresponding notes into the console in order.

    • @jeremymcdowelltx
      @jeremymcdowelltx Před 2 lety +5

      Anyone who learned to play the piano could do this

    • @cliffthecrafter
      @cliffthecrafter Před 2 lety +4

      @@jeremymcdowelltx Anyone could look at the piano and say the names of the notes that were displayed, but not anyone could input those notes into the device by ear without at least listening to a reference pitch first. Apparently the small lines on the sliders are arranged the same as piano keys so he might have noticed that and just done it visually, but he didn't mention the lines on the sliders and it's not an easy detail to notice.

    • @juggernaut93
      @juggernaut93 Před 2 lety +1

      You can actually play the piano on the back of the ship in order to have a reference pitch.

    • @memnarch129
      @memnarch129 Před 2 lety

      @@cliffthecrafter They are at least visually lined up. So if 1 is the 15th key on the Piano its the 15th tone up on the slider.

  • @Yokozai
    @Yokozai Před 2 lety +13

    Good job on the piano section! I would have been stuck haha! did you/do you play an instrument?

    • @OliviaSNava
      @OliviaSNava Před 2 lety +2

      IIRC, he has said he played trumpet and piano in HS

    • @Yokozai
      @Yokozai Před 2 lety

      @@OliviaSNava nice!

    • @stacey738
      @stacey738 Před 2 lety

      He must have, I was suuuuper impressed how quickly he solved that.

  • @dhov760
    @dhov760 Před 2 lety

    Already in love with this game. Patiently waiting for the daily episodes.

  • @skytime9444
    @skytime9444 Před 2 lety +19

    does tyler have perfect pitch? how did he hear which notes were what in that last section?

    • @brennanruiz1803
      @brennanruiz1803 Před 2 lety +8

      Perfect pitch and relative pitch can look the same, but they're different skillsets.

    • @Tereya
      @Tereya Před 2 lety +13

      Honestly he might just have looked like I did. Next to the sliders there are marks and they represent the keys of the piano

    • @skytime9444
      @skytime9444 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Tereya oh i didnt see that XD thanks for pointing it out!

    • @benjaminlee985
      @benjaminlee985 Před 2 lety +2

      You can play it out on the keyboard in the ship, and then just move the sliders until the sound matches. The video has some cuts, maybe he didn't show the part where he played it?

  • @Fogmeister
    @Fogmeister Před 8 měsíci

    10:19 honestly, the most frustrating puzzle in any game. Nothing tells you that holding down the lever keeps the centre cog rotating. And then upon finding that out it makes the puzzle trivial.

  • @bs9594
    @bs9594 Před 2 lety +16

    Would you consider playing the other games in the series like riven? That’s probably my favourite one

    • @SLCclimber
      @SLCclimber Před 2 lety +4

      Second this! Riven is a masterpiece. Might need to take hints from chat from time to time, but it’s worth it.

    • @whamer100
      @whamer100 Před 2 lety +3

      I sure hope so, Riven is my favorite game in the series by far

    • @memnarch129
      @memnarch129 Před 2 lety +2

      Im hoping that IF this remaster does well enough that Cyan will Redo Riven and hopefully Exile as well.

    • @DavidStrchld
      @DavidStrchld Před 2 lety +1

      I think Myst was better, but did get into Riven and pretty far till I hit what seemed like a dead end, I was missing an item or something that seemed impossible to get back to (or perhaps just way to tedious to do that, but I think I assumed I must be stuck. ).

  • @aidenzorn8322
    @aidenzorn8322 Před rokem

    My dad played the original game back when it came out, and I played the game myself a few years back. We both love the game and we got to share a really fun experience!

  • @fourtrifiveo4350
    @fourtrifiveo4350 Před 2 lety +14

    finally, another* puzzle game that has more than 1 episode

    • @absobel
      @absobel Před 2 lety +1

      A Monster's Expedition would want to have a word with you

    • @cipher8987
      @cipher8987 Před 2 lety +2

      Baba would like to have a word with you

    • @fourtrifiveo4350
      @fourtrifiveo4350 Před 2 lety

      ah sorry my mistake. its been corrected

  • @EMETRL
    @EMETRL Před 2 lety +1

    the red marker on the dial is probably supposed to be seen as a block, such that the water has to go the other direction

  • @HameleoshaDeHoga
    @HameleoshaDeHoga Před 2 lety

    I love this game, just something about the design of it's surrondings looks so unique to me. I really like this scenery this game has

  • @fonze5664
    @fonze5664 Před 2 lety +1

    I was slightly scared for you going to rocket land before the other one you almost went to but being casually pitch perfect you'll prolly be fine 😂 ❤

  • @sunbeames1847
    @sunbeames1847 Před 2 lety

    Can't wait for part 4

  • @Tempy_Galactic
    @Tempy_Galactic Před 2 lety +2

    Me at 2am looking for B E A M S

  • @ThAlEdison
    @ThAlEdison Před 2 lety +1

    I wonder if going through a bunch of old games would be worth it. The 7th Guest, the 11th hour, Phantasmagoria?

