Myst makers Cyan are finished

Post by **DRuM** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:50 am

Looks like Cyan Worlds Inc who made Myst and Riven are closing up. What a shame. Those games were a bit too hard for me but classics nevertheless.

http://www.thegreydragon.com/2005/09/ti ... -cyan.html

Post by **dzjepp** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:52 am

OMG THE LITTLE GUYS ARE CLOSING SHOP!

These threads go well together: http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9447

Post by **4days** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 12:35 pm

thought they were releasing a mmorgmmrpoorpg based on the incredibly dull world that all their lovely looking games were set in.

Post by **random name** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 3:17 pm

good riddance, makers of exceedingly boring games

Post by **Pauly** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 3:37 pm

Well the clue to having a long life in the games industry is to make good games and NOT ONE THATS MAKE YOU WANT TO SET YOURSELF ON FIRE JUST TO LIVEN THINGS UP.

You know.

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 3:40 pm

Myst was great.

Post by **Pauly** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 3:41 pm

Geebs wrote:Myst was great.

Good one

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 3:49 pm

If you had a Mac back in 1990 or whenever, any game at all was great.

Post by **JulesWinnfield** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:20 pm

RIP Atrus

Post by **simple** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:32 pm

When the first myst game was released home computers could barely render 3d. The cd-rom was new, for the first time people could distribute data with out a thousand floppy disks. But now, we have games like unreal engine 3. Who's going to want to play a high rez slide show.

I would have liked to see cyan create some thing unrelated to myst.

Post by **DRuM** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:44 pm

simple wrote:When the first myst game was released home computers could barely render 3d. The cd-rom was new, for the first time people could distribute data with out a thousand floppy disks. But now, we have games like unreal engine 3. Who's going to want to play a high rez slide show.

I would have liked to see cyan create some thing unrelated to myst.

I don't play the myst games simply because I find them too hard, BUT, I think they're wonderful anyway. I tried the demo of the latest myst and although I didn't finish it I still love the atmosphere of it, plus the 3D movement is improved and faster now.
The fact that there's hardly any talking going on or interaction with other people is very appealing to a lot of players. I always fondly remember Zork Grand Inquisitor and Zork Nemesis because they had that same atmosphere, only much easier puzzles.

Post by **JulesWinnfield** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:24 pm

simple wrote:Who's going to want to play a high rez slide show.

People who care about story over style most likely..

Post by **JulesWinnfield** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:25 pm

DRuM wrote:
simple wrote:When the first myst game was released home computers could barely render 3d. The cd-rom was new, for the first time people could distribute data with out a thousand floppy disks. But now, we have games like unreal engine 3. Who's going to want to play a high rez slide show.

I would have liked to see cyan create some thing unrelated to myst.

I don't play the myst games simply because I find them too hard, BUT, I think they're wonderful anyway. I tried the demo of the latest myst and although I didn't finish it I still love the atmosphere of it, plus the 3D movement is improved and faster now.
The fact that there's hardly any talking going on or interaction with other people is very appealing to a lot of players. I always fondly remember Zork Grand Inquisitor and Zork Nemesis because they had that same atmosphere, only much easier puzzles.

Zork Nemesis: best non-Cyan Myst-style game evar.

Post by **Dave** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:28 pm

No, Zork I was the best Zork style game ever

Post by **simple** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:35 pm

Well they kept making squeals with each one more complex and elaborate then the last. Squeals rarely do as well as the original. They could have made a similar game, based on another fictional world. Like native american history, or a post apocalyptic future. Or how about an rpg.

Post by **JulesWinnfield** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:37 pm

Dave wrote:No, Zork I was the best Zork style game ever

Zork sux.

Post by **Dave** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:39 pm

Post by **Canis** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:37 pm

I remember playing Myst on my friend's Performa 580, which absolutely rocked the house. We'd hit the lights and really get into the game. It's too bad they're giving up the series. The Myst series has been some of my favorite games. I own them all.

Post by **DRuM** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:59 pm

Dave wrote:No, Zork I was the best Zork style game ever

You are standing in an open field west of a white house..

I didn't get much further than that.

Post by **netrex** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:50 am

Too bad. Myst was a great game.

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:23 am

4days wrote:thought they were releasing a mmorgmmrpoorpg based on the incredibly dull world that all their lovely looking games were set in.

that was like 4 years ago and it got canned

Post by **4days** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:31 am

MKJ wrote:
4days wrote:thought they were releasing a mmorgmmrpoorpg based on the incredibly dull world that all their lovely looking games were set in.
that was like 4 years ago and it got canned

yeah well, i like to keep my finger on the pulse with these things.

Post by **o'dium** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:40 am

So instead of them adapting and changing the way they make games in this new age, they are just gonna fuck off?

Dumb fucks.

Do what id did. Buy/Make a new engine and start making the same old shit under a different name. Weeeeeeeeeeee!

Whats wrong with snapping up UE3, getting some new talent on the team, and making the same Myst type game under a different name/plot, in 3D, but with the same old movement/puzzle system?

Post by **DRuM** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:14 am

I think it's more about people wanting to play all bells and whistles action games rather than thinking adventures, hence the reason the point n click sort of died out. It's only the diehard adventure fans that play those games.

Post by **MKJ** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:53 am

troo
also, using the UE3 engine but keeping the same Myst movement (zip!) seems rather pointless