URU: Ages Beyond Myst for Windows

Pros: fully explorable 3D world, beautiful graphics, challenging puzzles, good story line
Cons: controls (3rd person), load times, navigation, some puzzles can be mind-numbing hard

It has been more than 3 years that Myst III was released and seemingly concluded the Triology. Computer technology evolved since then and the 360 degree panoramic picture viewer -- which Myst basically was -- would not cut it anymore these days. ...

Pros: Sound, graphics, getting to explore city of D'ni!
Cons: Puzzles can be painfully hard!

First off, this is not the game for everyone, even if you are a Myst fan. Don't expect to enjoy it even if you enjoyed Myst. URU:Ages Beyond Myst is a 3d game that is set in the Myst world. The story can be a little confusing, and the puzzles are ...

Pros: Graphics, game Play, Fun, Soundtrack, expansion, personalization
Cons: Lack of interest in Live leading to less expansions

URU, When I got the game, I was incredibly excited! It was a while before any Myst games were released and I thought after Exile, there might not be any more, little did I know. URU follows a separate story line from the Myst saga, we now speak with ...

Pros: Everyting is great!
Cons: Nothing really! Not to many people know about it.

GREAT GREAT game! My gosh! Great graphics. Nice sounds. I got this bundeled with a fairly nice graphics card. I just love this game. Beware, I have low standards, but I think it is awesome. First of all, it does not work the best on all computers. I have a Gateway 340 GM with a dual core processer and a 256 MB ATI graphics card with Windows XP mediacenter edition. Worked great and fast with no bugs. I have heard on some comps that it takes a while to load. Not on mine. The puzzels are very hard and I had a hard time to even start the first level. So, naturally, I Googled 'URU Ages Beyond Myst' and found no cheats, but a walkthrough. It tells you everything to do. There are several online. There is even and official one. The one I used was by Coelho Buda. You can email him at the.hare@zmail.pt. Many thanks to him. Now, since the buggy online edition is off, for free you can download the To D'ni expansion pack one. Then there is another pack, Path of the Shell that I wish to buy on Amazon for about 3 dollars new.

Pros: Great graphics and sounds and hard puzzles
Cons: not enough game play, not enough puzzles for the size of the levels

I have enjoyed playing this game. I love hard puzzle type games and this game was no exception. Some of the puzzles were straight forward, and others had unexpected twists. Some levels left me wishing there was just a little bit more game play to it. Some of the puzzles were very obscure. I like that in a game. Load times were slower than I wished. Disappointed that the online version was discontinued.

Walmart had it on sale , so it was well worth it.