  • @penguinflames707
    @penguinflames707 Před 2 lety +3

    Puzzles will only get harder from here, have fun

  • @UselessBarista
    @UselessBarista Před 2 lety +2

    Such an awesome game!

  • @tgk_zack6210
    @tgk_zack6210 Před 2 lety +4

    I have fulfilled your request once again, as a loyal subscriber to come at 12 for the beautiful content that you post. Love it! And also love for You to be enjoying the game as much as I do by watching you 😆

  • @Savantrovert
    @Savantrovert Před 2 lety +1

    Can't wait for him to figure out the secret of the red and blue pages, don't spoil it!!

  • @NStripleseven
    @NStripleseven Před 2 lety +1

    Gotta love the b e a m s

  • @dzyriqd4554
    @dzyriqd4554 Před 2 lety

    memories ... I really loved the series

  • @barrett6904
    @barrett6904 Před 2 lety

    I'm liking this series

  • @arealpotato7014
    @arealpotato7014 Před 2 lety

    This game is really cool yet still calming for sleep 😂

  • @lonelyPorterCH
    @lonelyPorterCH Před 2 lety

    5:14 half blue, half red (okay, more like purple), interesting ^^

  • @nyphakosi
    @nyphakosi Před 2 lety

    i think the marker switches around the island make the structures appear on the map with the laser on it
    ...thats why theyre called marker switches

  • @thekingoffailure9967
    @thekingoffailure9967 Před 2 lety +1

    12:48
    AMOGUS

  • @xenocore01
    @xenocore01 Před 2 lety

    This dude solved the organ puzzle by ear. That's freakin' awesome. My ear isn't that good!

  • @megadeth116
    @megadeth116 Před 2 lety +1

    I can only assume the piano behind was to create the needed sound but ill never know...

  • @b-3nn1
    @b-3nn1 Před 2 lety

    "These elevators would absolutely work with the door open."
    The one in the forest would sure. But the door would completely break from the floor above.

    • @NewtonHorse5985
      @NewtonHorse5985 Před 2 lety +1

      Part of the reason the doors need to be shut is that this version of Myst is also playable in VR, and they needed to make sure that people couldn't walk out of the elevators while they were moving. This is also why you can look around in the opening cutscene.

    • @b-3nn1
      @b-3nn1 Před 2 lety

      @@NewtonHorse5985 Well there ya go

  • @ghost_ship_supreme
    @ghost_ship_supreme Před 2 lety

    Where did you get this version of myst? I have two versions of myst and neither looked like this

    • @memnarch129
      @memnarch129 Před 2 lety +1

      New Remaster thats out on Steam and Consoles.

  • @thegrandestbazaar4800
    @thegrandestbazaar4800 Před 2 lety

    Very good

  • @diamondjub2318
    @diamondjub2318 Před 2 lety +37

    this implies The Witness is great and not a game that forces you to sit through a movie at the back of a theater for 100% completion
    edit: the original title, because this channel will change the titles of videos minutes after release

    • @catsarethebest7001
      @catsarethebest7001 Před 2 lety +8

      And that baba is not a great puzzle game

    • @fourtrifiveo4350
      @fourtrifiveo4350 Před 2 lety +4

      and a monsters expedition has no real logic to its puzzles

    • @andrewbrown1675
      @andrewbrown1675 Před 2 lety

      Bro who cares about 100% completion, you gain nothing from doing so.

    • @fourtrifiveo4350
      @fourtrifiveo4350 Před 2 lety +1

      @@andrewbrown1675 i mean
      you get 100% completion

  • @markoviik3324
    @markoviik3324 Před 2 lety

    Yoo I forgot your name when I watched ur vids on poly ridge and just found you again and was like wait is this the bridgeguy?

  • @user-jh9rq4zc7v
    @user-jh9rq4zc7v Před 2 lety +1

    So I guess he stuck on the boss fight of Understand for a while.

  • @OhGoodGreef55
    @OhGoodGreef55 Před 2 lety +1

    B E A M from the witness

  • @josephjackson1956
    @josephjackson1956 Před 2 lety +2

    Does Tyler really have perfect pitch?

  • @andrewbrown1675
    @andrewbrown1675 Před 2 lety +12

    Just beat this game, he’s coming to by far my least favorite puzzle in this game.

    • @alaeriia01
      @alaeriia01 Před 2 lety +1

      Oddly enough, the maze-runner is my favorite puzzle in the game. I can't stand Stoneship, though.

