Riven (Legacy) for Mobile app good for
But the note under the wooden eye in the house near the boiler is unreadable
Riven was amazing. When it was released, NOTHING came close as far as detail, sound quality and sheer depth. Now, 13 years later I find that the game has lost NONE of its epic beauty and still, its been crammed onto my favorite device!
The game runs smooth, sounds GREAT with headphones (turn the volume UP!!!) and has some helpful features in case you get stuck (which, being Riven, you will... eventually ;)
My only gripe is that some of the movies or animated objects didnt quite make it past the compression that Cyan needed in order to make the game into an iOS app. All the animations are there as they are supposed to be, but they have a "choppiness" to them that was not in the original. It doesnt detract from the gameplay, but for people whove played the original, itll be noticed. For those whove never played the original game on the PC/Mac, you wont notice ;)
Buy Riven. Wander around a bit and when youve got your bearings, buy a good notebook to keep track of your journeys, the sights and the sounds. Take screenshots with the built in iOS functionality so you can refer to them later. Write EVERYTHING that looks or sounds important down. At the end of the game, the notepad itself will become an awesome story!
Long flights over the holidays just got a WHOLE lot better!
Thanks Cyan ;)
If we would have told cyan in 1995 that in 2010 this game would be on a phone they would have made fun of me . Wow this game is exactly the way it was on the computer well done. Very happy to buy it. Uru anyone ? It could work look at the lasted game infinity
The mac versions of the Myst games often suffered from crappy coding for the mac version, leading to all sorts of crashes and bugs, so having the chance to play Riven again, even on a small ipod screen is very welcome news. The visuals are amazing as is the sound. The Myst games are the only games that Ive wanted to play. They are immersive and addictive. theres nothing like getting lost in a beautiful world for hours at a time and not have to kill everything you come across. I wish this style of game was the norm.
OMG I have 2.3 GB available and it still wont download!!! Awesome game though.
Since the Hot Spots problem has been fixed, this game gets, and deserves, 5 stars. Ive always loved this game. Now I can love it everywhere I go!
Some bad moments
This game can be loaded onto the ipad but the resolution is terrible and it can only be zoomed to 2x. No help menu or tooltips. Seems to have originally been a point & click, but the navigation doesnt translate well to touch-screen devices.
Low-res pics with jpg artefacts, absolutely ugly interface and no water animation anymore!! DONT BUY IT
I understand that they needed to reduce the size of this app, but at what cost? The images that looked stunning on the original release now look like they all have horrible, lossy JPEG artifacts. The release of the original Myst on iOS didnt have this problem, though those images were obviously a lot less detailed. Unfortunately, with this release of Riven, the pixelation of the images seriously detracts from what is otherwise an amazing game. Its not worth it and I regret purchasing.
A waste of time, a waste of money & a waste of a great games reputation.
Cant give it zero stars, so it gets only one.
I got this when I finished realMyst and I am really disappointed with the controls I hate the tap the sides thing to look around and you dont move around the way you do in realMyst. And the graphics are very grainy and I can barely see anything, please fix this as well.
When this game came out I remember sitting fondly with my friend at his computer constantly switching disks (there were five on all) and exploring this gorgeous world with all its gorgeous sights and sounds. While I hear everyone complain about the gameplay all I have to say is yeah there is a lot of clicking involved; its kind of a "point and click adventure game" so thats par for the course. The thing this game does have going for it though are some genius puzzles and an absolutely breathtaking art design. So if you dont mind clicking a lot then prepare to be swept up on an absolutely gorgeous adventure!
