Riven (Legacy) for Mobile App Reviews

Love that realMyst and Riven have made it to iOS, but would love to see Exile, Revelation & End of Ages!!

Ive played Myst, Riven, and Exile. These games are just great for how simply they are played. They require thought for puzzle solving. Some advice for new players, keep a notebook for writing down information that may be useful. You never know when a pattern found in the beginning will be needed later on.

I’m giving 4 stars because it is the same story and world I remember. It’s great seeing the environment again after my old computer won’t play Riven anymore. So, I loved playing it again and that was fun. HOWEVER, the frame rate isn’t correct. I played this on my 6s, so I don’t know if it’s the same on the iPad, but opening doors, pulling levers, and even watching some animals wasn’t as engaging because I know what is supposed to look like. The cutscenes are fine, as they cannot be interacted with. This might be done in order to get the app down in size, but I noticed the frame rate right away,

Basically youre donating $4 to Cyan, as the game is unplayable. Riven makes use of cleverly disguised buttons and subtle cues which are lost within the iOS versions overly-compressed images. The images are so heavily pixelated that it breaks immersion and reduces these subtle cues to smudges on a heavily artifacted image. Unplayable; waste of money.