  • @keithgoulet2788
    @keithgoulet2788 Před 2 lety

    Today I learned Tyler has perfect pitch.

  • @somecoolwizard
    @somecoolwizard Před 2 lety

    B E A M string starts here

  • @christianlee8002
    @christianlee8002 Před 2 lety

    Love the vids

  • @grapefruit_2851
    @grapefruit_2851 Před 2 lety

    Nice

  • @WeiseGuy91
    @WeiseGuy91 Před 2 lety

    You should just take photos of everything or write it all down. You saw the piano and KNEW you would need that info, but didn't even take a picture....come on man! It's myst! It's all relevant!

  • @eyemotif
    @eyemotif Před 2 lety

    oh no hes doing the selenitic age before the mechanical age..

  • @kenet7877
    @kenet7877 Před 2 lety +1

    B E A M
    B E A M
    B E A M
    B E A M
    Wow, I miss The Witness series.

  • @fanofindiegamesunpopulargames

    I Suppose at: 1:29

  • @torreywhiting5402
    @torreywhiting5402 Před 2 lety +1

    B E A M

  • @beanie9939
    @beanie9939 Před 2 lety

    BEAM

  • @lostdestroyer8400
    @lostdestroyer8400 Před 2 lety

    aliensrock

  • @MaksB.
    @MaksB. Před 2 lety

    Yaay

  • @columbus8myhw
    @columbus8myhw Před 2 lety +1

    Do you have perfect pitch?

  • @GarrettHoward22
    @GarrettHoward22 Před 2 lety +3

    Day 332 of telling Tyler that he never finished his minecraft series and that he should finish it.
    Ight well i got some bad news, im going to be missing notification gang upload for a while now. I got into trouble at school and my parents took my phone. My grades are what caused it, cause i have 3 F's lol, but its not my fault. Its just that they gave me so much work to do in the week of school i missed for the world series, and im struggling to get it all in. But yeah, dont mind if i dont do it at all on a comment until its like 2 days later, cause im just doing it when i can.
    TL:DR im failing 3 classes so now im going to very likely miss doing this for a while

    • @frujey
      @frujey Před 2 lety

      I'm 14 hours late but day 14 of commenting

    • @frujey
      @frujey Před 2 lety

      Take your time and study because you don't want to be in the same grade again

  • @JTCF
    @JTCF Před 2 lety +2

    The code puzzle in the clock tower is not that hard, just needs more thinking.
    Ic ould think a bit more and write the steps to solve it, but that would be a spoiler and maybe you solved iyt later.
    Just ranting here about how loud you sound. "Not mathematically possible" lol
    EDIT: Bruh and then you solved it right after I pressed play.

    • @mmmmmmmmmmmmm
      @mmmmmmmmmmmmm Před 2 lety +1

      As he was trying to do it, it wasn't mathematically possible

  • @tamado2148
    @tamado2148 Před 2 lety

    pog

  • @enolopanr9820
    @enolopanr9820 Před 2 lety

    Sir it’s midnight

  • @realiance4266
    @realiance4266 Před 2 lety

    Where title?

  • @NStripleseven
    @NStripleseven Před 2 lety +6

    Day 292 of agreeing with Garrett Howard, at the time of commenting he hasn’t been here, someone tell me if he does, I’m going to bed

    • @frujey
      @frujey Před 2 lety

      Im 14 hours late but Garrett is here

  • @murphthasmurf5923
    @murphthasmurf5923 Před 2 lety

    Jumpscare warning 5:10 lmao

  • @gabrielsimon6149
    @gabrielsimon6149 Před 2 lety

    45 sec

  • @axel_weop
    @axel_weop Před rokem

    hi when this blows up in 7 years

  • @frujey
    @frujey Před 2 lety

    Pain sllepy
    Why did he change the TITLE
    Although the new title sounds better tbh
    Wait Frick I edited this now people are gonna think I made that typo intentionally

  • @euva8904
    @euva8904 Před 2 lety

    4th :c

  • @davidmorley7495
    @davidmorley7495 Před 2 lety +1

    Early gang

  • @noahhorsington4751
    @noahhorsington4751 Před 2 lety

    Tyler must be dead, hasn't streamed in 12 days...

  • @rytheyan9064
    @rytheyan9064 Před 2 lety +1

    Day 212 of having a good time watching tyler

  • @gabekohls1824
    @gabekohls1824 Před 2 lety

    E

  • @adilmzese5346
    @adilmzese5346 Před 2 lety

    Go to sleep

  • @Noah-wx7fm
    @Noah-wx7fm Před 2 měsíci

    Ah, yes. The racist section of the game

  • @orangelyfresh
    @orangelyfresh Před 2 lety

    B E A M

  • @HopefullyJustMe
    @HopefullyJustMe Před 10 měsíci

    *B E A M*